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Year: 1965
Director: Nathan Juran
Plot: One of special-effects wizard Ray Harryhausen's pre-Seventh Voyage of Sinbad efforts, 20 Million Miles to Earth borrows a few pages from King Kong. An American spaceship crashlands off the coast of Sicily. The rescue party discovers that the astronauts have inadvertently brought back a curious gelatinous mass from the planet Venus. This lump of goo rapidly evolves into be a living reptilian creature, which scientists label an "Ymir". While being subjected to laboratory experimentation, the Ymir begins growing by leaps and bounds, and before long the gigantic monstrosity has escaped and is wreaking havoc in Rome. After battling a zoo elephant and taking a swim in the Tiber, the gargantuan creature holes up in the Colosseum, where the film's pyrotechnic finale occurs. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:04:05 GMT20 Million Miles to Earth1965Nathan JuranOne of special-effects wizard <a href="/players/P____93588/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ray Harryhausen</a>'s pre-Seventh Voyage of Sinbad efforts, 20 Million Miles to Earth borrows a few pages from <a href=/films/229284/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>King Kong</a>. An American spaceship crashlands off the coast of Sicily. The rescue party discovers that the astronauts have inadvertently brought back a curious gelatinous mass from the planet Venus. This lump of goo rapidly evolves into be a living reptilian creature, which scientists label an "Ymir". While being subjected to laboratory experimentation, the Ymir begins growing by leaps and bounds, and before long the gigantic monstrosity has escaped and is wreaking havoc in Rome. After battling a zoo elephant and taking a swim in the Tiber, the gargantuan creature holes up in the Colosseum, where the film's pyrotechnic finale occurs. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide6Taggedy Taggged (6-10)15122http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u48539hmwwm.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/20_Million_Miles_to_Earth/79/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/The_Imagination_of_Fantasy/Re_The_Best_Fantasy/47/38880/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
Post To: The Imagination of Fantasy
Post Date: 12/27/2008 2:56:36 PM
Body: Pippin has already included a few of my favorites including The Wizard of OZ and The Princess Bride ... I will try to come up with ONLY ten more that have not yet been listed... 1. King Kong ; A GREAT story and groundbreaking special effects by Willis O'Brien and a young protoge of his named Ray Harryhausen. 2. Son of Kong ; See above. 3. Mighty Joe Young ; See above. 4. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad ; ANY movie with the name Ray Harryhausen listed in the special effects department is worth watching! 5. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad ; See above. 6. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger ; See above. 7. Jason and the Argonauts ; See above. 8. Clash of the Titans ; See above. 9. 20 Million Miles to Earth ; See above. 10. The Valley of Gwangi ; See above. Damn! I've run out, haven't I? Well, THAT will be my official "top ten" list. But honorable mention MUST be given to SEVERAL great movies including Forbiden Planet , ZARDOZ , Conan the Barbarian , 300 , The 13th Warrior , Tommy , Pink Floyd: The Wall , Wizards , Heavy Metal , Fritz The Cat , Debbie does Dallas ... the list goes on and on.... < GOR >
]]>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:56:36 GMTDr_GorThe Imagination of Fantasy12/27/2008 2:56:36 PM Pippin has already included a few of my favorites including The Wizard of OZ and The Princess Bride ... I will try to come up with ONLY ten more that have not yet been listed... 1. King Kong ; A GREAT story and groundbreaking special effects by Willis O'Brien and a young protoge of his named Ray Harryhausen. 2. Son of Kong ; See above. 3. Mighty Joe Young ; See above. 4. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad ; ANY movie with the name Ray Harryhausen listed in the special effects department is worth watching! 5. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad ; See above. 6. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger ; See above. 7. Jason and the Argonauts ; See above. 8. Clash of the Titans ; See above. 9. 20 Million Miles to Earth ; See above. 10. The Valley of Gwangi ; See above. Damn! I've run out, haven't I? Well, THAT will be my official "top ten" list. But honorable mention MUST be given to SEVERAL great movies including Forbiden Planet , ZARDOZ , Conan the Barbarian , 300 , The 13th Warrior , Tommy , Pink Floyd: The Wall , Wizards , Heavy Metal , Fritz The Cat , Debbie does Dallas ... the list goes on and on.... &lt; GOR &gt; http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_August_25_Monster_Madness/625/34421/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Post Date: 8/26/2008 8:26:52 PM
Body: I recently rewatched The Valley of Gwangi and I was stunned (again) by what a good movie this is! When is the last time you have seen a T-Rex being burned alive inside a church? This got me thinking about how much I LOVE the stop-motion animation effects of the great Ray Harryhausen... He began his historic career working on the amazing film Mighty Joe Young working under the tutelege of his mentor Willis O'Brien who was the effects genius behind the original King Kong . Harryhausen went on to perfect his own method of stop-motion animation that used both rear projection and front projection to import his creations onto any background... He called this technique "Dynamation" . Besides the films mentioned above, here are some GREAT monster movies where you can check out the craft of this master in action... The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms It Came From Beneath The Sea Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 20 Million Miles to Earth The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Mysterious Island Jason and the Argonauts First Men in the Moon One Million Years B.C. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger Clash of the Titans ... Monsters Rule!
]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:26:52 GMTDr_GorWeekly Theme8/26/2008 8:26:52 PM I recently rewatched The Valley of Gwangi and I was stunned (again) by what a good movie this is! When is the last time you have seen a T-Rex being burned alive inside a church? This got me thinking about how much I LOVE the stop-motion animation effects of the great Ray Harryhausen... He began his historic career working on the amazing film Mighty Joe Young working under the tutelege of his mentor Willis O'Brien who was the effects genius behind the original King Kong . Harryhausen went on to perfect his own method of stop-motion animation that used both rear projection and front projection to import his creations onto any background... He called this technique "Dynamation" . Besides the films mentioned above, here are some GREAT monster movies where you can check out the craft of this master in action... The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms It Came From Beneath The Sea Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 20 Million Miles to Earth The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Mysterious Island Jason and the Argonauts First Men in the Moon One Million Years B.C. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger Clash of the Titans ... Monsters Rule! http://www.spout.com/blogs/jj79/archive/2008/6/6/30632.aspx Post By: JJ79
Post To: JJ79 Blog
Post Date: 6/6/2008 1:14:57 PM
Body: Released: June 1957Director: Nathan Juran*****Let's be honest: no one is lining up for the story or human characters in 20 Million Miles to Earth. The attraction remains the stop motion creature work by Ray Harryhausen. Perhaps a bit underwhelming in today's era of CGI, the work done by Harryhausen and other artists of his ilk is on full display here, with a generally lifelike and graceful moving (for 1957, of course) creature from Venus tangling with an elephant. Just about the only problem with the special effects happens to be the shifting size of both animals in the action finale.In case anyone is really interested: man's first exploration of Venus crashes into the sea off the coast of Sicily with only one survivor. A container washes up on shore, which a young boy named Pepe, promptly opens up, bringing the contents to a traveling zoologists, Dr. Leonardo. From there, the gelatinous blob hatches, unleashing Ymir onto the world.In a nutshell, that's all there is to Earth. A straight forward enough story with wooden characters and actors, both playing a distant second fiddle to the creature effects. None of the actors are particularly memorable, either in the story or in their careers. And yet, the film doesn't buckle under them. They're simply placeholders until we can get to the siege of Rome. It is a glorious battle by 1950s standards. Showcasing many more creature effects than it has any real right to, Harryhausen reaffirms his place in history as a pioneer of special effects. And, most likely, of patience, considering the painstaking detail which went into creating every aspect of a show, from something as simple as a tail moving to engaging in a street battle with an elephant.Whereas the popular notion of creatures born out of nuclear experiments was popular at the time, 20 Million Miles to Earth uses another standby, the then-new space program, to bring Ymir to Earth. The script is horribly lacking in specifics regarding technology or scientific fact, however. Mentions of Ymir eating sulfur and being stopped by electrical impulses notwithstanding, the script gets us from the beginning of the story proper to the first time a full Ymir is seen with all deliberate speed. There's no pretense of reality; just a good monster movie without the current wave of humanizing the creature, of understanding it and helping it get back home. Ymir smash indeed.
]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:14:57 GMTJJ79JJ79 Blog6/6/2008 1:14:57 PMReleased: June 1957Director: Nathan Juran*****Let's be honest: no one is lining up for the story or human characters in 20 Million Miles to Earth. The attraction remains the stop motion creature work by Ray Harryhausen. Perhaps a bit underwhelming in today's era of CGI, the work done by Harryhausen and other artists of his ilk is on full display here, with a generally lifelike and graceful moving (for 1957, of course) creature from Venus tangling with an elephant. Just about the only problem with the special effects happens to be the shifting size of both animals in the action finale.In case anyone is really interested: man's first exploration of Venus crashes into the sea off the coast of Sicily with only one survivor. A container washes up on shore, which a young boy named Pepe, promptly opens up, bringing the contents to a traveling zoologists, Dr. Leonardo. From there, the gelatinous blob hatches, unleashing Ymir onto the world.In a nutshell, that's all there is to Earth. A straight forward enough story with wooden characters and actors, both playing a distant second fiddle to the creature effects. None of the actors are particularly memorable, either in the story or in their careers. And yet, the film doesn't buckle under them. They're simply placeholders until we can get to the siege of Rome. It is a glorious battle by 1950s standards. Showcasing many more creature effects than it has any real right to, Harryhausen reaffirms his place in history as a pioneer of special effects. And, most likely, of patience, considering the painstaking detail which went into creating every aspect of a show, from something as simple as a tail moving to engaging in a street battle with an elephant.Whereas the popular notion of creatures born out of nuclear experiments was popular at the time, 20 Million Miles to Earth uses another standby, the then-new space program, to bring Ymir to Earth. The script is horribly lacking in specifics regarding technology or scientific fact, however. Mentions of Ymir eating sulfur and being stopped by electrical impulses notwithstanding, the script gets us from the beginning of the story proper to the first time a full Ymir is seen with all deliberate speed. There's no pretense of reality; just a good monster movie without the current wave of humanizing the creature, of understanding it and helping it get back home. Ymir smash indeed. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/space/MemberTagFilms.aspxspace
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