Jason and the Argonauts (1963) is a fantasy adventure movie based upon the characters Jason and the Argonauts of Greek mythology, regarded by many critics as one of the best fantasy films ever made. The film has impressive special effect created with stop motion animation.

Directed by Don Chaffey, in collaboration with animation legend Ray Harryhausen, this film is famous for its fantastic stop-motion animated monsters including harpies, the bronze giant Talos, and the many-headed Hydra that guards the Golden Fleece. The thrilling final sequence wherein an army of skeletons, created by sowing the Hydra's teeth, rise from the Earth to attack the heroes is still widely considered to be among the greatest achievements of 20th century motion picture special effects. For lovers of film music, this movie features a score composed by film composer Bernard Herrmann, who is also notable for other of Harryhausen's fantasy films including Mysterious Island and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and his famous collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock.

The cast included Todd Armstrong as Jason, Nancy Kovack as high princess Medea, Nigel Green as Hercules, and Andrew Faulds as Phalerus.

Mythological Elements

• Spartes- actually from the story of Cadmus.
• many-headed Hydra- actually from the story of Hercules.

External links

1963 films | Fantasy films | Films based on Greco-Roman mythology

Jason und die Argonauten | Jazon i argonauti (1963) | アルゴ探検隊の大冒険 | Ясон и аргонавты (фильм)