Talk:20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film)

Another article
Someone created another article for this film (not surprisingly since there are so many version!); the two should be merged, preferably under this title, since it's aligned with the naming conventions. Cheers, &hearts; Her Pegship &hearts; 17:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

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Giant squid...
...as itself? You're kidding, right? Is that seriously in the credits? :-) -The Realms of Gold (talk) 06:36, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

comic?
Didn't Disney run a comic based on the characters from the book? I seem to recall something of the sort in an old digest I read waaay back in the '70s.Rickremember (talk) 22:41, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I remember a Dell comic book of the film. This was typical promotion at the time. (I also remember a comic book of Spartacus, with Kirk Douglas in very brief briefs on the cover.) WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 12:39, 11 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Besides "Worlds of Adventure," Gold Key published Walt Disney Comics Digest which often had the Adventures of Captain Nemo in them. HammerFilmFan (talk) 20:17, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

The Music
The music is so compelling. I have not been able to find it anywhere or even to get the title. Paul Smith wrote this piece and it's played outside of the Disney ride, but what is it and why the big secret?69.122.62.231 (talk) 13:09, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Note that Paul Smith has adapted themes from two classics with minor modifications, Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky for the ocean scenes and The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner for the scenes showing the Nautilus attacking a ship.Schmausschmaus (talk) 15:56, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

I would like to hear those comparisons. I never thought Paul Smith had used a template for the tracks. I would venture to suggest that you could be in error. But i don't believe anything, so pardon me.Longinus876 (talk) 12:06, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Highly Subjective Language
This article starts out objectively enough but then launches into an analysis by someone who doesn't even try to hide their unabashed adoration for the film. Hey, I like the movie too, but this is supposed to be an objective article, not a love fest. Minaker (talk) 09:57, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

correction
"It was the first live action movie with no animation sequences ever filmed by Disney Studios..."

Except for Treasure Island four years earlier. May I remove that part? 98.209.61.56 (talk) 20:43, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Earl Felton
I've long been impressed with Earl Felton's script, which focuses on the story's moral elements. (Not having read the novel, I don't know how accurately it reflects the original.) There isn't much information about Felton, and not even a Wikipedia stub for him. His seemingly tragic life would make an interesting article -- his legs were paralyzed from polio, and he committed suicide at a fairly early age. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 12:46, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

The original Jules Verne story has no real plot. It's merely a travelogue with descriptions of the sea's fauna and flora and some geographical information. I read it many years ago and I don't think there was the slightest plot. So I would give Felton all the credit for a beautiful job on putting some life into an otherwise pretty dreary peace of literature. Interestingly, the original English translations described a ship that was bigger on the inside than on the outside. I caught it on my first read and found that it had been repeated again and again through many reissues. It has finally been corrected. But I digress.Longinus876 (talk) 12:17, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

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Nemo's ethnicity
Is there any mention in the film of Nemo's ethnic or cultural background? if so, it should be mentioned as a variant (if so) from nemo's original Indian ethnicity. and, if not mentioned in the film, perhaps there is commentary on the likely change in ethnicity?(mercurywoodrose)50.193.19.66 (talk) 16:49, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

Differences with the Book by Joules Verne
Anyone care to write a section on differences with the Book. The only thing the book and the film seem to have in common is a submarine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.198.145.187 (talk) 07:31, 1 April 2013 (UTC)
 * that's why I came in here! I am generally interested in "differences between book and movie," "differences between stage musical and screen," and whatnot. But that's just me... I don't know if it leans to heavily into trivia -- which has largely been removed from Wikipedia articles.PurpleChez (talk) 18:24, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * We don't generally list differences other than those that have been discussed by reliable sources. We're not IMDb, and as such we limit our focus to the differences considered significant enough to have garnered attention from third parties. Hope this helps. DonIago (talk) 18:32, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * , whether or not writing about differences is trivial depends on the approach and the sourcing. We have some guidelines at WP:FILMDIFF to consider. Ideally, we want to include the most noteworthy differences as indicated by reliable sources. Otherwise, there would be dozens, if not hundreds, of possible differences, with no guidance for which are the most important. For what it's worth, I started a "Differences between novel and film" section starting with one source. I was not finding other sources right away, but they're likely out there. For an example of a more complete section, I wrote Apt Pupil (film). Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 20:33, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the info! Like I said, I generally like that kind of info. And - if it's a topic that you are interested in - it might be important to know, for instance, that the order of musical numbers in The Sound of Music varied significantly between the stage and screen versions. But I've also seen it taken too far. I'm making this up, but stuff like "In 'The Two Towers' Sam Gamgee is described as being left-handed, but in Peter Jackson's films he is presented as right-handed." Thanks again.PurpleChez (talk) 13:21, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Plot bloat
Editors are adding non-essential details to a plot summary that is already somewhat over the guidelines established at WP:FILMPLOT. I welcome them to discuss their changes and why they should trump the guideline. DonIago (talk) 18:00, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I concur that the plot summary needs to be kept short per Wikipedia's policy of having "a concise summary" when it comes to works of fiction. As Doniago mentions above, the plot summary should be between 400 and 700 words. The goal of having a summary is to provide an understanding of the film so the rest of the article can be comprehended. It's not meant to replace watching the film. Really, we should aim for the middle of that word-count range. Erik (talk &#124; contribs) 20:56, 8 August 2013 (UTC)

Capitalization
"Under" is a preposition. Shouldn't it be in lowercase in the title? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.67.119.190 (talk) 13:51, 3 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I've always seen it capitalized, and the acronym for it is 20kLUtS, so my guess would be no. Good question, though. 143.55.59.110 (talk) 19:57, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Other Theme Parks
The French like this show, and for their sake, the Disneyland in France has an exhibit similar to the one originally in California. 173.162.253.101 (talk) 15:09, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

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Film genre
Shall we call the 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film a sci-fi fantasy adventure drama film or is it just fine as is? --TMProofreader (talk) 19:30, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems like genre bloat to me. Allmovie calls it "Genres - Adventure, Science Fiction |   Sub-Genres - Family-Oriented Adventure, Sea Adventure" so I'd probably call it a sci-fi adventure film or possibly sea adventure.
 * Either way, Technicolor should be taken out. DonIago (talk) 19:38, 29 July 2020 (UTC)