Journey to the Center of the Earth [VHS]
by Henry Levin
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Actor: Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, James Mason, Pat Boone, Thayer DavidDirector: Henry Levin
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Editor: Jack W. Holmes
Editor: Stuart Gilmore
Producer: Charles Brackett
Writer: Charles Brackett
Writer: Jules Verne
Writer: Walter Reisch
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; French (Original Language); Icelandic (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 132 minutes
Release Date: 1996-01-02
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
VHS Movie Reviews of Journey to the Center of the Earth [VHS]
Movie Review: a four-star adventure story!
Summary: 4 Stars
I first saw Journey as a 12-year old on December 31, 1959, almost exactly 50 years ago. It was playing in downtown Philadelphia at the long-since-shuttered Arcadia Theatre on Chestnut St. I was blown away by its then imaginative special effects as well as the imposing score by Bernard Herrmann. The story and acting by James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Pat Boone, and the rest were also excellent.
In its 1998 DVD restoration, the color and sound are spectacularly life-like. Compared to its 2007 re-make, it appeals to all ages, not just those under 14. Sure, its effects now look primitive, if not tacky, in places, but the overall effect of the film retains its power, to those not completely jaded by CGI. Its treatment of women is pass? to say the least, but Arlene Dahl proves more than a match for the cantankerous Prof. Lindenbrook of James Mason.
I think of it as a film that families with young children could enjoy together but perhaps its leisurely pacing redolent of the Victorian era in which Jules Verne wrote together with its now unsophisticated special effects limit its appeal somewhat.
Summary of Journey to the Center of the Earth [VHS]
James Mason plays Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, a scientist hoping to find the world's core in this 1959 adaptation of the Jules Verne novel. He leads his unusual party on an expedition to the center of the earth, by way of a volcano in Iceland. On the way, they encounter enormous mushrooms and giant prehistoric monsters. Produced by Michael Todd with then-spectacular special effects, the story was modernized to 1950s sensibilities. Mason gives this class, while Arlene Dahl and Diane Baker are the romantic interests. And Pat Boone is more palatable than you might expect as a secondary lead. You can watch this with your children and not be bored, and they will surely love it. --Rochelle O'GormanAction & Adventure VHS Video
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