L'isola misteriosa

Titolo originale: Mysterious Island
Regia: Cy Endfield |
Anno: 1961
Origine: United Kingdom | United States of America |
Generi: Avventura Fantascienza
Tag: exotic island | based on novel or book | submarine | escape | war correspondent | jules verne | cave | hot air balloon | beehive | giant insect | romance | giant bird | stranded | marooned | pirate | struggle for survival | giant animal | confederate soldier | escaped prisoner | cooperation | american civil war | noblewoman | prison break | captain nemo | giant crab | volcanic island | ammonite | food supply | union soldiers | anti-war activist | atomic power |
Cast: Michael Craig | Joan Greenwood | Michael Callan | Gary Merrill | Herbert Lom | Beth Rogan | Percy Herbert | Dan Jackson | Harry Monty |

Evasi in pallone, ufficiali nordisti raggiungono signore inglesi naufragate su una strana isola dove sono minacciati da aggressivi mostri preistorici. Arriva in loro soccorso il capitano Nemo, ancorato nei dintorni. Liberamente tratto da un romanzo (1874) di Jules Verne, è un film da vedere per la bellezza ingenua dei trucchi (opera del mago Ray Harryhausen) e dei costumi (scafandri in forma di conchiglie mostruose). Fantasia ed estro.AUTORE LETTERARIO: Jules Verne

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Using the sextant the survivors found, Captain Cyrus Harding establishes the Mysterious Island [...] D
Ray Harryhausen has related the story of watching a cut of the film with composer Bernard Herrm [...] D
Although produced by different studios, it is obvious that the exterior design of the "Nautilus [...] D
The armature for the crab is covered with the shell of a real crab instead of the usual latex. [...] D
Bernard Herrmann's main title score for this movie was used by Walt Disney for the Disneyland R [...] D
Originally, there was going to be a scene featuring a man-eating plant, but it was never shot. [...] D
At 41:37 Mr. Spilitt says "a man could write an inspired novel in a place like this" an obvious [...] D
Since Sa Conca beach is a northwestern Mediterranean location, the palm and banana trees in the [...] D
The scenes on the island were actually filmed on the coast of Spain. D
The film borrows a plot item from H.G. Wells' "The Food of the Gods", in which a scientist atte [...] D
Englishman Percy Herbert plays Confederate Sgt. Pencroft, which may explain Pencroft's accent s [...] D
This is the first of three movies in which Herbert Lom is seen playing a pipe organ. The others [...] D
The scene with the giant bird was from the original draft of the script, which was to have had [...] D
Michael Craig greatly enjoyed making the film but not working with director Cy Endfield, whom h [...] D
Columbia wanted James Mason to reprise his role as Captain Nemo from 20.000 leghe sotto i mari [...] D
Although Captain Nemo has been famously played by James Mason, Herbert Lom, and other English a [...] D
This was the first film made in Europe by exiled director Cy Endfield to be released in his nat [...] D
The stone brook that the men discover on the island is the very same location in Spain that the [...] D
The scene with the fowl like creature might well have inspired a young George Lucas. D
The original book of Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island," had many sketches. One was of the i [...] D
A real Brown crab was disemboweled, dismembered, cleaned and fitted with an internal armature f [...] D
Libby Prison in Richmond was used for Union officers, and not enlisted men. Enlisted men were h [...] D
With the death of Michael Callan on October 10, 2022, Michael Craig is the last surviving main [...] D
Early in the film, as the castaways are exploring the island, they cross a log over a ravine. T [...] D
One month before the release of this film, Gary Merrill, who plays a Union war correspondent he [...] D
The opening scenes at the Confederate prison camp were shot in England and the exteriors were s [...] D
A favorite locale for Producer Charles H. Schneer's fantasy films, Sa Conca Beach in Spain, wit [...] D
This script was taken from the Kingston translation that was widely published in the United Sta [...] D
Producer Charles H. Schneer claimed that he chose this story after reading an article stating t [...] D
The film was green-lit partially because Robinson nell'isola dei corsari (1960) was a huge succ [...] D
The original concept for the film was that it was going to be shot as a straight survival story [...] D
The original novel does not contain any reference to giant or extinct animals or plants. Film m [...] D
The landscape around the beach scenes should look familiar to fans of fantasy films of the era. [...] D

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When the pirate ship is boarded at the end of the movie, a Plimsoll line is visible on the side - t [...] D
African Americans in the US Colored Troops would not have been taken prisoner. They would have been [...] D
When the fight with the Giant Crab takes place, Cpl. Neb Nugent is snatched up in the crab's claw. [...] D
In the first 22 minutes of the film during the narrative, a sulfur-crested cockatoo is to be seen. [...] D
Hot air balloons are held aloft by forcing heated air into the envelope of the balloon. The balloon [...] D
Elena's slippers come and go when she is on land and in the water. One scene when escaping from the [...] D
When the giant bird attacks Elena, she faints falling on her back. The bird places it's foot on her [...] D
The uniform worn by Michael Craig appears to be a dress uniform not worn by Union officers in the f [...] D
When the soldiers are filling a drinking water barrel to take with them on their expedition, the ca [...] D
When the pirate ship arrives, it is a three masted vessel with square sails on the first mast and f [...] D
After experiencing giant oysters, a giant crab, and a giant bird, Elena is looking at a wall filled [...] D
The small sized bottle of alcohol that Captain Nemo says is "his last bottle" is not large enough t [...] D
The story is set in 1865, but the clothing worn by the pirates is about 200 years out of date. [...] D
The smoke from the fire in the honeycomb would have asphyxiated Herbert and Elena before it grew ho [...] D
The "neck" of the balloon is shown blown out of position when first seen. It is then shown in place [...] D
When two men are chopping down a tree with stone axes, large flat cuts in the tree trunk are seen w [...] D
As they hike up the rock mountain Mr. Spillett complains about his aging body, and envies the energ [...] D
Elena is clearly wearing a (1960s) modern pair of yellow panties under her miniskirt. Also, no woma [...] D
In the latter parts of the movie, several men are shown shirtless. At the time of the setting of th [...] D
Whilst in the cave, 50 minutes into the movie, Sgt. Pencroft sings part of the chorus of "fifteen m [...] D
After they find the chest from the Nautilus, Mr. Spillit is shown shaving, but just after when they [...] D
A pirate ship would not fly a pirate flag whilst just cruising, but would unfurl one just before an [...] D
In explaining his plan to raise the sunken ship, Nemo says a ship floats "because it is filled with [...] D
Although the giant crab is 10 to 12 feet high, the spot where it had been totally buried a moment b [...] D
A long view of the balloon's basket did not show any bags of ballast hanging over the side, however [...] D
While climbing the Volcano for the first time, as the camera pulls out, you can see the surrounding [...] D
The balloon is inflated inside the pirate ship and raises it off the bottom to float on top of the [...] D
Looking closely at the giant sea shells used for underwater breathing, modern valves or gauges can [...] D
Neb and Capt. Harding are walking on the beach when they step on top of the giant crab which is cov [...] D
The Union soldiers agree to bring along the Confederate officer to fly the balloon. In reality, the [...] D
There was not a uniform for Union war correspondents. As civilians they wore their own clothes unle [...] D
When Herbert is fighting the giant bird, we see the bird from a distance and it has very colorful f [...] D
The initial scene is Libby Prison (1865), an officers only facility. Union enlisted men were sent t [...] D
No explanation is given for how a hot air balloon could travel entirely across the United States an [...] D
On the surface of the water, you can see the masts of the sunken pirate ship extending above the su [...] D
Having escaped from the cell they'd been sealed in Fiona falls down a hole, Herbert follows her but [...] D
In the opening scenes of the film, we see cannons firing that have a system that allows the barrel [...] D
During their underwater trek to the sunken ship the group passes both Greek and Egyptian ruins, nei [...] D
Captain Nemo sinks a pirate ship but none of the pirates swim ashore. D
After eating the giant crab, the five castaways begin climbing the volcano. In one long shot, a six [...] D
As an engineering officer Captain Harding should not be wearing trousers with a yellow stripe indic [...] D
Bamboo is not hollow, it is segmented with divided chambers which gives bamboo its light-weight str [...] D
It's amusing to hear Percy Herbert's refined and articulate English accent layered within the low-b [...] D
There are some differences with the model pirate ship and the full-size version. Most noticeable is [...] D
Nemo provides the crew with an electric gun for use against perils of the deep. In reality this wou [...] D
When the pirates come ashore, the bow of the boat is in the sand, after shots are fired and the one [...] D
The underwater shot when the people are walking along the sea-bottom shows the pirate ship totally [...] D
When Capt. Nemo plays the organ he begins with the opening toccata of Bach's Toccata & Fugue in D m [...] D
The hanging skeleton that Captain Harding bumps into has visible hinges and wires showing in the kn [...] D

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