Disney's Classic `20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' Celebrates Its 45Th Anniversary With One-Week Engagement At the El Capitan Theatre.BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 4, 1999-- In celebration of its 45th anniversary, Walt Disney's live-action classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is set to return to the El Capitan El Cap·i·tan A peak, 2,308.5 m (7,569 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of central California. Its dramatic exposed monolith rises some 1,098 m (3,600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. Theatre, Hollywood's legendary movie palace, for an exclusive one-week engagement beginning Friday May 7th. To showcase the film, a fully restored 35mm CinemaScope, Dolby Stereo A digital audio encoding system from Dolby that was first used in movie theaters in the mid-1970s. It recorded four channels of audio and provided a breakthrough re-introduction of the optical soundtrack over magnetic tracks on 35mm film. print of the film will be shown. Further marking the occasion, director Richard Fleischer and Academy Award-winning matte artist Peter Ellenshaw will be on hand to discuss the film, at 8:30pm on May 7th (preceding the regularly scheduled 9:00pm show). Disney historian/head of library restoration Scott MacQueen will moderate Friday's discussion and introduce the Saturday noon show. The special El Capitan engagement of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" will run from May 7-13 with daily shows scheduled at noon, 3:00pm, 6:00pm and 9:00pm. Advance tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-DISNEY6 or at the box office. General admission prices range from $5-8. Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" marked a major milestone in Walt Disney's live-action production career and the film went on to win Academy Awards for Best Special Effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. and Best Art Direction/Set Decoration. Released in 1954, it was the Studio's most ambitious live-action film up until that time and one of the most successful. Kirk Douglas, James Douglas, James, 2d duke of Queensbury Douglas, James, 1662–1711: see Queensberry, James Douglas, 2d duke of. Douglas, James, 4th duke of Hamilton Douglas, James, Mason (as the mad genius, Captain Nemo This article is about the fictional character Captain Nemo. For other uses, see Captain Nemo (disambiguation). Captain Nemo is a fictional character featured in Jules Verne's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island ), Paul Lukas and Peter Lorre Noun 1. Peter Lorre - United States actor (born in Hungary) noted for playing sinister roles (1904-1964) Laszlo Lowestein, Lorre star in this exciting underwater adventure fantasy which includes lots of submarine action, futuristic visions of atomic energy and a spectacular encounter with a giant squid. |
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