20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) Giant Squid Fight HD (1/2)

[@DanielChannel57]

Fun Fact: The guy who built this squid was the same guy who built the shark for Jaws.

[@rydermccall3590]

Steven Spielberg was worried that the shark couldn’t be built and the guy who built would say “no,” but instead the guy enthusiastically said “Yes, we can do anything.”

[@klttrll]

DanielChannel57 HUH

[@littlebrodie6988]

Dead meat mentioned it that’s what brought me here.

[@Austrian_Butcher]

@@littlebrodie6988 same.

[@kelci_loves_potatosuwu9053]

Really!?!?

[@wilhelm5979]

Incredible how good the quality and effects in this movie was. Looks like it was made in the 80s, not 1954.

[@djbis]

classic comment for a video like this. Always somebody saying it.

[@toastybeans9909]

@@djbis well it's true. Doesn't look 1954, the only thing that may date it is the huge over-the-top score which is amazing for the scene but not used as much in the 80s.

[@bp.4928]

@@toastybeans9909 It most likely would have been minimalist synthesizers akin to Carpenter's soundtracks, or something more synth-rock based.

[@Scifogon]

@@toastybeans9909 Hey there. I'm surprised no one really talks about how it swam backwards too.

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

@@bp.4928 Is there such a thing as bootleg copies of movies with soundtracks that have been 'upgraded'? If not, there should be.

[@aloisblazit0053]

How the heck did they train a squid to do that

[@samotr7713]

It's visual effects

[@aloisblazit0053]

@@samotr7713 r/woooosh

[@xxstankyzxx2890]

@@samotr7713 no shit

[@fullmetal4208]

@@samotr7713 you must be sherlock holmes

[@samotr7713]

@@fullmetal4208 yes my dear im laying inside my grave while texting, its too dark in here

[@MrKajithecat]

Filming this scene almost killed James Mason by drowning.

[@nathancruz9172]

MrKajithecat i didn’t even noticed that.

[@kendalls3774]

@@nathancruz9172 they retook the scene, the one you watch is not the one where he almost died lmao

[@MrKajithecat]

@@kendalls3774 Gotcha. That's understandable.

[@alicialynn9979]

This scared me so much when I was little. I would run into the other room and wait until it was over.

[@Scifogon]

I did the same as you.

[@samwallen580]

Yeah but does it terrifies u

[@KipDynamite29]

Funny thing is I still feel this in my stomach... It was at least 35 years ago. And it's a 1954's movie.

[@isaachemper7894]

This gave me a reoccurring nightmare when i was a little kid, glad that i wasn’t the only child it terrified 🤣

[@donthidefrommeh5374]

Yeah I was scared too during any horror movie

[@SanDeezyBreezy61986]

I don’t care what anyone says… This giant rubber puppet looks more realistic than any CGI ever will.

[@paulbaker6378]

Good for the day a favourite of mine but CGI beats it hands down really just look at Pirates of the Carabean.

[@sentinal_entity]

Only people who grew up with these sort of prop movies are naive enough to believe that. Stupid filmmakers overuse cgi and therefore make it look bad as a whole. But done right, you can't even recognize that is IS cgi. Davie Jones beats this squid Any day

[@priceofiron6900]

You only see bad CG when the CG is good you don't recognize it

[@TMX1138]

Lil Supreme Well, it was better than the first puppet, which looked even worse. Originally, it was going to be during sunset on a calmer sea with a squid controlled by puppeteers, but it looked too cheesy, so they went with a stormy night and had less shots of the squid.

[@mrotter7908]

Same as jaws

[@dentistjohn3223]

Ned Land spearing the squid and jumping in to save the man he hates will forever be one of my favourites scenes

[@tor-keeby4401]

The fact that there ARE squids that are this large in real life makes this scene even more terrifying

[@tablettablet3028]

Woah, really?

[@jasonberryman1035]

@@tablettablet3028 yeah giant squids are real animals, while rare because they tend to stay so deep underwater there are known instances of adults attacking boats.

[@riki4644]

@@jasonberryman1035 abominations on this earth

[@Demowan]

@@jasonberryman1035 They would never attack boats. They fear the noise we make while trying to approach their living grounds. They're known to be extremely elusive, so elusive in fact that we first got to record one on tape only a few years back and very briefly.

[@jasonberryman1035]

@@Demowan one of the first known scientifically recorded specimens came from an individual that attacked a small boat after being prodded and had its arm amputated which was preserved and the individual was further recorded when several weeks later researchers noted the same squid missing an arm and in the process of dying from sickness related causes. There’s nothing to imply giant squids as timid, the deep sea is their environment and they so it’s natural that they do not interact with humans much and as for them being avoiding loud sounds that applies for most animals, even some of the most dangerous still avoid loud objects especially oceanic species. I never tried making the case they’d pull a movie monster and attack a giant submarine or ship. However it is clear they are opportunistic predators, the short film of a healthy one demonstrated it actively approaching and attacking the bait, implying them as an active predator instead of a sluggish ambush hunter. It’s perfectly reasonable to assume imo that a giant squid, which is a large predator would not have any issues consuming a human if hungry, they’d be no less potentially dangerous than a humbodlt squid.

[@BlixTheGoblin]

I keep thinking its CGI but its 1954 it cant be... Thats one of the best props ever though, next to The Thing

[@ianfindly3257]

THIS was mostly done using HYDRAULICS.

[@Maxxxim1]

Well The Thing looks scary and disturbing. This looks.. laughable, not credible

[@Tsumefan2]

its puppetry actually

[@BlixTheGoblin]

@@Maxxxim1 But for the time period, its pretty much just as impressive as The Thing’s effects.

[@TheKacklinKraken]

Disney built TWO 20 foot squid animatronics for the film. The first one failed. This was the revision puppet painted gray instead of red as well.

[@CaneFu]

So how long would you estimate this movie prop squid is? I am asking because Japanese researchers got a giant squid on camera in 2006 that was 59 feet long which would be a lot bigger than this one.

[@thebeansinthebackofyourfridge9]

Was that the squid from that 2006 monster quest documentary? (the one you’re talking about.)

[@garagefirestudios9802]

@@nerdomatic2489 No one has ever found a full grown colosal squid.

[@tyconnelly6879]

Dying Muffin damn really?

[@deaj8450]

@@tyconnelly6879 The longest Giant/Colossal squid to ever be recorded was between 30 and 40 feet IIRC but I could be wrong. It is estimated they can get much larger than that but they live so deep it is very difficult to ever find one, and everything is so dark there you have to be very close to get a look at anything. Finding a giant squid is basically luck.

[@StFigarlandGarling]

We know so little about them but they’re usually about 25 feet long.

[@mrtyles]

No CGI! How did they make this scene?

[@Isolder74]

Animatronics

[@corrinjade3973]

mrtyles made by the same guy that made the shark for Jaws. 😎

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

mrtyles a mix of hydrolics and pulleys for puppetry. Plus huge plane engines for wind machines and water jet pumps. That sound stage took 3 years to finally dry out, every square inch got soaked.

[@hngh6404]

Well, Dunkirk (2017) had no CGI and look at that! (That’s right. No CGI whatsoever. They even blew up and sunk actual ships and got the real planes for the film. Everything you see in the film was done in real time)

[@bradfromthevalley]

they post edit manual photo shops before it was a program like adobe houses....

[@waymooter2576]

Of all the reboots that happen all the time these days... why the hell has this not been redone

[@Avofan]

It will likely be done with CGI stuff.

[@telsport]

It would be a damned sin. Just re-release this.

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

waymooter DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! 😱😱😱😱

[@brcshephard]

Been remade in several tv versions, some were really good but, don’t know why no studio has taken the challenge of a modern remake

[@garagefirestudios9802]

It doesn't need to be redone tho. The special effects aren't dated. And the acting was good. A reboot is completely pointless.

[@WarriorOfTheLostLand]

In the book, Captain Nemo goes sicko mode on the squids.

[@Polyfusia]

They did a good job of this in 1954. I hate CGI. I find this much more compelling. I remember it from when I was a kid and came back to it expecting it to look way worse than that childhood memory, but it holds up. It's neat to look at. I remember this, as well as the giant snail in Dr.Doolittle, where people lived inside its shell just being really cool to look at. I wanted to see these things in person.

[@thatswhatshesaid2777]

Yeah, it’s becoming a bit overused now, but CGI does allow for visuals too complex for props.

[@dinoflagella4185]

This scene scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. I had a fear of squids and octopuses when I was a kid because of this movie.

[@theparrishshow9803]

Octopi

[@peytonkennedy9987]

@@theparrishshow9803 Mmm nope, look it up smart ass.

[@youthfulcurmudgeon3627]

I still do.

[@jmhansen881]

2:26-2:30 has always been the most impressive shot to me. It's easy to forget the squid is mechanical. Between the storm and mist, the squid with its tentacles moving everywhere, and Nemo caught in the middle of it all, it's a stunning shot. Makes me wish they could have used a half mechanical/half cgi squid for the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

[@flowerspires]

Nemo?

[@jmhansen881]

@@flowerspires Yeah. Captain Nemo.

[@crashusmaximus]

20min Later... 'Well.. uhh.. WHO WANTS CALAMARI?'

[@Cerph]

It's on sale at Walmart ;o)

[@jondstewart]

Crashus Maximus no, Captain Nemo only wanted to serve sea creatures that would pass for red meat.

[@kursk_kuku141]

Chop Chop chop* Entire Nautilus eats the squid while Captain Nemo names the squid fish: “Squid Wellington?” Its hard to come up with seafood names but Neko comes up with “sautés of unborn octopus.”

[@borisnetwork]

*every inkling in the area is coming for you*

[@BenCeazarAzarcon2007]

The Battle Against The Giant Sea Squid is The Most Disney's Unforgettable Moment In Disney Movies

[@leohagan5274]

1:05 genuinely looks like bad CGI. Well done 50’s

[@corrinjade3973]

Leo Hagan it was made by the same guy who made the mechanical shark for Jaws 😎

[@RasberrySkittle]

Better CGI than todays movies, still

[@weizelaurelius7437]

@@RasberrySkittle that was good at it's age

[@HappyPotat]

I like to imagine this scene is the main reason we see so much Kraken hype in any movie or game about pirates.

[@Persion4786]

This is a kraken pretty much

[@wazzobazzo]

Have seen clips inspired by this but never actually seen this movie. 1954? Pretty damn impressive.

[@IIlIllIlIllIIlIIlIlIlII]

holy shit the quality and these effects are amazing

[@billsykes2977]

Magnificent scene!!!

[@3dartistguy]

Ingenious the way they filmed this at night during a storm so they could hide all the wires.

[@brandonallen3808]

Walt Disney himself walked in the studio saw them filming it like it was in the book. He said it terrible so the writers changed it. It was quite ingenious.

[@stevenrusch6341]

God bless you Kirk Douglas. May you know that you have a place in this Disney masterpiece.

[@houndsofroses3727]

DAMN that looks delicious... Imagine the amount of calamari you could get out of THAT =D

[@jondstewart]

houndsofroses Only problem was Captain Nemo wanted to serve only sea creatures that would pass as red meat.

[@theparrishshow9803]

Well giant squids are real animals

[@houndsofroses3727]

@@theparrishshow9803 Yummy! X go find me one! Xxx

[@theparrishshow9803]

@@houndsofroses3727 You do realize that the giant squid lives in the deepest and darkest parts of the ocean, right?

[@houndsofroses3727]

@@theparrishshow9803 Sooo damn hungry... yeh great if thats true why ain't you snorkeling down and grabbing it for me? X

[@Hugo_Tate]

This is my nightmare. Couldn’t even imagine being out in the sea like that. Especially seeing a squid that big

[@gabegu5102]

The scary thing is squid might get bigger than that its just we never see them. Biggest I think recorded was over 40 or so feet. But some speculate that they might get much much larger. Look up the USS Stein Monster. It is speculated that a squid over a 100 feet long may have damaged its sonar unit.

[@Dhad2726]

Du meinst den Kraken?

[@oldman713]

This was from 1954? The graphics is unreal!

[@Retsler54]

Moves amazingly. Someone in the comment section suggest that Kraken in Pirates Of The Carribean is superior to this one. I disagree. Just look at the beginning of the fight as this heavy arm reaches into the submarine searching for prey. Like a true monster in reality.

[@theparrishshow9803]

Granted the POTC Kraken did that too

[@mangow5]

whenever i watch stuff like this or shark movies it scare me to go to the beach lol

[@anubusx]

Best scene in the film.

[@shrubby-ov4yw]

If only we had this acting talent versus the modern CGI. This would be a fight to the death to rivel Gandalf and the Balrog, or the Rohirrim versus the Mumakil by modern standards.

[@firingallcylinders2949]

Dude this was terrifying as a kid!

[@theparrishshow9803]

The funny thing about this is that at this time people believe that giant squids were just myths, like mermaids and Cthulhu, then in 2006, Japanese researchers manage to catch a photo of a giant squid revealing that they were in fact real animals Since these gargantuan cephalopods are real this only makes the scene more terrifying

[@ravecrab]

Sorry, but you are completely wrong. Dead specimens have been found washed up on beaches for centuries. They were scientifically classified in the mid-1800s. What you are actually referring to is nobody had documented a living specimen in photo or video until very recently, because they dwell deep under the sea and usually only come to the surface when dying.

[@maxmantell5009]

Wasn’t it actually a pack of squid in the book and weren’t they called poulpes (French for octopuses)?

[@davidekstrand8544]

I know about the the special effects on the squid out of water in the storm, but I am baffled about the squid underwater. It’s certainty not hand-drawn animation and it’s not puppetry. Or that is impressive puppetry. How did they do that?

[@damage6836]

This captain looks like my boss but my boss would never be that brave

[@terminatorrc1]

RIP Kirk

[@Pyriscent]

30 to 40 years ahead of its time. I thought this was from the 80s when I saw the clip.

[@AstroSpark3]

Rip Kirk Douglas 1916-2020

[@thewatcher2928]

It was a nightmare to film this nightmarish scene

[@templar19]

One thing I never realized about Nemo until rewatching was how he led from the front. He was a misanthropic, miserable man of questionable morals, but he was the first one into battle with the squid and the last one back to the Nautilus during the siege of Volcania. When the ship was damaged, he was right there with everyone else repairing it. He never gave his crew orders he wasn't ready and able to follow himself. He was their captain, but he didn't act better than them.

[@knightofarkronia9968]

Fun Fact: In the original book, they had to deal with about six squids at once!

[@MichaelJones-rz5sw]

The movie that gave me Thalassophobia.

[@haynes1776]

The special effects on the Giant squid in this movie was right on. No doubt.

[@nathancruz9172]

1:02 beware of the 🦑!

[@karar.kendall4872]

The music sounds like something from a Godzilla movie.

[@marblox9300]

How do they know it wasn't 19,000 or 21,000.???

[@ysgramornorris2452]

This scene gave me a deep fear of squids. It's because of the eyes, you know? So large, and they never blink, it's like they stare into your soul.

[@Micah1998]

Uhhh was this cgi? How did they do this in 54?

[@sbvs292]

Same here I was like “wtf? that looks kinda real”

[@jesseboombatts8399]

Live action, they built a 20 foot squid out of foam and latex, sound stage with a pool and giant fans. Just watched a documentary on it on YT. This one scene almost bankrupted Disney before Disneyland was built..

[@dennisdrozdov1424]

Alvas Recorded Really? Can you please show it to us?

[@BizzarreProductions]

It's weird... the squid's actual tentacles look very realistic but the squid's arms look like rubber tubes. Why does one look so good and the other crappy?

[@yamasail]

Another fine example of why practical effects will almost always trump CGI.

[@cebolenkosikarabo9109]

Should've got Ray Harryhausen he did the stop motion for another movie based on Jules Verne's other book the mysterious island Wichita takes place in 20000 leagues under the sea' s universe also with captain Nemo this is off-topic but if you look up 20000 leagues under the sea Zdenek Burian the art is amazing for some reason the brownish black and white adds to the amazingness wow!

[@edeliteedelite1961]

What a legendary scene, almost mythic

[@matthewhahn1132]

I remember about this is epic battle scene I love it

[@megalon73]

When I was little, I told my friends and Family I was the Giant Squad. I'm mean look at him! He insane and the best part in the movie to watch.

[@SimonLeicester]

RIP Kirk

[@davefuller84]

James Mason was such a great Nemo and Kurt Douglas a great Ned Land

[@allister-malister9179]

This movie is very popular in Japan

[@nintendorakyamato1859]

This movie a great success! The widescreen technology was great

[@AtlasAlternate]

Props to the camera man who recorded this

[@matthewmcvey3494]

The part is that tentacles actually move just like a real giant squid

[@BenJabituya]

Oh, boy. And I thought the kraken from “Pirates Of The Caribbean - Dead Man’s Chest” looked scary enough to eat me up!

[@MrEazyE357]

Man, they really did a helluva good job with this scene. Wow!

[@ParArdua]

Saw this as a kid in 1966, and it still thrills me in a way that empty modern pictures always fail to.

[@carson11100]

If a giant squid was that large in reality the whales would have no chance....... Also RIP Kirk Douglas 😞

[@johnLennon255]

They are that big. Look it up, its horrifying

[@carson11100]

Suq Madiq no way lol they are way smaller than that....... that thing is huge!

[@johnLennon255]

@@carson11100 kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5iToWqEpZppnK8

[@carson11100]

Suq Madiq I’m well aware of the size of a colossal squid...... it is still not as big as this one..... no giant or colossal squid has ever been caught that big....

[@johnLennon255]

@@carson11100 there has to be some bigger than that

[@lemmyspeaks]

I think this movie, jaws, and Moby dick(1956) still look amazing even by today’s standards

[@gersoneduardojimenezbarret9086]

wow, that squid is well doned

[@thefouranimationproduction]

I visited the studio last Thursday and I saw stage 3 in person and that's how they did with full tank of water inside if you see the photo behind the scenes

[@abes5184]

Bruh people always think this is a monster book, it ain’t.

[@benoitpeloquin1910]

OMG !!!

[@gabegu5102]

I believe this is still in one of the top 10 most expensive movies ever made adjusted for inflation and not hard to see why with all the complex sets and the under water shots. Worth every penny.

[@haynes1776]

Yes. I had no idea that the special effects man who made the giant squid in this movie created Bruce the shark in Jaws. I read the squid had to be work by a team of close to 20 men. They had a original sunset fight scene but I prefer the squid fight during the storm and at night. Better choice.

[@kelci_loves_potatosuwu9053]

I know it’s weird but they should make a cartoon for this

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

Several movies were done in cartoon, but not to great successes. Like direct to vhs Aladdin 2. Aladdin 3 was good, don’t get me wrong.

[@obiwanthewiseass]

As good as the scene was, the squid wouldn’t hold on for that long let alone up to the surface as the pressure would get to it and it would let go or die before they reached the surface

[@eperez7744]

If giant squids do exist...save it after killing it...that's enough food to feed a whole crowd...that'll also make some giant calamari

[@lawrenceclemens8494]

20,000 Leagues doesn't seem like a Walt Disney movie. In fact I think it is the most un-Disney film Walt ever made. Just consider: a film about a monster submarine ramming sinking ships and killing hundreds of sailors; Kirk Douglas being introduced with two obvious courtesans (one on each arm.... ); the acknowledgement that the Nautilus crew signed on to a suicide pact; the display of a Devil's Island slave camp; Captain Nemo's animosity to "that hated nation" for torturing his wife and son to death . . . the film's main character Nemo obsessed with one thing: deadly revenge; a sequence involving a very real looking monster - the giant squid; a crewman being scarred across his face by the squid's tentacle; Nemo's death when he turns towards the camera dying with his eyes wide open . . . and the film climaxing with the explosion of an atomic bomb - feeding upon the American public's very real fears of a nuclear war with Russia in 1954. The US population was informed in 1949, just seven years before Leagues came out, that the Soviets had their own atomic bomb. There was widespread anxiety, concern, and fearfulness about a possible nuclear war. Was this a typical movie for children? Personally, I think it was written and made for adults.

[@B.A.512]

Tip: Ahab - Colossus of the liquid grave (music video)

[@michaelperry8257]

I don’t think that squid is CGI that squid looks like a puppet

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

It is a huge puppet. Watch the behind the scenes of this movie, it’s split up into 8 parts...actually very entertaining and interesting.

[@samueljeshurunlamechp9894]

Bruh, the title clearly says the movie's made in 1954...when CGI did not exist. 🙄 What's impressive is that they made a puppet look so realistic.

[@seansyphers244]

Contrary to popular belief: Michael Bay wanted to recreate this scene in his Pearl Harbor movie, but had to cancel when there weren’t enough explosives 🧨

[@Archangeloftheandes]

And than to imagine these creatures DO EXIST

[@tyrannozilla]

Back when Disney was a company of innovation, risk taking, and inspiration.

[@obiwanthewiseass]

Although when this story was written before anyone could actually study them, the Giant Squid wouldn’t be able to hold on as they reached the surface in fact at a certain depth it would have let go due to the pressure it would feel.

[@paulbaker6378]

Really one got hold of a yacht last summer there look it up.

[@mish375]

The story was written in the 1800s though. So scientific facts and assumptions will change over time.

[@ToHoldNothing]

0:53-"Hey guys, do you have time to hear the good news about our lord and savior Cthulhu?"

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

Interesting this came out the same year as Godzilla....

[@absolutelyshmooie7086]

This was made before godzilla

[@Ninvus2]

What does he mean "right between the eyes"? Most of a squid's body is between its eyes lol

[@nert3728]

Who else is reading thing book? (and who else is reading the “classic starts” retold book? Cuz I am)

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

In the book, there was an entire swarm of squids.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

In the book half a dozen squid attack and Nemo loses one of his men.

[@eastindiaV]

Nautro Loch Thorny Virch God loves your tree

[@aimeethomson7806]

....brussel?

[@aimeethomson7806]

Beet of New Jersey?

[@marblox9300]

How do they know it wasn't 21,000.???

[@liberadoporpatriotas9028]

Esto es lo que sale en el maravilloso mundo de Disney

[@patrik9328]

I hate tentacles......but this movie is good

[@jfk1000]

I wonder where the squid puppet is today?

[@erikfinkel2717]

Miss classic cinema scores likes this in fight scenes

[@JohnFleming-sw7hn]

Are there really giant squids in real life?

[@Ama-hi5kn]

The kaiju of the Hollow Earth.

[@patrickcummins79]

How the fuck did they film this?

[@bobbycraig6168]

Giant Squids Are And Always have been my choice of Fabled Legends And Myths And Especially When It Comes To Both 20,000 Leagues Under That Sea And Even the Beast A 1996 Made for TV Movie Based Upon Jaws Author Peter Benchley’s Best Selling Novel About A Giant Squid Terrorizing And Antagonizing A Coastal Pacific Town In Washington State At Over 100 Feet Long Or So ! 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

[@actionfeen6]

ive never seen a giant squid but i thought it would be bigger in scale to the people :p

[@askagorn]

In real life it's way smaller

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

Scoofer but there are even bigger squids out there, go and terrify yourself by looking it up.

[@garagefirestudios9802]

@@askagorn They can get huge. Up too 25 feet long. And that's just the giant squid. The colossal squid is bigger.