Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008 Asylum film)
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| Directed by | David Jones Scott Wheeler |
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| Written by | Jules Verne (novel) Steve Bevilacqua (screenplay) |
| Starring | Greg Evigan Dedee Pfeiffer |
| Cinematography | Mark Atkins |
| Distributed by | The Asylum |
| Release date(s) | July 1, 2008 |
| Running time | 85 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Journey to the Center of the Earth (released in the UK as Journey to Middle Earth) is a 2008 direct-to-DVD film created by The Asylum and directed by David Jones and Scott Wheeler.
The film is a loose adaptation of the original novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, but bears a close similarity to At the Earth's Core, a similar novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is also the second film by The Asylum to be based on a Jules Verne novel, the first being 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A mockbuster, it was released to capitalize on the higher-budgeted film of the same title starring Brendan Fraser.
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[edit] Plot
The film follows two intertwined subplots: an advanced drilling operation that is taking place in North America, and a rescue mission to save a research team that has been teleported 600 km beneath the earths crust.
The drill, a fully American project, is powerful enough to drill through solid rock at a fast pace, and is used to try and rescue the team from their fate. The operation begins, but the drill accidentally breaks through the Earth's crust and into the very centre of the Earth, where the operators encounter hidden dangers awaiting them at the Earth's core, and must battle prehistoric creatures in order to save both the research team and themselves and to try and return to the surface of the Earth before it is too late.
[edit] Similarities with At the Earth's Core
The film, despite being an adaptation of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne, bears a close resemblance to At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs, as well as its subsequent film adaptation:
- The experimental drill which tunnels through the Earth's crust into the centre of the Earth bears some similarity to the Iron Mole featured in Burroughs' original novel and resembles the Iron Mole as featured in the film version of Burroughs' novel.
- The character of Joseph Harnet in this film can be compared to David Innes, the protagonist of Burroughs' original novel and his Pellucidar series of novels, particularly as both are portrayed as iron-willed Americans with a strong sense of courage.
[edit] Cast
- Greg Evigan as Joseph Harnet
- Jennifer Dorogi as Kristen Radford
- Dedee Pfeiffer as Emily Radford
- Vanessa Lee Evigan as Victoria Jansen
- Caroline Attwood as Gretchen Lake
- Amelia Jackson-Gray as Kate Burroughs
- Kerry Washington as Melissa Jebird
- Sara Tomko as Betsey Case
- Vanessa Mitchell as Eve Abraham
- Michael Tower as Marty
[edit] See also
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, A film starring Brendan Fraser also released in 2008
- 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007) Another Jules Verne adaptation by The Asylum
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) The original novel by Jules Verne
- At the Earth's Core (1914,1922) A serialized novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Kola Superdeep Borehole, The deepest hole ever actually drilled into the Earth's crust
- Viaje al centro de la Tierra, Spanish adventure film based on Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.
[edit] External links
- Journey to the Center of the Earth at The Asylum
- Journey to the Center of the Earth at the Internet Movie Database
- Journey to the Center of the Earth official trailer on YouTube
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