![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It stars James Mason as the mysterious Captain Nemo “who held the destiny of the world in his hands” with his deadly, high-tech Nautilus submarine rescued by Nemo after their ship is destroyed by the Nautilus, Professor Pierre Aronnax of the Paris Institute (played by Paul Lukas), his loyal assistant Conseil (Peter Lorre) and “master harpooner” Ned Land (Kirk Douglas) go on an underwater adventure as reluctant guests of Nemo. The 1954 film - in Cinemascope and Technicolor! - promised an adventure “from that fathomless world of infinite mystery and unearthly beauty which man has yet to discover,” according to the trailer. I get excited just thinking about watching that movie when I was a kid. Wells, I was exposed at the perfect time to Disney’s “mightiest motion picture of them all,” 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA. ![]() “Giant squid astern, sir!” When I was in grade school and full speed ahead in appreciation of the imaginative writings of Jules Verne and H.G. ![]()
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