On my 11th birthday, TNT aired "The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad" as part of their "MonsterVision" block of programming. I consider that film to be MY favorite film of all time. Thanks for the retrospective!
I have a collection of Harryhausen movies since I grew up watching them and I still am impressed with what he accomplished in advancing effects and stop motion animation. The Skelaton Fight in Jason and the Argonauts and the Medusa scene in Clash of the Titans.
Hello Matt, I don't know if you finished all the research on this subject yet, but I like to tell you about something that might interest you. I'm from the Netherlands, and the most prolific stop motion animator in the Netherlands was a man by the name of Joop Geesink. He made stop motion commercials and short movies, many of which you can find here in RU-vid. I surely think he is deservant of some kind of mention here :) Love this series, please keep up the good work :) - Sam
Harryhausens' skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts was more realistic than the modern CGI garbage Hollywood vomits out now. Stop motion just seems more realistic yet magical.
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Fun Fact: It was because of Ray Harryhausen that Steven Spielberg started his movie career. So if this man didn’t exist, we probably wouldn’t have had hits such as Jaws, the Jurassic Park series, or any other Spielberg move.
don't know if anyone has mentioned this but the red tint in the fire sequence in Mighty Joe Young wasn't added later. It was part of the original release. Subsequent TV releases simply printed the whole thing in B&W to the re-release with the tint added was a restoration, not an addition. NMS
Each Part of Animation Lookback: The Best of Stop Motion The First Stop Motion Films: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0gBCaXGTi8c.html Ray Harryhausen: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1mYZk8fU-88.html (Part 2) Will Vinton: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EfqVk8fiy1o.html Aardman: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-32UrJq8m-0Q.html Tim Burton’s Animation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QsvrBVwwFyw.html Henry Selick: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BC8TIyuYqVw.html The Independent Stop Motion Films: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HGdF-chMggI.html The Modern Stop Motion Films: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VOCgDyJTFZ0.html The History of King Kong: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--yvcIVTfNWw.html
You know, if I'm gonna be honest with myself... This video was my introduction to Ray Harryhausen's Stop Motion projects, I was quite inspired by his projects once I dived deeper into his career but the only thing about my inspiration is that I have never done a Stop Motion project featuring creative monsters since I was more focused on Tokusatsu and Kaiju model works. But I have been thinking of taking Ray Harryhausen's path to fame and putting in a few segments of Stop Motion in my projects once I get the chance (I did have a plan on making a Stop Motion segment in my 2019 project "Land Of Dreams" though, but hadn't got round to doing it)
Also, in Early Man (2018), the two dinosaurs in the opening are a Triceratops and a Ceratosaurs and they were fighting AND their names were Ray and Harry!
this is a very good video. harryhausen is one of my favorites been watching his movies ever since I can remember i'll always prefer practical special effects opposed to the CGI shit.
Other than King Kong himself, the most memorable part of the movie was the aria of the agonies that Fay Wray emitted from within herself. I love King Kong (1933)!
I like that you're talking about these movies. Not many people are at this point. If I could suggest something I'd say work a bit on your scriptwriting (especially in regards to the jokes and whatnot). Good video though.
It feels good again to listen to this as I am creating some comics that will be animations that will be famous one day because the inspiration made by Animat...
Fun fact: the beast from 20.000 fathoms is my favorite ray harryhausen film for inspirieng godzilla without rhedasaurus we might bot hade godzilla or the monster craze of the 1950's
Did you even see the Disney remake of mighty joe young? It's not like the original it only keeps the main plot and the names of the main character's names and that's it!
Star Actors: Mighty Joe Young Terry Moore: Jill Young - Ben Johnson: Greg - Robert Armstrong: Max - Frank McHugh: Windy - Douglas Fowley: Jones - Denis Green: Crawford - Paul Guilfoyle: Smith - Nestor Paiva: Brown - Regis Toomey: John Young - Lora Lee Michel: Jill Young (Child) - William Schallert: A Gas Station Attendant - Ellen Corby: A Nurse Star Actors: The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms Paul Christian: Professor Nesbitt - Paula Raymond: Lee Hunter - Cecil Kellaway: Dr. Thurgood Elson - Kenneth Tobey: Colonel Evans - Donald Woods: Captain Jackson - Ross Elliot: George Ritchie - Steve Brodie: Sergeant Loomis - Jack Pennick: Jacob Bowman - Michael Fox: The ER Doctor - Lee Van Cleef: Corporal Jason Stone - Frank Ferguson: Dr. Morton - King Donovan: Dr. Ingersoll - James Best: Charlie the Radar Operator Star Actors: The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad Kerwin Matthews: Sindbad - Kathryn Grant: Princess Parisa - Richard Eyer: Barani the Child Genie - Thorin Thatcher: Sokurah - Alec Mango: The Caliph of Baghdad - Harold Kasket: The Sultan - Alfred Brown: Harufa - Nana DeHerrera: Sadi - Nino Falanga: The Gaunt Sailor - Luis Guedes: A Crewman - Virgilio Teixeira: Ali - Danny Green: Karim
Hiya! Cool video, but the Ray Bradbury short story the Beast from 20,000 Fathoms movie is based on is called The Foghorn. I looked through the comments, and no one seemed to mention this!
The story was first published in 1951 as "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms", in The Saturday Evening Post. After the movie came out the title was changed to "The Foghorn" in subsequent Bradbury short story collections.
Val Eura Kongo as the titular gorilla 1959 World of cavemen as bedado the T. rex 1970 Origin of sinbad as the cyclops and baby rocs 1981 Glenn and the prince as the dragon and the role of Glenn the princess 1981 Panasonic as the creatures 2005 The Mystery of The Blans 2016
I don't know if you still check the comments on this video, but if you do may you send me some of your sources? I'm working on a school project in tribute for Harryhausen and require more archive (nonvideo) sources
Good stop motion is better than crappy CGI any day or man in a costume. By that I mean CGI that isn't done well is no match for well made stop motion animation like Harryhausen's work. Cyclops in 7th voyage, Skeleton fight in Jason and the Argonauts, and much of the work in Clash of the Titans are all still impressive to this day.
@Brandon Brooks Like I said, CGI that "Isn't done well". Also, I'd take the original stop motion Clash of the Titans over the forgettable CGI remake any day of the week which proves my point.