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Captain Nemo and the Underwater City

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What a wonderful filmmusic by Walter Scott, what a wonderful cast starring Robert Ryan, Nannette Newman, Chuck Conners and all the others. A film inspired by the book of Jules Verne. Adventures in the underwater city Templemer. A motion picture with a special atmosphere and mood. I promise: you will enjoy every minute of it.
Stunninig visual effects, excellent actors and a very remarkable film music! Just watch!

"Captain Nemo and the Underwater City" is a fun movie in the spirit of other Verne movies, such as "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "20,000 Leagues ..." or "Mysterious Island". Robert Ryan, Nannette Newman, Chuck Conners and all the others do a great job entertaining their audience. The photography and production details are well done, as is the quality of the DVD. Is it a great Oscar winner? Of course not. But, unlike a lot of movies, it has a beginning and an end with character and story development. It is a nice addition to anyone's collection.

I saw this movie for the first at the cinema - yes, I was only 9 years old, but I still remembered parts of it years later - mostly the underwater city, Templemer. Remember - it's a model, not computer effects. The movie is a blatant attempt to capitalize on Verne and Nemo - just call it "The Underwater City" and leave Nemo out of it. It works better that way.

It's still one of my favorite flicks from the 1960's and would be in my top 50 SF film list. Classic SF fan? You have to see this! I think Vincent Price would have been a better Nemo.

Here's a bit of trivia - you probably know Nemo translates as "no name" - what was the characters "real" name? Prince Dakkar.

Amazing picture quality on this oldie. I originally saw this on tv and recorded it but was truly amazed by the difference in the quality of the picture and colour on the dvd-awesome!

This movie begins with a terrific storm at sea....abandon ship! The raging wind and rain abruptly give way to the eerie stillness of six bodies sinking beneath the sea (artfully shot by my favorite cinematographer, Alan Hume). These people are quickly rescued and brought to the titled city, Templemir, home of the infamous Captain Nemo (played with supreme gruffness by Robert Ryan). They soon learn that they are expected to become permanent guests. Several of the guests refuse to accept this and almost immediately plot their escape, one, a claustrophobic, with grim results. Also on hand are two greedy brothers interested in the abundance of gold found everywhere in the domed city. Rounding out the six survivors are a senator (played by Chuck Connors), and a mother and her young son (plus a cat in a box). Besides a fabulous tour of the place, including a walk through the underwater garden and fish pens, there's also a couple of minor scuffles with a huge monster called Mobula (basically a very big manta ray with an attitude).
Nothing scary, the excitement level is kept to a minimum. There's a confusing rant by Nemo against war but in the same breath, he levels threats of death to anyone who opposes him. There's greed, backstabbing, destruction, and petty jealousy, it's all handled adequately; this is not a great movie. It's a fun movie. I've always had a fondness for it and others like it, basic adventure films. I waited a long time to find a copy so it's definitely a keeper.

I love the whole atmosphere this movie has. In my opinion it's a great prequel to 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. I just wish that it came on blu-ray disk. Its not a movie for everyone. Especially since there are a few inconsistencies, but if you don't analyze it I think you'll enjoy it. Happy Viewing!!!

This is an UNOFFICIAL release using DVD-R but still it's better than nothing.
The third chapter following 20,000 leages...and the mysterius island which are available already.

I hadn't seen this movie in over-20 years !! saw it on Amazon and got-it !! excellant-movie !! came in 3 days !!as all-ways THANX-Amazon !!

I really enjoyed hearing that this movie was finally put on DVD so that many who remember it will be able to watch it now. I almost forgot about a scene in the movie where Captain Nemo(Robert Ryan) and his second-in-command were walking in his fantastic undersea city and one of the beautiful female citizens just happens to walk into this scene wearing no panties; literally bottomless and with a child no less(I believe this scene was talked about on certain talk shows of the day). This movie is a must see for those who enjoy science fiction movies. I highly recommend it.

I've always liked Robert Ryan, but not as Captain Nemo, and (blue-eyed Geronimo) Chuck Connors looks out of place. A very poor re-make of the Classic with James Mason as Captain Nemo.The special effects in the original were good for their time. These are fair and it appears some are from the original. There are a lot of great DVDs available; I would pass this one by.