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Loosely based on the famous fresh by Jules Verne and station in the unhurried 19th Century, LEAGUES offers the epic of Professor Arronax (Paul Lukas), his assistant Conseil (Peter Lorre), and harpooner Ned Land (Kirk Douglas), who are coaxed by the United States government to succor in the search for a sea monster said to be terrorizing shipping lanes. But the monster is not of flesh and blood, and soon the three win themselves in the hands of the mysterious Captain Nemo (James Mason) as prisoners aboard the Nautilus–a fully functional submarine ample of ramming ships and sending them to the ocean floor.
Underwater photography was hardly original in 1954, but never had it been old-fashioned so extensively nor to such visually lovely carry out, and the art designs–particularly those for the Nautilus–are justly famous. But for all its beauty, it is the performances which build the film work. James Mason does not merely play Nemo, he seems to be Nemo; after seeing his performance it is impossible to imagine any other actor in the role. Paul Lukas adds yet another brilliantly understated performance to his memorable career, and while Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre are hardly the Ned Land and Conseil of the Verne unique they have surprising chemistry and lend the film noteworthy breeze.
At the time of its release, LEAGUES was the single most expensive motion portray ever made (ironically it would loose that dubious distinction later that same year to yet another film featuring James Mason: A STAR IS BORN), and every penny of the money spent shows in the onscreen result. While many of Disney’s live-action films are fondly recalled, few have had enduring fame, worthy less claim to station as art–but LEAGUES is the exception, and although the episodic nature of the narrative seems a shade languid from time to time it remains both a landmark and one of the most influential films of its decade. Truly delightful from inaugurate to execute.
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Like many of the other reviewers of this movie, I’m a pre-boomer who was dazzled by the film as a child. Somewhere in my aging mom’s attic, I have a few bolts (painted wood) from the movie area of the Nautilus, which I “borrowed” from one of the Disney properties as a kid nearly a half century ago. I remember taking a bus from LA to Burbank to peer through the slats of the fence in the serve lot of the Disney Studios and seeing a partial model of the Nautilus, perhaps 1/3 scale, tossed in a corner like so powerful debris. What I would have given to be able to stride that model home.
When I viewed the VHS version of this film a couple of years ago, I was bitterly disappointed by the awful quality which made the watching experience actually painful to a fan like me. But, let me mumble you, this DVD is as thrilling as the VHS was painful. This fully-restored version of the film comes roaring help to life in all of its glory and then some. It’s the best film restoration these musty eyes have ever beheld. Watched on a state-of-the-art widescreen TV, this is every bit the experience it was in the ’50′s and I contemplate it’s incredible that this sizable film is now preserved for the ages, impartial as it was when it was first released.
Is this a perfect movie? No. Even as a kid, I noticed that the background music was too cheesy, that Kirk Douglas’s songs seemed gratuitous, that the fish swimming outside the mountainous porthole were cartoonish, and that the electrically-illuminated discover of the Giant Squid made an otherwise perfect special execute discover a bit unfounded. I’m objective as puzzled by those weaknesses today as I was then, especially since all other aspects of the film, including the numerous, Oscar-winning special effects attractive the Nautilus, are masterful. But no movie is perfect and this movie, minor warts and all, is nothing less than a memorial to the genius of Disney, the acting of James Mason, the passion of the Disney staff, and the vision of Jules Verne.
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