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John in Woodbridge
November 11th, 2004, 06:04 PM
Greek mythology. I don't see any jewish influence in this film whatsoever. Pure celebration of Aryan folklore. Very good stop action animation (though dated) by Ray Harryhausen.
FranzJoseph
November 13th, 2004, 10:29 PM
The movie was okay. It did not make enough money to satisfy the backers, but I suppose most movies never do. This is when Ray Harryhausen got fed up with movie politics and quit.
It contained the best-looking actress of my generation, Judi Bowker, as Andromeda. She was also very kind and generous and quit making movies after this one to become a stage actress in London. Judi remains a guilty pleasure for anyone old enough to remember her in the Louis Jordan version of Count Dracula. It's the hardest to find of any Dracula movie, but it's lots more fun to watch than Clash of the Titans.
Judi Bowker:
http://www.shop4photos.net/graphics/234/234954.jpg
John in Woodbridge
November 13th, 2004, 10:38 PM
The movie was okay. It did not make enough money to satisfy the backers, but I suppose most movies never do. This is when Ray Harryhausen got fed up with movie politics and quit.
It contained the best-looking actress of my generation, Judi Bowker, as Andromeda. She was also very kind and generous and quit making movies after this one to become a stage actress in London. Judi remains a guilty pleasure for anyone old enough to remember her in the Louis Jordan version of Count Dracula. It's the hardest to find of any Dracula movie, but it's lots more fun to watch than Clash of the Titans.
Judi Bowker:
http://www.shop4photos.net/graphics/234/234954.jpg
In middle school I remember seeing and English-made version of Dracula, which was excellent, the best adaptation I've seen. Not sure is this is the one you are talking about.
Bragi
November 13th, 2004, 11:29 PM
I think that was the first movie I saw in a movie theater where I got to see almost a full woman's breast. And lo and behold if it isn't Judi herself in that pic above who's breast I almost saw. The first movie I can remember seeing in a theater was Buck Rogers in the 25th (24th) Century. It was a birthday party.
But one of the early ones was Clash of the Titans. It was a good fantasy movie in the spirit of those old 50's fantasy films with the stop motion photography, like Sinbad and some others I can't remember the names of. And the special effects were pretty good for the time. I also saw that at some kid's b-day party.
I'm not a faggot or anything, but Harry Hamlin as Perseus was pretty much the ideal Med type. He was a regular golden deity. And of course Judi made the loins stir. And the movie touched on Greek mythology, which makes for good pro-white themes. There was also a mechanical owl, and a bad guy with a whip who looked like some kind of reptile. Think he was cursed by the gods with ugliness. And a horse with wings, the mighty Pegasus. It also starred Laurence Olivier and Burgess Meredith, two fine actors no longer with them. And the gorgon Medusa. And the deep water dweller who gets to eat the sacrifice Andromeda.
Recommended.
FranzJoseph
November 14th, 2004, 12:30 AM
In middle school I remember seeing and English-made version of Dracula, which was excellent, the best adaptation I've seen. Not sure is this is the one you are talking about.
This one:
COUNT DRACULA (BBC, 1977, starring Louis Jourdan)
I’ve been collecting videos for many, many years now. Like many of you, I have a ‘hit list’ of favourite items that I hope to snap up the second they become available for purchase. It seems like forever that the 1977 version of COUNT DRACULA, starring Louis Jourdan and made for BBC television, has been hovering at the top of my list.
One Hallowe’en in the late seventies, PBS ran this three-part presentation in one showing. As a devotee of the Bram Stoker book, I was thrilled beyond measure when I observed that this adaptation was the most faithful film version on record...
http://www.einsiders.com/reviews/videorisks/bbcdracula.php
The rest of the article includes pictures and a little afterward about Judi Bowker (did every man who met her fall in love with her? I guess so.)
-LiveWire-
November 14th, 2004, 02:37 PM
This was a very fine masterpiece film, and watching it is like visiting an ancient site. There's something very mystical about it, maybe because its Aryan with the majority of actors from European background. I remember the actress who played Andromeda used to be in the 70's kids series "Black Beauty." I don't think Hollywood can make these type of films ever again. :(
John in Woodbridge
November 14th, 2004, 02:45 PM
This was a very fine masterpiece film, and watching it is like visiting an ancient site. There's something very mystical about it, maybe because its Aryan with the majority of actors from European background. I remember the actress who played Andromeda used to be in the 70's kids series "Black Beauty." I don't think Hollywood can make these type of films ever again. :(
LOTR's comes close, but I think Peter Jackson capitulated somewhat in the third film, with the blonde orcs.
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