(aka "Jules Verne's Mysterious Island")
directed
by Cy Endfield
U.S. 1961
"1961's
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND is a GREAT adventure movie for the wild young lad in all of
us. How can anyone dislike a film that features giant monsters, pirates, Civil
War characters, volcanic explosions, and Captain Nemo? An adaptation of the book
by Jules Verne, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND was yet another collaboration of producer
Charles Schneer, special effects whiz Ray Harryhausen, and composer Bernard
Herrmann, who had earlier provided such towering epics as THE SEVENTH VOYAGE OF
SINBAD and
JASON
AND THE ARGONAUTS. With a creative pedigree such as this, MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
was destined to become a favorite with adventure movie fanatics.."
Dr. Mality
excerpt
taken from the Scifilm.org review located
HERE
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REVIEW: Columbia Tri-Star Region 1 DVD
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| Distribution | Columbia Tri-Star Region 1 - NTSC | |
| Runtime | 1:40:39 | |
| Video | 1.78:1
Widescreen anamorphic Average Bitrate: 4.29 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | English
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| Subtitles | (yellow) English, French, Spanish, None | |
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DVD FEATURES: ·
16/9
Presentation, 1.78:1 ·
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English, French or Spanish subtitles ·
Theatrical
Trailer · Scene Selection - 28 Chapters Special Features include · A Photo Gallery ( 4 sketches, 8 Production Stills, and 2 poster stills ) · This is Dynamation Featurette (3:24) · The Harry Hausen Chronicles (57:45) · Mysterious Island Featurette (9:00) |
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Yes, the DVD
image is not perfect, but it stems from bad source material. Regardless,
it is far superior to any other version you will see on TV or video. How
can you not swoon back to boyhood when the combination of Ray Harryhausen,
Jules Verne and Bernard Herrmann get together? The upgraded sound ( to
DD 2.0 ) was also fine but why didn't they use the
wonderful stereo soundtrack that was on the limited edition laserdisc? I was hoping for
much more. The colors seem more abnormal than I remember... too vibrant
in stages (especially where there is special effects). It looks to be
film sourced and the extras are a nice added feature. Still a boyhood
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October 29th, 2002 Keep Case Chapters: 28 |
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