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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
★ 7.2 · 684 ratings on TMDB
The epic story that was destined to stand as a colossus of adventure!
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
DirectorDon Chaffey
The emergence reading
Jason and the Argonauts keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing power, fate, myth.
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Same rung, same subject
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