This weeks AWESOME geek deal is the Ray Harryhausen collection bluray box set. Ray is responsible for the best stop motion animated movies ever made. From now until October 2nd this bluray set is 54% off, bringing the total to under $50 dollars. An excellent deal.
In the set you get:
20 Million Miles to Earth
When an American spaceship crash-lands off the coast of Sicily, a rescue team discovers that the crew has brought back a gelatinous mass that soon hatches and evolves into a strange bi-ped creature which increases in size rapidly. Soon 20-feet tall, the creature rampages through Rome before being destroyed as it seeks refuge in the Colosseum.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
It’s an incredible cinematic adventure as the legendary Sinbad sets off on a dangerous journey to the mysterious Island of Colossus. His quest is to break the spell cast over his beloved princess by a diabolical magician. But before he can save her, Sinbad must battle an awesome collection of mythical monsters, the man-eating Cyclops, a saber-wielding skeleton, a ferocious two-headed bird called the Roc and a fire-breathing dragon. Starring Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher and highlighted by the stunning visual effects mastery of Ray Harryhausen. Now in a pristine, hi-definition transfer that captures the magic of Harryhausen’s “eye-popping” special effects in dazzling Technicolor.
It Came from Beneath the Sea
A giant stop-motion-animated octopus (with six arms) attacks San Francisco. A pair of scientists and a nuclear sub captain try to stop it before it tears down the Golden Gate Bridge.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers While driving through the desert with his wife Carol Marvin to a military base to send the eleventh rocket to the orbit of Earth for helping the exploration of the outer space in the Operation Sky Hook, Dr. Russell A. Marvin and Carol see a flying saucer and accidentally records a message in their tape recorder. Once in the base, Dr. Russell is informed by his father-in-law and general that the ten first satellites had mysteriously felt on Earth. When Dr. Russell decodes the message, he encounters the aliens that ask him to schedule a meeting with the leaders of Earth in Washington in 56 days with the intention to invade Earth without panicking the population. Dr. Russell develops an anti-magnetic weapon that becomes that last hope of human race against the hostile aliens.
Plus tons of extras including:
Audio Commentary with Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects Artists Randall William Cook and John Bruno, and Arnold Kunert
Audio Commentary with Ray Harryhausen, visual effects experts Phil Tippett and Randall William Cook, author Steven Smith, and Arnold Kunert
Commentary with Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects Artists Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett, and Arnold Kunert
Commentary with Ray Harryhausen, Visual Effects Artists Jeffrey Okun and Ken Ralston, and Arnold Kunert
Remembering 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Remembering It Came From Beneath The Sea
Remembering 20 Million Miles to Earth
Ray Harryhausen on Earth VS. The Flying Saucers
The Colorization Process
Ad Art Photo Gallery (It Came From Beneath The Sea)
The Hollywood Blacklist and Bernard Gordon
The Harryhausen Legacy
The Music of Bernard Herrmann
Original Screen Credits
Production Photo Gallery (It Came From Beneath The Sea)
Tim Burton Sits Down with Ray Harryhausen
Photo Gallery
Interview with Joan Taylor
Ray Harryhausen Artwork Photo Gallery (It Came From Beneath The Sea)
Sinbad May Have Been Bad, But He’s Been Good To Me music video
David Schechter on Film Music’s Unsung Heroes
It Came From Beneath The Sea…again! (Digital Comic Book)
Original Ad Artwork
A Look Behind The Voyage
20 Million Miles More Comic Book
This is Dynamation Special Effects Featurette
Flying Saucers vs The Earth (Digital Comic Book)
Interviews with Ray Harryhausen by John Landis
A Present Day Look at Stop Motion
Photo Galleries
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