For over a half century Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation. presented here for the first time ever is the authorized collection of his earliest work along with hours of supplemental features.
After a career more than half a century, Ray Harryhausen is still a giant in the field of animation. He even had a nightclub named after him in Monsters Inc., that"s seriously big-time. Although he didn"t invent stop motion animation, Harryhausen"s work on films such as Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans and the Sinbad film series expanded and refined the art form like no other animator had done before. This DVD of Harryhausen"s early work is a must for fans of the man himself as well as those who love good animation. Disk One of this set features the excellent early films Mother Goose Stories and Fairytales (which have been fully restored by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and now feature introductions by Ray Harryhausen) as well as the story of the making of The Tortoise and the Hare and, on DVD for the first time, Harryhausen"s early film tests and experiments. Although these early films may seen somewhat simplistic compared to modern animation, the stories are excellent and there"s a special kind of magic that accompanies good stop motion animation. Disk Two contains the kind of bonus material that would really appeal to dedicated Harryhausen fans: footage of the reunion between Harryhausen, Ray Bradbury and Forrest J. Ackerman, Harryhausen"s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, a tour of the Harryhausen exhibition at Berlin"s Filmmuseum, galleries of rare photos and sketches, and a star-studded tribute to Harryhausen and his work. Although Disk One would no doubt be watched the most, this is an excellent tribute to Ray Harryhausen and the genius of animation.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play For over a half century Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation presented here for the first time ever is the authorized collection of his earliest work along with hours of supplemental features
Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world for over 50 years with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation. Presented here is a collection of his earliest work.
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