20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985 film)
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1985 Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia
. The film is based on Jules Verne
's classic French
novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
, first published in 1870, and was adapted by Stephen MacLean. It was produced by Tim Brooke-Hunt and featured original music by John Stuart. The copyright
in this film is now owned by Pulse Distribution and Entertainment and administered by digital rights management firm NuTech Digital
.
s and rising only to attack and destroy innocent ships at a cost of many lives. Experts around the world are trying to discover the identity of the monster and possibly destroy it before even more lives are lost. Marine expert
Professor Pierre Aronnax, his faithful companion Conseil and harpoon
ist Ned Land, set out aboard the Abraham Lincoln
from Long Island
in search of said monster. Following an attack from the monster itself, the three companions are thrown overboard and declared lost by the ship's crew. Their lives are saved as they are held above water by the monster, which they discover to be a modern submarine
, named the Nautilus. Inside, they meet the submarine's captain, Captain Nemo
, and his faithful crew.
In order to keep his secret safe, Captain Nemo decides to keep the three men aboard his ship. Aboard the Nautilus, the professor, Ned and Conseil travel throughout the depths of the ocean; a voyage the professor and Conseil find fascinating, but Ned soon finds his captivity unbearable and develops a hatred for the captain and a long for freedom. The professor learns of Captain Nemo's hatred towards mankind, for he had lost his wife, children and family to them, and now sought revenge by destroying as many ships as he encountered. On the other hand, Captain Nemo has a great respect toward his men as well as the oceans of the world and their creatures. When lives are lost aboard his submarine, he takes their bodies for burial in the lost continent of Atlantis
to rest forever underwater. Spying inside the captain's private chamber, the professor, Conseil and Ned discover Nemo's plan of travelling to the seas of Norway
, where he will have the ultimate revenge by destroying the ship responsible for the loss of those dear to him.
The three companions try unsuccessfully to bring him to reason, but the captain is determined even at the risk of his own life. Wanting no part in the calamity, the three men encounter a chance for escape aboard a rowboat, and wanting to warn the to-be-victimized ship, they're thrown ashore by the raging ocean waves. Finding repose and shelter in an unhabited island
, the professor is happy to have kept his journal
safe, so he may tell the world of their adventures. No one learns about the fate of the Nautilus and Captain Nemo, who may have perished or still be alive seeking revenge on mankind.
Burbank Films Australia
Burbank Films Australia was an Australian animation-production company that in a span of eight years produced over thirty different animated films...
. The film is based on Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
's classic French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax...
, first published in 1870, and was adapted by Stephen MacLean. It was produced by Tim Brooke-Hunt and featured original music by John Stuart. The copyright
Copyright
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in this film is now owned by Pulse Distribution and Entertainment and administered by digital rights management firm NuTech Digital
NuTech Digital
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.
Plot
In the year 1866, a mysterious sea-monster is hunting the depths of the oceanOcean
An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...
s and rising only to attack and destroy innocent ships at a cost of many lives. Experts around the world are trying to discover the identity of the monster and possibly destroy it before even more lives are lost. Marine expert
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...
Professor Pierre Aronnax, his faithful companion Conseil and harpoon
Harpoon
A harpoon is a long spear-like instrument used in fishing to catch fish or large marine mammals such as whales. It accomplishes this task by impaling the target animal, allowing the fishermen to use a rope or chain attached to the butt of the projectile to catch the animal...
ist Ned Land, set out aboard the Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
from Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
in search of said monster. Following an attack from the monster itself, the three companions are thrown overboard and declared lost by the ship's crew. Their lives are saved as they are held above water by the monster, which they discover to be a modern submarine
Submarine
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
, named the Nautilus. Inside, they meet the submarine's captain, Captain Nemo
Captain Nemo
Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Dakkar, is a fictional character featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island ....
, and his faithful crew.
In order to keep his secret safe, Captain Nemo decides to keep the three men aboard his ship. Aboard the Nautilus, the professor, Ned and Conseil travel throughout the depths of the ocean; a voyage the professor and Conseil find fascinating, but Ned soon finds his captivity unbearable and develops a hatred for the captain and a long for freedom. The professor learns of Captain Nemo's hatred towards mankind, for he had lost his wife, children and family to them, and now sought revenge by destroying as many ships as he encountered. On the other hand, Captain Nemo has a great respect toward his men as well as the oceans of the world and their creatures. When lives are lost aboard his submarine, he takes their bodies for burial in the lost continent of Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
to rest forever underwater. Spying inside the captain's private chamber, the professor, Conseil and Ned discover Nemo's plan of travelling to the seas of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, where he will have the ultimate revenge by destroying the ship responsible for the loss of those dear to him.
The three companions try unsuccessfully to bring him to reason, but the captain is determined even at the risk of his own life. Wanting no part in the calamity, the three men encounter a chance for escape aboard a rowboat, and wanting to warn the to-be-victimized ship, they're thrown ashore by the raging ocean waves. Finding repose and shelter in an unhabited island
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
, the professor is happy to have kept his journal
Diary
A diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone...
safe, so he may tell the world of their adventures. No one learns about the fate of the Nautilus and Captain Nemo, who may have perished or still be alive seeking revenge on mankind.
Cast
- Tom BurlinsonTom BurlinsonTom Burlinson is an Australian actor and singer.He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year...
- Ned - Colin Borgonon
- Paul Woodson
- Liz Horne
- Alistair Duncan
- Gilbert Christian
External links
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea at the Big Cartoon DataBaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....