Since the early days of home video Ray Harryhausen’s films have been a lightning rod for companies eager to one-up the competition with bigger and brighter releases of the beloved animator’s work. Located in the UK, Powerhouse/Indicator is the latest to jump on the bandwagon with lavishly appointed blu ray sets each featuring three of his films. Though all these movies have been previously released through other companies, Powerhouse has upped the ante with fresh transfers and a broad slate of new extras.
The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Vol. One: 1955-1960
Blu-ray – All Region
Powerhouse/Indicator
2001 / 1:85 / Street Date September 25, 2017
Starring Kenneth Tobey, William Hopper, Kerwin Matthews
Cinematography: Henry Freulich, Irving Lippman, Carlo Ventimiglia, Wilkie Cooper
Film Editor: Jerome Thoms, Edwin H. Bryant, Raymond Poulton
Produced by Sam Katzman, Charles H. Schneer
Music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Bernard Herrmann
Directed by Robert Gordon, Nathan Juran, Jack Sher
It Came from Beneath the Sea...
The Wonderful Worlds of Ray Harryhausen, Vol. One: 1955-1960
Blu-ray – All Region
Powerhouse/Indicator
2001 / 1:85 / Street Date September 25, 2017
Starring Kenneth Tobey, William Hopper, Kerwin Matthews
Cinematography: Henry Freulich, Irving Lippman, Carlo Ventimiglia, Wilkie Cooper
Film Editor: Jerome Thoms, Edwin H. Bryant, Raymond Poulton
Produced by Sam Katzman, Charles H. Schneer
Music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff, Bernard Herrmann
Directed by Robert Gordon, Nathan Juran, Jack Sher
It Came from Beneath the Sea...
- 9/30/2017
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
A Mixed Bag In A Big Box
By Darren Allison
‘I was there; I was in that picture, fighting the Cyclops on the beach, running from the dragon! I was enthralled. It's one of my strongest childhood memories.’ It’s very hard to argue with director John Landis’s vivid account of his earliest memories and the fantasy films of Ray Harryhausen and producer Charles H. Schneer. They seemed to touch us all in an indelible manner and took us into a fantasy realm far beyond our imagination. Indicator has (for the first time in the UK) combined the three Sinbad adventures in one very handsomely produced package. It’s a magical box that has very little trouble in sending us on a journey, and back to a place called innocence…
The Seventh voyage of Sinbad (1958) was something of a revelation back in its day. Ray Harryhausen’s pioneering stop-motion...
By Darren Allison
‘I was there; I was in that picture, fighting the Cyclops on the beach, running from the dragon! I was enthralled. It's one of my strongest childhood memories.’ It’s very hard to argue with director John Landis’s vivid account of his earliest memories and the fantasy films of Ray Harryhausen and producer Charles H. Schneer. They seemed to touch us all in an indelible manner and took us into a fantasy realm far beyond our imagination. Indicator has (for the first time in the UK) combined the three Sinbad adventures in one very handsomely produced package. It’s a magical box that has very little trouble in sending us on a journey, and back to a place called innocence…
The Seventh voyage of Sinbad (1958) was something of a revelation back in its day. Ray Harryhausen’s pioneering stop-motion...
- 7/15/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Neil Marshall has been set to direct Skull Island: Blood of the King; he’ll also help write the script, alongside Simon Utley.
Blood Of The King is based on Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland’s 2004 graphic novel Kong: King Of Skull Island. The story begins Twenty-five years later after Carl Denham shocked the world when he revealed King Kong to a crowd at the alhambra Theater. Now the son of Carl Denham makes a shocking discovery that leads him back to the site of his father’s greatest adventure and to the answers that will unlock the century’s greatest mystery and history’s greatest miracle.
The graphic novel acts as both prequel and sequel to the classic fantasy tale, King Kong. Radar Pictures will produce, along with Ted Field. Steve Lies and Arnold Kunert are also producing through their Spirit Pictures banner.
Marshall is best known for films such as Centurion,...
Blood Of The King is based on Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland’s 2004 graphic novel Kong: King Of Skull Island. The story begins Twenty-five years later after Carl Denham shocked the world when he revealed King Kong to a crowd at the alhambra Theater. Now the son of Carl Denham makes a shocking discovery that leads him back to the site of his father’s greatest adventure and to the answers that will unlock the century’s greatest mystery and history’s greatest miracle.
The graphic novel acts as both prequel and sequel to the classic fantasy tale, King Kong. Radar Pictures will produce, along with Ted Field. Steve Lies and Arnold Kunert are also producing through their Spirit Pictures banner.
Marshall is best known for films such as Centurion,...
- 10/4/2013
- by Laura Frances
- LRMonline.com
Ray Harryhausen - Master of the Majicks
Volume 1: Beginnings and Endings
by Mike Hankin
Foreword by Tom Hanks
Preface by Sir Christopher Frayling
www.archive-editions.com
Finally Completed and off to the Printer!
Vol. 1 is planned to ship in early Summer, 2013.
Written and produced over the past 10 years with Ray Harryhausen's cooperation and support, the complete 3-volume definitive 295,000-word career/biography features interviews with Ray and his colleagues and is profusely illustrated with several hundred rare photographs, artwork, and illustrations (many of which have never been previously published).
We published Volume 2 ("The American Films") first, then Volume 3 ("The British Films"), and are now wrapping up the set with Volume 1 (“Beginnings and Endings”).
Chapters in Volume 1 extensively cover:
Ray's Early 16mm Experiments, The Influence of Willis O'Brien and King Kong, George Pal's Puppetoons®, Ray's Film Work During World War II, The Fairy Tale Short Subjects, Ray's Retirement Years (including tributes,...
Volume 1: Beginnings and Endings
by Mike Hankin
Foreword by Tom Hanks
Preface by Sir Christopher Frayling
www.archive-editions.com
Finally Completed and off to the Printer!
Vol. 1 is planned to ship in early Summer, 2013.
Written and produced over the past 10 years with Ray Harryhausen's cooperation and support, the complete 3-volume definitive 295,000-word career/biography features interviews with Ray and his colleagues and is profusely illustrated with several hundred rare photographs, artwork, and illustrations (many of which have never been previously published).
We published Volume 2 ("The American Films") first, then Volume 3 ("The British Films"), and are now wrapping up the set with Volume 1 (“Beginnings and Endings”).
Chapters in Volume 1 extensively cover:
Ray's Early 16mm Experiments, The Influence of Willis O'Brien and King Kong, George Pal's Puppetoons®, Ray's Film Work During World War II, The Fairy Tale Short Subjects, Ray's Retirement Years (including tributes,...
- 3/27/2013
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Hey Gang! Comic-Con International has unveiled the full schedule for Saturday July 24th! If you thought Thursday and Friday were insanely awesome and crazy, wait until you see what's planned for Saturday! There is a ton of great stuff going on that you're going to want to see! We've got all Marvel film panel with Thor, Captain America and The Avengers. There's also Green Lantern, Cowboys & Aliens, Sucker Punch, Harry Potter, Paul, and a ton of other great stuff! And if you aren't able to make it out to Comic-Con this year don't worry we got your back, and will be covering everything we possibly can. I've highlighted all the events we hope to cover. If you're going to comic-con we will be having a little meet up. The details for that will be revealed soon. Now check out the full schedule below and start planning out your Comic-Con geekdom.
- 7/10/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Pictured Above: Ray Harryhausen and his Medusa from Clash of the Titans. Photo courtesy of Ray Harryhausen.
Director Louis Leterrier has raised a box office monster from the deep with his remake of the classic Clash of the Titans, this time starring Sam Worthington as the heroic Perseus who takes on the terrifying creatures of the ancient world.
It comes nearly three decades after the original Clash of the Titans roared on to the big screen.
Back in 1981, the Titans were directed by Desmond Davis and brought to life by the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, the film's co-producer (with Charles H. Schneer) and creator of special visual effects.
Harryhausen's meticulously-animated creatures - from an era before computer-generated effects - are by now as legendary as the beasts themselves, with his work also seen on screen in such films as 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), One Million Years B.C....
Director Louis Leterrier has raised a box office monster from the deep with his remake of the classic Clash of the Titans, this time starring Sam Worthington as the heroic Perseus who takes on the terrifying creatures of the ancient world.
It comes nearly three decades after the original Clash of the Titans roared on to the big screen.
Back in 1981, the Titans were directed by Desmond Davis and brought to life by the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, the film's co-producer (with Charles H. Schneer) and creator of special visual effects.
Harryhausen's meticulously-animated creatures - from an era before computer-generated effects - are by now as legendary as the beasts themselves, with his work also seen on screen in such films as 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), One Million Years B.C....
- 4/11/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Two current projects have their roots in the work of Kong creator Merian C. Cooper. One is a long-stalled feature film originally conceived by Cooper and Ray Harryhausen, the other is a prequel to King Kong. Let's take a look at them in turn. Variety report that War Eagles was co-developed by Cooper and Harryhausen before it was stalled by the second World War. The premise involves one of those long-lost locales full of wonderful creatures that would seem to belong to a prehistoric evolutionary niche. In this case, the lost world would be discovered by an ace fighter pilot who crashes his experimental jet in the Arctic. The producer of both films is one Arnold Kunert who is also prepping a doc on stop-motion maestro Harryhausen named, definitively enough, Harryhausen. He says of War Eagles: It's one of those films that a certain level of the industry is aware of.
- 7/28/2009
- by Brendon Connelly
- Slash Film
Established 1974! Our news column cruises to Skull Island.
Updates
The Tron sequel officially has a title. Initially known as Tron (as if That wouldn't cause confusion) as well as Tron 2 and TR2N, it's now Tron: Legacy. And it still seems almost miraculous that it has gotten made, since the original picture came out 27 years ago and Didn't make as much money as Disney expected at the time. Years of solid video (VHS/DVD) sales and cable network play have made it a beloved classic far better appreciated now than ever in its debut release.
View the first teaser right here:
That Simpsons salute documentary being made by Morgan Spurlock (and mentioned here the other day) has a longer title than we noted. Actually, it's The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special--in 3-D! On Ice! It'll air in January on Fox (although Not in 3-D or on ice).
Family Guy continues...
Updates
The Tron sequel officially has a title. Initially known as Tron (as if That wouldn't cause confusion) as well as Tron 2 and TR2N, it's now Tron: Legacy. And it still seems almost miraculous that it has gotten made, since the original picture came out 27 years ago and Didn't make as much money as Disney expected at the time. Years of solid video (VHS/DVD) sales and cable network play have made it a beloved classic far better appreciated now than ever in its debut release.
View the first teaser right here:
That Simpsons salute documentary being made by Morgan Spurlock (and mentioned here the other day) has a longer title than we noted. Actually, it's The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special--in 3-D! On Ice! It'll air in January on Fox (although Not in 3-D or on ice).
Family Guy continues...
- 7/27/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (DAVID McDONNELL)
- Starlog
Variety reports that Spirit Pictures has purchased the rights to Kong: King of Skull Island, a book written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland and released at the time Peter Jackson was working on his version of King Kong.
Spirit apparently has plans to adapt the book, which is a prequel telling the story of Kong's fight for survival on Skull Island. The studio acquired the rights with the help of Merian C. Cooper's family members, who own the rights to all Kong material. Cooper directed the original 1933 King Kong movie along with Ernest B. Schoedsack.
In a statement, Spirit's Steve Iles spoke about plans for the project:
We're very concerned with honoring Merian C. Cooper's legacy in Hollywood. We want to make sure that whatever we deliver will honor his memory.
Spirit is also working on War Eagles, a project originally developed by Cooper and creature-feature ubermeister Ray Harryhausen,...
Spirit apparently has plans to adapt the book, which is a prequel telling the story of Kong's fight for survival on Skull Island. The studio acquired the rights with the help of Merian C. Cooper's family members, who own the rights to all Kong material. Cooper directed the original 1933 King Kong movie along with Ernest B. Schoedsack.
In a statement, Spirit's Steve Iles spoke about plans for the project:
We're very concerned with honoring Merian C. Cooper's legacy in Hollywood. We want to make sure that whatever we deliver will honor his memory.
Spirit is also working on War Eagles, a project originally developed by Cooper and creature-feature ubermeister Ray Harryhausen,...
- 7/27/2009
- by Rich Z Zwelling
- Reelzchannel.com
If Spirit Pictures has its way, audiences will get to see exactly how Kong became King.
The studio has picked up the rights to "Kong: King of Skull Island", a prequel novel telling the back story behind cinema’s famous giant ape. The book, written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland, was published around the same time Peter Jackson was producing his King Kong remake.
Through its own in-house special effects facility, Spirit Pictures intends to use motion-capture technology to create a film similar in look and style to the recent Beowulf and The Polar Express. Like the book, the new Kong movie would feature other enormous gorillas and dinosaurs—Kong’s friends and rivals on the mysterious Skull Island.
According to Variety, the book rights were brokered through the Merian C. Cooper family, which owns the property. Spirit’s Steve Iles, previously known for videogames based on 'Star War's,...
The studio has picked up the rights to "Kong: King of Skull Island", a prequel novel telling the back story behind cinema’s famous giant ape. The book, written by Joe DeVito and Brad Strickland, was published around the same time Peter Jackson was producing his King Kong remake.
Through its own in-house special effects facility, Spirit Pictures intends to use motion-capture technology to create a film similar in look and style to the recent Beowulf and The Polar Express. Like the book, the new Kong movie would feature other enormous gorillas and dinosaurs—Kong’s friends and rivals on the mysterious Skull Island.
According to Variety, the book rights were brokered through the Merian C. Cooper family, which owns the property. Spirit’s Steve Iles, previously known for videogames based on 'Star War's,...
- 7/27/2009
- CinemaSpy
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