Ned apologizes to Aronnax for striking him, but Aronnax concedes that the loss of his journal might have been for the best. A large, billowing mushroom cloud rises above the island's destruction. Aboard Nautilus's skiff, the three companions, along with Esmeralda, Nemo’s pet sea lion, witness Vulcania explode. Nemo dies while viewing his beloved undersea domain through the hull's viewport.Īronnax tries retrieving his journal, but the urgency of their escape obliges Ned to knock him unconscious and carry him out. Ned escapes and surfaces the submarine, striking a reef in the process, causing Nautilus to flood. His crew declare that they will accompany their captain in death.Īronnax, Conseil, and Ned are confined to their cabins, while Nautilus's crew retreat to their own at Nemo's instructions. Navigating the submarine to a safe distance from Vulcania, Nemo announces that he will be "taking the Nautilus down for the last time". Nemo rushes ashore to activate a time bomb in order to destroy any evidence of his discoveries but is shot and mortally wounded as he returns onboard. The Nautilus enters his base through an underwater passage, and surfaces within its extinct volcano lagoon. Having had a change of heart, Nemo wants to make amends with the world.Īs Nautilus nears Vulcania, Nemo finds the island surrounded by warships, with marines having disembarked. Nemo is caught by one of its long tentacles, and Ned, having escaped from captivity, fatally harpoons the squid, and saves Nemo when he is pulled into the sea. After an electric charge fails to repel the creature, Nemo and his men surface during a storm to dislodge it. Aboard Nautilus, the cannibals are repelled by electrical charges sent through its hull, and Nemo confines Ned for disobeying orders.Ī warship fires upon Nautilus, which descends into the depths, attracting a giant squid. Ned runs back to Conseil, and they row away pursued by cannibals. Ned instead goes exploring for avenues of escape, and finds human skulls posted on stakes. Nemo allows Ned to go ashore with Conseil, ostensibly to collect specimens, while admonishing them to stay on the beach. Off the coast of New Guinea, Nautilus becomes stranded on a reef. Ned throws messages with Vulcania's coordinates overboard in bottles in the hope of being rescued. In Nemo's cabin, Ned and Conseil discover the map coordinates of Nemo's secret island base, Vulcania, where Nautilus is now heading. Nemo tells Aronnax that he has just saved thousands from death in war, and that "this hated nation" tortured his wife and son to death while attempting to force him to reveal his discoveries. Nemo, once a prisoner there as were many of his crew, later rams the steamer, destroying it and its crew. Nemo takes Nautilus to a penal colony island, where the prisoners are loading a munitions ship. After Aronnax proves willing to die with his companions as the ship submerges, Nemo allows Ned and Conseil to remain aboard. He returns Ned and Conseil to the deck while offering Aronnax, whose name he recognizes, the chance to stay. The vessel's captain introduces himself as Captain Nemo, master of the Nautilus. Spotted by the divers, Ned, Aronnax, and Conseil attempt to leave in the righted longboat, but they are captured. Below decks, Aronnax finds a large viewport and witnesses an underwater funeral, while Ned Land arrives on an overturned longboat from their ship. While clinging to wreckage, Aronnax and Conseil come upon a metal vessel and realize the monster is a man-made "submerging boat" that appears deserted. Ned, Conseil, and Aronnax are thrown overboard while the disabled frigate drifts away, unable to respond to their cries for help. The frigate's guncrew open fire, but the monster turns and rams the warship. They are joined by cocky master-harpooner Ned Land.Īfter months of patrolling, the monster is spotted. ![]() Professor Aronnax and his assistant, Conseil, are asked to investigate and soon board a U.S. In 1868, rumors spread of a sea monster attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean. It is considered an early precursor of the steampunk genre. The film won two Academy Awards for its art direction and special effects. ![]() It was also the first feature-length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.Ģ0,000 Leagues Under the Sea was a critical and commercial success, being especially remembered for the fight with a giant squid, as well as Mason's definitive performance as the charismatic anti-hero Captain Nemo. Photographed in Technicolor, the film was one of the first feature-length motion pictures to be filmed in CinemaScope. It stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre. Adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel of the same name, the film was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, from a screenplay by Earl Felton.
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