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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 animals.
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.
Shot in Catalonia, Spain, and at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, England, the film serves as a showcase for Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation effects.
The film's music was composed by Bernard Herrmann who had already scored two previous Harryhausen and Schneer productions (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver). The score was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
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
Release date December 20, 1961 (U.S.)
Running time 101 minutes
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00:00 Prelude
01:59 The Giant Crab
05:35 The Giant Bee
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 animals.
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.
Shot in Catalonia, Spain, and at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, England, the film serves as a showcase for Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation effects.
The film's music was composed by Bernard Herrmann who had already scored two previous Harryhausen and Schneer productions (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver). The score was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
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
Release date December 20, 1961 (U.S.)
Running time 101 minutes
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