Laserdisc Title: "20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA"
Edition: Exclusive Archive Collection Widescreen Edition (Double-Disc Set)
Directed By: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke
Special Features: --- see footnotes below for more details ---
Production / Year: 1954 Walt Disney
Running Time: 127 Minutes / Color (Supplemental Material 69 Minutes)
Audio Format: Digital Sound, Dolby Surround, Stereo, CX Encoded
Video Format: LTBX (2.35:1) CinemaScope, NTSC, Side 1, 2 & 4 CLV, 3 CAV
Miscellaneous Features: Rated G, Closed Captioned
Distributed By: Buena Vista Home Video
Catalog / Spine Number: 1587 CS
Genre: Disney / Animation / Children & Family / Adventure / Pre-1980 Classics

IMPORTANT: This is a 12-inch Diameter Laserdisc, which is NOT the same as DVD and cannot be played on a DVD player!

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): Very Good - Some very light to very minor hairline surface swirls or light fingerprint marks (Disc Manufactured in Japan)
Jacket: Very Good - Normal shelf wear, few creases, slightly worn-out corners or edges and a small spine split near top right openings of the jacket

Synopsis:
The swashbuckler genre bumped into science fiction in 1954 for one of Hollywood's great entertainments. The Jules Verne story of adventure under the sea was Walt Disney's magnificent debut into live-action films. A professor (Paul Lukas) seeks the truth about a legendary sea monster in the years just after the Civil War. When his ship is sunk, he, his aide (Peter Lorre), and a harpoon master (Kirk Douglas) survive to discover that the monster is actually a metal submarine run by Captain Nemo (James Mason). Along with the rollicking adventure, it's fun to see the future technology that Verne dreamed up in his novel, including diving equipment and sea farming.

The film's physical prowess is anchored by the Nautilus, an impressive full-scale gothic submarine complete with red carpet and pipe organ. In the era of big sets, 20,000 Leagues set a precedent for films shot on the water and deservedly won Oscars for art direction and special effects. Lost in the inventiveness of the film and great set pieces including a giant squid attack are two great performances. Mason is the perfect Nemo, taut and private, clothed in dark fabric that counters the Technicolor dreamboat that is the beaming red-and-white-stripe-shirted Kirk Douglas as the heroic Ned Land. The film works as peerless family adventure nearly half a century later.

Climb aboard the Nautilus ... and into a strange undersea world of spellbinding adventure! Kirk Douglas, Paul Lukas, and Peter Lorre star as shipwrecked survivors taken captive by the mysterious Captain Nemo, brilliantly portrayed by James Mason. Wavering between genius and madness, Nemo has launched a deadly crusade across the seven seas. But can the captive crew expose his evil plan before he destroys the world?

EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIALS:

Behind-the-Scenes Clips with Walt Disney, Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre
Side-by-Side Storyboards / Film Comparisons
Set Design Sketches for The Nautilus
Conceptual Drawings and Paintings
Archival Production Photographs
Original Animated Sequences Deleted From the Film
Original Theatrical Trailer

THIS IS NOT A DVD!!! THIS IS A 12" LASERDISC AND WILL NOT PLAY IN A DVD PLAYER

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