20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

23 December 1954, 16 September 1955

Director

Richard Fleischer

Composer

Paul Smith, Al Hoffman

Based on

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Genre

science fiction film, submarine film, drama film

Main subject

sea piracy, misanthropy

Awards

Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color, Academy Award for Best Special Effects, National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

after a work by

Jules Verne

art director

John Meehan

assessment

Bechdel test

box office

441856.87, 28200000

capital cost

4300000

cast member

Ted de Corsia, Robert J. Wilke, J. M. Kerrigan, Carleton Young, Percy Helton, Ted Cooper, Eddie Marr, Fred Graham, Harry Harvey, Herb Vigran, Jack Pennick, Charles Grodin

characters

Captain Nemo

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

collection

Museum of Modern Art

color

color

costume designer

Norman Martien

country of origin

United States

described by source

Disney A to Z, The 200 films to see before you almost grow up

different from

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

director of photography

Franz Planer, Ralph Hammeras, Til Gabani

distributed by

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, Disney+, Bullee Trading

distribution format

theatrical release, video on demand, home video release, broadcasting

duration

127

executive producer

Fred Leahy

film crew member

Peter Ellenshaw, Ub Iwerks, John Hench, Joshua Meador, Harper Goff, Bruce Bushman, Sam Slyfield, Robert O. Cook, Joseph Dubin

film editor

Elmo Williams

film format

CinemaScope

filming location

The Bahamas, Fox Studio Lot, Jamaica, Walt Disney Studios

form of creative work

feature film

FSK film rating

FSK 12

has characteristic

film based on a novel

Kijkwijzer rating

9

MPA film rating

G

narrative location

San Francisco, Nautilus, Pacific Ocean

nominated for

Academy Award for Best Film Editing

original language of film or TV show

English

producer

Walt Disney

production code

2087

production company

Walt Disney Pictures

production designer

Emile Kuri

review score

7.7/10, 91%, 83/100

screenwriter

Earl Felton

set in period

1868

theme music

A Whale of a Tale

title

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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