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Director: Richard Fleischer
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From Time Out Film Guide
Still one of Disney's most ambitious live action adaptations, only marginally vulgarising Jules Verne's original and notable for some staggering designs, including the beautiful 'Nautilus' submarine itself, with its lush Victorian interior. It was the first Disney film to use very big stars, with Mason contributing a thoroughly sympathetic performance as the anguished Captain Nemo, and Lorre as one of his foils. Time hasn't been quite so kind to Kirk Douglas' role as a lusty harpooner, who looks as though he was inserted to reassure American audiences in the face of what might seem to be a sternly anti-colonial plot. Otherwise this is one of the great movie adventures, fully deserving its canonisation in Disney World, where an elaborate underwater ride attempts - with mixed success - to duplicate some of the film's major thrills.Author: DP
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Cast & crew
Director: Richard Fleischer
Producer: Walt Disney
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J Wilke, Carleton Young full cast
Genre(s): Fantasy
Duration: 126 mins
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