20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Village Roadshow film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997 Village Roadshow film) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1997 two-part television miniseries produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, based on the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne. It was written by Brian Nelson and directed by Rod Hardy. The "Nautilus" has been sinking and damaging ships and is at first thought to be a giant narwhal. Pierre Aronnax and Ned Land and Cabe Attucks fall off the USS "Abraham Lincoln" and are picked up by the "Nautilus". Pierre Aronnax's father Thierry Aronnax is with the US naval party. Nemo
French ship Jules Verne (A620) recompression chamber and 16 beds. In May 2016 "Jules Verne" arrived at Ghent, Belgium for recycling by Galloo Group. Jules Verne fleet tender 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