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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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5.7/10 • 22

1997-03-231h 35m

AdventureActionScience FictionTV Movie

Terror Lurks in the Depths...

In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.

Directors
Michael Anderson
Editors
Jason Krasucki

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  1. Richard Crenna

    Richard Crenna

    Professor Aronnax

  2. Ben Cross

    Ben Cross

    Capt. Nemo

  3. Julie Cox

    Julie Cox

    Sophie

  4. Michael Jayston

    Michael Jayston

    Admiral Sellings

  5. Jeff Harding

    Jeff Harding

    Capt. Farragut

  6. David Henry

    David Henry

    Scotia Capt.

  7. James Vaughan

    James Vaughan

    Father

  8. Susannah Fellows

    Susannah Fellows

    Mother

  9. Joshua Brody

    Joshua Brody

    Child

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CinemaSerf

Nov 28, 2022

5/10

After what seems like an age of prologue material, "Prof. Aronnax" (Richard Crenna) and his daughter "Sophie" (Julie Cox) finally set sail on the USS "Abraham Lincoln" under the command of "Capt. Farragut" (Jeff Harding) in search of a sea monster that has been marauding the South Seas terrorising the shipping. Luckily they have harpoon man "Ned Land" (Paul Gross) on board, so catching and killing this beast ought to be a synch. Well, the animal duly arrives and next thing, the threesome find themselves guests of the enigmatic "Capt. Nemo" (Ben Cross) who has a serious axe to grind with those on the surface. This smacks of a pilot episode to a television series. It takes far too long with character establishment then relies almost entirely on the underwater visual effects to tell a story that is really bereft of decent acting and writing skills. Jules Verne wrote a great story that offers loads to a film-maker, but Michael Anderson seems content to leave us with this lacklustre sequence of pretty predictable, lame even, adventures and there is even room for a little love triangle between the captain, the harpoonist and the daughter (who reminded me of Sheena Easton) who is fed up having to compromise as a woman in a man's world. Nothing at all memorable here, Cross is shockingly wooden and if this is the story for you, then the 1954 Disney version and the 1916 silent ones are far, far better.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
based on novel or booksubmarineprofessorshipwrecksailorcaptain nemo