Talk:Ray Harryhausen

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Contents 1 Hammer Films? 2 Cultural References section 3 Separate Listing of Films 4 Random Comparison 5 Interview with Harryhausen... 6 Fix the picture redlink 7 King Kong 8 Oscar? 9 Bad Gulliver Link 10 Picture

[edit] Hammer Films?

Can I suggest rewording of the paragraph that begins "Harryhausen then worked for Hammer Films". The wording suggests that both The First Men in the Moon and The Valley of Gwangi were Hammer Films, which is simply not the case. Harryhausen's only Hammer film was One Million Years B.C.

[edit] Cultural References section

I've moved the cultural refences of Ray Harryhausen from the "Awards" subsection to their own section, "Cultural References". I believed that they should have their own section because there are enough refences to warrant its own section of the article, and cultural references don't really fall under the category of "Awards". UberMan5000

In the same vein, I've removed the duplicate mention of Monsters Inc. It's not really a good example of an inspiration, but is a great tribute. I kept the first sentence, since there's no doubt that RH has inspired the current generation of American animators. Just find a better example, please? CFLeon 22:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

There was a reference to harryhausen in the commentary or making of ... on the Army of Darkness DVD, in reference to the skeleton 'faces' MikeSims 22:37, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Separate Listing of Films

I'd like to see a listing here of the films RH worked on. CFLeon 22:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Good idea, CFLeon. I've just posted a start for a filmography section. --Rizzleboffin 22:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Random Comparison

The part that goes Model animated characters interact with, and are a part of, the live-action world, with the idea that they will cease to call attention to themselves as "animation", which is different from the more obviously "cartoony" and stylized designs in movies like Chicken Run and The Nightmare Before Christmas, etc. is very strange. It compares the way the models interact to the way it looks on other works, not to mention the "etc" there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cancatis (talk • contribs) 09:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Interview with Harryhausen...

I have an article that might be worth mentioning. It's an interview with Harryhausen that took place about two years ago, around the time a book was released regarding his life and work. Here's the link Ray Harryhausen: An Animation Legend, I hope it could be of some use and interest.

I agree with the inclusion, since it's an interview. Mushroom (Talk) 00:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fix the picture redlink

Could someone who's a registered user fix the picture so it is not a redlink? I'm not a registered user, so I can't.

[edit] King Kong

The intro paragraph suggests that Harryhausen (born in 1920) worked on King Kong (1933 - he'd have been 12 or 13 when the film was released), but a later paragraph says merely that he was inspired by that film. This needs cleared up. I'm having trouble logging in, but I am PurpleChez and it is 19 May 2007, 3:06 EST.

Whoever wrote that must have meant Mighty Joe Young...fixed. (although the MJY article seems to question the extent of his involvement in even that, it's listed on his filmography here...)Anazgnos 18:35, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oscar?

I was watching a side feature on the 20 Million Miles to Earth about Harryhausen and at the end he was awarded an Oscar, prsent by Tom Hanks... is this listed in this article? Stabby Joe 23:40, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Gulliver Link

The link to the 3 worlds of Gulliver goes to the novel -- there is a link on top of that page to a film, but not the Harryhausen one. Does the article actually exist? Can we find a link? -- 71.81.192.247 (talk) 01:42, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Does anyone have or can anyone find a pciture of him to put in the intro? Stabby Joe (talk) 19:48, 1 March 2008 (UTC)