Director and script writer Sam Raimi drew from a variety of sources, including literature with A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and films like The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, and The Three Stooges.

* Coleman, Philip Coleman, James Byrne and Jason King, eds.

In Corinth, Jason became engaged to marry Creusa ( sometimes referred to as Glauce ), a daughter of the King of Corinth, to strengthen his political ties.

* 1975 – Jason King, English radio DJ

In Greek mythology, a storm on Propontis brought the Argonauts back to an island they had left, precipitating a battle where either Jason or Heracles killed King Cyzicus, who mistook them for his Pelasgian enemies.

She was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of the sun god Helios, and later wife to the hero Jason, with whom she had two children, Mermeros and Pheres.

Television roles included the recurring role of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk in five of the six episodes of The Six Wives of Henry VIII ( 1970 ), the villainous Nasca in Thames Television's Aztec-themed drama The Feathered Serpent ( 1976 – 78 ), a guest starring spot in the comedy series The Goodies in the episode " The Baddies ", as well as episodes of Paul Temple, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Doomwatch, The Persuaders !, A Family at War, Coronation Street, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Colditz, Play for Today, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, The Sweeney, Jason King, Survivors, Crown Court, Angels, Warship, Van der Valk, Space: 1999, The Onedin Line, All Creatures Great and Small, Only When I Laugh ( Series 2, Total Episode # 9 ), Nanny, Minder, and the first episode of Inspector Morse in January 1987.

In 1973, the TV series Jason King ( starring Peter Wyngarde ), used the plot from Funeral in Berlin to smuggle an individual out of East Germany.

( Ostensibly, they had been using a plot from a book written by eponymous hero Jason King, but it turns out at the end that that was a double bluff.

* Amy G. Remensnyder, " The Virgin and the King: Alfonso X's Cantigas de Santa Maria ," in Jason Glenn ( ed ), The Middle Ages in Texts and Texture: Reflections on Medieval Sources ( Toronto, University of Toronto, 2012 ),

Upon their arrival Jason requested the Golden Fleece from the King of Colchis, Aeëtes.

It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest by order of King Pelias for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly.

Pindar employed the quest for the Golden Fleece in his Fourth Pythian Ode ( written in 462 BC ), though the fleece itself is not in the foreground ; when Aeetes challenges Jason to yoke the fire-breathing bulls, the fleece is the prize: " Let the King do this, the captain of the ship!

-was the daughter of King Creon of Corinth, Greece, in whose favor Jason abandoned Medea.

Here in the sacred grove of the war god Ares, King Aeëtes hung the Golden Fleece until it was seized by Jason and the Argonauts.

* David Foubert, Jason King Jones, and Jay Leibowitz have written a parody of this routine in the style of William Shakespeare entitled Who Doth Inhabit The Primary Position.

Other inspirations for the character and the film include Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, the BBC series Adam Adamant Lives !, in which an Edwardian hero is frozen by his arch-enemy The Face and is revived in 1960s London, Michael Caine's Harry Palmer character from The Ipcress File, and Peter Wyngarde's " Jason King " character from Department S and Jason King.

Emmerdale actress and Hear ' Say singer Suzanne Shaw lived briefly in the village with her then partner Jason King.

Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Freddy vs. Jason, X2: X-Men United, Bad Boys II, Scary Movie 3, and Final Destination 2.

Peter Wyngarde, as the title character of Jason King, makes a quip about a " knicker salesman from Stoke-on-Trent " in the episode " Flamingos only fly on Tuesdays ".

At Colchis, Acastus and Jason disagree on how to approach the King of Colchis, and eventually fight.

Reverend Jason was understandably bitter.

Diodorus Siculus tells us that upon the assassination of the tyrant Jason of Pherae, in 370 BC, his brother Polydorus ruled for a year, but he was then poisoned by Alexander, another brother.

However, according to Xenophon, Polydorus was murdered by his brother Polyphron, who was, in turn, murdered by his nephew Alexander — son of Jason, in 369 BC.

ArgoUML was originally developed at UC Irvine by Jason E. Robbins, leading to his Ph. D.

The production was directed by Trevor Nunn, with choreography by Lynne Page, sets and costumes by David Farley and new orchestrations by Jason Carr.

It is also said in myth that floating rocks known as the Symplegades or Clashing Rocks once crushed any ship that attempted passage of the Bosphorus until the hero Jason obtained passage, whereupon the rocks became fixed, and Greek access to the Black Sea was opened.

According to the Roman poet Ovid ( Fasti v. 379 ), the constellation honors the centaur Chiron, who was tutor to many of the earlier Greek heroes including Heracles ( Hercules ), Theseus, and Jason, the leader of the Argonauts.

Probably the most infamous moment in the White Sox rivalry was in 1994 when the White Sox confiscated Albert Belle's corked bat, and the ensuing attempt by Indians pitcher Jason Grimsley to crawl through the Comiskey Park ( now U. S. Cellular Field ) clubhouse ceiling to retrieve it.

After beginning the 2010 season at 1 – 7, Phillips was fired as head coach and was replaced by offensive coordinator Jason Garrett as the interim head coach.

Later in 1843, Atchison was appointed to serve the remainder of Linn's term, which he shared with fellow senator Jason Zein, and was re-elected in 1849.

One long-running feature of the show was " Captain Fantastic ", featuring a parody superhero ( Jason ) in improbable, even macabre adventures against villainess Mrs. Black ( Coffey ).

Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. was sentenced to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin was sentenced to life imprisonment.

At the time of their arrests, Jessie Misskelley, Jr. was 17 years old, Jason Baldwin was 16 years old, and Damien Echols was 18 years old.

During the 1990s, deprogrammer Rick Ross was sued by Jason Scott, a former member of a Pentecostal group called the Life Tabernacle Church, after an unsuccessful deprogramming attempt.

During the 1990s, Rick Ross, a noted cult intervention advocate who took part in a number of deprogramming sessions, was sued by Jason Scott, a former member of a Pentecostalist group called the Life Tabernacle Church ( part of United Pentecostal Church International ), after an unsuccessful forcible deprogramming.

The last successful drop kick extra point in the NCAA was by Jason Millgan of the Hartwick College on December 11, 1998, against St. Lawrence University.

Despite losing this match, Essendon's performance was good enough for its players to be awarded Brownlow Medal votes – best-on-ground was Brent Stanton ( 3 votes ), followed by Jason Johnson ( 2 votes ) and Andrew Lovett ( 1 vote ).

Another version of the standardised imperial portrait ; from the house of Jason Magnus at Cyrene, Libya | Cyrene, North Africa ( British Museum ).

Well-known currently active British actors and actresses include: Gemma Arterton, Rowan Atkinson, Christian Bale, Sacha Baron Cohen, Kate Beckinsale, Paul Bettany, Orlando Bloom, Emily Blunt, Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Keira Knightley, Hugh Laurie, Jude Law, James McAvoy, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Thandie Newton, Bill Nighy, Gary Oldman, Clive Owen, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Radcliffe, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Alan Rickman, Tim Roth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart, Alex Pettyfer, Gerard Butler, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Tom Hiddleston, Ray Winstone and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

* June 6 – Jason Isaacs, British actor

** Jason " J " Brown, British singer ( 5ive )

* Jason Bowers, former British Kickboxing Champion lives in Kidderminster.

Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) in 1993, and knighted in 2005, both for services to drama.

Jason has won four British Academy Television Awards ( BAFTAs ), ( 1988, 1991, 1997, 2003 ), four British Comedy Awards ( 1990, 1992, 1997, 2001 ) and six National Television Awards ( 1997, 2001, 2002 twice, 2003, 2011 ).

In 1993, Jason was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE ), and twelve years later, in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 2005, he was knighted for services to acting and comedy.

The Martins care for both British and American wounded from the nearby battle, before British Dragoons led by a ruthless Colonel William Tavington ( Jason Isaacs ) arrive and arrest Gabriel.

In the 2003 film adaptation of Peter Pan, Captain James Hook is portrayed by British actor Jason Isaacs.

British Rock group XTC recorded a song entitled Jason and the Argonauts, to be found on their album English Settlement ( 1982 ).

In 2005, Miller's life story was turned into a musical, Six Pictures Of Lee Miller, with music and lyrics by British composer Jason Carr.

As a reciter West has worked with all the major British orchestras, as well as the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D. C .. Works include Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex and The Soldier's Tale, Prokofiev's Eugene Onegin, Beethoven's Egmont, Schoenburg's Ode To Napoleon, Strauss ' Enoch Arden, Saint-Saëns ’ Carnival of the Animals, Bernstein's Kaddish, Walton's Façade and Henry V, Night Mail and The Way to the Sea by Britten and Auden and the world premieres of Concrete by Judith Weir at the Barbican and Howard Goodall ’ s Jason and the Argonauts at the Royal Albert Hall.

* 2002 – A version was released with a soundtrack composed by Jason Swinscoe and performed by the British jazz and electronic outfit The Cinematic Orchestra ( see Man with a Movie Camera ( The Cinematic Orchestra album )).

* a British made-for-TV movie ( 1990 ) directed by Jane Howell starring David Jason, Anne Carroll, Rowena Cooper, Con O ' Neill and Lee Ross.

British artists such as Martin Handford and Bryan Talbot ; Norwegian artists like Jason ; American artists like Chris Ware, Geof Darrow, Jason Lutes, and Jason Little ; and Spanish artists such as Francesc Capdevila Gisbert (" Max ") have also used it.

In February 2003, Jim Harris, in his second bid for the leadership, defeated John Grogan of Valemount, British Columbia, and Jason Crummey.

It has also been used by formerly banned British athlete Dwain Chambers and Major League Baseball first baseman Jason Giambi.

The production was directed by British filmmaker Don Chaffey, who had helmed two smaller films for Disney in the early 1960s in between larger fantasy adventures ( Jason and the Argonauts, One Million Years B. C.

Relaxed Muscle are a British electro duo formed in 2002 by Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and Jason Buckle.

The Fat Truckers were a British electroclash band from Sheffield, comprising Ben Rymer, Mark Hudson and Ross Orton and briefly augmented by Jason Buckle and Ginger Dave as a part-time members.