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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Movie · 1954 · 127 min

A grand, old-fashioned undersea adventure with a brooding, wounded antihero at its center, mixing wonder and melancholy.

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1954 film directed by Richard Fleischer
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Year
1954
Runtime
127 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • sea
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour3
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
drama, science fiction, submarine
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Written by
Earl Felton
Starring
Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre, Paul Lukas, Charles Grodin, Ted de Corsia, Robert J. Wilke, Herb Vigran
Music
Paul Smith, Al Hoffman
Cinematography
Ralph Hammeras, Franz Planer
Runtime
127 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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