Rating: PG
Genre:
Fantasy
Release Date: 08/06/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por/Japanese
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1/DDS
Run Time: 118 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
The eschewing of modern optical effects techniques in favor of the classic stop-motion animation work of special effects legend
Ray Harryhausen was a delightful highlight of this
action adventure that attempted to give Greek mythology the
Star Wars (1977) treatment.
Harry Hamlin stars as
Perseus, a mortal who, due to the interference of the mighty god
Zeus (
Laurence Olivier), finds himself in the city of Joppa, far away from his island home. There, he falls in love with
Andromeda (
Judi Bowker), an imprisoned princess. To free her, win her hand, and thus half of the kingdom,
Perseus solves a riddle, but Joppa's enraged ruler orders
Andromeda fed to the Kraken, a towering sea monster that's the last of the powerful Titans. In his quest to save
Andromeda,
Perseus must endure a series of trials with the help of the winged horse
Pegasus and a friendly playwright,
Ammon (
Burgess Meredith). His ultimate goal is to secure the head of the grotesque Gorgon named
Medusa and use it to turn the Kraken into stone, but dangers await, including the hideously deformed
Calibos (
Neil McCarthy).
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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Randi Emmons
from San Jose, CA
Funny and very cheap special features.
This movie was made in 1981, so that ezplains the horrible special efects, but still, it'll make you crack up because if you compare it to what special features we have today, it's pathetic!! it's soo hilarious, you'll crack up. i know i did!!!
;)
