Top SFX shots No.33: Jason and the Argonauts

Martin Anderson

Published on Dec 29, 2008

Ray Harryhausen's most celebrated feat of stop-motion remains enduringly impressive, not only for the sheer invention of the skeletal warriors that rise from the 'seeds' of dragons' teeth, but for the sheer number which the grand master assembled for a series of enormously complex shots. The shot seen in the video is a composite of one single set-up with the inserts removed.

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