Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
BRRip 576p | MKV | 962 x 576 | x264 @ 4352 Kbps | 103 min | 3,86 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps + Two Commentary track | Subs: English
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
BRRip 576p | MKV | 962 x 576 | x264 @ 4352 Kbps | 103 min | 3,86 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps + Two Commentary track | Subs: English
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to the kingdom of Thessaly after a 20-year voyage to make his rightful claim to the throne. But to do so, Jason must first find the magical Golden Fleece. He selects a crew and with the help of Hera, Queen of the Gods, sets sail in search of the Fleece. Jason and his crew must overcome incredible obstacles including a 100-foot bronze giant, the venomous Hydraa huge creature with the heads of seven snakes, and a battle with an army of skeletons.
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Harryhausen's Masterpiece? Possibly. His first "Sinbad" film in 1958 had one moving skeleton for the hero to fight; this one has a whole platoon of them, each part painstakingly moved one tiny distance at a time personally by Harryhausen through stop-motion techniques. The seven-headed Hydra is another technical marvel. There are some other nifty creatures for Jason and his crew to battle, but for me, the most impressive of them all turns up first: the gigantic Talos, the Man of Bronze.
I was a kid when this came out, and I don't think I'll ever forget that moment when the huge, crouched statue came to life, turned his head towards the two men below him (his bronze head screeching with the tear of metal), climbed off of his pedestal, and proceeded to chase Jason and his men. Talos was giant like Godzilla, but as single-minded as the Terminator: all he wants to do is track Jason's crew down until he kills them all. This gave me nightmares. Bernard Herrmann's score is one of his best, making music to match Harryhausen's images. (Herrmann was coming off of other Harryhausen's, plus Hitchcock's "Vertigo," "North by Northwest" and "Psycho," and knew how to thrill you.)
Tom Hanks, who was also a kid when this came out, has said: "Everybody thinks that 'Citizen Kane' was the greatest movie ever made. But if you were young in 1963, you know the real answer is: 'Jason and the Argonauts.'"IMDB Reviewer
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Commentary tracks:
1. Commentary with special effects artist Ray Harryhausen with film historian Tony Dalton
2. Commentary with Director Peter Jackson and visual effects artist Randall William Cook
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