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Mysterious Island
1961 101 min United Kingdom, United States of America 0+
★7.0
Adventure, Science Fiction
Director: Cy Endfield
🎭 Based on
«The Mysterious Island»
byJules Verne
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Description
During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .
Budget:
$2M
Starring
Michael Craig
Actor
Joan Greenwood
Actor
Michael Callan
Actor
Key opinion
The 1961 version of Mysterious Island is widely celebrated by genre enthusiasts for its charming, practical creature effects created by Ray Harryhausen. While the film is appreciated for its adventurous spirit, it is often criticized for its narrative clichés and its loose, scientifically inaccurate adaptation of Jules Verne's source material.
| Originality | Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion creature effects provide the film's most memorable and iconic spectacle. | |
| Adaptation | The narrative relies heavily on genre tropes and deviates significantly from the scientific rigor of Verne's original work. | |
| Production | Current restorations of the film suffer from poor image quality, including resolution issues and surface damage. |