Clash of the Titans - 1981 Production
I have a dvd copy of the 1981 Clash of the Titans and I was just watching a bit of it and was actually delighted and surprised to see Dame Maggie Smith was in it. Apparently she plays Thetis. I sort of remember watching it a very long time ago (not sure if that was in a drive-in at the time, but I do remember it) and was enchanted by stories of Greek Mythos coming to life. Of course, I couldn't have been more than 8 or 9 (depending on the month it was released), so I was seeing it through a kid's eyes. Watching the beginning on my dvd player, I find myself amused at some of the special effects of that time period. The bird at the beginning (Posidon as a seagull) was a bit hilarious because you could totally see in that one scene that it was puppetry on a string. Still, it's an awesome movie and they did a remake of it not too long ago. I'll have to finish watching it later. I have it paused at the moment. Just after Perseus runs off ...