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Medusa | Riddle
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Best Supporting Actor | 1982 | Burgess
Best Motion Picture Fantasy or Comedy Family Enjoyment | 1982
Best Fantasy Film | 1982
Best Supporting Actress | 1982 | Maggie
Best Music | 1982 | Laurence
Best Costumes | 1982 | Emma
Best Special Effects | 1982 | Ray
Least Special Special Effects | 1981
Budget 12,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 41,092,328 USD
Despite being listed on posters and having main title billing, Ursula Andress only has one line in the entire film.
Harry Hamlin and Ursula Andress began a relationship during production. Their son, Dimitri Hamlin, was born in 1980 after completion of principal photography.
Sir Laurence Olivier was so ill during the making of the film, he would often go and lean on his tall, burly co-star Pat Roach, saying, "Let me draw some of your strength, dear boy."
The original script called for Perseus to cut off Medusa's head simply by throwing his shield at her in an attempt to appease U.K. Standards and Practices censors, as the producers felt that the hero decapitating someone would not be appropriate for children in the audience. Harry Hamlin apparently was resistant to the idea from the beginning, as it wasn't in keeping with the actual Greek mythology. When the day came to film the scene, and it still hadn't been changed, he threatened to quit the movie and fly home. He remained in his trailer, much to the annoyance of producers Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen (also creator of special visual effects), and director Desmond Davis. Hamlin was gradually able to get some of the other crew members on his side, which resulted in the scene being rewritten accordingly.
According to mythology, after Medusa's head was severed from her neck, two offspring sprang forth: the winged horse Pegasus and the giant Chrysaor.
"Ammon: I was partial to tragedy in my youth. That was before experience taught me that life was tragical enough without my having to write about it."
"[first lines] Acrisius: Bear witness, Zeus, and all you gods on high Olympus! I condemn my daughter Danae, and her son Perseus to the sea! Her guilt and sin have brought shame to Argos! I, Acrisius the King, now purge her crime and restore my honor! Their blood is not on my hands!"
