I recently rewatched the current DVDs of "Journey to the Center of
the Earth" and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Both star James Mason, the former with Pat Boone and Arelene Dahl and the latter with Kirk Douglas and Peter Lorre. Both have been maeticulously restored (particularly "Journey...") and both feature anamorphic video and Dolby Digital 5.1 sound (which the menu in "Journey..." mistakenly calls "Dolby Surround"). Both are enjoyable, family friendly efforts, with a mixture of adventure, humor, music, and thrills. "...Leagues..." has more extras but the various video versions of "...Journey..." shown in split screen is very well done. I cannot imagine either of these without Mason, who is superb in each one.I also have the silent 1917 version of "...Leagues...", which is a hoot and features some of the earliest underwater cinematography ever done.
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Topic - Two Jules verne classics - rico 10:16:12 11/18/04 (13)
- James Mason: what a superb actor. It may sound elitist - tinear 00:22:58 11/19/04 (1)
- Re: James Mason: what a superb actor. It may sound elitist - Troutbum 17:04:47 11/19/04 (0)
- I forget, what happened to Gertrude? n - mr grits 15:53:25 11/18/04 (4)
- Re: I forget, what happened to Gertrude? n - rico 08:00:25 11/19/04 (1)
- I'm gonna have to view both soon. Only saw them first time around. n - mr grits 08:39:33 11/19/04 (0)
- Here's what happened - dwill123 16:53:28 11/18/04 (1)
- Oh yeah, I remember now, it upset me . . . did Thayer David do it? n - mr grits 20:41:37 11/18/04 (0)
- Re: Two Jules verne classics - jamesgarvin 12:30:44 11/18/04 (3)
- Re: Two Jules verne classics - rico 08:01:51 11/19/04 (2)
- Re: Two Jules verne classics - jamesgarvin 08:25:14 11/19/04 (1)
- Re: Richard Farnsworth - rico 09:55:45 11/19/04 (0)
- Re: Two Jules verne classics - patrickU 11:50:07 11/18/04 (1)
- Re: Two Jules Verne classics - rico 12:27:02 11/18/04 (0)