Sony Movie Channel alters schedule for Harryhausen marathon

To honor effects visionary Ray Harryhausen, who died on Tuesday, the Sony Movie Channel has altered its Saturday, May 11, schedule to include a TV marathon honoring him.

In a press release, the channel announced it would be airing the Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan documentary about the stop-motion innovator, along with three "Sinbad" movies.

Beginning at 12:45 p.m. ET, Special Effects Titan will air, followed by The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (2:30 p.m. ET), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (4:10 p.m. ET) and Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (6:10 p.m. ET).

Ray Harryhausen dies at 92

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BY AARON SAGERS

Special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen died in London today at 92 years-old. Born in Los Angeles in 1920, Harryhausen was the creator of the "Dynamation" style of stop-motion animation which allowed models to appear to interact with actors on the screen.

But there is so much more to say about him.

Though I've never met the man, Ray (can I call him Ray?) was a big part of my life. After being inspired by the stop-motion animation in movies such as 1933's King Kong, he went on to improve those effects in fantasy epics like The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963).