Still Entertaining After All These Years

I've always been a sucker for Submarine Movies, and as a kid, this one really captured my imagination. The Nautilus is rendered here with amazing, gothic detail. The film also has a great story and themes, and some fine performances, and underwater action. I recently watched it again with my own kids. I was a little concerned that with today's rapid fire non-stop action kiddie movies, they would be bored by it. In fact, they were quite entertained by it and watched the squid sequence over several times. I also still found it very entertaining. As far as the extras go, don't miss the original "Sunset Squid" sequence which was scrapped in favor of the one which was used in the film. It is hilariously bad: you can see the wires on the tentacles. A smart decision to drop this one. The short documentary on the real Humboldt squid is also worth a look.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954

Climb aboard the NAUTILUS...and into a strange undersea world of spellbinding adventure ! Kirk Douglas (1916 - ), Paul Lukas
(1895-1971) and Peter Lorre (1904-1964) stars as shipwrecked survivors taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo , brillioantly portrayed by James Mason (1909-1984) . Wavering between genious and madness , Nemo has lauched a deadly crusade across the seven seans . But can the captive crew expose this evil plan before he destroy the world. Walter Disney (1901-1966) brilliant Award-winning adaptation of Jules Verne (1828-1905) gripping tale makes 20.000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA a truly mesmerising masterpiece . Superb High Quality transfer . Recommended

20000 leagues is a masterpiece

In my opinion this movie and the Swiss Family Robinson are the two classic disney adventure movies that hit homeruns when they were initially released, and still to this day continue to "wow" audiences that watch it on the small screen.

The story is not original but is rather based on a book by the master story teller Jules Verne. His imagination is off the charts as he wrote the book this movie is based on as well as several other sci-fi movies (Journey to the center of the earth).

The movie was a big time production as evidence by the documentries found in the 2 disc set. In this DVD you get documentries about the story, the making of the movie, the actors, and even how it was publisized.

The cast was "A" list only headlined by Kirk Douglas, who was perfect for his role as the Whaler. I love the scenery and the submarine. The music was great and I still find myself singing Kirk Douglas song "Got a whale of a tale" even as I type this review.

Their is a good message from the story that is brought out very well by the movie. I would think in Disney fan or classic movie fan, or adventure movie fan would want to add this film to their collection.