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2006/04/06

Harryhausen Archive


Ceratosaurus: RAWRR!
Triceratops: GRRRGR!


THE SEVENTH VOYAGE.COM: Creatures
Gallery of animated creatures by stop-motion expert Ray Harryhausen. There's also a trailer section if you want to see some video.


The Cyclops!

I remember seeing the 7th voyage on TV when I was about five years old. Without exaggeration, it was an experience that obliterated every preconception I had of the world up to that point. For years afterwards, I wondered what the hell that miraculous movie was, which I didn't even know the title to.

Luckily, Starlog magazine clued me in to Harryhausen in the late 70s/early 80s. Thanks, Starlog!


5 Comments:

  • At 4/07/2006 10:12 AM, onlyocelot said…

    That name has been bothering me since I first saw Monsters, Inc. Thank you for connecting it to something!

    ray

     
  • At 4/10/2006 7:58 PM, Derek said…

    You're welcome.

    I remember that reference too, but it just occurred to me that one of the lead characters of Monsters Inc was also a cyclops. So I guess it was a double reference, for both animated monsters, and cyclopses.

     
  • At 4/13/2006 4:10 PM, sigfpe said…

    Coincidence...I just bought Harryhausen's "An Animated Life" and got his autograph on my DVD of Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger.

     
  • At 10/11/2006 3:17 PM, Andrew Glazebrook said…

    Harryhausen rules !! I loved the Cyclops in 7th Voyage,and Caroline Munro in Golden Voyage !!

     
  • At 10/11/2006 4:28 PM, Derek said…

    Agreed!

    I just got 7th Voyage from amazon.ca. There was an additional documentary, "The Harryhausen Chronicles" that I didn't expect. It was great!

     

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