20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Movie Review 1997

Silly TV version of the oft-told Verne tale finds marine biologist Aronnax (Crenna) and his assistant/daughter Sophie (Cox) prisoners on Captain Nemo's (Cross) submarine. In the original Verne version, Sophie was a young man--the sex change now means there's lots of boring eye-batting between Sophie, harpoonist Ned Land (Gross), and the jealous Nemo. The underwater photography is nifty but the fish also provide more excitement than the cast.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 91 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Killer Sea Critters, Submarines, Books to Film: Jules Verne, Hallmark Hall of Fame

Screenplay

Joe Wiesenfeld

Cast

Ben Cross, Richard Crenna, Paul Gross, Julie Cox, Michael Jayston

Cinematography

Alan Hume

Director

Michael Anderson

Music

John Scott

Producer

John Davis, Jr. Robert Halmi, Hallmark Hall of Fame