Ive enjoyed the dvd version, and now have the bluray version. As a mere boy jason, the heir to the kingdom of ancient greece, witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of his ruthless uncle, pelias. Jason and the argonauts film idi na navigaciju idi na pretragu. Jason and the argonauts is an important work of cinematography, one of harryhausens materpieces. The miniseries attempted to hew closer to apollonius argonautica than did the 1963 version. Jason and the golden fleece is a 1963 angloamerican independently made adventure mythological fantasy film produced by charles h. Although plodding at times and bereft of humor, the movie will enchant gradeschool children with its greek gods and stopmotion creatures. As a mere boy jason, the heir to the kingdom of ancient greece, witnesses the murder of his father at.
Jason and the argonauts tv miniseries 2000 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jason and the argonauts exists now mostly as a fine piece of nostalgia. Jason london in jason and the argonauts 2000 jolene blalock in jason and the argonauts 2000. It boasts a music score by the magnificent bernard herrmann, to boot for all their charming judderiness, harryhausen s creations have more life.
Viewed clearly, its a poorlymade collection of fantastical tropes. This is the jason and the argonauts film from 2000 hallmark entertainment. The story revolves around the hero jason, rightful heir to the throne of iolcus, whose throne was usurped from his father by evil uncle pelias. Jason and the argonauts, also known as jason and the golden fleece is a 2000 tv movie directed by nick willing and produced by hallmark entertainment. Argonautai were a band of heroes in greek mythology, who in the years before the trojan war, around 0 bc, accompanied jason to colchis in his quest to find the golden fleece. In the modern world, jason has emerged as a character in various adaptations of his myths, such as the 1963 film jason and the argonauts and the 2000 tv miniseries of the same name. After narrowly escaping death, jason flees his home and returns. The exterior locations for jasons legendary quest for the golden fleece can be found in italy, south of the amalfi coast for the best of those sixties films designed to showcase the extraordinary animation of ray harryhausen. From the director of 1999s madefortv hit alice in wonderland comes a film inspired by the greek mythological hero jason london and his epic quest for the golden fleece to help regain his rightful claim to the throne in the kingdom of thessaly. Their name comes from their ship, argo, named after its builder, argus.
Jason and the argonauts is based on the classic myth of jason and the golden fleece. Jason and the argonauts, a 1963 film directed by don chaffey with animation by ray harryhausen. Jason and the argonauts vhs, 2000 for sale online ebay. Jason and the argonauts dvd, 2000 for sale online ebay. Jason and the argonauts 2000 movie trailer youtube. I cant say that jason and the argonauts2000 was perfect but everyman has his own idea about how to be told a story. Characterised by fine camera work, an excellent cast, and impressive special effects for the time 1963, it sometimes suffers from stilted and pompous dialogue.
Jason and the argonauts critics consensus don chaffeys jason and the argonauts is an outlandish, transportive piece of nostalgia whose real star is. Jason and the argonauts, while not high art, is one of the finest examples of the sword and sandal epic, or peplum. Jason and legendary adventure fantasy adventure movies. I am mad about classic stories,fairy tales,myths etc. Jason and the argonauts vhs, 2000, 2tape set for sale.
Notably, to appeal to a broader demographic, the movie added atalanta as a female. Jason the heir to the kingdom of ancient greece, witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of his ruthless uncle, pelias. The panhellenic mythological hero jason was famed for his expedition with the argonauts as the sailors on their ship the argo were known in search of the golden fleece in kolchis on the black sea, one of the most popular and enduring legends of greek mythology. Jason and the argonauts is a 2000 tv movie directed by nick willing and produced by hallmark entertainment. Jason and the argonauts 2000 film jason and the argonauts, aka jason and the golden fleece is a 2part tv movie, directed by nick willing and produced by hallmark entertainment. The 1962 film is full of very stilted acting and the story is incomplete plus, the ending is rather sudden. The film begins when the evil pelias dennis hopper usurps the throne of his halfbrother, aeson, king of the greek city of iolcus, after murdering aeson and marrying his wife, polymele diana kent. At a young age, jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of his uncle pelias. Based on greek mythology, the film stars todd armstrong as the eponymous hero, along with nancy kovack, honor blackman, and gary raymond.
Through rosecolored glasses, though, its a vibrant. Twenty years later, jason returns home to claim his rightful place as king, but pelias orders him to be executed, and in order to save himself jason. The twopart, fourhour film airs sunday and monday at 9 both nights. It was distributed by columbia pictures shot in eastman. The high definition remastering and bluray transfer appear to be first rate as though filmed in highdefinition as befits this fine film. The myth may reflect historical expeditions made by the mycenaeans in the th century bce as. Pelias offers to give jason the throne if he sails to the end of the world to claim the. Jason and the argonauts are characters from greek mythology. Jason and the argonauts 2000 jason and the argonauts.
The film begins when the evil pelias dennis hopper usurps the. One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in jason and the argonauts, an epic saga of good and evil. Jason and the argonauts finally come to the land of colchis, where king. For the most part, the casting of this movie is superb. The film stars todd armstrong as jason, along with nancy kovack, honor blackman, and gary raymond.
Jason appeared in various literary works in the classical world of greece and rome, including the epic poem argonautica and the tragedy medea. Jason and the argonauts licensed to youtube by music video distributors on behalf of perseverance records. Jason and the argonauts remake is another well done fantasy piece with monsters and good against evil, special. Arabian nights 2000 movie mili avital, alan bates, james frain. Jason and the argonauts tv miniseries 2000 filmaffinity. The film begins when the evil pelias dennis hopper. Jason the heir to the kingdom of ancient greece, witnesses the. Clever effects, clunky acting in jason and the argonauts. Regardez jason and the argonaut streaming 2000 streamingvf. Regardez jason et les argonautes 2000 vf streamingvf.
Dennis hopper, derek jacobi, frank langella, jason london, natasha henstridge, angus macfadyen. Watch movie jason and the argonauts leonard ulman on dailymotion. Jason and the argonauts tv miniseries is a tv series directed by nick willing with jason london, jolene blalock, dennis hopper, frank langella, year. It is famous for its stop motion sequences created by ray harryhausen who also produced the film the story revolves around the hero jason todd armstrong, rightful heir to the throne of thessaly, whose throne was usurped from his father by evil uncle pelias douglas wilmer. I think that the both main gods zeus and his wifeare bad pictured. Though, in spite of this fact, i do find the 2000 version highly entertaining. Although it becomes readily apparent that jason london was picked due to his good looks rather than his acting talents, he is nonetheless adequate.
Jason and the argonauts is a tv miniseries based on the story of jason and the argonauts in classical mythology. The myth of jasons quest to find a magical golden fleece comes vividly to life in this 1963 classic. Jason and the argonauts picks up on this aspect more than any other film on greek mythology that i have seen. This 2000 production recounts a famous tale from greek mythology. Jason and the golden fleece is a 1963 angloamerican independently made fantasy film produced by charles h. It is very loosely based on the greek myth of jason and the argonauts. Jason and the argonauts aired on nbc as a sweeps miniseries event in may 2000. One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in jason and the argonauts, and epic saga of good and evil. However, i have to admit its not as good as the 63 version, which featured the dynamation of the great ray harryhausen.
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