20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985 film)
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Written by | Stephen MacLean, Jules Verne (original author) |
Produced by | Tim Brooke-Hunt |
Starring | Tom Burlinson |
Edited by | Peter Jennings, Caroline Neave |
Music by | John Stuart |
Distributed by | NuTech Digital |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1985 Australian
Plot
In 1866, a mysterious
To keep his secret safe, Captain Nemo keeps the three men aboard his ship. Aboard the Nautilus, the professor, Ned and Conseil travel throughout the depths of the ocean, a voyage the professor and Conseil find fascinating, but Ned soon finds his captivity unbearable and develops a hatred for the captain and a longing for freedom. The professor learns of Captain Nemo's hatred towards mankind, for he had lost his wife, children and family to them, and now sought revenge by destroying as many ships as he encountered. On the other hand, Captain Nemo has a great respect toward his men as well as the oceans of the world and their creatures. At the beginning of the voyage, the Nautilus is attacked by a giant squid that grabs Nemo but is killed by Ned. In the waters off India, Nemo saves a pearl-diver from a hungry shark and gives her a pearl. He then prevents Ned from killing a dugong. Ned, the professor, and Conseil escape the Nautilus by rowing to a tropical island but are chased back to the Nautilus by natives, whom Nemo scares away with electricity. When a life is lost aboard the submarine, Nemo takes the body for burial in the lost continent of Atlantis to rest forever underwater, but Ned is chased by giant crabs. Spying inside the captain's private chamber, the professor, Conseil and Ned discover Nemo's plan of travelling to the seas of Norway, where he will have the ultimate revenge by destroying the ship responsible for the loss of those dear to him.
The three companions try unsuccessfully to bring Nemo to reason, but he determined even at the risk of his life. Wanting no part in the calamity, the three men take a chance to escape in a
Cast
- Tom Burlinson as Ned Land
- Colin Borgonon as Captain Nemo
- Paul Woodson
- Liz Horne
- Alistair Duncan
- Gilbert Christian
See also
References
- ^ US Copyright Office Archived 1 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Document No V3285P205 1996-09-25
- ^ BTECH article on NuTech and Pulse distribution agreement.
External links
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at IMDb
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at AllMovie
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at the Big Cartoon DataBase