Clash of the Titans (1981 film)
Clash of the Titans is a 1981 BritishAmerican fantasy adventure film directed by Desmond Davis, involving the Greek hero Perseus. It stars Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, Maggie Smith and Laurence Olivier. The film features the final work of famous stop motion visual effects artist Ray Harryhausen. It was released on June 12, 1981 and grossed 41 million at the North American box office, which made it the 11th highest grossing film of the year. A novelization of the film by Alan Dean Foster was published in 1981.
King Acrisius of Argos Donald Houston imprisons his daughter Dana Vida Taylor, jealous of her beauty. When the god Zeus Laurence Olivier impregnates her, Acrisius sends his daughter and his newborn grandson Perseus to sea in a wooden chest. In retribution, Zeus kills Acrisius and orders Poseidon Jack Gwillim to release the last of the Titans, a gigantic sea monster called the Kraken, to destroy Argos. Meanwhile, Dana and Perseus safely float to the island of Seriphos, where Perseus grows to adulthood.Calibos Neil McCarthy, son of the sea goddess Thetis Maggie Smith, is a young man engaged to marry Princess Andromeda Judi Bowker, the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia Sin Phillips and heir to the rich city of Joppa but has not only reduced the Wells of the Moons to a nearlifeless swamp, but also hunted and destroyed Zeuss sacred flying horses excepting only Pegasus. To punish him, Zeus transforms Calibos into a monstrous satyr and he is exiled by his people. In revenge, Thetis transports an adult Perseus Harry Hamlin from Seriphos to an abandoned amphitheatre in Joppa, where he is befriended by an elderly poet named Ammon Burgess Meredith and learns that Andromeda is under a curse and cannot marry unless her suitor successfully answers a riddle, whose failures are burned at the stake. In order to aid his son, Zeus sends Perseus a godcrafted helmet from Athena Susan Fleetwood which makes its wearer invisible, a magical sword from Aphrodite Ursula Andress, and a shield from Hera Claire Bloom. Perseus, wearing the helmet, captures Pegasus and follows Andromeda to learn the next riddle. Perseus is nearly killed by Calibos but escapes, losing his helmet in the process. He also manages to sever Calibos hand. ........
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