20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) The Nautilus Attacks The Lincoln

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[@robarnum7180]

made into a movie many times, but this version keeps coming up as the definitive version (movie)of the book! and one of the best movies Disney ever made!

[@DenitaArnold]

Fun fact: Prior to this movie Disney movies were distributed by RKO Pictures. This film was the first from Disney Studios (Buena Vista)

[@kurochan1911]

I love how if you listen closely you can hear the roaring engine of the nautilus coming at them. Great scene!

[@lmichaellangobarda7906]

I love the sound effect the foley artists came up for Nautilus’ engines. This scene shows how utterly and hopelessly outclassed the Abraham Lincoln was against Nautilus; but it also showed something I hadn’t realized until today: AL was armed with high pressure Dahlgren guns, the same type selected for Monitor, the famous ironclad. That realization drives home just how superior Nautilus is, as those were state of the art for the time.

[@DenitaArnold]

For some reason I thought "warp speed" lol

[@dcdrew3]

@@DenitaArnold In 1989 I made a Star Trek Enterprise model, but I had the right decals to call it: USS Nautilus NCC-1712.

[@fountaincap]

Even though I knew it's just a machine, the Nautilus always frightened me in this scene, charging in with its glowing green eyes. I would be terrified if I was one of the sailors and truly believed it's a monster.

[@higherlearning2483]

Many sailors from the 19th century on back to ancient times, had superstitious beliefs about sea life. From sea sprites & sea nymphs all the way up to giant squids & sea monsters that would devour ships whole.

[@ambroriver1905]

For me it reminds me of jaws, that presence in the water of something terrifying on the eye. It’s definitely Influenced jaws this film without a doubt

[@matthewmcvey3494]

Like it really was a monster?

[@Garrettk41]

One of the most exciting scenes in this awesome movie. It won a well-deserved OSCAR for special effects.

[@theia1653]

I love the look of those old fashioned sail warships, and the Nautilus too.

[@JerseyWolf]

Growing up, especially with a grandfather who was in the Navy, I always wanted a submarine fashioned in the same sense as this version of the Nautilus.

[@nathancruz9172]

TheJerseyWolf that’s awesome to say about this.

[@starlight992]

The Nautilus sure looks like a real sea monster. I was so afraid the first times when I saw this film/movie, but I also like it. It's one of the very best movies ever, at least for me.

[@EdricLysharae]

I was 8 the first time I saw this movie, and I can relate to how scary the Nautilus looked when being portrayed as a monster. It became one of my favorite movies as a child!

[@swapankumarsengupta252]

I love to watch this movie to such a great extent that from my boyhood I have been watching it till now. This version is perfectly picturised

[@baronzaebos8888]

Perfect film. Wouldn't change a thing about it.

[@jamieolberding7731]

Baron Zaebos 1 year ago My family and I are still watching this amazing Disney movie. It DOES NOT need a reboot.

[@lordgarmadon2598]

My favorite film of all time.

[@martingargaro4855]

Actually, I would. One of the biggest problems I have is that it deviates quite a bit from the book. If I was a director, I would make them more faithful adaptation of the story.

[@baronzaebos8888]

Why can't a film just work on it's own merits? They say comparison is the enemy of joy. The fine detail of the book would never work on screen anyway.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

personally I'd make it more like the book. It differed way too much. Also it bothers me that Ned doesn't sound like a Canadian at all. As a movie on its own though, I think it's really good.

[@MrBulwer]

Notice the sailors in this film. All men, no handsome 20 ish actors, these guys look tough and rough.

[@EdricLysharae]

It definitely gives a different vibe. There may be an explanation within the story for this. Even if the Captain didn't think there was a monster, his morality may have had him order the younger crew members off the ship. The Lincoln would need the most experienced crew possible, and the risk was high, so save the younger crew members to get more experience and fight in the future.

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Sept. 3, 2018---Back in the day when GREAT movies were made WITHOUT cgi.

[@GabrielKnight000]

An incredible and historical film, advanced to it's time and without effects and any technology. Sincerely a present for the humanity and one of my favorites films. It's different from the book, but I'm sure everybody loves this film. Thanks Mr Disney for your work and thank you Mr Schott for your incredible design of this Nautilus, I'm sure nowadays it's very difficult to improve it.

[@jkorshak]

It is all that except the film is full of effects using the technology of the day. Models, forced perspectives, matte paintings, animation, rear screen projections, and puppet/animatronics.

[@wildflower2176]

it took me forever to realize that 20,000 leagues was how far they traveled. Not how deep they went...

[@MooseLeader1]

@Will Swift 3 nautical miles

[@jpk2145]

Just in case you didn’t know, leagues is a nautical term for distance while fathoms is used for depth!

[@smittymcjob2582]

not your fault. I had the same impression as a kid until I read the book. The title in French is "20,000 leagues under the seas" (plural sea) which makes it clear that it's a measure of distance and not depth. The idiot who did the first translation into English, apparently not fluent in French, messed up royally in more than a few places which were all corrected in the succeeding translations but his wrong title stuck.

[@robertprobst3836]

@Will Swift A French league or Lieue (German: Leuge) is approx. 4 km. The Nautilus, in the French original "le Nautilus" = a "he" not a "she", travels some 80,000 km until it vanishes in Norway's Moskenstraumen. If you pay attention you notice lots of wrong dialogue in this Disney movie. The call the monster a "she" instead of "it" as if it is a ship, at a point in the story when they cannot know that it is not a creature but a submarine. I like the movie myself, but it is full of mistakes. The design of the Nautilus is completely over the top and very incorrect compared to the book. And when they imply a nuclear reactor it's maximum dumbassery. Verne wrote of a completely electric drive systems, implying a Natrium-based form of electrolysis and fuel cell apparatus.

[@kennethlamb378]

@@MooseLeader1 please read my comments to this clip. Cheers.

[@CharlieOscarDeuce]

I saw this for the first time when I was 5 or 6 (37 now). There is a certain existential dread feeling I got the first I saw this and get now when the nautilus comes about and rams the ship. Sure it’s a ship and not a sea monster. But golly is it intimidating. And golly is this a good movie for being almost 70 years old

[@forrestgumball]

Imagine being in the middle of the ocean and 2 yellow eyes are staring down at you and rushing towards you at full speed.

[@rickmaurer8726]

Still get chills watching this one.

[@theia1653]

It sure does look, move, and sound like a manmade object. But this was in the 1800s where submarines were in their infancy and beliefs in sea monsters were probably stronger than it is today. Straight lines are rare in nature, but notice in Farragut's binocs the 'monster' clearly has a symmetrical and geometrically shaped body and turns like a ship, and its loud revving engine sound as it charges them.

[@INFILTR8US]

that would make it even scarier to me lol

[@tonybarde2572]

Red eyes would be scarier

[@docsmithdc]

Yes.How could anyone not see and hear that the "monster" is a machine?@@theia1653

[@lawrencebrooks8697]

Spielberg loves this film and said he showed it to all his kids. When he was making War of the Worlds, he and VFX supervisor Dennis Muren hit a block on how to portray the Martian War Machine that was glowing underwater (and winds up rising to the surface and overturning the ferry boat). In an interview, he said that he suddenly remembered this sequence and called Muren, who had just been thinking of this sequence too. Spielberg says that the lighting of the Nautilus (shown here) provided the inspiration on the kind of 'glow' that is seen in the beginning water effects of his film.

[@nolantom63]

Here's to Kirk Douglas ! God rest him .

[@MrKmoconne]

When I was a child I use to pretend I was captain Nemo, sailing the Nautilus and wrecking all those nameless ships.

[@JasonM69]

I used to pretend to be Ned, my brother and I when really young flipped a coffee table over and stood in it yelling 'there's the monster' while throwing pool ques into the wall. My mom was aplerantly pissed. We were to young to say the name of the movie so we called it monster boat.

[@nathancruz9172]

Jason Mogridge that never happened to me.

[@MrKmoconne]

@@JasonM69 We are mortal enemies. My imaginary Nautilus vs your pool ques. En'garde!

[@JasonM69]

@@MrKmoconne too late, I've already sent the messages in bottles and your gonna need me when that squid shows up haha!

[@MrKmoconne]

@@JasonM69 Rest in peace Kirk Douglas! I am Sparticus!

[@reesemontoya5318]

I love this book!! I've watched couple versions of the movie and then I've watched this one!! And its my favorite hands down the best!! Great effects&holds up after all these years

[@lawrenceclemens8494]

Spielberg loves this film, he said he showed it to his kids.

[@actioncom2748]

Hey, I mean. At the beginning, it looks like Capt Nemo is trying to get away from the Lincoln. But they wanted to fight. So he gave them one.

[@mikeb53]

Captain reprimends Prof Aronax. 10 seconds later Monster appears Also captain: "battle stations" The professor accepts your apology captain.

[@lawrenceclemens8494]

A classic if ever there was one.

[@actioncom2748]

Remember kid! Shooting a cannon at a sea monster only makes it angry.

[@nathancruz9172]

Like from pirates of the Caribbean: dead man’s chest.

[@Starhartdeer]

It's impressed on me since childhood how creepy it looks with those green "eyes"!

[@mr.tryhardguitarguy2842]

I loved this movie growing up and I always thought it was funny how even after hitting the so called monster with a cannon and it was still alive they thought a guy with a harpoon would do any better

[@3piper]

considering he killed the kraken with just one shot. he was the best ,

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too.

[@Starhartdeer]

Maybe it's resistant to bludgeoning damage and not piercing, lol

[@lmichaellangobarda7906]

Considering that the set dressers chose Dahlgren guns for the Abraham Lincoln, you make a very valid point. Those cannons were the same kind used by Monitor in its fight with CSS Virginia.

[@EdricLysharae]

They had no idea what they were up against, so the strategy is to try something and hope it works!

[@QuayNemSorr]

One of my all time favorite movie

[@nathancruz9172]

Rasmus Jørgensen me too.

[@PhilMante]

My grandmother loves this movie. No shock. Kirk Douglas has his shirt off for half of it.

[@MrAdrianaangel]

We hit her in the heels, sir! She's turning! (Ohhh sshhiiittt...)

[@nahnaw1222]

SHES TURNING AROUND!

[@M35kriegsmarine]

If they refer to it as a "her"; they are acknowledging that it's a ship (submarine), rather than a monster.

[@Tempusverum]

M35kriegsmarine No. “There she blows!” Is a common whaler cry.

[@Garrettk41]

True but I don't think they would have used the feminine pronoun for other sentences if they didn't recognize it as some kind of ship.

[@3piper]

@@Garrettk41 But Ned Land was A master harpooner. He went into the lifeboat to get a good angle to kill it .They were going on the assumption it was a monster with those glowing eyes

[@seantressel1754]

Such a underated movie... must be re-released in theaters in 2024...

[@starrynight6268]

Back when Disney is more creative and dedicated to their works than now.

[@davidwesley2525]

Back when Disney had Wholesome Family Entertainment , Now they're doing Live action remakes of the Jungle Book , Alladin , & The Little Mermaid.

[@SSArcher11]

According to Charles Grodin, that's him beating the drum.

[@QuayNemSorr]

SSArcher11 And the only person in this movie besides Douglas that is still alive.

[@borderland7504]

And in the two years since you posted that comment both have died. That is crazy!

[@davidwesley2525]

@@borderland7504 He JINX both those men. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@waynemacfarland1546]

Can't we all agree that Kirk Douglas played the best Ned Land?

[@slicknickxp]

At 1:20 That’s Charles Grodin from Beethoven as the drummer boy.

[@dennisdrozdov1424]

I'd hate to break this to you, guys, but in case you haven't heard, today he passed away from bone marrow cancer. He was 86 years old. May he R.I.P😢

[@slicknickxp]

@@dennisdrozdov1424 I saw that on the news today.

[@nosorab3]

Nemo: "We've done what we came here to do. They are of no concern." (Lincoln scores a hit) Nemo: "And I just had the hull repainted. Ramming speed!"

[@johnc4122]

Commander Farragut, the captain of the fictional USS Abraham Lincoln, is based off a real man named David Farragut. He is one of the most famous admirals in US history. During the Civil War, at the battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, he was leading the fleet tasked with assaulting the fortresses and Confederate fleet at at Mobile Bay. On the morning of August 5th, two lines of Union ships charged into the bay, blasting away at the fortresses. While passing the first fort guarding the bay's entrance, the leading ironclad monitor was sunk by a "torpedo" (a torpedo in 1864 meant naval mine). USS Brooklyn stopped, and signaled Rear Admiral Farragut that there were torpedoes. Recognizing the need to keep moving, and that the torpedoes were probably mostly waterlogged and wouldn’t explode, he allegedly said: “Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!”. The gamble paid off, because no other ships were sunk. As the battle wore on, the constant firing was creating huge clouds of smoke. So, Farragut climbed up and tied himself to the top of his ship's rigging, so he could see over the smoke! This image was commonly used on navy recruitment posters decades afterwards. I think it’s cool that Jules Verne used him for inspiration. It’s kind of weird to think about, but the Battle of Mobile Bay happened just 5 or 6 years before Jules Verne published 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

[@johnandersen6752]

John C What's weird to me is I'm reading your comment minutes after watching NBC News report on the USS Farragut almost being crashed into by a Russian spy ship in the North Arabian Sea.

[@thegreatgambino5079]

"We hit her, sir! She's turning!"

[@M35kriegsmarine]

If they refer to it as a "her"; they are acknowledging that it's a ship (submarine), rather than a monster.

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

M35kriegsmarine or they could have assumed it could have been a female creature. But regardless, if they hit IT with a CANONBALL, and it only turns... And not speeding away, never a good sign!!!

[@GabrielKnight000]

i love the scene of your photo. The great Nautilus under the sun of the afternoon. The ambient in the air, the music, captain Nemo playing orgue, the ship appearing under the sun, and the sound of alarm, awaking the observer. Just It's incredible.

[@thabigben1]

1:19 It's Charles Grodin (THE LATE CHARLES GRODIN) as the Drummer Boy!

[@borderland7504]

Did anyone know that that drummer boy at 1:19 is Charles Grodin? Upon hearing of his death not many days ago I found that out for the first time. I've been familiar with both him and this movie for most of my life but never knew he was in it and how ironic that he and Kirk Douglas died such a short time apart! When Kirk Douglas died last year he was stated as being the only surviving cast member of this movie but apparently that was Charles Grodin who appears for only about three seconds in his uncredited role here. Life is certainly shocking!

[@tonybarde2572]

RIP Charles Grodin (The Drummer) 1935-2021

[@jeromerizzo423]

The drummer boy was Charles Grodin.

[@kirnpu]

I had no idea. Always loved him.

[@lehardeu]

Still cool to watch in 2021

[@smittymcjob2582]

This book was a big part of my childhood but I had not thought about it much since then. Watching segments of the movie made me realize that the man I have long been dreaming of being in my pre-sleep fantasies is in fact captain Nemo himself, albeit a non-aquatic version.

[@smittymcjob2582]

....and to my dismay, I see that not even the imaginative Jules Verne could find a solution to the obstacles I encounter in my fantasies trying to turn my imagined power and superiority into lasting good for the mankind. Perhaps the ending that I disapproved of as a kid is indeed the only viable fate for the likes of Captain Nemo.

[@leasebergfladstad167]

Did people mistake Captain Nemo's submarine for a sea monster because people didn't yet invented and Captain Nemo was one of the first people who invented submarine in 1868?

[@Alice0s]

0:37 I don't know why but each time I see movie, I laugh so much every time I hear that line😄😄😄

[@somniavitasunt]

The word "genius" tend to be thrown around too often, however Harryhausen made a masterpiece w this design and consolidated his status as such here.

[@believefaith1389]

Hello to my English teacher for showing this clip to my class right just now and hope he will noticed my comment

[@kennethlamb378]

The Confederate raider CSS Alabama was Jules Verne's inspiration for the Nautilus and its captain, Raphael Semmes, the inspiration for Captain Nemo. Both vessels were built at the Laird shipyard in Birkenhead and fitted out on a desert island. The Alabama sailed just over 70,000 miles in its two years afloat or approximately 20,000 leagues so giving Verne the title to his novel. The moto of the Nautilus " Mobilis in Mobile " is recognition to the fact that Semmes was from Mobile, Alabama. Verne paid hidden homage to Semmes in his 1864 masterpiece " Journey to the Centre of the Earth ". The name Arne Saknussemm, a character from the book, is a secret code. Can you solve it ? The answer is in chapter 25 of the Jules Verne and the heroes of Birkenhead website.

[@Komotau4691]

Interesting facts.

[@kennethlamb378]

@@Komotau4691 Thank you very much. And there is lost treasure ! Please take a look at the Raphael Semmes Wikipedia page.

[@Komotau4691]

@@kennethlamb378 I will look on it but I think I cant find it :D

[@MareaHoinareala]

Submarine? Sounds more like a diving Stuka...

[@karbicc5381]

Meet the Nautilus: the underwater Stuka

[@tracygarbacz7710]

Would've been a sick plot twist if there was both

[@ifcdirector]

Would be great to see it on the big screen.

[@alanfoster6589]

I'll never forget doing that. I was 8 at the time. I'm surprised more film festivals don't book it.

[@DocTerror77]

As a kid, I watched this movie so many times I think I wore out the VHS tape. I used to pick up a broom and pretend it was a guitar as I sang Whale of a Tale with Kirk Douglas. This movie will always be my go to version of 20K, but after reading the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novel, I think Disney should have gone with the Indian Nemo instead. Then again, Walt may have been paying homage to Verne's original draft where Nemo was a Polish national. 🤔

[@3piper]

No .I agree with you in theory but we would not have had the awesome James Mason

[@DocTerror77]

Fair Point😊

[@3piper]

@@DocTerror77 In gaming groups it had a new popularity because it is a steampunk movie. Gamers were suprised with Mason's performance and how dark it was "for a Disney movie".

[@DocTerror77]

Yeah, it does seem like a step off the beaten path from Cinderella and Snow White. That's why it's my favorite Disney flick.

[@3piper]

@@DocTerror77 This is on my playlist kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXTVhoCErbmHl68

[@leasebergfladstad167]

Why did Captain Nemo sunk ships even when the ships didn't attack him and didn't he know some ships attacked because they mistaked Captain Nemo's submarine for a sea monster?

[@ReiseLukas]

I think he knew but didn't care. He was a man who went insane from the loss of his wife and child and declared war on all mankind on the surface.

[@DenitaArnold]

I keep thinking: Nautilus: Warp Speed!

[@waynemacfarland1546]

Kirk Douglas (Ned Land) was the real star of this movie. May he RIP.

[@jkorshak]

True, but this is evident and never in doubt as Douglas gets top billing with James Mason.

[@nathancruz9172]

1:06 it’s the nautilus.

[@MrKajithecat]

Pretty mad David Fincher didn't pursue his adaption.

[@marcusjustice6165]

The USS Abraham Lincoln should been depicted as an ocean going ironclad Such as the USS New Ironsides, USS Galena or the HMS Warrior of The British Royal Navy . The Nautilus damage to the ship may have been minimize by iron against iron. The Daghgren Cannons fired at their maximum capability against The Nautilus may have either damage or drove off the submarine.

[@maskedhero6425]

I dont know about Ironclads, but i dont think they were armoured underneath the waterline. Which is a plot point in the Book 20,000 leagues that the nautilus is armored as much as as more as an ironclad ship and wouldnt be able to put up much of a dent in a armored warship....unless it strikes from under the hull of the ship where it isnt as armored to be able to resist being rammed.

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

xc5647321 xc5647321 actually in the original book, the nautilus is powered by electricity, in the movie, Walt Disney wanted a different power source to make it stand out, so he chose Nuclear Power. The first Nuclear Sub was named Nautilus after this movie, not the book. The captain had confirmed that.

[@braxm7632]

To think someone wrote this book in the 1800s is insane. The imagination you would have to have to write about a submersible ship that was completely ran by electricity, when the light bulb had not even been invented yet... wow

[@3piper]

The Nautilus was steampunk

[@nathancruz9172]

2:30-2:36 yes, it is steampunk.

[@3dartistguy]

THEY'RE GOING TO WAR AND THEY HAVE A LONE SAILOR PLAY THE DRUMS?

[@rustyrussell2537]

"Drummer boy beat 'to general quarters'." The drummer was giving signals to the crew.

[@docsmithdc]

Can someone please explain to me the timeline discrepancy between Vern's Mysterious Island and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

[@emperorconstantine1.361]

docsmithdc no idea. But “Mysterious Island” was a soft partial sequel to Leagues... My guess is after the Malestrom took the ship down, maybe a few years after the ship had escaped and Nemo was dying/dead, they entombed him??

[@Tempusverum]

Different storyline from this film. In Verne’s original, the Nautilus survives the Maelstrom and continues sailing until Nemo is the last surviving crew member.

[@tahaalqahem8071]

That's good

[@koukouchof8810]

Can we found this scène in french?

[@willshaw3493]

1:19 Charles Grodin in his film debut

[@doacarnage]

This is a movie that should be remade.

[@3piper]

They have tried several remakes but they dont even come close to this

[@KMDragonS]

It's one of those Classics that should not be touched. Like I know opinions on life action classic Disney's say live action Beauty and the Beast

[@PenzancePete]

This is a film (movie) that should not be re-made.

[@derekonxbox]

1:18 *Master and Commander flashbacks*

[@vanhouten64]

Is that Roger Daltrey

[@Garrettk41]

Is who him?

[@MMCUSN]

And it's all true I swear by my tattoo!