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Journey to the Center of the Earth
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
Release : | 1959 |
Rating : | 7 |
Studio : | 20th Century Fox, Cooga Mooga, Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Art Direction, |
Cast : | Pat Boone James Mason Arlene Dahl Diane Baker Thayer David |
Genre : | Adventure Fantasy Family |
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Powerful
The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
After receiving as a gift a volcanic rock, which contains an important clue, an already famous geology professor sets out to Iceland, in order to find a supposed passage which might lead to the center of the earth. At the same time though, two other characters are on their way to find the same passage, in an attempt to gain instant fame.It's a movie based on a classic book by Jules Verne, which presents the fantastic journey to the center of the planet. Although starting a bit left footed, the characters dedicate a vast period of time for their travel, finding more and more miraculous places and beings along the way. It's plot and characters are very well made and described, along with several twists which are meant to increase the drama and interest. Although a bit predictable, but this is mostly because of the book I know, it manages to be a good watch until the end, even bringing a couple of unexpected moments along the way. What is to be mentioned though are the visual effects, which by today's standards are way too primitive, but they shouldn't be harshly judged. It looks decent for a film made about sixty years ago, but don't have high expectations from its visuals.Overall, I find it to be an enjoyable movie, with a deep retro felling which I like, which tells a classic story in its own unique way. It's a good watch for everybody who wants to relive a classic story, especially through an old film like this one.
One of these movies I wouldn't watch as a kid due to presence of giant reptiles posed as dinosaurs...However, it is just a laugh today, but quite a good movie about a professor wanting to know about the "Center of the Earth". Despite some opposition from one descendant of the first explorer, he and a team make quite a trek despite many countless perils.However, at the end, all ends well.Was at least something very good from this era, shot mostly on movie sets and exteriors on various locations (mainly California passing for Iceland).At least, Steven Spielberg did take notes to inspire some of his movies involving perils (like the Indiana Jones saga), and Pat Boone who did not regret to shoot this movie despite some reserves...Not a boring moment here on this journey...
If it wasn't for the title or the movie trailer I would of turned off the movie at the start. Very Slow moving beginning sequence with ample chatter and a kilt clad Pat Boone. Eventually our group of explorers make their way to Iceland and descend on wondrous features of our world within. James Mason as Sir Oliver Lindenbrook is the leader of this far fetched expedition. Actor, the lovely red-head Arlene Dahl plays the perfect self assured female lead and interpreter for her hand named Hans. In this film Dahl and Mason have a special chemistry as she complains and wants to leave the expedition in a heated argument, having Sir Lindenbrook call her a carriage as they both realize the humor and impossibility due to their circumstances. The heavy in this film is the Count Saknussemm played by the husky Thayer David who wants to derail the group's plans for discovering the Center of the Earth and the lost City of Atlantis. Saknussemm and his aid capture a stray Alec who was presumed lost from his party due to a sink hole but is reunited with his party. Noticible is the gradual loss of clothing on actor Pat Boone as toward film's end he's down to wearing tattered shorts which he looses in a tree on Italian Convent grounds. Somehow this movie holds your interest and you wonder if Pat can save his clothes.
In 1880, in Edinburgh, Professor Oliver S. Lindenbrook (James Mason) of the local university has been awarded with the title of "Sir" and his students have chipped in for a gift including a lava stone. Prof. Lindenbrook researches the lava and finds evidences that the scientist Saknussem sent it from the center of the Earth one hundred years ago. He sends his findings to his colleague Prof. Peter Göteborg of Stockholm to endorse his research. But soon he finds that Prof. Göteborg has betrayed him and traveled to Iceland to organize an expedition to the center of the Earth. Prof. Lindenbrook travels with his protégée Alexander "Alec" McKuen (Pat Boone) to Iceland to organize his own expedition, and he discovers that Prof. Göteborg was murdered by Count Saknussem (Thayer David) that wants to protect the discovery of his ancestor. Prof. Lindenbrook and Alec are forced to team-up with the widow Carla Göteborg (Arlene Dahl) and the strong local Hans Belker (Peter Ronson) that brings his duck Gertrude with him. The group goes to a volcano that is the entrance to the center of the Earth in the beginning of their amazing and dangerous journey."Journey to the Center of the Earth" is an enjoyable family entertainment based on the novel by Jules Verne. The effects and scenarios are impressive for a 1959 movie and it is funny to see the behavior of the women in that time, screaming and totally vulnerable. The duck Gertrude is responsible for most of the funniest parts of this movie and her tragic fate was absolutely unnecessary. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Viagem ao Centro da Terra" ("Journey to the Center of the Earth")