Top SFX shots No.33: Jason and the Argonauts

News 29 Dec 2008 - 10:29

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.

Return to Top 50 movie special effects shots