Plot
Shipwrecked soldiers are stranded on an island along with their dog, They discover many dangers on the island and retreat to the safety of a cave which they use as a home base. In addition, they save another shipwreck victim from a near-by island. The group are successful in fending off a group off pirates. although the pirates do shoot the group's pet chimpanzee. The soldiers find a grotto containing Captain Nemo and the ''Nautilus''. Nemo explains how he came to be at the island to the group A volcano begins to destroy the island, and while the soldiers manage to escape, Nemo opts to go down with his ship.Production
The film was unusually faithful to the original book, including the exterior design of the Nautilus. Deviations from the original book were either limited to budget restrictions or moderate artistic liberty. While it seems not credible that the Nemo of the book achieved various physically demanding stunts (considering he was weakened and subsequently dying of old age), Omar Sharif is much younger, relies on what's left of his crew (killed by some kind of disease, most likely radiation poisoning) and eventually shares the same fate as his counterpart James Mason in the 1954 Disney version of ''Cast
* Omar Sharif: Captain Nemo * Gérard Tichy: Cyrus Smith *Reception
Roger Ebert awarded the film one and a half stars finding it nihilistic and lacking any decent effects. It also noted Omar Sharif is listed as the star although he is only onscreen for ten minutes. Creature Feature gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, finding it lacking imagination or interesting special effects.Stanley, J. (2000) Creature FEature:3rd Edition Berkley PublishingReferences
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