Jason and the Argonauts

Released	2000
Duration	179 minutes
Director	Nick Willing
Written by	Mark Fleet & Mark Faulkner
Music	Simon Boswell
Studio	Hallmark Entertainment

Jason and the Argonauts is a TV movie, retelling the Greek tale of Jason and his companions. The production was broadcast over NBC in two parts, on May 7 and 8, 2000. Jim Henson's Creature Shop supplied two digital harpies, appearing in the second half. The production earned the Creature Shop artists an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

Cast

• Jason London as Jason
• Frank Langella as Aertes
• Natasha Henstridge as Hypsipyle
• Derek Jacobi as Phineas
• Olivia Williams as Hera
• Angus Macfadyen as Zeus
• Dennis Hopper as Pelias
• Jolene Blalock as Medea
• Brian Thompson as Hercules
• Adrian Lester as Orpheus
• Ciarán Hinds as King Aeon
• Diana Kent as Polymele
• David Calder as Argos
• Mark Lewis Jones as Mopsus
• James Callis as Aspyrtes
• Hugh Quarshie as the Centaur
• Kieran O'Brien as Actor
• John Bennett as Idas

Additional credits

• Production Designer: Roger Hall
• Harpies Sequence: Hal Bertram, Val Wardlaw