20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985 film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1985 film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1985 Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia. The film is based on Jules Verne's classic novel, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and was adapted by Stephen MacLean. It was produced by Tim Brooke-Hunt and featured original music by John Stuart. The copyright in this film is now owned by Pulse Distribution and Entertainment and administered by digital rights management firm NuTech Digital. In the year 1866, a mysterious sea-monster is hunting the depths of the oceans and rising only to attack and destroy
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea he sees him one last time (although secretly), and hears him say "Almighty God! Enough! Enough!". Aronnax immediately goes to his companions and they are ready to escape. But while they loosen the dinghy, they discover that the "Nautilus" has wandered into the Moskenstraumen, more commonly known as the "Maelstrom". They manage to escape and find refuge on a nearby island off the coast of Norway, but the fate of the "Nautilus" is unknown. Captain Nemo's name is an allusion to Homer's "Odyssey", a Greek epic poem. In "The Odyssey", Odysseus meets the monstrous cyclops Polyphemus during the course of