| Mysterious Island | |
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| Directed by | Cy Endfield |
| Screenplay by | John Prebble Daniel B. Ullman Crane Wilbur |
| Based on | L'Île mystérieuse 1874 novel by Jules Verne |
| Produced by | Charles H. Schneer |
| Starring | Michael Craig Joan Greenwood Herbert Lom Michael Callan Gary Merrill Dan Jackson |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
Production company | Ameran Films |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | ~$5,000,000 |
Mysterious Island (UK: Jules Verne's Mysterious Island) is a 1961 science fiction adventure film about prisoners in the American Civil War who escape in a balloon and then find themselves stranded on a remote island populated by giant and tiny animals.[1]
Loosely based upon the 1874 novel The Mysterious Island (L'Île mystérieuse) by Jules Verne (which was the sequel to two other novels by Verne, 1867's In Search of the Castaways and 1870's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas), the film was produced by Charles H. Schneer and directed by Cy Endfield.[2]
Shot in Catalonia, Spain, and at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, England, the film serves as a showcase for Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation effects. Like several of Harryhausen's classic productions, the musical score was composed by Bernard Herrmann.[3] Another version of the story was produced in 2005.[4]
- ^ "Mysterious Island (1961) - Articles - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ MYSTERIOUS ISLAND Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 29, Iss. 336, (Jan 1, 1962): 82.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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