20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[oscar]

Walt Disney originally considered making this film as an animated feature; the detailed pre-production sketches by artist Harper Goff, as well as Goff's enthusiastic suggestion that it be done as live action feature, convinced him otherwise.

[gabriel]

Following the opening credits, the film commences with Jules Verne's novel opening up with 'Chapter 1 Alarming Rumours !'. The book title is shown as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea as opposed to 20000 Leagues Under the Sea.

[ethel]

Peter Lorre has appeared in two science fiction submarine movies , this one and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)).

[beth]

When the "Nautilus" rams a ship and we see how it sinks down through the water, some of the bubble-streams are animated to hide the wires that support the ship-model.

[clayton]

One of the models of the Nautilus created by Harper Goff was a "squeezed" version which could be filmed with a standard lens and still look normal when projected in Cinemascope.

[kyle]

About twelve minutes into the film, there is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln hanging in the officers' wardroom of the Warship. It is seen behind the professor while discussing whether or not the monster's existence has been proven. In Jules Verne's novel, the warship was named after Lincoln.

[miriam]

During his 'Whale of a Tale' tune, two of the girls Ned sings about are named 'Mermaid Minnie' and 'Typhoon Tessie'. Minnie and Tessie were the two girls on his arms at the beginning of the film - you can hear him shout their names at one point during the street brawl.

[sophie]

In the supplemental material on the DVD mention is made that there was great camaraderie between most of the actors with the exception of Paul Lukas. Mr. Lukas held himself aloof seeming to consider himself too sophisticated to mingle. It may have also been that, because of his age, he was having trouble remembering his lines and was embarrassed.

[jessica]

Also in 1954, James Mason appeared in A Star is Born, as an aging actor who coaches a young protege. Mason ended up doing this in real life as well, and the actor he discovered was Sam Neill. Neill would later appear in another submarine film, The Hunt for Red October. He also appeared in several films released by Disney: The Jungle Book, The Horse Whisperer, and Thor: Ragnarok.