Opera House, Manchester
3rd November
Celebrating Ray Harryhausen: Mighty Joe Young (1949)[/sizThis film has become an animation classic with sequences regarded as being among the greatest stop-motion sequences in film history. This highly influential piece of cinema saw Ray Harryhausen collaborate with stop-motion legend, Wilis O’Brien (King Kong) with their work winning the Academy Award for Special Effects.
The film tells the story of a young woman, Jill Young, living on her father’s ranch in Africa, who has raised the title character, a large gorilla, from infancy. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood, seeking her fortune in order to save the family homestead.[/size][font=var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family )]Book Hugh Cornwell: An Animated Discussion & Mighty Joe Young screening at Waterside Arts[font=var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family )]BOOK NOW