Welcome to the World of Total Immersion Nuclear Power system/ Steam power system/Mechanical drive parts Fresh water system/waste water systems/Bilge pumps Rudder/dive planes - controls and mechanical parts - and much more Many interior and exterior photos of the 1954 movie Nautilus are included for use in creating the correct color finishes, textures, and details. As a straight display, model construction is easy requiring only a few hand tools and glue. For model builders interested in the challenge of building the ultimate interior model of the Nautilus, this kit offers all the basic information. Includes Full sized plans. Kit offers the only complete detailed compartment interior drawings of the Nautilus ever produced for the modeler. Note: The still set photos are NOT movie stills - they are actual set photos taken before the film was shot. No submarine-boat over the years has been so famous as the first iron submarine boat NAUTILUS, built and captioned by Captain Nemo from his secret isolated island base Volcania. This kit offers the only complete detailed compartment interior drawings of the Nautilus ever produced for the modeler. Now Available. A fully assembled and primed Nautilus Victorian Age submarine designed by Harper Goff.

The model offered, developed and built by Lee Seiler, with thanks to Tom Sherman, long time friend and contributor to the acrylic master model, includes exclusive hull Rusting kit. Nautilus Models are built to order only. The Nautilus with display stand is priced at $380.00 plus $40 shipping and insurance anywhere in the USA. Outside the US Postal system, please ask for a quote. Add Fiber Optic lighting effects! Order directly from: Now available: Expedition from the Nautilus No scale model of Harper Goff s Disney Nautilus would be complete without a crew. Now available in 1:72 scale as cast resin figures. These figures are complete with "The free diving suits" (self contained) and shipboard uniforms. Originals carved and cast by hand. Figures are ready to paint and mount or can be further detailed to suite. Color painting key included. NOW Available: Captain Nemo leads Underwater expedition $25 + S/H (1 ea. Nemo and 8 crew figures) Available Soon First mate and 8 crew $25 + S/H (1 ea.

First mate and 8 crew) Adventurers (Ned Land, Prof Aronnax and Conseil) $18 + S/H Also:"Nautilus display stand" scaled to fit the submarine. (1 of 2 model supports shown. The base consists of 2 of the above holders). These are supplied with the assembled version of the ship. Price: $25 plus shipping and insurance Read a collection of testimonials from Nautilus owners! You may also purchase the Nautilus as a fully completed model. The assembled Nautilus with display stand is priced at $500.00, which includes shipping and insurance anywhere in the USA. Outside the US Postal system, please ask for a quote. 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 20,000 Leagues under the Sea 20,000 Leagues under the Sea SKU# LR0909 Product ID - LR0909 | Availability - Now Shipping Want an exciting science fiction novel to enhance your students' love of reading? Then, explore the underwater world of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus in the pages of Jules Vernes' Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea.

This 322-page paperback book for grades 7 and up is sure to captivate students, as they experience adventures to worlds unknown in this timeless classic! (Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea is required for English I). Click on image to zoom More Views Description Give your Christian school students a love for the classics with the gripping science fiction novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Set in the 1800's, this compelling book written by Jules Verne is rich with imagery and will awaken your students' senses for great literature as they search the high seas for a dangerous sea monster with Professor Pierre Aronnax and his expedition. After leaving New York and traveling around South America's tip to the Pacific Ocean, the adventurers locate the supposed monster and strategize its capture. However, during the ensuing battle, Professor Aronnax's ship is damaged, and he and his crew are thrown into the sea. Landing on the "creature," they discover it is made out of metal and actually the submarine Nautilus, created and commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo.

Quickly seized by Captain Nemo and brought on board, the professor and his fellow scientists are then taken captive and forced to roam the seas in the secretly-built sub so as not to betray its existence to the world. Will Professor Aronnax and his associates ever be able to escape? Keeping your students excited to read to the very last chapter, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea from Alpha Omega Publications is the perfect book to add your students' reading list. So don't wait. Give your Christian school students quality, time-tested literature when you order this affordable, student-friendly edition of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea today! Testimonials Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea | Jules Verne | Lit2Go ETC Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax. Source: Verne, J. (1870).

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. (F. P. Walter, Trans.). Paris, France: Hetzel. After ten months and twenty-thousand leagues, Aronnax reviews the written account of his adventures. Year Published: 1870 Summary - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea v.2 Summary Summary of the Novel In the novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, numerous unusual events are unfolding in the oceans of the world. Rumor has it that a large, narwal-like creature is damaging and sinking any ships it crosses paths with. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a marine biologist, is incredibly intrigued by this marine creature, and sets out to join an expedition with the goal of chasing and capturing it. Successfully allowed to participate, Pierre brings his humble assistant, Conseil, and a professional harpoonist, Ned Land and board Abraham Lincoln. However, it takes an incredibly long time to find such an elusive creature. The crew on the expedition sails from European waters, to around the southern tip of South America, to the wide expansive Pacific Ocean.

Just when the fatigued mariners are about to give up, the narwal-like creature is found, and the team works immediately to capture the beast. During the battle, the monster damages the ship so it cannot steer properly, and they are forced to flee to safety. Aronnax, Ned, and Conseil are thrown overboard before the others even have time to notice, and nearly drown until the narwhal-like creature, who escaped into the depths of the open waters, surfaces. Investigating the creature, the climb onto it’s metallic hide and find out that it is not at all organic, but a submarine in the shape of a narwhal. With nowhere else to go, the exhausted protagonists enter the submarine. With their exhaustion working against them and acting as their downfall, they are captured by passengers of the vessel and are soon greeted by Captain Nemo, who reveals the name of his electric-powered vehicle, “The Nautilus”. Nemo provided the three trespassers with only one option. The option is allowing them to stay on the ship and join them in their explorations, abandoning their way of life on land permanently.

In exchange, they are free of law and regulations, they are allowed free meals, they are permitted to study the knowledge Nemo and the rest of his small crew have gathered since they abandoned civilization. If they refused, they would become prisoners on the diving fortress rather than honored guests with multiple benefits. Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned all decide to work with him in order to avoid any sort of conflict. While Aronnax takes interest in the many marvels the ocean holds, Ned plots to find a way in order to escape to land. From that point onwards, the three protagonists join Nemo and his crew on adventures to both actual locations around the entire world such as the reefs of the red sea, and to mythical locations such as Atlantis. After a myriad of these exploits,such as hunting in kelp forests, getting nearly stranded in the Arctic, and the Nautilus is attacked by another ship battle, Nemo manages to sink the enemy ship. Depressed afterwards, Nemo fails to notice that they drifted into the whirlpool-prone waters off of the coast of Norway.

Arronax, Ned, and Conseil use this opportunity to their advantage, and escape; however, the reader never finds out what happened to Nemo and the rest of his crew as a result of the chaos. Social Issue: Liberty Although the Victorian era was brimming with fantastic new ideas and innovations, there were many social issues regarding rights towards certain groups of people in all sorts of places involved in this time. Women and, more specifically, members of the lower class remain not being treated fairly under designated restrictions in some parts of the world. Despite the novel being filled primarily with adventure, the social issue is noticeable once the reader pays attention to Captain Nemo's explanation as to why he lives alone. Despite the novel leaving his past as an unsolved mystery, Captain Nemo did explain his motives. The man's motives behind abandoning his home and country on land was to seek his own way of living, without restrictions of laws the captain may perceive of as unfair or too restricting. With no absolute rule over international waters, he decided to engineer the Nautilus, a submarine who is built in order to support a stable way of life at sea, with the only rules to live under being his own. He appears quite satisfied with work because he is free.

The novel proposes an interesting question for the reader: "If you were not satisfied with the ways of your home due to unfair treatment and restrictions, and you had the means to leave and live in a place where only your rules defined it, would you do it and never come back? Captain Nemo | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Captain Nemo is the antiheroic deuteragonist in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea . Contents [ show ] Personality and Traits Nemo has always been a mysterious character. He is a brilliant genius, having created the Nautilus in the middle of the 19th Century, and powered it using a nuclear reactor. He willingly attacks ships, but does show guilt. This remorse is mixed with a burning hate for the fact that the nation who enslaved him previously was responsible for subjecting him to extreme torture in attempt to learn his scientific knowledge. When he refused, his wife and son were murdered. As Captain of the Nautilus, he maintains a very serious, no-nonsense personality amidst his crew and that of Aronnax and his companions.

He only shows extreme emotion when in solitude, as shown prior to attacking a warship, where he indulges himself in performing on the ship's organ, only to have his playing become more dramatic and erratic. Nemo loves the ocean and made it his home. All his food comes from some form of sea life. He also keeps various preserved samples of various sea creatures, and even has a pet sea lion, Esmeralda . Appearances 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea According to the original novel by Jules Verne, Nemo's past is shrouded in mystery with little revealed about his early years. In the film, the earliest known account of his life is that he was originally a slave on the penal colony of Rura Penthe. After escaping, Nemo fled with other refugees to a remote island called Vulcania, where Nemo's ingenuity and scientific knowledge were exercised, including the construction of the submersible vessel, the Nautilus. After the Nautilus was constructed, the former prisoners became its crew, with Nemo becoming the Captain. For several months the Nautilus travelled throughout the oceans, attacking numerous ships.

After one such encounter, three survivors arrived aboard the Nautilus, Professor Aronnax , Conseil , and Ned Land . Nemo quickly invited Arronax to join him and reluctantly took Conseil and Ned as prisoners. He hoped to use Arronax as an emissary in order to allow Nemo to share his secrets with the world. The Nautilus continued its travels across the oceans. Nemo got to know Arronax better, and showed him some of his past. Ned continued to irritate Nemo due to his constant attempts to escape. Eventually the Nautilus returned to the Island of Vulcania, only to discover it to have been invaded by soldiers because Ned had secretly released several bottles containing the location of the Island. Nemo decided to prevent the soldiers from finding his secrets, and left the Nautilus to destroy the base. The attempt was successful, but as Nemo re-entered the Nautilus, he was unexpectedly shot in the back. Nemo died shortly after, gaining one last glimpse of the ocean. Once Upon a Time Captain Nemo appears in Season 6 of the series, played by Faran Tahir [1] .

His existence in the show was etablished into Season Five when Henry Mills and Violet finds an alternate version of the book where an illustration shows Nemo with the Nautilus, etablishing his existence into the Land of Untold Stories. Disney Parks Captain Nemo played a significant role in the Walt Disney World attraction based on the film . While he was not actually seen, his voice would fequently be heard narrating the journey and speaking to other crew members. In this attraction, Captain Nemo was voiced by Pete Renaday . His face appears in the organ mirror, in Les Mystères du Nautilus , at Disneyland Paris , and voices the approach to the entrance of the Nautilus when you first enter the attraction. In Tokyo DisneySea 's Mysterious Island , the story is set in an alternate path from the movie where Nemo didn't die, but instead has opened up to the world and allowed visitors to explore Vulcania in the name of scientific curiosity. Gallery Add a photo to this gallery Trivia ﻿In the original Jules Verne novel, Nemo's fate is never made clear.

In fact, an older Nemo actually appeared in a later novel, The Mysterious Island, where he is revealed to have survived the ending of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and is now the only surviving member of the crew of the Nautilus. He secretly helps a group of stranded Civil War veterans who unknowingly crash a hot air balloon at the home port of the Nautilus. Much of his past which was not revealed previously is discussed, as well. Actor Gregory Peck reportedly auditioned to play Nemo, but lost the part to James Mason. Nemo , the titular character from Finding Nemo and Nemo , from the Rescue Rangers, may have been named after Captain Nemo. Captain Finn from Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers , is based on Captain Nemo. References 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1h 30min | Action , Adventure , Sci-Fi | See all in-development titles on IMDbPro Note: Because this project is categorized as in development, the data is only available on IMDbPro and is subject to change. Contact: a list of 80 titles created 10 May 2013 a list of 1000 titles created 26 Apr 2015 a list of 177 titles created 27 May 2015 a list of 24 titles created 08 Nov 2015 a list of 30 titles created 01 Jan 2016 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. Director: Michael Anderson A scientist searching for answers discovers life outside of Earth to only find himself even more alone and isolated then he could ever imagine. He must make a decision that will impact the future of life on this plane.

Director: Jay Wasley The year is 1886, when New England's fishing harbours are the scene for a "creature of unknown origin" destroying ships at sea. It is the job of Professor Pierre Arronax, a marine expert, ... See full summary » Stars: Michael Caine, Patrick Dempsey, Mia Sara 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 8:34 AM, PST NEWS 19 out of 19 people found the following review useful: Interesting & Generally Entertaining, Though Lacking Verne's Depth from Ohio 14 January 2002 This early adaptation of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is interesting, and generally entertaining, though it lacks the depth of the original story. Its strengths are the underwater effects, the settings, and the camera work, which at times are remarkable for the era. On the other hand, it makes little attempt to convey the most important themes of Verne's story, settling instead for straightforward adventure and melodrama, which are much easier to film.

One can only guess how exciting it might have been in 1916 to see some of these images and special effects. Only occasionally does it falter a bit and lose the illusion of reality for a short time; otherwise it is quite convincing. Just seeing the underwater photography alone must have been pretty impressive at the time, and they also managed to get some interesting sea creatures on film. The photography itself is pretty good throughout the movie, and some of the props and settings are nicely done. The story draws rather freely both from "20,000 Leagues ... " and also from another Verne story, "Mysterious Island". It is a mostly entertaining yarn, full of action and with some unexpected developments. But only a small portion of Verne's scientific vision comes across, and none of the depth of the characters and of their interactions has been preserved. Captain Nemo is one of literature's more complex and thought-provoking characters, but here he becomes more of a stock melodrama figure. Professor Arronax and Ned Land are mostly spectators, rather than providing worthy foils for the mad genius Nemo.

It's by no means a bad movie, and if you are a silent film fan and/or are interested in film history, there should be enough here to make it worth watching. But otherwise, the 1950's Disney version does a much better job of filming the profound vision and philosophical conflict found in Verne's original novel. Was the above review useful to you? 15 out of 17 people found the following review useful: The first submarine photoplay ever filmed! from Luoyang, China 20 February 2008 When I read during the opening credits of the 1916 adaptation of Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," immediately I assumed the frame of mind that I always do when watching early films, so as not to criticize it's lack of special effects or advanced film techniques. Immediately I was immensely impressed at the transfer from book to film, as the film followed the story closely and faithfully. Unfortunately, this only lasted for about the first ten minutes of the film, which ultimately proved to take Verne's work and butcher it in every way imaginable.

Probably the most jarring change to the story is that they decided to not only adapt 20,00 Leagues, but also another Verne novel, Mysterious Island, into this film. So the result is that you have two totally different stories taking place that don't at all seem to fit together, until finally they come together in the bizarre conclusion, which makes absolutely no sense in respect to the novel. My current theory is that because so much of the original novel of 20,000 Leagues was decades beyond the reach of the filmmakers to be able to put on screen, so they probably had to look to an entirely separate novel just to have enough material to fill a full length film. Sadly, it reminds me of those terrible songs that radio stations sometimes come up with when they combine two popular songs together that have a similar beat, resulting in something that is not quite equal to but definitely less than the originals. One such bizarre hybrid comes to mind involving Closer, by Nine Inch Nails, and Garbage's #1 Crush. The basic, basic, basic plot structure remains, but literally 95% of the story is gone.

There is rumor of a massive sea monster and the crew of the Abraham Lincoln set off to capture it. Strangely enough, at one point it passes a mere few meters from their ship in broad daylight, and the crew can clearly see the steel plated sides and the rivets holding it together, even the bridge and periscope, and yet they still think it's a sea monster. I'll attribute that to the inability to emulate the Nautilus's movements as described in the novel, but in this way we also have to sacrifice the entirety of the ship's glorious design and function, which is not even described in dialogue. For the most part, we see a single room, which looks like an old Victorian bedroom with one wall that looks like it belongs in a boiler room. Probably the worst crime that the film commits is in the character of Captain Nemo. Granted, Nemo in the novel is not exactly the most charming and charismatic man, but it is as if they set out in this film to create a man as far from the original description as humanly possible. As a result, we get a bizarre spectacle that looks like a disgruntled Santa Clause in blackface.

And not only that, throughout the film he gives several displays of compassion that the original Nemo would have scoffed at. Indeed, at one point, he torpedoes a ship, and then afterwards and then almost faints as he worries about the safety of the victims. What the hell?? And incidentally, Verne's Nautilus didn't have torpedoes, although he did use it as a ramming weapon. In the film's defense, the underwater photography is truly impressive given the time that it was filmed, and surely knocked 1916 audiences, most of whom had probably never seen the underwater world, out of their seats. This would certainly explain the seemingly endless lingering on these scenes.

Their is also an interesting allusion to another Verne novel, as at one point in their underwater tour they come across a decayed shipwreck, which Nemo describes as "the wreck of an old blockade runner." And the worst thing about the bizarre personification of Nemo in this film is the backstory that was invented for the film which, amazingly, is introduced with this intertitle - "Captain Nemo reveals the tragic secret of his life, which Jules Verne never told." What follows is the most bizarre story imaginable, which claims that Nemo was previously some kind of empirical royalty who lived in an empire "beyond the sea." One man wrongs him, which doesn't explain his subsequent disdain, and even hatred, for all of mankind of all nations, nor does anything explain why he took to the sea. And incidentally, Nemo is a man of art, science, biology, history, astronomy, etc. The transition from his old life to the one we see is totally senseless.

It may very well be that this was one of the first major films to set the trend of adapting novels to film, and while modern adaptations still make ridiculous changes to story and characters where they don't belong, at least those inexplicable liberties seem to have diminished since 1916! Was the above review useful to you? 12 out of 13 people found the following review useful: A wonderful and groundbreaking film from Orange County, California 25 May 1999 This film combines plot elements of Verne's original 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Mysterious Island, then adds its own subplot involving the origin of Captain Nemo that ties everything together. I was very impressed by the writing. This was the first major film with underwater photography. The set design was impressive. I found the diving suits to be particularly interesting--essentially early versions of scuba gear. The new score fit very well into the story. All in all, a wonderful and landmark achievement in filmmaking. Was the above review useful to you? 18 out of 25 people found the following review useful: The hammy acting styles distract, but the pioneering underwater photography is worth a look.

from Pine Grove, California 10 March 1999 This may have been thrilling in 1916, but today it seems more of a curio. The Williamson brothers invented a camera to take pictures underwater, (the prologue tells us, complete with photos of them) so there's lots of shots of fish swimming, the bottom of the sea, men in diving suits and one battle with an octopus, which was a bit fuzzy. Still, the sense of watching movie history was strong, but don't expect too much in light of more modern techniques. What really bothered me was the hammy acting styles, with lots of arm motions and exaggerated facial features. It's the style that gave silent films a bad name. One who avoided this was Matt Moore, the hero of the film, and the only actor I recognized. Perhaps that is why he was still making movies in the 50's. The film uses plot elements of Verne's "The Mysterious Island" as well as "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." Was the above review useful to you?

10 out of 10 people found the following review useful: Amazing for then; entertaining now 29 April 2006 *** This review may contain spoilers *** This is a most intriguing and entertaining film. While some flaws can certainly be pointed out, it still stands up as a fine feature film. The story is certainly different in this version. This Nemo is a Boy Scout, helping those in need and interested in revenge only in the case of one personal enemy. As I recall from reading the book and seeing one of the color, sound versions (both about 30 years ago), Captain Nemo was a real sob, intent on extracting "revenge" on every ship he came across. (He was also about half the age of this Nemo.) Still, the twists make for an interesting story, as does the incorporation of "Mysterious Island," another Jules Verne masterpiece, into the story. Of course the film is best remembered for the amazing early underwater film sequences. These are something to see  especially considering the year. My only criticism of the film would be that Paton perhaps got a little carried away with showing his sequences of underwater sights. Of course, who could blame him?

No one else had put anything remotely like this on screen in a feature film before. There is almost a quasi-documentary feel to the film, thanks to the underwater scenes and early SCUBA outfits. Alan Holubar is outstanding as the aging (and the young) Captain Nemo, while the rest of the cast is solid. The only exception is Jane Gail's horrid overacting as the princess. This is strange, considering that she handled the "child of nature" role with some credibility and little if no overacting. Perhaps the female histrionics were expected in 1916. (At least Robert K. Klepper identifies Gail as playing both roles in "Silent Films, 1877-1996." IMDb does not identify the princess.) In any case, whatever flaws one may find are dwarfed by the realization that it was so advanced for its time. It's still entertaining, as well, and a great addition to any collection. Was the above review useful to you?

10 out of 11 people found the following review useful: Very interesting, thought not faithful to Verne from France 24 December 2005 OK, this movie isn't at all faithful to Verne's novels (both 20000 leagues & Mysterious island), but who cares. It was too difficult for that time to stay close to the characters and to the relationship between Arronax and Nemo, which is based on the talking, showing different philosophical points of vue. So there we stick to a melodrama full of suspense and action. The pacing is quite fast, for a 1916 movie. A lot of characters and settings are involved, the cinematography is most of the time quite good and the actors are... so so. But it's the editing that attracts attention here, in a griffithian narration full of "parrallel editing" as we say in french. Some sequences are composed of four or five parallel actions, and sometimes flashbacks are used to add another dimension to the melodrama.

The same fact is related three times by three different characters, each flashback being longer than its predecessor until the final revelation (that we can guess early in the film, but, as for most of gender movies, the pleasure for the viewer comes from the combination between waited events and surprising elements) narrated by Nemo himself. I don't know anything as for the origin of the version I own on DVD, so this editing question is to stay questioned. But as it is there (I saw the 1h45 version, a Jokanan copy), it's a really imaginative movie, a sort of serial with a complexer narration. It is sometimes a little boring anyway, especially when it deals with Arronax and co (Ned Land is useless, and the real hero of the movie arrives later on) and with submarine sequences (no so many, in fact, but a little childish sometimes). The documentary aspect is anyway interesting (the shark scene, an early Cousteau sequence) and from an historical point of view those sequences are very important. A good movie, not as brilliant as the Fleischer version, but entertaining and representative of the evolution of American cinema at that time.

Just for the record: it's quite possible that the Nadia anime series by Anno Hideaki have been highly inspired by this movie (I won't say anything else, avoiding spoilers. Watch for yourself). Was the above review useful to you? 12 out of 15 people found the following review useful: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Silent Version - 1916) from United States 15 September 2007 I found this film extraordinary, if for no other reason than the fact, that that they used underwater photography showing divers in deep sea helmets using what looked to be rifles with spears attached (early spear guns, I imagine) actually shooting at a large group of sharks swimming around them. I also didn't see any air lines attached to any of these divers, however, if you looked closely, you could see some air bubbles come out of the helmets of the divers every so often. They must have been using some type of compressed air with a regulator, however when I queried Google, I was informed that SCUBA wasn't invented until 1939 for the US Navy and the air regulator hadn't been invented until 1943 by Jacques Cousteau.

There was a device that contained compressed air in a belt attached to a diver's helmet that was invented in 1825 but that would only allow a diver to stay under 7 minutes. Were they really able to get all of the shots with the divers within that time frame. Very curious. Does anyone have the technical details for how this film was accomplished? I give this film a 9 for technology and a 5 for story line and acting for a 7 overall. Was the above review useful to you? 11 out of 15 people found the following review useful: Age has withered it... from London, England 7 May 2006 The 1916 version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was a landmark in special effects in its day, but 90 years on it's a mere historical curiosity. It's not that it's particularly bad, more that it's very flatly directed even for its day and the passage of time has dealt it some particularly low blows.

Although in the first draft of the novel Nemo was clearly identified as a Pole waging a private war with Russia before Verne's publishers and the French censors objected, the film goes off on its own to make him a wronged Indian Prince (Allen Holubar) with a penchant for wearing Santa Claus suits: the fact that his crew alternately seem to be dressed as elves or pastry chefs does not help matters much. Then there's his long-lost daughter, introduced as a 'child of nature' skipping and dancing through the jungle in so insipid a manner that she even scares off the cheetahs. Looking like a cross between a young Bette Midler playing Elmo Lincoln in blackface and Spike Milligan playing Little Eva while being poked with a cattle prod, Jane Gail's performance is every negative cliché about silent movie acting incarnate. Little of Verne's episodic plot remains: having introduced Professor Aronnax and Ned Land, the hunting trip aside, the film promptly ignores them for the rest of its running time in favour of a plot drawn loosely from Verne's other Nemo novel, Mysterious Island.

Still, it's watchable enough even if it doesn't give Richard Fleischer's 1954 version much of a run for its money. Was the above review useful to you? 4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: First adaptation based on Jules Verne's novel rendered in a silent film Author: ma-cortes 17 June 2012 First retelling based on Jules Verne's fantasy-adventure novel with unknown cast and extraordinary scenarios . Silent take on for cinema , filmed in on location in Bahamas . When Jules Verne wrote this famed novel , the startling inventions impressed the world as being the limit of imagination and impossibility . The scenes were made possible by the Williamson Brothers inventions with submarine photoplay ever filmed . The film talks about the known story from Jules Verne novel , a real masterpiece ; 1868 ,the oceans are no longer safe , many ships have been lost, the sailors have returned to New England's fishing port with tales of vicious giant whale with long horn . The naturist and biologist expert named professor Pierre Aronnax and his daughter undertake a dangerous mission .

Aronnax , his daughter , along with a professional whaler and famous harpoonist named Ned Land join forces in an expedition commanded by captain Farragut that attempt to unravel the mysterious sinking ships by an unknown creature . Aboard the ship called USS Abrahan Lincoln , they go out to investigate . At sea, Professor Aronnax was aboard the ship when Nautilus rammed it and threw the Professor, his helper and Ned Land into the water . They are captured and get thoroughly involved with power-hungry captain Nemo (Allen Hollubar, being in Disney version masterfully played by James Mason) and take an extraordinary adventure underseas in an advanced submarine called Nautilus . Prisoners at first, they are now treated as guests to view the underwater world and to hunt under the waves. Nemo will also tells them about the riveting submarine of the future and the revenge that has driven him for all these years . Our heroes get stuck in the ship , undergoing numerous adventures and suffering innumerable perils .

Exciting and thrilling submarine movie dealing with the Nautilus captained by Nemo , rendition from ¨20,000 Leagues¨, but also another Verne novel, ¨Mysterious Island¨, so the result is that there are two diverse tales taking place which don't at all seem to fit together, until ultimately they come together in the strange conclusion, which makes little relation in respect to the original classic . It displays sensational adventures , drama , marvelous scenarios and is enjoyable but dated . This film became famous for its groundbreaking work in actual underwater photography by George M. Williamson and J. Ernest Williamson who alone had solved the secret under-water sea photography . The actual undersea footage was shot in the Bahamas due to the unusually clear water . When this film was remade by Walt Disney 38 years later, they came to this same spot for their undersea footage . Fascinating submarine movie blends action , disaster spectacle, hokey fun , suspense and emotional happenings .

Surprise-filled entertainment and with plenty of action on grand scale with breathtaking special effects by that time and some ships and submarine by maquette or scale model and filmed in Leonia, New Jersey, Universal Studios , Universal City, California, and New Providence Island, Bahamas . The underwater scenes , sea animals , flamboyant FX to make large-size Octopus seem like horrible monster , all of them are spectacular and the film is an early Hollywood product . However , a confuse plot and overlong runtime became a little boring film . This vintage story was regularly directed by Stuart Paton , it results to be an old mute (1916) with archaeological interest . The motion picture will appeal to fantasy-adventure buffs and silent movie aficionados . The best adaptation turns out to be the Walt Disney production (1954) , marvelously directed by Richard Fleischer , James Mason plays a serious revenger captain Nemo ; Paul Lukas plays perfectly Annorax as intelligent scientific ; and Ned Land played by Kirk Douglas as a stubborn sailor who spends most of their time devising intelligent ways for escape .

Other versions from this unforgettable novel are the following : for TV (1997) directed by Rod Hardy with Michael Caine , Mia Sara and Patrick Dempsey ; and another Television film (1997) directed by Michael Anderson with Ben Cross and Richard Crenna ; furthermore a cartoon movie directed by Arthur Rankin. Was the above review useful to you? 4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: David Jeffers for SIFFblog.com *** This review may contain spoilers *** Monday November 2, 7pm, The Paramount, Seattle "Slowly, silently, it rises from unfathomable depths." A French scientist leads an expedition sent to find and destroy a gigantic, menacing sea monster. He discovers instead a dark, vengeful anti-hero that controls the "monster" and complications ensue. The third motion picture (American Mutoscope & Biograph 1905, Georges Méliès 1907) based on Jules Verne's Vingt Mille Lieues sous Les Mers from his legendary Voyages Extraordiniares, Universal Film Mfg.

Co's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) is noteworthy for the technically astonishing underwater photography of John Ernest Williamson's Submarine Film Corporation. Produced by Carl Laemmle over a two-year period in the Bahamas, at Universal's Leonia, New Jersey and Universal City, California facilities, for a reported cost of $500,000 (roughly $100,000,000 today), the screenplay also incorporated elements of Verne's Mysterious Island. The technology of Williamson's "Photosphere" observation chamber, used to film encounters with undersea creatures, rivals the fictional science of Verne's novel and helped establish the fantasy-horror legacy of Universal Studios. Was the above review useful to you? Page 1 of 3: Nautilus - "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" Nautilus - "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" On the NAUTILUS men's hearts never fail them.

No defects to be afraid of, for the double shell is as firm as iron, no rigging to attend to, no sails for the wind to carry away; no boilers to burst, no fire to fear, for the vessel is made of iron, not of wood; no cove to run short, for electricity is the only power; no collision to fear, for it alone swims in deep water; no tempest to brave, for when it dives below the water, it reaches absolute tranquility. That is the perfection of vessels. JULES VERNE TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, 1869 As an inspiration to the submarine pioneers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, no other literary figure loomed as large as Jules Verne, the "father of science-fiction" and the author in 1870 of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Verne's plot in Twenty Thousand Leagues is relatively simple and serves largely as a framework for describing both the wonders of the underwater world and the technologies needed to realize the author's prophetic vision of undersea travel and exploration. Captain Nemo relates [in CHAPTER XII.

SOME FIGURES.] that the Nautilus "... is an elongated cylinder with conical ends. It is very like a cigar in shape, a shape already adopted in London in several constructions of the same sort. The length of this cyhnder, from stem to stern, is exactly 232 feet, and its maximum breadth is twenty-six feet. It is not built quite like your long-voyage steamers, but its lines are sufficiently long, and its curves prolonged enough, to allow the water to slide off easily, and oppose no obstacle to its passage. These two dimensions enable you to obtain by a simple calculation the surface and cubic contents of the Nautilus. Its area measures 6032 feet; and its contents about 1500 cubic yards; that is to say, when completely immersed it displaces 50,000 feet of water, or weighs 1500 tons. "The Nautilus is composed of two hulls, one inside, the other outside, joined by T-shaped irons, which render it very strong. Indeed, owing to this cellular arrangement it resists like a block, as if it were solid.

Its sides cannot yield; it coheres spontaneously, and not by the closeness of its rivets; and the homogeneity of its construction, due to the perfect union of the materials, enables it to defy the roughest seas. "These two hulls are composed of steel plates, whose density is from .1 to .8 that of water. The first is not less than two inches and a half thick, and weighs 394 tons. The second envelope, the keel, twenty inches high and ten thick, weighs alone sixty-two tons. Theengine, the ballast, the several accessories and apparatus appendages, the partitions and bulkheads, weigh 961.62 tons." The anterior part of this submarine boat starting from the ship's head: the dining-room, five yards long, separated from the library by a water-tight partition; the library, five yards long; the large drawing-room, ten yards long, separated from the captain's room by a second watertight partition; the said room, five yards in length; mine, two and a half yards; and lastly, a reservoir of air, seven and a half yards, that extended to the bows.

Total length thirty-five yards, or one hundred and five feet. The partitions had doors that were shut hermetically by means of india-rubber instruments, and they insured the safety of the Nautilus in case of a leak. A door opened into a kitchen nine feet long, situated between the large store-rooms. There electricity, better than gas itself, did all the cooking. The streams under the furnaces gave out to the sponges of platina a heat which was regularly kept up and distributed. They also heated a distilling apparatus, which, by evaporation, furnished excellent drinkable water. Near this kitchen was a bath-room comfortably furnished, with hot and cold water taps. Next to the kitchen was the berth-room of the vessel, sixteen feet long. At the bottom was a fourth partition, that separated this office from the engine-room. The engine-room, clearly lighted, did not measure less than sixty-five feet in length. It was divided into two parts; the first contained the materials for producing electricity, and the second the machinery that connected it with the screw.

Loosely based on the celebrated novel by Jules Verne, the swashbuckler genre bumped into science fiction in 1954 for one of Hollywood's great entertainments. The Jules Verne story of adventure under the sea was Walt Disney's magnificent debut into live-action films. Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre star as shipwrecked survivors taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo, brilliantly portrayed by James Mason. Wavering between genius and madness, Nemo has launched a deadly crusade across the seven seas. But can the captive crew expose his evil plan before he destroys the world? Disney's brilliant Academy Award-winning (1955, Best Art Direction and Best Special Effects) adaptation of Jules Verne's gripping tale makes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea a truly mesmerizing masterpiece. The art designs -- particularly those for the Nautilus -- are justly celebrated. At the time of its release, LEAGUES was the single most expensive motion picture ever made (ironically it would loose that dubious distinction later that same year to yet another film featuring James Mason: A STAR IS BORN), and every penny of the money spent shows in the onscreen result.

But for all its beauty, it is the performances which make the film work. The interior arrangement of the famous submarine Nautilus from Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" has long been a subject for speculation. Scale models of this submarine consistently place it as being 178 feet long. Verne provides a rather exact description of the Nautilus, which is less imposing in configuration, though rather larger [70 meters, 227.5 feet] than Disney depicted. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Biograph, 1905) The 1905 silent version was the first time the novel was made into a film, an 18 minute short film by Wallace McCutcheon. [Admiral McCutcheon was a fictional character in the 1997 television remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea]. Wallace McCutcheon, previously a stage director, was taken on by American Biograph in the spring of 1897, subsequently directing hundreds of short films.

In 1903, Biograph released two McCutcheon films, The Pioneers and Kit Carson, both wild-west action stories. These films were the first true movie Westerns. In May 1905 McCutcheon was lured away from Biograph by Thomas Edison, and McCutcheon, one of American cinema's true pioneers, simply disappears from the historical record after 1910. 20000 lieues sous les mers (1907) The 1907 silent version of Jules Vernes' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the second time the novel was made into a film, this time an 18 minute short film by Georges Melies, the special-effects pioneer. Melies made over 500 films, but his most famous was A Trip to the Moon made in 1902. There is a submarine, but Nemo is absent from this film, as are any of the plot elements and dramatic conventions of Verne's story.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916) The third time the novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea was made into a film, it was the first time it was made as a full feature film and not a short film. The 1916 silent version of Jules Vernes' 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was "sold" on the basis of its advanced underwater photography, the handiwork of the legendary Williamson Brothers. This production, financed by Universal, would require location photography, large sets, exotic costumes, sailing ships, and a full-size navigable mock-up of the surfaced submarine Nautilus. The film's storyline combines elements from both 20,000 Leagues and another Verne novel, Mysterious Island. The cost of this film was so astronomical that it could not possibly post a profit, putting the kibosh on any subsequent Verne adaptations for the next 12 years. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936). This production by Irving Thalberg was unfinished.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Paramount, 1952-53) Production unfinished. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Walt Disney Productions, 1954) Classic screen adaptation of Jules Verne's early vision of submarine warfare. James Mason is the mad Captain Nemo, who takes on the warmongering imperialist countries with his submarine Nautilus. Also stars Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre. This Oscar winner (for special effects and set decoration) is a remake of a 1916 silent film. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Television - "Festival of Family Classics", 1972) T.V.-Video, Animated Cartoon Inc., 30 minutes.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Television - "Famous Classic Tales", 1973) Australia Broadcasting Commision, Sydney, Animated Cartoon, 60 minutes The Return of Captain Nemo / The Amazing Captain Nemo (CBS-TV/Warner Brothers TV, 1978) Typical 1970's lightweight pseudo-science-fictional fare, this movie was the pilot for a very brief action series. Modern-day US Navy scientists discover the legendary Nemo (an apparently underemployed Jose Ferrer) in suspended animation aboard his Nautilus at the bottom of the ocean. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) The heroes of 1899 are brought to life with the help of some expensive special effects in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. From the pages of Victorian literature come Dr. Jekyll (and his alter ego Mr. Hyde), Dorian Gray, Tom Sawyer, an Invisible Man, Mina Harker (from Dracula), the hunter Allan Quatermain (Sean Connery), and Captain Nemo. Naseeruddin Shah as Captain Nemo returns Nemo to his original characterization by Verne as a Sikh.

Shah's Nemo was a welcome variation to previous Nemos, providing a sense of command, control and honor in comparison to those others. Some of the special effects are very good, such as the bizarre image of the Nautilus sailing the canals of Venice. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2012 ?) David Fincher who was busy filming "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", is also attached to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. He said he wanted it be like a "Gigantic steampunk science fiction movie from 1873." Writer Randall Wallace (Braveheart, SECRETARIAT) said "They were developing it ... in a way that had more heart and a more realistic lucidness than what we would think of as the normal fantasy fare." The project was previously titled Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, and was setup with a script by Bill Marsilli's (Deja Vu), with rewrites by geek screenwriter Justin Marks (Masters of the Universe, Super Max) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart).

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2012 ?) Fox is prepping its own version of the classic Jules Verne tale with an equally pedigreed filmmaking team. Producers Ridley and Tony Scott and their Scott Free Prods. are developing a "Leagues" project for the studio with a script by "Clash of the Titans" co-writer Travis Beacham. NEWSLETTER

Question: In the novel 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea what was the name of the captain of the submarine Nautilus?
Answer: Captain Nemo