20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Village Roadshow film) way to Jules Verne, who uses it as a basis for his novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". The "Nautilus" gets its power by extracting the sun's heat from the sea water: this is impossible technology, and the movie wrongly calls it hydroelectricity. "DVD Verdict" wrote the miniseries "comes off as incomplete", but praised Michael Caine's performance as Captain Nemo. David Cornelius of "DVD Talk" called the adaptation "dreadfully dull", disapproving of director Hardy's and screenwriter Nelson's work. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Village Roadshow film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1997 two-part television miniseries produced
French ship Jules Verne (A620) French ship Jules Verne (A620) Jules Verne is a repair ship of the French Navy, named in honour of science-fiction writer Jules Verne. Originally named "Achéron" and intended as an ammunition transport ship, she was converted to repair ship after her keel had been laid. "Jules Verne" was long based in Djibouti (she was featured on the 10 000-Djiboutian francs banknote). In 1997, she was assigned to the Force d'Action Navale. She was designed to replenish, refuel and repair the ships of an operational force at sea. She was fitted with a complete 240-m2 hospital including an operating theatre, a