When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.When Captain Nemo saves the passengers of a sinking ship and takes them to his Utopian underwater city he discovers that not all of his guests agree to remain there forever.
- Skipper
- (as John Moore)
- Templemere Citizen
- (uncredited)
- Templemere Citizen
- (uncredited)
- Nemo's Guard
- (uncredited)
- Barmaid
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRoger Corman had planned to do a movie titled "Captain Nemo and the Floating City" based on two Jules Verne stories, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Floating City." The project eventually was scrubbed. But after reading about Jacques-Yves Cousteau's experiments in underwater habitats, MGM producer Steven Pallos picked up the project, moving the city under water. The film drew heavily on the supposed charm of the Victorian era, following agreement between director and scriptwriters to produce a popular escapist atmosphere, more the essence of Michael Todd's Around the World in Eighty Days (1972) than of Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).
- GoofsNemo states his city is 10,000 fathoms deep which is 11.4 miles, the deepest part of any ocean on Earth is just under 7 miles.
- Quotes
Swallow Bath: [after rejecting an offer by the panicky Mr. Lomax to attempt to escape] I thought you wanted to leave.
Barnaby Bath: But not with that one. To get out of this place is going to take a very cool head. And that one's nearly lost his already.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
This particular motion picture is neither a sequel nor a prequel to 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA nor MYSTERIOUS ISLAND; indeed, its premise (which one may or may not warm up to) is to ignore the other tales and try acting alone as its own story. The result is a weird amalgam of 20,000LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and LOST HORIZON.
It benefits from some lavish, if glossy sets, and the casting of Robert Ryan as Nemo, which for its time was offbeat. In recent years, stars, such as those of Michael Cain and Patrick Stewart, have played Nemo so far differently from Verne's original that Ryan's interpretation almost seems faithful. While purists may be put off by Ryan being so very American and lacking the swarthiness, exoticism, and aristocracy of previous actors, he nevertheless exudes a saturnine authority and substance that's right.
All in all, the movie falls short of the eyefilling fun of the best Verne adaptations, but it's still watchable. It must be seen letter-boxed.
- patrick.hunter
- Jul 18, 2000
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Kapitän Nemo
- Filming locations
- Off Malta, Mediterranean Sea(Kine Weekly 28/12/1968)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1