Jason et les Argonautes

Titre original : Jason and the Argonauts

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Globetrotting Adventure Sword & Sandal Action Adventure Family Fantasy

Le légendaire héros grec prend la tête d'une équipe d'intrépides aventuriers dans une quête périlleuse pour la fabuleuse Toison d'or.Le légendaire héros grec prend la tête d'une équipe d'intrépides aventuriers dans une quête périlleuse pour la fabuleuse Toison d'or.Le légendaire héros grec prend la tête d'une équipe d'intrépides aventuriers dans une quête périlleuse pour la fabuleuse Toison d'or.

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Dmitrius
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Harold Bradley

Guard in Palace
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John Crawford

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Aldo Cristiani

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Bill Gudgeon

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Réalisation
- Don Chaffey
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Anecdotes
It took Ray Harryhausen four months to produce the skeleton scene which runs, at most, three minutes.

Gaffes
After Jason's fight with Acastus, when Medea is telling Jason of the flower which can heal his wound, past Medea there is a mountain in the distance. On top of the mountain is a lighted building that appears to be a modern structure.

Citations
Phineas: Zeus, I was a sinner. I've never tried to deny it. But I didn't sin every day. Why then do you punish me *every day*?

Versions alternatives
A brief scene was cut from the skeleton fight where the decapitated skeleton is seen feeling around for its head. In addition the UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove the shrieking made by the skeletons from a face-on shot during the initial charge, and video versions featured the same print. DVD versions are uncut.

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Edited from Hélène de Troie (1956)

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Ray Harryhausen at his very best

This was one of those films I always remember seeing as a child and I never forgot those skeletons which I think is Ray Harryhausen's best work.

Greek hero Jason takes a party by ship to search for the Golden Fleece, but have to encounter several dangers on the way. This starts when they drop off at an island with bronze statues to collect food and water. But one of them goes into the tomb of one of these, Talos and steals a gold sword. Talos then comes to life and attacks the crew and during their escape, the ship is destroyed. Talos is destroyed eventually. While on the island, they come across a blind man, who gets attacked by two cheeky Harpies who keep eating his food. They are captured. They continue their journey and encounter Neptune and arrive on the island where the Golden Fleece is. Before getting the Golden Fleece, Jason must fight and kill the Hydra, which he does. The best part of the movie is of course those skeletons near the end. Jason manages to defeat them when they fall off a cliff into the sea.

This has to be one of, if not the best of Harryhausen's movies. Bernard Herrmann was responsible for the excellent music.

Jason is played well by Todd Armstrong and Nancy Kovack plays Medea. These are joined by Bond girl Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), Laurence Naismith (The Valley Of Gwangi), Dr Who actor Patrick Troughton who plays the blind man, Niall MacGinnis (Night of the Demon) and Nigel Green as Hercules.

This is probably my favourite of Ray Harryhausen's fantasy movies.

Rating: 5 stars out of 5.