![]() Nemo is caught by one of its long tentacles, and Ned, having escaped from captivity, fatally harpoons the squid, saving Nemo. After an electric charge fails to repel the creature, Nemo and his men surface during a violent storm to dislodge it. Aboard Nautilus, the cannibals are repelled by an electrical charge sent through its hull, and Nemo confines Ned for disobeying orders.Ī warship fires upon Nautilus, which descends into the depths, attracting a giant squid. Ned quickly rejoins Conseil, and they row away pursued by cannibals. Ned instead goes exploring for avenues of escape, and finds human skulls posted on stakes. Nemo allows Ned to go ashore with Conseil, ostensibly to collect specimens, while admonishing them to stay on the beach. Off the coast of New Guinea, Nautilus becomes stranded on a reef. Ned throws messages overboard in bottles in the hope of being rescued. In Nemo's cabin, Ned and Conseil discover the map coordinates of Nemo's secret island base, Vulcania, where Nautilus is now heading. Nemo tells Aronnax that he has just saved thousands from death in war, and that "this hated nation" tortured his wife and son to death while attempting to force him to reveal his discoveries. Nemo, once a prisoner there as were many of his crew, later rams the steamer, destroying it and its crew. Nemo takes Nautilus to the penal colony island of Rura Penthe, where the prisoners are loading a munitions ship. After Aronnax proves willing to die with his companions, Nemo allows Ned and Conseil to remain aboard. ![]() He returns Ned and Conseil to the deck while offering Aronnax, whose name he recognizes, the chance to stay. The vessel's captain introduces himself as Nemo, master of the Nautilus. Spotted by the divers, Ned, Aronnax, and Conseil attempt to leave in the righted longboat, but the divers stop them. Going below decks, Aronnax finds a large viewport and witnesses an underwater funeral, while Ned Land arrives on an overturned longboat from their ship. While clinging to wreckage, Aronnax and Conseil come upon a metal vessel and realize the monster is a man-made "submerging boat" that now appears deserted. Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax are thrown overboard while the disabled frigate drifts away, unable to respond to their cries for help. The frigate's guncrew open fire with their Dahlgren cannon, but the monster turns and rams the warship. They are joined by cocky master-harpooner Ned Land.Īfter months of patrolling, the monster is spotted. Professor Aronnax and his assistant, Conseil, are asked to investigate and soon board a U.S. ![]() In 1868, rumors spread of a sea monster attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean. It is considered an early precursor of the steampunk genre. The film won two Academy Awards for its art direction and special effects. It was also the first feature-length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.Ģ0,000 Leagues Under the Sea was a critical and commercial success, being especially remembered for the fight with a giant squid, as well as Mason's definitive performance as the charismatic anti-hero Captain Nemo. Photographed in Technicolor, the film was one of the first feature-length motion pictures to be filmed in CinemaScope. ![]() It stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. Adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel of the same name, the film was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, from a screenplay by Earl Felton.
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