The “underwater” boats floated guests through a lagoon located in Tomorrowland (as well as a large show building hidden behind two waterfalls). Nemo and his guests encounter a gigantic squid, and ultimately have to fight to survive an attack from warships around a volcanic island. Throughout the film, we learn of Nemo’s peculiar plan for self-sustenance in the deep blue sea, with some assistance from his small colony of supporters. In the process, they encounter an advanced submarine – the Nautilus – commanded by Captain Nemo. In the film, Professor Aronnax and Conseil board a ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer, and starred Kirk Douglas as the happily mischievous Ned Land, James Mason as the mysterious anti-hero Captain Nemo, Paul Lukas as Professor Pierre Aronnax, and Peter Lorre as Professor Aronnax’s assistant Conseil. The science fiction adventure film was one of the first features shot in CinemaScope, and was personally produced by Walt Disney himself, through Walt Disney Productions. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, released on December 23, 1954, was Walt’s most ambitious live-action film to date, adapted from Jules Verne’s 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Walt Disney was always pushing boundaries when it came to animation and live action filmmaking.
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