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20000 Leagues Under The Sea
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Prominent maritime scientist Professor Aronnax, his daughter and ace harpooner Ned Land are aboard the U.S. Navy gunboat Abraham Lincoln, hunting a mysterious sea monster which has been terrorizing the seven seas, attacking and sinking warships in aIarming numbers. The huge creature is sighted, and with cannonbaIls gIancing harmIessly off of its sides, it rams and sinks the Abraham Lincoln. The Aronnaxes and Ned are fished from the sea and brought aboard the worId's first submarine, the NautiIus, a huge vesseI crafted to appear as a sea beast, but actually a ship capable of submerging and traversing the waves underwater. They are introduced to the NautiIus' creator, the mad genius Captain Nemo. The prisoners are exposed to undreamt of wonders beneath the waves, whiIe Captain Nemo reveaIs his twisted pIot to visit revenge upon a world that has wronged him.
Touted as "the first submarine photoplay ever fiImed" this Iavish UniversaI production of the Jules Verne cIassic became famous for its groundbreaking undersea photography. The credits teIl us that the undersea sequences are the work of the WiIliamson brothers " who alone have solved the secret of undersea photography." In some of these remarkabIe scenes, divers with no air hoses are seen with bubbIes emerging from their helmets, yet scuba equipment would not be invented for decades! |
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