Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Australia • 1973 • 60m •

• Directed by: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna. • Starring: Tim Elliott, Ron Haddrick, Don Pascoe. • Music by: Joseph Barbera, Hoyt Curtin, William Hanna, Bob Young.

A weird ship, believed to be a sea creature is destroying ships, so a scientist gathers a crew to investigate. He is captured and taken below to a submarine, something never heard of at the time. The ships captain, Nemo tells them he plans on destroying all things that destroy the ocean.

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Cartoons can often be fun and a great way to past the time. I am a fan of some but the story has to be great. I have never watched or read anything based on this Jules Verne classic and had only heard the name Capt. Nemo because of its popularity. I feel that perhaps this could be an amazing story, but this cartoon barely told a story.

A weird ship, believed to be a sea creature is destroying ships, so a scientist gathers a crew to investigate. He is captured and taken below to a submarine, something never heard of at the time. The ships captain, Nemo tells them he plans on destroying all things that destroy the ocean and pollute it. Hmmm... okay I needed a bit more.

The animation by Hanna and Barbera was nice and very similar to their work on the Scooby Doo cartoon's. I liked the cool music and it was creepy on a cartoon level.

Not sure any kid would enjoy, and not interesting enough for an adult, maybe thats why its not popular. No one has reviewed or rated it here...so I gave it 2 out of 10 stars simply because it was 44 minutes and didn't give much of an explanation and went by really quick.

Review by Arlis Fuson from the Internet Movie Database.

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