Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts is a 1963 fantasy film about the titular mythical Greek hero and his quest for the Golden Fleece. Directed by Don Chaffey, in collaboration with stop motion animation expert Ray Harryhausen, this film is famous for its stop-motion animated monsters including Harpies, the bronze giant Talos, the crashing rocks, and the Hydra that guards the Golden Fleece. The sequence where seven skeletons rise from the earth and attack the heroes is still widely considered to be among the greatest achievements of 20th century motion picture special effects. This movie features a score composed by film composer Bernard Herrmann, who also worked on other fantasy films with Harryhausen, such as Mysterious Island and The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.