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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
American Silent Adventure Action Sci-Fi.
A French professor and his daughter accompany Captain Nemo on an adventure aboard a submarine.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the first motion picture filmed underwater.
The film became famous for its groundbreaking work in actual underwater photography by George M. Williamson and J. Ernest Williamson.
Underwater cameras were not used. The Williamson brothers had developed a system of watertight tubes and mirrors, like an upside-down periscope,
and were dependent on the clarity of water and sunshine to provide the necessary light.
The actual undersea footage was shot in the Bahamas due to the unusually clear water.
The octopus was nicknamed Fatima and was built by J. Ernest Williamson.
In 2016, the film was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for its National Film Registry.
| Directed by | Stuart Paton |
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| Screenplay by | Stuart Paton |
| Based on | Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
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| Cinematography | Eugene Gaudio |
| Distributed by | Universal |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | $500,000 (equivalent to $11,747,706 in 2019) |
| Box office | $8 million |
