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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like the 1959 adventure, it turns Victorian-era scientific curiosity into a grand expedition, with an isolated world, strange creatures, practical spectacle, and an earnest, family-friendly sense of discovery.
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Why this pick
A handsome, old-fashioned science-fantasy quest driven by a determined inventor, elaborate production design, and the same pleasurable blend of peril, wonder, and Victorian adventure.
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Why this pick
This Jules Verne-style expedition shares the appeal of a scholarly party entering an unreachable realm, where oversized prehistoric dangers and colorful adventure outweigh cynicism.
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Why this pick
Its storybook Victorian invention, submarine journey, and extraordinary engraved-image visuals capture the imaginative, optimistic spirit of classic Verne adventure in a far more stylized form.
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Why this pick
Another lavish voyage into an unknown environment, led by science-minded explorers and filled with tactile creatures, imposing machinery, and awe before the natural world.
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01 / THE STORY
In Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1880, Professor Sir Oliver Lindenbrook (James Mason), a geologist at the University of Edinburgh, is given a piece of volcanic rock by his admiring student, Alec McEwan (Pat Boone). Deciding that the rock is unusually heavy, Lindenbrook, mostly thanks to the carelessness of his lab assistant, Mr. Paisley (Ben Wright (actor)), discovers a plumb bob inside bearing a cryptic inscription. Lindenbrook and Alec discover that it was left by a scientist named Arne Saknussemm, who had, almost 300 years earlier, found a passage to the centre of the Earth by descending into Snæfellsjökull, a volcano in western Iceland. After translating the message, Lindenbrook immediately sets off with Alec to follow in the Icelandic pioneer's footsteps.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Jenny Lindenbrook
Dean
Prof. Bayle
Alexander 'Alec' McKuen
Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
Carla Göteborg
Count Saknussem
Groom
