The Return of Captain Nemo
| The Return of Captain Nemo | |
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 A poster bearing the film's theatrical title: The Amazing Captain Nemo |
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| Directed by | Alex March Paul Stader |
| Produced by | Irwin Allen Arthur Weiss |
| Written by | Jules Verne(novel) Larry Alexander Robert Bloch Robert C. Dennis Norman Katkov William Keys Mann Rubin Preston Wood |
| Starring | José Ferrer |
| Music by | Richard LaSalle |
| Cinematography | Lamar Boren |
| Release date(s) | March 8, 1978 |
| Running time | 102mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Return of Captain Nemo is a 1978 science fiction TV movie directed by Alex March and Paul Stader. It is loosely based on characters and settings from Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It was written by six writers including Robert Bloch.
In this version, Captain Nemo (played by José Ferrer) is found in suspended animation under the sea and revived by modern-day people in order to battle the King of Atlantis, who is under the control of a fiendish mad scientist played by Burgess Meredith.
The film was not aired as a movie, but rather was broken into three parts, expanded somewhat with about 45 minutes of additional footage over the three episodes, and became a very brief action series, sometimes described as a "miniseries" though it was not intended to be a miniseries, but rather the first story-arc in an ongoing series. Ratings were dismal, and the series never materialized. This was Irwin Allen's final foray into weekly science fiction television.
The film was a co-production between Irwin Allen Productions and Warner Bros. Television. It was distributed by CBS Television but was also released theatrically as The Amazing Captain Nemo.
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[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| José Ferrer | Captain Nemo |
| Burgess Meredith | Prof. Waldo Cunningham |
| Mel Ferrer | Dr. Robert Cook |
| Horst Buchholz | King Tibor |
| Tom Hallick | Tom Franklin |
| Burr DeBenning | Jim Porter |
| Lynda Day George | Kate |
| Warren Stevens | Miller |
| Med Flory | Tor |
| Anthony McHugh | Radio Operator |
| Randolph Roberts | Helmsman |
| Richard Angarola | Trog |
| Art Balinger | |
| Harvey Fisher | |
| Anthony Geary | Bork |
| Peter Jason | |
| Jerry Maren | |
| Stephen Powers | Lloyd |
| Yale Summers | Sirak |
| David Westberg |
[edit] Awards
In 1978 the movie received two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts. These were for Frank Van der Veer (optical effects) and L.B. Abbott (special photographic effects).[1]
[edit] References
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
- ^ "Advanced Primetime Awards Search". The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. http://cdn.emmys.tv/awards/awardsearch.php.
[edit] External links
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