Nemo wouldn't let his advanced technology be captured by those who meant to further their militarization. He knew if this plans and technology were to be taken it would spread havoc in that age.
I was obsessed with this movie as a little kid, and especially the Nautilus. I credit it with sparking my fascination with ships, particularly older ships-a fascination that was further fueled when I first learned about the Titanic in school. Thank you Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Richard Fleischer, Walt Disney, Harper Goff, and Jules Verne for forming an integral part of my childhood, and may you all rest in peace.
Very well said! I too was obsessed with this movie. God knows how many times I watched this Walt Disney classic. Was also into submarines when i was kid. I remember i would like to have a real Nautilus, like the one in the movie. It was the ultimate submarine for me. I also liked Captain Nemo. He was my favourite, and James Mason IS Captain Nemo. A fantastic actor, you couldn't get a better choice for an actor for portraying him. To put it shortly, he is Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. There was a sadness to him,though i think i was to young to really understand what he went through,and his past, when i saw the movie for the first time. Kirk Douglas as Ned Land, fantastic! But of course, the other actors in the movie aswell are magnificent, as you well put it! Thank you all for making my childhood full of good memories too. R.I.P to all of you
I had a clockwork powered tinplate model of the Nautilus. I saw this movie on release and always admired the vessel's design, especially the big plexiglass windows, like those off a PBY-4 Catalina.
Science fiction film doesn't get any better than this. Phenomenal sets, gorgeous phography, fine acting, visual effects that still hold up, accompanied by a wonderful soundtrack. And that genius design of the Nautilus!
I'm very heart broken that Kirk Douglass was the very last person who passed away he had a wonderful life ahead of him for someone who turned 100 years old RIP Kirk you'll never be forgotten and I loved the song he did A Whale of a Tale him and that that song will be in my heart forever
thats what i came here to make a comment about, when i saw the movie the other day i noticed that, there wasn't even satellites when this movie was made
The man had access to nuclear energy which means he had access to nuclear propulsion probably wouldn't have been that hard to actually put up a satellite in orbit
@@magiccheeseball True. Arthur C. Clark's article "extra Terrestrial Relays" published in Wireless World in 1945, describe orbiting relays (satelites) that would act like global repeaters to relay radio signals around the world.
@@warrenfrank5716maybe captain nemo had some connections with ET haha but I guess the people who designed the valcania labritory for the movie were thinking of a radar not really a satellite dish being there wasn't any satellites then but its funny how it looks like a satellite dish.
Let's face it.The Nautilus was the real star of the movie.Also,the plot had very little to do with Vern,s book(understandably).It would be nice to se a remake with a more honest plot -with the same Nautilus.
To have made a movie along the lines written by Jules Verne would have required 3 three hour long movies. Probably 4. I have movie on DVD and watch it about once a year. It still holds up very well.
I think one of the criticisms of Disney movies now is when they have a captain character (captain sparrow) , we actually don’t see them command. Here we see how precise and in sync the captain and crew are in driving the Nautilus. James Mason strong commanding acting is excellent. Like Darth Vader commanding the Executor, he directed the ship at will. Killed crew members who disobeyed. But he knew what he was doing. Like Hoth Battle. Vader wanted a surprise attack but Ozz screwed up.
I have always wanted to know more about Nemo's base. I wish there were a program to explore the base and see what is inside the lab and other buildings.
I think the special effects hold up really well, especially since this was made in the 50s. It must’ve blown the minds of cinema goers when this first came out
They are mostly screw steamers with auxiliary sails, or sailing ships with auxiliary steam engines. Immed. post-Civil War transitional naval designs. But long-range, open-ocean ships -- no monitors or other coastal craft.
@@nathancruz9172 In the books The Professor only thinks Captain Nemo died. In reality, Nemo survived, which you find out in a semi-sequel novel The Mysterious Island - which is about 5 men being forced to survived on an island after accidently landing there. In the end, you find out that Nemo's ship was grounded on the Island years ago, and the crew who stayed with him have all died. Nemo was secretly helping the men to survive while avoiding them until he was discovered. (Remember he doesn't have much faith in humanity) Nemo's redemptive arc completes before his death on the island.
This is a Holywood story. In Verne´s book there is no Vulcania and the book ends very differently than movie. Maelstrom. Nautilus and Nemo survive the struggle and Nemo later reappears in another book as an old man.
1. Captain Nemo thought its whereabouts of the island were safe because it was so remote. Until Ned threesome messages in a bottle. 2. If that island did have defenses the island would be discovered a lot sooner
@@KMDragonS The only way he could make the Nautilus work was with nuclear power which means he had to understand the basics of the nuclear chain reaction. as such he would have access to nuclear weaponry. Nemo didn't catch me as a person who would be unprepared.
@@sclogse1 So true.... But it would have been awesome if you saw a volcania strike back at the ships with its own defenses true once it used them the island would be discovered and the other nations would send more ships to investigate but still it would give him the time he needed to move volcania to a new location.... maybe underwater.
Jamie Olberding In the eyes of Nemo, they are bad since he believes that they would use his technology to only develop more advanced ways of warfare and destruction.
Bad. They are from the nation who took everything from nemo when he refused to give them the secret of the nautilus and it's powersource, including his family. This unkown nation (maybe a black site opperation of the british empire if this nemo is half indian as its implied) makes it's warships and supply ships of ammunition sail under no flag apparently, since the ship nemo sank came from one of their prison camps. They are there to sieze nemo's secrets and kill him because he's a clear threat to their operations. it was only ships with no flags that nemo was attacking.
@@maskedhero6425 Nemo's ethnicity is ambiguous so it's hard to say. Verne originally wanted him to be Polish but his editors wouldn't allow it so Nemo was said to have originally been an Indian Raj. Whether he was meant to be biracial is unknown. But after the British killed his family, he decided to live away from the rest of mankind and take his technology with him.
I hate what happens to Nemo in the next scene. They could have written the script so he was eaten by a giant squid 🦑, and it would have been a better ending. The book had an ambiguous ending. Otherwise this film has so many great qualities.
Hans Yolo because the soldiers are on the island heading toward his base and ramming the ships might just be a waste of time instead of putting a time bomb on the island
@The Atragon - Yeah but they couldn't have taken advantage of the base's technology since the only people we see there are soldiers, not scientists. Even scientists of the era would need years of detailed studying to come close to understanding even the basics without Nemo's help. So, either the soldiers there run out of supplies and die, or they mess something up and cause the base the blow itself up which solves the problem by default. Either way the result is largely the same. Reinforcements would be a long time coming. At the time there was no instant communication, wireless telegraphs were decades away from being invented and even though steam ships were a lot faster than sail, they could still only manage a fraction of the speed a modern warship is capable of. It would take a couple of months for anyone else to even investigate, which given that these ships aren't flying any flags might not happen at all since for all we know this is all that organization has.
@@0utc4st1985 Its likely Nemo pissed off the majority of the nations. This was likely a unified effort although the possibility of it being a company like the east indian trade company or a european power is not far fetched especially one that really wanted what NEMO had.
Nemo was foolish. He could have stalled or even prevented the attack on the island if he had rammed the ships in the blockade. Perhaps leaving a couple behind to allow the retreating marines a way to escape. This would have bought Nemo much more time, perhaps even months while another attack (if there was to be one) was planned.
Most of those ships appeared to be steam powered it was likely at least a few were reinforced to withstand nemo's attacks at some point and they were aware of Nemo's location meaning they were aware of sub. So Nemo lost the main element of surprise. As the sub could no longer attack without getting flanked by warships.
Those ships are standing-in close enough to launch gigs ashore and to fire their relatively primitive smoothbore and light rifled cannon at an enemy. That means there's no depth of water available for Nautilus to conduct an attack and then scoot away by diving. Nemo knew the waters near Vulcania initimately, and likely knew the bottom shoaled up rapidly just past the point the ships were anchored. He therefore had no room to maneuver to make his escape.
I saw it as a dumb kid who never read the book. But many years later after reading Jules Verne's brilliant novel, I now realise how crap this movie was. They couldn't even save it by casting James Mason as Captain Nemo. If you've never read the book then I totally recommend it. The script writer couldn't have done a worse job. The sets were great but it was let down by lousy script.
Nemo wouldn't let his advanced technology be captured by those who meant to further their militarization. He knew if this plans and technology were to be taken it would spread havoc in that age.
Simple submarines were around during the civil war….not that huge or sophisticated though
I was obsessed with this movie as a little kid, and especially the Nautilus. I credit it with sparking my fascination with ships, particularly older ships-a fascination that was further fueled when I first learned about the Titanic in school.
Thank you Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Richard Fleischer, Walt Disney, Harper Goff, and Jules Verne for forming an integral part of my childhood, and may you all rest in peace.
Don't forget Harper Goff. He was the production designer who created the Disney Nautilus, a wonderful piece of imagination.
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I just edited my comment to include him. :)
Very well said! I too was obsessed with this movie. God knows how many times I watched this Walt Disney classic. Was also into submarines when i was kid. I remember i would like to have a real Nautilus, like the one in the movie. It was the ultimate submarine for me. I also liked Captain Nemo. He was my favourite, and James Mason IS Captain Nemo. A fantastic actor, you couldn't get a better choice for an actor for portraying him. To put it shortly, he is Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. There was a sadness to him,though i think i was to young to really understand what he went through,and his past, when i saw the movie for the first time. Kirk Douglas as Ned Land, fantastic! But of course, the other actors in the movie aswell are magnificent, as you well put it! Thank you all for making my childhood full of good memories too. R.I.P to all of you
I had a clockwork powered tinplate model of the Nautilus. I saw this movie on release and always admired the vessel's design, especially the big plexiglass windows, like those off a PBY-4 Catalina.
@@johnjephcote7636 Yes indeed. I agree with. The vessel is also very right for it's time. Very Victorian
Science fiction film doesn't get any better than this. Phenomenal sets, gorgeous phography, fine acting, visual effects that still hold up, accompanied by a wonderful soundtrack. And that genius design of the Nautilus!
1:24 That shot of the Nautilus sailing through the open crater has always impressed me.
Steve Little the crater is actually a matt painting
@@lunawenko9324 No shit sherlock. Next you're telling me the Death Star was a model.
@@naisi xD
My grandma used to read this book for me when I was maybe 4-5 years old. It marked my life in so many ways.
I miss my grandma too man
I'm very heart broken that Kirk Douglass was the very last person who passed away he had a wonderful life ahead of him for someone who turned 100 years old RIP Kirk you'll never be forgotten and I loved the song he did A Whale of a Tale him and that that song will be in my heart forever
Such a beautiful scene seeing the Nautilus in action
The Atragon 1:00 yep 👍🏻
I'm 35 and I grew up watching this. I don't care how old school people think it looks
Nemo had a sattelite dish, before there were sattelites.
Like they say, Jules Verne pretty much invented the future.
thats what i came here to make a comment about, when i saw the movie the other day i noticed that, there wasn't even satellites when this movie was made
The man had access to nuclear energy which means he had access to nuclear propulsion probably wouldn't have been that hard to actually put up a satellite in orbit
@@magiccheeseball True. Arthur C. Clark's article "extra Terrestrial Relays" published in Wireless World in 1945, describe orbiting relays (satelites) that would act like global repeaters to relay radio signals around the world.
@@warrenfrank5716maybe captain nemo had some connections with ET haha but I guess the people who designed the valcania labritory for the movie were thinking of a radar not really a satellite dish being there wasn't any satellites then but its funny how it looks like a satellite dish.
I love this movie since my childhood. This is a great scene. Greetings form germany!
This is a 50s movie why do i get this feeling that it looks like an 80s movie
(Sorry for the late reply) Probably the colour, it adds alot of feeling to films such as 1950s ones
It's in rich technicolour, and it's been digitally restored. There's quite a lot of technicolor movies from the 50s that look ahead of their time.
Because if anything, Disney always went first class.
Let's face it.The Nautilus was the real star of the movie.Also,the plot had very little to do with Vern,s book(understandably).It would be nice to se a remake with a more honest plot -with the same Nautilus.
I wish I had a toy of the Nautilus.
To have made a movie along the lines written by Jules Verne would have required 3 three hour long movies. Probably 4. I have movie on DVD and watch it about once a year. It still holds up very well.
I think one of the criticisms of Disney movies now is when they have a captain character (captain sparrow) , we actually don’t see them command. Here we see how precise and in sync the captain and crew are in driving the Nautilus. James Mason strong commanding acting is excellent. Like Darth Vader commanding the Executor, he directed the ship at will. Killed crew members who disobeyed. But he knew what he was doing. Like Hoth Battle. Vader wanted a surprise attack but Ozz screwed up.
The Nautilus, greatest film submarine ever..
I’d agree if not for the Red October. It’s a close second for me.
I have always wanted to know more about Nemo's base. I wish there were a program to explore the base and see what is inside the lab and other buildings.
Antartica is the secrets
I think the special effects hold up really well, especially since this was made in the 50s. It must’ve blown the minds of cinema goers when this first came out
I was 8 when it came out. And yes, it did blow my mind.
I can’t believe this film created 1954. It was before Computer graphics invented. Stunning
You know Disney did some truly amazing stuff back in the day.
i had no clue the movie was that old. really impressive, loved it as a child.
I first saw this movie about a month and a half ago when Hurricane Fay hit New Jersey and dumped several inches of rain. Awesome movie.
Terrific film even after all this time book is better of course but even so this is very enjoyable; great cast
Always had the impression that Nemo was being pursued by pre-dreadnaughts and not sailing ships.
They are mostly screw steamers with auxiliary sails, or sailing ships with auxiliary steam engines. Immed. post-Civil War transitional naval designs. But long-range, open-ocean ships -- no monitors or other coastal craft.
The Mightiest Motion Picture of all Time!!
I always get emotional to see thats her last voyage.
Jamil Anderson 1:26-1:32 me too. Before captain Nemo died at the end along with his nautilus sunk in.
@@nathancruz9172 In the books The Professor only thinks Captain Nemo died. In reality, Nemo survived, which you find out in a semi-sequel novel The Mysterious Island - which is about 5 men being forced to survived on an island after accidently landing there. In the end, you find out that Nemo's ship was grounded on the Island years ago, and the crew who stayed with him have all died. Nemo was secretly helping the men to survive while avoiding them until he was discovered. (Remember he doesn't have much faith in humanity) Nemo's redemptive arc completes before his death on the island.
@@mish375 That’s good to know.
@@nathancruz9172 It sure was a surprise at the end of the book, but a welcome one. I had thought Nemo died as well until I read that follow up book.
Possibly the only great live action film Disney ever made.
We need to get funding to build one exact to specifications, Harper Goff was a genius.
Best version yet.
The nautilus is incredible ☺️☺️☺️👍👍👍
Nemo was a great man. His crew were loyal to the end.
yes but Marco ramius was more shexy.
@@guadalupeesquivellopez8284 What?
@@ultrajd Marco Ramius the captain of red october.lol
Would love to explore Vulcania!
This is a Holywood story. In Verne´s book there is no Vulcania and the book ends very differently than movie. Maelstrom. Nautilus and Nemo survive the struggle and Nemo later reappears in another book as an old man.
The Mysterious Island. Nemo has his redemptive arc come to a close in the end. Great book. I recommend it to any Verne fan.
0:45-1:23 I loved this nautilus traveling the ocean until it’s last scene.
With all of Captain Nemo's advanced technology you would think volcania would have its own means of Defense.
1. Captain Nemo thought its whereabouts of the island were safe because it was so remote. Until Ned threesome messages in a bottle.
2. If that island did have defenses the island would be discovered a lot sooner
@@KMDragonS The only way he could make the Nautilus work was with nuclear power which means he had to understand the basics of the nuclear chain reaction. as such he would have access to nuclear weaponry.
Nemo didn't catch me as a person who would be unprepared.
Budget, budget...
@@sclogse1 So true.... But it would have been awesome if you saw a volcania strike back at the ships with its own defenses true once it used them the island would be discovered and the other nations would send more ships to investigate but still it would give him the time he needed to move volcania to a new location.... maybe underwater.
It seems to me that an iron bathtub in the shape of that rowboat is in order. Jeeves!
Ever since I have first saw this movie I have always wonder are those warships Good? Bad? Or Neutral?
Jamie Olberding In the eyes of Nemo, they are bad since he believes that they would use his technology to only develop more advanced ways of warfare and destruction.
Bad. They are from the nation who took everything from nemo when he refused to give them the secret of the nautilus and it's powersource, including his family. This unkown nation (maybe a black site opperation of the british empire if this nemo is half indian as its implied) makes it's warships and supply ships of ammunition sail under no flag apparently, since the ship nemo sank came from one of their prison camps. They are there to sieze nemo's secrets and kill him because he's a clear threat to their operations.
it was only ships with no flags that nemo was attacking.
Those troops look like British marines.
good
@@maskedhero6425 Nemo's ethnicity is ambiguous so it's hard to say. Verne originally wanted him to be Polish but his editors wouldn't allow it so Nemo was said to have originally been an Indian Raj. Whether he was meant to be biracial is unknown. But after the British killed his family, he decided to live away from the rest of mankind and take his technology with him.
0:10 - Captain Nemo is gonna get it done.
Classic film, i still reckon the Nautilus could outperform a modern day Vanguard class sub tho, just saying 👍
Main protagonists in the movie are much older than in the book.
This is just like In The Hunt game.
Launch Nautilus to Mars. Good luck!
My first movie in my life
Is captain nemo one of the people from centre of the earth 1959
A submarine ahead of it's time by 200 years and the skiff still requires 2 crew members to row captain Nemo's ass ashore Lmao
This stuff is so much better than C.G.!
You See! I hope you see.
I hate what happens to Nemo in the next scene. They could have written the script so he was eaten by a giant squid 🦑, and it would have been a better ending. The book had an ambiguous ending. Otherwise this film has so many great qualities.
How come I think of Dr. Freud ?
Why didn't he just use the Nautilus to ram all ships and let them starve to death on that island?
Hans Yolo because the soldiers are on the island heading toward his base and ramming the ships might just be a waste of time instead of putting a time bomb on the island
@The Atragon - Yeah but they couldn't have taken advantage of the base's technology since the only people we see there are soldiers, not scientists. Even scientists of the era would need years of detailed studying to come close to understanding even the basics without Nemo's help. So, either the soldiers there run out of supplies and die, or they mess something up and cause the base the blow itself up which solves the problem by default. Either way the result is largely the same.
Reinforcements would be a long time coming. At the time there was no instant communication, wireless telegraphs were decades away from being invented and even though steam ships were a lot faster than sail, they could still only manage a fraction of the speed a modern warship is capable of. It would take a couple of months for anyone else to even investigate, which given that these ships aren't flying any flags might not happen at all since for all we know this is all that organization has.
@@0utc4st1985 Its likely Nemo pissed off the majority of the nations. This was likely a unified effort although the possibility of it being a company like the east indian trade company or a european power is not far fetched especially one that really wanted what NEMO had.
Imi e pur si simplu scarba.
Why is it so small in the books it’s more than 350 feet
Production cost, they didn't have the budget for a gigantic model.
Verne lied.
Nostradamus predicted all these.
Nemo was foolish. He could have stalled or even prevented the attack on the island if he had rammed the ships in the blockade. Perhaps leaving a couple behind to allow the retreating marines a way to escape. This would have bought Nemo much more time, perhaps even months while another attack (if there was to be one) was planned.
Most of those ships appeared to be steam powered it was likely at least a few were reinforced to withstand nemo's attacks at some point and they were aware of Nemo's location meaning they were aware of sub. So Nemo lost the main element of surprise. As the sub could no longer attack without getting flanked by warships.
Those ships are standing-in close enough to launch gigs ashore and to fire their relatively primitive smoothbore and light rifled cannon at an enemy. That means there's no depth of water available for Nautilus to conduct an attack and then scoot away by diving. Nemo knew the waters near Vulcania initimately, and likely knew the bottom shoaled up rapidly just past the point the ships were anchored. He therefore had no room to maneuver to make his escape.
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I saw it as a dumb kid who never read the book. But many years later after reading Jules Verne's brilliant novel, I now realise how crap this movie was. They couldn't even save it by casting James Mason as Captain Nemo. If you've never read the book then I totally recommend it. The script writer couldn't have done a worse job. The sets were great but it was let down by lousy script.