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Clash of the Titans (1981)
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Overview
Release Date:
12 June 1981 (USA) moreTagline:
An Epic Entertainment Spectacular! morePlot:
A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 5 nominations moreUser Comments:
A Parting Gift from Ray Harryhausen moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)more
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
118 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | USA:PG (certificate #25716) | Iceland:12 | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2005) | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:A (original rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12 | Norway:16 | Singapore:PGFilming Locations:
Albert R. Broccoli 007 Stage, Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK moreMOVIEmeter: 
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This big budget 1981 release became the last feature film for which Ray Harryhausen created the special effects. It was also the only one in which he had assistants. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Later on in the movie, when Perseus and his guards are fighting the two-headed wolf, his two guards put a slash in the cheek of the wolf. There is a brief splash of blood shown on the left head of the wolf on the right side of its face. Then a couple seconds later, the blood is completely gone. moreQuotes:
Ammon: Oh impetuous... foolish... Ah dear, the young. Why do they never listen? When will they ever learn? moreFAQ
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I ignored this film when it first came out in 1981. There were just too many cool films to see that year. Friends who saw it told me it was a laughable hoot. Despite it's august cast and attempt to cash in on the mythic quest themes of Star Wars, it rapidly sunk from sight. In 1995, looking for a film appropriate for my 7 year old daughter, I pulled this film out of the 'family' section of my local library. The critics are right. The F/X are clunky, even by 1981 standards.Harry Hamlin is wooden. Judy Bowker is forgettable, and Laurence Olivier hams it up shamelessly...and yet...IT ALL WORKS! The sets and lighting perfectly capture our deepest feellings of mythic Greece. There isn't a drop of contemporary forays into irony & cynicism. It is unalloyed GOOD vs EVIL lovingly given to us by the effects wizard Harryhausen. His monsters have a childlike beauty that makes them 'scary' without trying to gross you out. It's the myth, the quest, and finally the theme that love does conquer all. No need for smart-alecky, eye-winking protaganists. Just a good old fashioned story told straight and true. My now 14yr. old daughter, wife and I just saw it again last night. See it with the child in your life, or the child in you.
Thank you Mr. Harryhausen, for this and all your wonderful films.