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Clash of the Titans
Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
2010 · Directed by Louis Leterrier · 106 min · Adventure · Fantasy · Action · Screenplay in the scene database · 13 frames
Tagline
The clash begins.
Plot
During the gods' battle against the Titans, Hades created the Kraken, a fearsome monster that helped win the gods' victory. Zeus and his brothers then divided the world amongst themselves: Zeus took the skies, Poseidon the seas, and Hades, deceived by Zeus, was left to rule the Underworld.
Zeus later created the mortal humans, whose worship maintained the gods' immortality. Over time, however, some mortals began to defy their creators. When the human king Acrisius leads a siege at Mount Olympus, Zeus has sex with his wife Danae, conceiving a demigod son, Perseus. Upon discovering this, an enraged Acrisius locks the queen and her newborn child in a chest and throws them into the sea. Zeus retaliates by striking the king with a lightning bolt, which severely deforms him. Perseus and the now-dead Danae are found by the fisherman Spyros, who raises the baby with his wife Marmara.
Eighteen years later, Perseus and his family watch as soldiers from the city of Argos destroy the statue of Zeus, declaring war on the gods. The soldiers are slaughtered by the Furies, who are controlled by Hades. Hades then destroys the family's fishing vessel; Spyros and his family drown, with Perseus as the only survivor.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Travis Beacham, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
- Cinematography: Peter Menzies Jr.
- Edited by: David Freeman, Vincent Tabaillon, Martin Walsh
- Music: Ramin Djawadi
- Production design: Martin Laing
- Produced by: Kevin De La Noy, Basil Iwanyk, Karl McMillan
Cast
- Sam Worthington as Perseus
- Gemma Arterton as Io
- Mads Mikkelsen as Draco
- Alexa Davalos as Andromeda
- Jason Flemyng as Calibos / Acrisius
- Ralph Fiennes as Hades
- Liam Neeson as Zeus
- Pete Postlethwaite as Spyros
- Polly Walker as Cassiopeia
- Ashraf Barhom as Ozal
Production
- Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: The Zanuck Company, Legendary Pictures, Thunder Road, Moving Picture Company
- Budget: $125,000,000
- Box office: $493,214,993
- Themes: hades, mythology, greek mythology, zeus, god, mythological beast, medusa, sea monster, perseus, kraken
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