- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Infobox Film
name = Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
caption = Promotional poster for the film
director =James Hill
producer = Steven PallosBertram Ostrer
writer =Pip and Jane Baker
R. Wright Campbell
starring =Robert Ryan Chuck Connors Nanette Newman
music =Angela Morley
cinematography =Alan Hume
editing = Bill Lewthwaite
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = flagicon|GermanyDecember 19 ,1969
flagicon|FinlandDecember 25 ,1969
flagicon|USOctober 7 ,1970
flagicon|HungaryDecember 27 ,1970
runtime = 105 min.
country = UK
language = English
budget =
preceded_by = "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
"Mysterious Island"
amg_id = 1:86635
imdb_id = 0065522"Captain Nemo and the Underwater City" is a 1969 British film, featuring the character
Captain Nemo and some of the settings ofJules Verne 's novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ". It was written byPip and Jane Baker and starsRobert Ryan as Nemo.It is considered a follow-up film to the 1954 film "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and 1961's "Mysterious Island".Fact|date=February 2007
In this story, Nemo rescues a group of survivors from a sinking ship and takes them to his underwater city, a self-sustaining
utopia n colony with communitarian inhabitants. He will not allow them to leave his colony and return to civilization, but they finally escape in their urge for personal freedom.ynopsis
The movie starts off with a ship caught in a storm. The vessel sinks. As several of its passengers begin to drown, divers bring them to the Nautilus. From there they are taken to a magnificent underwater city led by Nemo. In addition to its Utopian lifestyle the people also discover much of the city is made of gold. Two survivors begin to plot to steal some of the gold. Another survivor is an ambassador of the US government to Britain on urgent business, who desperately desires to continue his mission. Another of the party feels claustrophobic in the city and desperately wants to go back to the surface. However, for the safety of the city , Nemo tells the survivors that they cannot leave. The only survivors that accept this easily are a boy and his mother.
On their first day three of the survivors are shown the underwater farms of the city. They discover that a special machine produces Air, freshwater for the city. As a by product gold is also produced. As such, gold is basically worthless in the city. This makes the thieves determined to escape with as much gold as possible. In the process of all the access only one secret room is off limits. Later during the night, the final survivor is apprehended attempting to escape by stealing diving gear. Nemo lets him off easily. However the next day he makes a more desperate attempt to get away. His plan is simple - he will sabotage the key life support systems, which will cause the city to be destroyed. He does this believing Nemo will be forced to take them to the surface. However, Nemo responds to the danger by sealing off the room to save the city. The survivor drowns beating desperately against the glass as Nemo and three other survivors watch in horror, unable to save him without putting the whole city at risk. While Nemo is able to save the city, destruction still ensues. In the process the thieves are able to sneak into the room. They discover a second larger Nautilus.
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