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A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda. Read more

Starring Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith
Director Desmond Davis
Genres Action/Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Clash Of The Titans

A film adaption of the myth of Perseus and his quest to battle both Medusa and the Kraken monster to save the Princess Andromeda.

Starring Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith
Director Desmond Davis
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 53 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 58 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Collections 100 Eighties Greats
Genres Action/Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language English
Released DVD: 21 Nov 2005
Blu-ray: 22 Mar 2010
Production year: 1981
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (3) of Clash Of The Titans

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    A re-run of Jason and the Argonauts, with Perseus, Andromeda and assorted giant livestock going through their mythological paces. Harry Hamlin and Judi Bowker make anaemic heroes, but Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion special effects are as wonderfully wobblesome as ever. Dressed in a white bathrobe and a Santa Claus beard, Laurence Olivier overacts dreadfully as Zeus, but fans of the genre will still find plenty to enjoy. Students of architecture will note that the ancient theatre used in the picture is of late-Roman design and, therefore, out of date by several centuries.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Star-packed but feebly imagined mythological spectacular, further hampered by gloomy photography which is presumably required to offset the jerkiness of the monsters. A very few moments provide the right kind of elation.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 10 out of 11 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Harryhausen's swan song

    This was the last film which employed the talents of Ray Harryhausen and features some of his best work. The stop-go animations hold up well against modern CGI methods, for example, the sequence using Medusa not only required a slight change in movement for each frame of the sequence, but as Medusa had thirteen snakes on her head each of these needed minor movements also! The plot itself revolves around the legend of Perseus and Andromeda, and while not knowing enough myself to vouch for the story's accuracy, I know that the film has been used in some American schools as part of taught modules on Greek mythology. As an owner of the US DVD release, the film transfer is bright and colourful although there has been no restoration, it appears to have been taken from the same master which was used for the VHS and laserdisk versions of ten years ago. The disk extras include a featurette of Ray Harryhausen's memories of the film, a type of feature which appears on many of his previous DVD releases. Of particular interest to many British fans will be the cameo of Pat 'Bomber' Roach in the film, known to many for his character in 'Auf Weidersen Pet' but to me (and I'm showing my age here!) as a tough wrestler on Saturday afternoon's ITV wrestling spot in the 1970s.

      • A customer from Birmingham, UK
      • Posted 05 Feb 2005 14:06

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Great!!

    Even though i have an old copy of this on video tape, i rented this to see it in dvd glory. Fantastic! Real models no computer effects and actually a good story. Also some great actors. The only thing is, has this version been cropped? There does seem to be some continuity problems i don't remember seeing on the old version. Or is this to get the 12 certificate? Great film, only seconded by Jason and the argonauts.

      • Cliff from Nottingham
      • Posted 09 Sep 2006 16:50

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