Product Details

• Actors: William Hopper, Joan Taylor, Thomas Browne Henry, Frank Puglia, Hugh Marlowe
• Directors: Fred F. Sears, Nathan Juran, Robert Gordon
• Writers: Bernard Gordon, Charlotte Knight, Christopher Knopf, Curt Siodmak, Donald E. Keyhoe
• Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: December 13, 2005
• Run Time: 243 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BMY2KG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,220 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Ray Harryhausen Gift Set (Three Disc Set) (w/ Book)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/13/2005

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39 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Box Set Offers Nothing New, December 15, 2005

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John Gentile (Hoboken, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ray Harryhausen Gift Set (Three Disc Set) (w/ Book) (DVD)

A few months ago, Ray Harryhausen told an interviewer that his 50's black and white classics were being colorized, and he was happy with the quality. Amazon lists these 3 films as being in color, but they are NOT (Supplemental material is in color). The booklet contains exerpts from Harryhausen's Animated Life book, so there is no new material here for Harryhausen fans. Since these three films are already included in the Sci-Fi Harryhausen box set, I am curious as to why this set was released at all. If you don't have these films, I highly recommend them as an example of the brilliant stop-motion animation work produced during Harryhausen's early career. For rabid fans, nothing new.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These Movies ARE Colorized!, January 15, 2008

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The Oval Eye - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ray Harryhausen Gift Set (Three Disc Set) (w/ Book) (DVD)

These movies ARE colorized! Read the instructions included. You must utilize your DVD player's remote control. Using the "toggle" button, I was able to switch back and forth effortlessly, from the black and white version to the colorized version. The movies appear in black and white initially until you switch them to the colorized version, using the DVD remote control!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 1950s...Rero Sci-Fi...what else could you ask for???, April 14, 2010

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RAM "silentsRgreat!" (Oil City, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Ray Harryhausen Gift Set (Three Disc Set) (w/ Book) (DVD)

I won't take the time to write about the plots of these movies as that can be found anywhere on the internet with a "movie search." I bought this set because I remember seeing the originals at our local movie theater back in 50s and 60s. Ray Harryhausen's special effects were labor intensive and NOT computer generated. VERY IMPRESSIVE to the point where I remembered them over the decades and was glad to add this DVD set to my collection. GREAT STUFF!