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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Name: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 1907-02-17
Cast: Manuel, Georges Méliès

1907 | 10 min | Adventure, Fantasy

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Made for fantasy fans and adventure fans. If you loved 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or Where the Wild Things Are, start here.
The mood: Exciting.
The pace: Moves along nicely, at 10 min.
What might put you off: It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Made in 1907: an older pace and style.

The film, a parody of the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, follows a fisherman, Yves, who dreams of traveling by submarine to the bottom of the ocean, where he encounters both realistic and fanciful sea creatures, including a chorus of naiads played by dancers from the Théâtre du Châtelet. Méliès's design for the film includes cut-out sea animals patterned after Alphonse de Neuville's illustrations for Verne's novel.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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