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official Ray Harryhausen website
Ray Harryhausen entry at Wikipedia
lifelong best friend of Ray Bradbury


star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame  won Gordon E. Sawyer Award {Honorary) Oscar in 1992    Ray Harryhausen won a Gordon E. Sawyer Award Honorary Oscar® in 1992

He also received
4 awards (1975-2006) from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films
2 Annie Awards (1991 & 2003) from the International Animated Film Society
and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame




Works  By & About  Ray Harryhausen

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A Century of Stop-Motion Animation book by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton   "A Century of Stop-Motion Animation: From Melies To Aardman" [2008]
by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton

Watson-Guptill 11½x9¾ hardcover [11/2008] for $31.50  
Art of Ray Harryhausen book by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton   "The Art of Ray Harryhausen" [2006]
by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton, Foreword by Peter Jackson

Watson-Guptill 11x9½ pb [12/2008] for $19.77  
Billboard Books 11½x10 hardcover [4/2006] for $36.50
Ray Harryhausen autobiography   "Ray Harryhausen: An Animated Life" [2004]
by Ray Harryhausen & Tony Dalton
Foreward by Ray Bradbury

Billboard Books 11½x10 hardcover [4/2004] for $33.00
Ray Harryhausen Chronicles   "The Harryhausen Chronicles" [A.M.C. TV documentary Jan 1998]
Produced & directed by critic Richard Schickel
WEA color DVD [7/2002] for $17.99
WEA color VHS [7/2002] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

"Aliens, Dragons, Monsters and Me"
documentary [Disney Channel 1986]
aka "The Fantasy World of Ray Harryhausen"; directed by Richard Jones; narrated by Gary Owens;
featuring Ray Harryhausen, lifelong friend Ray Bradbury & actor Kerwin Mathews
DVD not available; Micwich Ent. color VHS [1/93] out of prodn/used; credits from IMDb



Collections & Selected Films

Ray Harryhausen credits at Internet Movie Database
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Ray Harryhausen Collection on Blu-ray   "The Ray Harryhausen Collection" on Blu-ray [2008]  
Sony Pictures color/b&w Blu-ray set [10/2008] 4 disks for $74.99
includes "It Came From Beneath The Sea" [1955]; "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" [1956]; "20 Million Miles To Earth" [1957]; and "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" [1958] starring Kerwin Mathews
Ray Harryhausen Early Years Collection on DVD   "Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection" [2005]
Sparkhill color DVD [2/2005] 2 disks for $29.95
includes "Mother Goose Stories" [1946], five fairy tales (1949-58 & 2002), tests & experiments, commercials, "How To Bridge A Gorge" [1942], and "Guadalcanal"; extras include tributes, image galleries & 11 featurettes
collection credits at IMDb
The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen DVD box sets   "The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen: Legendary Science Fiction Series" [2004]
Sony Pictures color DVD set [11/2004] 5 disks for $43.99
includes "It Came From Beneath The Sea" [1955]; "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" [1956]; "20 Million Miles To Earth" [1957]; "Jules Verne's Mysterious Island" [1961]; and "H.G. Wells' First Men In The Moon" [1964]; extras include trailers, photo gallery, featurettes
The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen DVD box sets   "The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen: Legendary Monster Series" [2004]
Sony Pictures color DVD set [12/2004] 5 disks for $43.99
includes "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" [1958] starring Kerwin Mathews; "The 3 Worlds of Gulliver"
[1960] starring Kerwin Mathews; "Jason and The Argonauts" [1963] starring Todd Armstrong; "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" [1974] starring John Phillip Law; and "Sinbad and The Eye of The Tiger"
[1977] starring Patrick Wayne; extras include trailers, interviews, featurettes
Ray Harryhausen Sci-Fi Collxn   "The Harryhausen Sci-Fi Collection"
DVD version includes "It Came From Beneath The Sea" [1955], "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers"
[1956], "20 Million Miles To Earth" [1957], "Jules Verne's Mysterious Island" [1961] & "H.G. Wells' First Men In The Moon" [1964]

Sony color DVD [11/2004] for $42.99
VHS version includes "20 Million Miles To Earth" [1957], "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" [1956], "The Three Worlds of Gulliver" [1960] & exclusive interview with Ray Harryhausen
Columbia/Tristar color VHS [4/96] 3 tapes / out of stock/used

"Mighty Joe Young" [1949]

"It Came From Beneath The Sea" [1955]

"Earth vs. The Flying Saucers" [1956]

"20 Million Miles To Earth" [1957]

"The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" [1958] starring Kerwin Mathews

"The 3 Worlds of Gulliver" [1960] starring Kerwin Mathews

"Jules Verne's Mysterious Island" [1961]

"Jason and The Argonauts" [1963] starring Todd Armstrong

"H.G. Wells' First Men In The Moon" [1964]

"One Million Years B.C." [1966]

"The Valley of Gwangi" [1969]

"The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" [1974] starring John Phillip Law

"Sinbad and The Eye of The Tiger" 1977] starring Patrick Wayne

"Clash of The Titans" [1981]


Links

official Ray Harryhausen website
lifelong best friend of Ray Bradbury
MR's 'Tribute to Ray Harryhausen' fansite


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