20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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.
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Michael Anderson
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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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Michael Anderson is the director of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
The cast of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea includes James Vaughan as Father, Richard Crenna as Professor Aronnax, Jeff Harding as Capt. Farragut, David Henry as Scotia Capt., Michael Jayston as Admiral Sellings, Ben Cross as Capt. Nemo, Julie Cox as Sophie, Susannah Fellows as Mother, Joshua Brody as Child, Phillip Van Dyke as Ned Land, and Paul Gross as Ned.
The duration of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is 1h 35 mins.
Yes. You can watch the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was released on 23 Mar 1997.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is listed under Adventure, Action, Science Fiction, and TV Movie on Fanbiz.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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..."
