The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea'

This documentary pretty much covers most everything you wanted to know about the Making of Disney's classic 1954 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

This is exceptionally well done and culls footage from practically all the people involved, sometimes using archival footage where needed. The only downside is it pretty much renders the commentary also provided on said DVD useless as most all of the same information is covered and in fact is perhaps even more detailed in the documentary. Still it's very cool to put faces to the people who worked so hard behind the scenes on making this classic. A very thorough job covering its subject matter as all good documentaries should do.

Highly detailed look at the making of 20,000 Leagues.

Watching this adds to the entertainment value of the movie itself. Once you know all the nuts and bolts about the production you respect the movie itself even more. Being a fan of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (movie & TV series) I found it interesting that the submarine Nautilus and submarine Seaview both used the same studio tank for miniatures (at 20th Century Fox studios).

As explained here, there were two filmed versions of the giant squid attack. The unused "sunset" version and the version we got in the final cut. The deleted version is more clear and pleasing to the eye.

It is not often we get a 90 minute documentary about a 50s science fiction movie...they are normally much shorter. Great stuff.

I have been a fan of Disney's 20000 Leagues Under the Sea ever since I was a kid. When the special edition DVD came out a little more than a year ago, I immediately purchased it. The DVD comes with 2 disks: one shows the movie, and the other is the making of 20000 Leagues Under the Sea. This documentary includes information you would have never thought of, and commentary from the director and cast members. Deleted scenes are shown as they would have appeared in the final version of the film; the "sunset squid battle," for example. Pick up the special edition DVD of 20000 Leagues Under the Sea today, as you will be most impressed with the movie, and this bonus documentary.

Dear People,

I have not seen this movie and have looked in vain and quite a bit of frustration yet cannot find it anywhere. Amazon does not have it and I'm not quite sure where else I could look for it.

As the original 20,000 Leagues (Disney) is one of my favorite movies I would love to see "The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

If you can help me I will be more than happy to comment. By the way, I have shown Pot O'Gold to three of my friends and they were just thrilled.

I hope my comments helped.

Truly, Paul The Crazy Organist Lisbon Maine (yes do have some culture up here,although sometimes you couldn't prove it by me.)

This 88 minute documentary on the Making of 20,000 Leaques under the Sea can be found on the second disc of the 2-dvd set of the aforementioned movie. It features rare interviews with much of the still living cast and is pretty darn informative. It goes into how the project came to be, as well as various remembrance of the filming and historian viewpoints. Liking the movie that it was based on, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this documentary and I would have to problem at all recommending this to anyone, and would do so without any hesitation on my part. Anyone who loves 20,000 leagues owes it to themselves to watch and savor this as well.

My Grade: A