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creepycrawley	Meeting Ray Harryhausen	Lead	[-]
May 17 04 2:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I had the privilege of meeting the great Ray Harryhausen this past weekend. He is currently on a book-signing tour for 'Ray Harryhausen-An Animated Life'. The local Loews Theater in Jersey City, NJ, which was saved from the wrecking ball, had a special showing of Harryhausen's classic "Jason and The Argonauts'. When the doors opened I stepped into a theater I had not been in in twenty years and there in the lobby, signing books and posing for pictures, was the great man himself. A real gentlemen, he smiled answered everyone's questions and gave endless autographs. In fact, he was supposed to give a half hour q & a session before they showed the movie at 7:30. The movie didn't start until after 8:30 because ray wanted to make sure that everyone got an autograph and picture. The half hour session was really cool, but the real treat was to see "Jason" again on the big screen. Wow! This I will never forget! Thanks, Mr.Harryhausen.
Danxeon	Re: Meeting Ray Harryhausen	#1	[-]
Jul 14 05 7:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wow your lucky not everyone gets to meet ray, I 've met him 2 times, the first was when he got his star at the hollywood walk to fame he had a speach and had some time to sign some autographs! he is such a cool guy when it comes to his fans! the second was at monsters in motion store in placentia ca, when he was promoting his book a while back he signed the book and shook my hand!! ============================= www.theseventhvoyage.com Dedicated to Ray Harryhausen
Rakshasa	Re: Meeting Ray Harryhausen	#2	[-]
Jul 23 05 1:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can't believe I missed this! I didn't even know about it. DAMN! Would have been great to meet Ray, thank him for a priceless childhood of monsters, get my book signed, and see JASON on the big screen in NJ (where I live).
SFfilmfan	Re: Meeting Ray Harryhausen	#3	[-]
Jul 25 05 5:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I know Ray has an upcoming appearance at the AERO theater in Santa Monica. Anybody have the details?
Kadoban	Re: Meeting Ray Harryhausen	#4	[-]
Jul 25 05 7:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	www.aerotheatre.com/archi...rscifi.htm Scroll down about hafwy or do a search for Harryhausen. July 30, 2005. __________ "May I ask why you thought little Tiffany deserved to die?"
SFfilmfan	Re: Meeting Ray Harryhausen	#5	[-]
Jul 27 05 3:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can see that Ray is appearing following the 4:00 p.m. showing of 7th Voyage of Sinbad at the Aero Cinema, and then will appear before the 7:00 p.m. showing of FIRST MEN IN THE MOON followed by BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS.
davlghry	Re:	#6	[-]
Jul 27 05 8:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Interesting info. I just saw Harryhausen at lunch today down the street from the Aero here in Santa Monica.
Bill Warren	References	#7	[-]
Sep 14 05 11:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Aside from Harryhausen himself showing up in movies, as with SPIES LIKE US and BEVERLY HILLS COP III (plus his voice in ELF), what references to him have been spotted? I saw CORPSE BRIDE last night; protagonist Vincent plays a "Harryhausen" piano.
Andrew Kidd	Re: References	#8	[-]
Sep 14 05 7:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There's the sushi restaurant named Harryhausen's in Monsters Inc, presided by, appropriately enough, a six-limbed cephalopod.
Bill Warren	Re: References	#9	[-]
Sep 14 05 11:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Arnold Kunert tells me Tim Burton showed him and Harryhausen a clip from CORPSE BRIDE that included the Harryhausen piano.
Hamicus	Re: References	#10	[-]
Sep 18 05 9:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What a nice guy Ray is . I met him at Bray studios in 1999 . He was part of a giant Hammer reunion . He could'nt have been more charming as he posed for pictures , signed autographs and chatted about his work . It was an honour to meet him .
Bill Warren	Bye bye Sinbad	#11	[-]
Nov 14 05 6:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Columbia has cancelled THE 8th VOYAGE OF SINBAD. After the financial disaster that was STEALTH, they decided another big-budget, effects-filled movie from the same director wasn't a good idea.
MonsterGuy95		#12	[-]
Aug 6 12 12:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I remember I met Ray at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2009 (I think). I got my picture taken with him and his wife and he was very pleasant, mind you I was a bit shocked to be standing next to the guy that basically influenced most of the famous directors today!
bobzilla		#13	[-]
Aug 11 12 4:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Crap! How did I miss this. I'm a stone's throw away. Glad you got to meet him.
ryanbrennan		#14	[-]
Aug 11 12 5:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bill Warren wrote: Aside from Harryhausen himself showing up in movies, as with SPIES LIKE US and BEVERLY HILLS COP III (plus his voice in ELF), what references to him have been spotted? I saw CORPSE BRIDE last night; protagonist Vincent plays a "Harryhausen" piano. FLESH GORDON. The Nesuahyrrah monster, nameless in the movie but given that moniker by the crew.
Aupperle		#15	[-]
Aug 12 12 9:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	ryanbrennan wrote: Bill Warren wrote: Aside from Harryhausen himself showing up in movies, as with SPIES LIKE US and BEVERLY HILLS COP III (plus his voice in ELF), what references to him have been spotted? I saw CORPSE BRIDE last night; protagonist Vincent plays a "Harryhausen" piano. FLESH GORDON. The Nesuahyrrah monster, nameless in the movie but given that moniker by the crew. In Pixar's MONSTERS INC the characters visit a sushi restaurant called "Harry Hausen's." (EDIT: Now I see above that Andrew Kidd already mentioned this one) The saucers in MARS ATTACKS are a tribute to (or a steal from) EARTH VS THE FLYING SAUCERS. We asked Ray when he visited our studio if we could use his Rhedosaurus from 20,000 Fathoms in our PLANET OF DINOSAURS. Last Edited By: Aupperle Aug 12 12 12:30 PM. Edited 3 times.
M F Berry		#16	[-]
Aug 15 12 9:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Virtually the entire middle third of Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams is a deliberate, affectionate (and fun) tribute to Ray's films.
trog338		#17	[-]
Aug 15 12 7:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I met Ray at the 2003 Wonderfest. I was able to give him a full size print of my Kong drawing; he was very gracious. On my way down to the convention I found myself in an elevator with Ray and his wife and possibly Tony Dalton. It was just the four of us and I was instantly 12 years old again. On another occasion I share an elevator with Caroline Munro and her daughter. the convention also included a screening of The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Ray was 2 rows in front of me; how surreal. The guy with his eyes closed in this shot is famed artist William Stout
MovieMatt		#18	[-]
Aug 16 12 10:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	According to Leonard Maltin, he said that the beasts in the arena in STAR WARS EPISODE TWO: ATTACK OF THE CLONES, he said that they are an homage to Ray Harryhausen. George Lucas really loves Ray.
EdWainwright		#19	[-]
Nov 27 12 6:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I had the pleasure of meeting Ray Harryhausen in 1981 at the Chicago Art Institute; he was there for an event commemorating the release of the original CLASH OF THE TITANS. Mr. Harryhausen was very cordial and appeared quite happy to answer all of the oft-asked questions that fans were approaching him with. Talking to and shaking hands with the man responsible for some of my favorite monsters was one of the great thrills of my life. BTW, I've also met Kenneth Tobey and James Best, two more of the people who were part of THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS.
ufso		#20	[-]
Dec 21 12 10:19 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	He was signing one of his latest books at Monsters in Motion in O.C., CA, back in 2005. I was there and asked if he could stop by my home (I lived a few miles away) to see my media room. This room was dedicated to Mr. Harryhausen with all his original movie posters on the wall and of course, all his creatures. He obliged, said it was a great looking room and my avatar says the rest! My hero in my home...can't get any better than that!!!

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