20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film)
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| 20000 Leagues Under the Sea | |
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| Directed by | Stuart Paton |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Written by | Jules Verne (novel) Stuart Paton |
| Starring | Lois Alexander Curtis Benton Wallace Clarke |
| Distributed by | Universal |
| Release date(s) | December 24, 1916 |
| Running time | 105 min |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
| IMDb profile | |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a silent film made in 1916, based on the novel by Jules Verne of the same title.
This version is notable for its groundbreaking work in actual underwater photography by George M. Williamson and J. Ernest Williamson. Actual underwater cameras were not used, but a system of watertight tubes and mirrors allowed the camera to shoot reflected images of underwater scenes staged in shallow sunlit waters. Captain Nemo is presented as an Indian prince who created the Nautilus after an unscrupulous colonial officer killed his wife and burned down his palace, a charactization in keeping with Verne's book.
[edit] External links
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at the Internet Movie Database
- Complete film at Internet Archive
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916 film) at Google Video
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