20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 Disney live-action adventure film adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel, renowned for its groundbreaking special effects and iconic portrayal of Captain Nemo’s submarine, the Nautilus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure film
feature film
live-action film
science fiction film
authorOfOriginalWork Jules Verne
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Color

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
surface form: Academy Award for Best Special Effects
basedOn Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
characterActor James Mason as Captain Nemo
Kirk Douglas as Ned Land
Paul Lukas as Professor Aronnax
Peter Lorre
surface form: Peter Lorre as Conseil
cinematographer Franz Planer
colorProcess Technicolor
composer Paul J. Smith
surface form: Paul Smith
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Richard Fleischer
distributor Buena Vista International
surface form: Buena Vista Distribution
distributorForCountry Buena Vista International
surface form: Buena Vista Distribution in the United States
editor Elmo Williams
filmingProcess CinemaScope
genre adventure film
fantasy film
science fiction film
hasTheme anti-war
freedom versus oppression
technological progress and its dangers
mainCharacter Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
surface form: Captain Nemo

Conseil
Ned Land
Professor Pierre Aronnax
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Film Editing
notableFor depiction of the giant squid attack
groundbreaking special effects
iconic design of the Nautilus submarine
originalLanguage English
partOf Disney live-action film canon
portraysFictionalEntity Nautilus (fictional submarine)
surface form: Nautilus (submarine)
producer Walt Disney
Walt Disney Pictures
surface form: Walt Disney Productions
productionCompany Walt Disney Pictures
surface form: Walt Disney Productions
releaseDate 1954-12-23
releaseYear 1954
runtimeMinutes 127
screenwriter Earl Felton
setInLocation Nautilus (fictional submarine)
Pacific Ocean
setInPeriod 19th century
starred James Mason
Kirk Douglas
Paul Lukas
Peter Lorre

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Peter Lorre notableWork 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
László Löwenstein notableWork 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
Fleischer notableWork 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
subject surface form: Richard Fleischer
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas hasAdaptation 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
this entity surface form: 1954 film Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Ned Land portrayedIn 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
this entity surface form: 1954 Disney film Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
James Mason as Captain Nemo appearsInFilm 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train replaced 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)
this entity surface form: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Submarine Voyage (site use)