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Adaptation of Stop-Motion Classic 'Jason and the Argonauts' Hits the Wallis Annenberg Center

by Jordan Riefe, Jordan Riefe

The play, starring Tim Settle and Neil Thomas in 23 different roles, opens Jan. 23 and runs through Feb. 2.The Ray Harryhausen classic, Jason and the Argonauts, set a standard for stop-motion animation when it premiered back in 1963. Luminaries like Tim Burton, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have cited it as a profound influence on their work.  In a completely zany adaption of Harryhausen's fantasy featur…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 1:43pm on January 21, 2014