News & Events
Ray and the Foundation have recently had to take action to protect the Harryhausen name against unauthorised use. This has been undertaken against the company Strictly Inc who have been selling trading cards which had not been authorised either by Ray or the Foundation. We would encourage Harryhausen fans to buy only genuine Harryhausen merchandise.
We have to advise anyone who has sent memorabilia asking Ray to autograph them or who might be considering sending materials, that he is no longer able to send back posted fan mail. For many years Ray has tried to answer all fan mail but now regrets that this can longer continue. Any mail already received by him will hopefully be dealt with in time but any further items that arrive dated the 5th April or after will not receive a reply and cannot be returned. Ray hopes to continue to be able to carry out book signings at future London events at which he will also autograph other memorabilia that relate directly to his films, but he will not be able to approve items by other people or persons. April 2010.
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As announced on the Home page, Ray and the Foundation are pleased to announce the opening of a special Harryhausen Facebook page and Twitter. Phil Boot, The foundation cataloguer and assistant to Tony, will be updating them on a regular basis, showing items of interest and discovery in Ray's vast collection.
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Friday 9th December 2011
Ray and Tony at Ray's London home celebrating the release of their 5th book - Ray Harryhausen's Fantasy Scrapbook. The book has received exceptionally good reviews from the UK press and is due for release in the US early in 2012. Also in the picture are the original models of Medusa, one of the living skeletons and the Figurehead.
Ray and Tony celebrate their fifth book.
View the book in collectables
Wednesday 29th June 2011
Ray has a relaxed 91st birthday at home with his wife Diana and daughter Vanessa. The cake was a present from Vanessa and the household and pictured Ray relaxing (very unusual) on location on Clash of the Titans.
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1st March 2011
On Tuesday the 1st March 2011, Ray was presented with an exact copy of the Mighty Joe Young armature by Jeff Taylor of Taylor Design Inc.
Jeff flew over from Las Vegas for the special presentation of the armature to Ray at his London home. Ray received Number 1 of 4 limited edition copies of the original large armatures (the same number as were made for the original film). The armature was made by Dolphin Machine Inc and the Project manager was Dan DiCello, the Lead Machinist was Bret Bernhard and the Supervising Engineer was Jeff Taylor. A special plaque was placed on the base that reads Presented to Mr Ray Harryhausen. March 1st 2011. In Memory of 'Jennifer'.
As soon as Ray received the armature, which he originally had helped to design in 1947, he immediately began manipulating it into stop-motion poses. Until now Ray had always said, 'Everyone has an armature but me'. Ray also noticed that certain stops, or pins, (to make sure the armature was not able to go beyond practical poses) had been left off the design. Jeff was impressed that after all the intervening years Ray had noticed such a small detail.
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Ray and Jeff Taylor.
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Ray with 'Jennifer'. Photo: © Jeff Taylor
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Ray posing 'Jennifer'.
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26th June 2010
A very special, limited edition, volume, called Ray Harryhausen – A Life in Pictures with nearly 300 images, has been published to celebrate Ray’s 90th birthday.
It has been published by the Foundation and the cost is £30, all of which will go towards the preservation and restoration of a number of Ray’s models. So if you buy this unique book you will be taking part in helping to preserve Ray’s heritage into the foreseeable future.
The book is available at the NFT, The London Film Museum and through The Cinema Store and their website.
See Collectables for information.
Now running until June 2012
An exhibition called Ray Harryhausen – Myths and Legends has opened at The London Film Museum and is the largest exhibition of his work ever to be mounted by Ray and the Foundation. The exhibition has now been extended to June 2012 and on the 29th June 2011 (Ray's 91st birthday) there will be added to the exhibition additional exhibits, together with a fully illustrated display of how Dynamation works. For more information please click here»
The London Film Museum
County Hall
Riverside Building
next to London Eye
South Bank, London SE1
T/ 020 7202 7040
E/ info@londonfilmmuseum.com
W/ londonfilmmuseum.com
Also see Useful Links.
Autumn 2011
The publication in the UK of Ray Harryhausen's Fantasy Scrapbook. This is the fifth and final volume compiled by Ray and Tony and will be a totally new layout from the 1972 book Film Fantasy Scrapbook. It will include never-before-seen models, miniatures, black and white and colour images, artwork and papers relating to Ray's early experiments. his 16 features and unrealised projects.The Foreword will be by John Landis.
More information will be posted under Collectables.
The Foundation is pleased to announce the commencement of the definitive Harryhausen documentary to be called RAY HARRYHAUSEN: SPECIAL EFFECTS TITAN, which will be produced by Frenetic Arts, based in France, and the Foundation. This English language production is scheduled for theatrical release in the summer of 2012.
Aside from interviews with the great man himself, shot over ten years, there are also interviews and tributes from Vanessa Harryhausen, Randy Cook, Peter Jackson, Nick Park, Phil Tippet, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Muren, John Landis, Ken Ralston, Joe Dante, John Lassiter, Guillermo Del Toro, James Cameron and many more.
For the first time Ray and the Foundation have provided unprecedented access to film all aspects of the collection including models, artwork and miniatures as well as Ray's private study, where he designed most of his creations, and his workshop where he built them. In addition the documentary will use unseen footage of tests and experiments found during the clearance of the LA garage. Never before has so much visual material been used in any previous documentary about Ray.
This definitive production will not only display a huge part of the unique collection but will illustrate the influence that Ray's work has had on film makers during the past sixty or so years.
Ray, the Foundation and Frenetic Arts are very grateful to the copyright holders who have kindly allowed us to use their footage without charging us a license fee for use in this film. We are extremely grateful as all proceeds after production costs, will go to the Foundation to help with preservation and restoration of the more vulnerable items in the collection, so allowing us to exhibit these items into the foreseeable future.
Watch this space for further updates and screening dates.
View the new trailer for Ray Harryhausen - Special Effects Titan
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Gilles Penso (director) and Alexandre Poncet (producer) during the filming of models, including the sabre-tooth tiger (shown).
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Tony Dalton (Curator of the Harryhausen collection) shows Alexandre Poncet the Cyclopean Centaur that featured in The Golden Voyage of Sinbad.
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Tony Dalton and Gilles Penso pose with the armature of the Cyclops that featured in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad.
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