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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

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(Laserdisc)

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NOTE: This commentary is only available on the Criterion Collection laserdisc, which is now out-of-print.

Commentaries on this Laserdisc:

Commentary 1: Visual effects creator Ray Harryhausen and film historian Bruce Eder Rating:8.0/10 (1 vote) [graph]Login to vote or review
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It's great that Harryhausen, one of the elder statesmen of cinema, is preserved commenting on what he regards as his best work; equally shameful that the bureaucratic bean-counters have kept this treasure off the DVD release of JASON (I could be wrong but I think this is the ONLY Harryhausen feature film that features his own commentary, which makes it even more shameful). The commentary track is half JASON-specific, half general reminiscence; but we can forgive Harryhausen for the latter because it's still a treat just to listen to his experiences from a long-lost time. Historian Eder drops in comments whenever there's a gap, ensuring there's no dead air. As the laserdisc was issued in 1992, Harryhausen had yet to see the CGI dinosaurs of JURASSIC PARK, which would have surely warranted a remark on his commentary.
   
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