Cinema Retro
writer and photographer Mark Mawston met with Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton
this week to hand them their Rondo Award (named after legendary character actor Rondo Hatton) for Best DVD commentary for Jason And
The Argonauts (These prestigious awards also saw a nomination for Cinema
Retro). Ray and Tony were very pleased with the award which will sit nicely
alongside Ray’s many other awards including his Oscar and recent Bafta. On
receiving the news that they had won Ray said “We
always tried to make sure the films weren’t too HORRIFIC as we didn’t want to
get an X rating and stop the kids seeing the films. I specifically wanted to
use “clean†skeletons in Jason so they weren’t too frightening as in the
original story they were rotten cadavers, which really WOULD have been
horrific!! Thanks to whoever voted for us. What a good looking chap to have in
my houseâ€!!
Mawston also dropped in some rare trailers from his
collection to be used in the forthcoming release Ray Harryhausen: Effects
Titan, which is in the final stages of post-production. Full details of future
screenings and release details will be given to Retro once everyone is happy
with the final cut.