Clash of the Titans (1981)

Harry Hamlin: Perseus

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• Perseus : I was lying on the seashore, looking up at the moon.

  Ammon : Oh, the moon! That might explain things. You see, the moon affects the brain.

• Princess Andromeda : [upon recognizing Perseus]  You!

  Cassiopeia : You know him?

  Princess Andromeda : Only... from a dream.

  [whispers in the crowd] 

  Princess Andromeda : I beg you, abandon me.

  Perseus : Ask your riddle.

  Princess Andromeda : In my mind's eyes I see... three circles joined in priceless, graceful harmony. Two full as the moon. One hollow as a crown. Two from the sea, five fathoms down. One from the earth, deep under the ground. The whole, a mark of high renown. Tell me, what can it be?

  Perseus : Have courage, princess. What can it be? Three circles joined. Two moons and a crown.

  Princess Andromeda : Tell me!

  Perseus : The answer is a ring! Two pearls in a circle of gold! The ring of the Lord of the Marsh. The pearl ring of Calibos. Here, on the claw hand of Calibos himself!

  [gasps from the crowd as he pulls from his cloak the severed hand of Calibos, the ring still attached] 

  Perseus : The ring. A gift from his mother... the goddess Thetis. Is that the answer?

  [Andromeda hesitates in disbelief] 

  Perseus : Is that the answer? Tell me!

  Princess Andromeda : [overcome with joy]  Yes!

  [cheers from the crowd] 

  Perseus : We fought in the swamp!

  [the crowd silences] 

  Perseus : I spared his life on one condition. That he renounce his curse. There will be no more bonfires. No more nightmares. Light has conquered darkness. You're free.

• Perseus : How may a mortal man face and defeat the Kraken?

  Stygian Witch : The Kraken is invulnerable. 100 men could not fight him.

  Stygian Witch : An army could not kill him.

  Perseus : Nothing is invulnerable. There must be a way.

  Stygian Witch : Perhaps, one way.

  Stygian Witch : But a way even more dangerous than the Kraken itself.

  Perseus : Tell me.

  Stygian Witch : Give me the eye and l'll tell you.

  Perseus : First, tell me.

  Stygian Witch : The head of Medusa, the Gorgon!

  Stygian Witch : One look from the head of Medusa can turn all creatures into stone. No matter how huge and powerful. And her blood is a deadly venom.

  Stygian Witch : A Titan against a Titan!

  Stygian Witch : You must win Medusa's head. She's not going to give it to you. As a present. As difficult and dangerous as to vanquish a thousand Krakens. Your only chance against the Kraken. Give us the eye. We have answered your question.

  Perseus : One more question. lf the eyes of Medusa, even after her death, can turn all living creatures into stone, what about the blood?

  Stygian Witch : Deadly and poisonous.

• Ammon : How did you get here?

  Perseus : I'm not sure I know where "here" is.

• Perseus : There must be a way to kill the Kraken.

  Ammon : No. No way known to man.

  Perseus : You claim to be an optimist.

  Ammon : Yes, I am. I believe that man can overcome most obstacles.

  Perseus : I've had enough of your philosophy. It's time for action, not words!

  Ammon : Now wait one moment. I said there was no way known to man. There might be a way known to woman.

• Perseus : Where am I?

  Ammon : What, you don't know where you are?

  Perseus : I don't know.