Rent Mysterious Island (1961)
3.6 of 5 from 68 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
- Captain Cyrus Harding (Michael Craig) leads three Union soldiers in a daring escape from a Confederate prison camp in a seized Confederate balloon. A raging storm forces the balloon over the ocean toward a Pacific island on which the group becomes marooned. The shipwrecked women share in the dangerous encounters the castaways have with a host of gigantic beasts (courtesy of Ray Harryhausen's special effects). Their fight for survival is aided by the mysterious Nemo of the submarine Nautilus, who, in an attempt to increase the world's food supply, helped create the strange animals. When a volcano erupts and threatens to destroy everyone, can Nemo save them?
- Actors:
- Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson, Harry Monty
- Directors:
- Cy Endfield
- Producers:
- Charles H. Schneer
- Writers:
- John Prebble, Daniel B. Ullman, Crane Wilbur, Jules Verne
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/11/2017
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Never-before-heard audio commentary with Ray Harryhausen and film historian Tony Dalton
- Audio commentary with film experts Randall William Cook, C. Courtney Joyner and Steven C. Smith
- Ray Harryhausen introduction (2002, 1 min)
- Ray Harryhausen on 'Mysterious Island' (2002, 9 mins)
- Michael Craig on 'Mysterious Island' (2017, 4 mins): the film's star shares his memories of working on the film
- Ray Andrew on 'Mysterious Island' (2017, 3 mins): the original clapper loader recalls his time working with Harryhausen
- Kim Newman on 'Mysterious Island' (2017, 21 mins): a new appreciation by the author and genre-film expert
- Mysterious Magic (2017, 10 mins): renowned visual effects animator Hal Hickel discusses the influence of Harryhausen
- Islands of Mystery (1964, 6 mins): vintage documentary exploring the film and its connections to the history of real islands
- Super 8 version (19 mins): original cut-down home cinema presentation
- Isolated score: experience Bernard Herrmann's original soundtrack music
- Back to Mysterious Island: pages from the comic book inspired by the film
- Original Trailers
- TV Spots
- Image gallery: an extensive collection of promotional stills, lobby cards and poster designs
- UK Premiere
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Reviews (2) of Mysterious Island
HARRYHAUSEN MAGICIAN OF THE MOVIES - Mysterious Island review by CP Customer
AS A FILM HISTORIAN I DO NOT BELIEVE IN RATING A FILM. AS THE MASTER OF SPECIAL EFFECTS RAY HARRYHAUSEN NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. WHEN HARRYHAUSEN WAS FINALLY RECOGNISED BY THE ACADEMY AWARDS HE RECEIVED A SPECIAL AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART OF SPECIAL EFFECTS. TOM HANKS PRESENTING THE AWARD SAID THAT PEOPLE SAY THAT STAR WARS AND SIMILAR MOVIES ARE GREAT, BUT JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, IS THE BEST MOVIE IN THE GENRE, OF FANTASY AND IMAGINATION. MYSTERIOUS ISLAND IS OF COURSE THE SEQUEL TO JULES VERNES 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA,AND IS SET ON A ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC 8 YEARS AFTER THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE NAUTILUS OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO, WHERE CAPTAIN NEMO HAS BEEN CARRYING OUT HORTICULTURAL EXPERIMENTS, TO GIVE THE WORLD AN INEXHAUSTABLE FOOD SUPPLY,GIANT OYSTERS, A GIANT CRAB, PHOROHACUS BIRD, GIANT BEES AND A HONEYCOMB, ALL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENIUS OF HARRYHAUSENS STOP MOTION ANIMATION. ALL CREATED BY HANDS ON APPROACH, LONG BEFORE THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMPUTER ANIMATION.THE MOVIE IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT TELLING OF THE VERNE TALE. WITH A GREAT CAST, THE MUSIC OF BERNARD HERRMAN, IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE MOVIE PROVIDING A COMPLIMENT TO THE OVERALL THEME OF THE FILM, THAT WAR IS FUTILE,AND ACCORDING TO CAPTAIN NEMO PLAYED BY HERBERT LOM, CONTACT WITH HIS OWN SPECIES HAS ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED HIM.THE MOVIE CARRIES A MESSAGE THAT HUMANS SHOULD STRIVE TO CREATE A MORE PEACEFUL AND BOUNTIFUL WORLD. MYSREIOUS ISLAND IS A CLASSIC, AND WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY, DVD REMASTERING, CAN CONTINUE TO STIMULATE AND INSPIRE TODAYS GENERATION OF AUDIENCES. A FILM THAT PROMOTES HARRYHAUSENS PHIOSOPHY THAT THE CINEMA IS ESSENTIALLY FOR ENTERTAINMENT.
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Perhaps the silliest film ever - Mysterious Island review by (NONE)
The absurdities and anachronisms start almost from the first scene, culminating in the arrival of the ludicrous pirates (wrong ocean, wrong century) not one of whom can swim. Nice to see Joan Greenwood, but in the original book there were no female characters at all - Verne did not do strong or even useful women. The special effects might be from the bottom of the Harryhausen "Out Tray" - one crab, one chicken (where's it's mummy?) and a few bees. Hardly up to the standard of "Jason". The book is a tribute to human ingenuity and resourcefulness totally lacking here. The refloating of the pirate ship is beyond incredulity.
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