Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth (also called Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth) is a 1959 American science fiction adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl and Diane Baker. Based on the 1864 novel of the same name by Jules Verne, it was written for the screen by Charles Brackett (who also produced) and Walter Reisch. Bernard Herrmann wrote the film score.
Plot
In 1880 Edinburgh, Professor Sir Oliver Lindenbrook, a geologist at the University of Edinburgh, is given a piece of volcanic rock by his admiring student, Alec McEwan, who is in love with Lindenbrook's niece Jenny. Finding the rock unusually heavy, Lindenbrook discovers a plumb bob inside bearing a cryptic inscription. Lindenbrook and Alec discover that it was left by a scientist named Arne Saknussemm, who, almost 100 years earlier, had found a passage to the center of the Earth by descending into the volcano Snæfellsjökull, in western Iceland. After translating the message, Lindenbrook immediately sets off with Alec to follow in the Icelandic pioneer's footsteps.
More details
| author | Charles Brackett Walter Reisch |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Iceland Scotland |
| director | Henry Levin |
| editor | Stuart Gilmore |
| genre | adventure science fiction |
| keywords | atlantis bury center of the earth dimetrodon \'\'dimetrodons\'\ giant lizard goatee hotel room kill marking megalania murder plumb bob potassium cyanide rock ruhmkorff lamp snæfellsjökull sunken city trail blazing university of edinburgh volcanic rock wed |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Special Effects |
| producer | Charles Brackett |
| productionCompany | Cooga Mooga Film Productions, Inc. Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises, Inc. |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | Edinburgh Malibu New Mexico |
| theme | science fiction adventure |