Voyage to Bottom of Sea [VHS]
by Irwin Allen
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Actor: Barbara Eden, Joan Fontaine, Peter Lorre, Robert Sterling, Walter PidgeonDirector: Irwin Allen
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 1997-02-11
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
VHS Movie Reviews of Voyage to Bottom of Sea [VHS]
Movie Review: Classic Irwin Allen!
Summary: 4 Stars
Irwin Allen was known as The Master of Disaster. Some of the Disaster movies credited to his name include The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno and Earthquake! The movies featured all-star casts and earned Academy award nominations for special effects. One of the first disaster movies for Irwin Allen, was Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea! The movie featured an all-star cast as well. Walter Pidgeon was cast as Admiral Harriman Nelson, the creator and builder of the Seaview. Peter Lorre was cast as Commodore Lucious Emory, a brilliant physicist and friend to Admiral Nelson. Robert Sterling was cast as Commander Lee Crane, the Captain of the Seaview. Joan Fontaine was Dr. Hilliard, a noted psychiatrist who was on board Seaview for a research project and Barbara Eden who was cast as Lieutenant Kathy Connors, secretary to Admiral Nelson and engaged to Captain Crane.
As the movie opened, the Seaview was surfacing at the North Pole for a shakedown cruise under the polar ice. The Seaview, a super submarine built by Admiral Nelson, equipped with the latest in technology. One of the features on Seaview, was its amazing glass nose. During the cruise is when the Van Allen Belt of Radiation, exploded at the 300 mile level. When Seaview surfaced, Admiral Nelson & Captain Crane discover, the polar ice cap is melting. When contact was re-established, Admiral Nelson was ordered to the United Nations Building for an emergency scientific conference. His trip to New York City, would have to be made on Seaview. The thermal conditions have grounded all aircraft. During the trip, a survivor from Ice Flow Delta is rescued. The individual is Dr. Miguel Alvarez, portrayed by Barbara Eden's real life husband Michael Ansara. When Seaview arrives in New York, Both Admiral Nelson & Commodore Emory present their plan that would hopefully extinguish the Van Allen Belt. Admiral Nelson's plan calls for the use of a nuclear missile, fired from Seaview. As the nuclear warhead explodes, the hope is, the overdose of radiation will cause the radiation belt to explode outward into space and clear of Earth's magnetic field. The critics agrue, the reverse could happen. The belt could explode inward and incinerate the surface of the Earth. The plan they want to see approved, is allow the belt to burn itself out. Admiral Nelson was not going to abide by the UN decision.He wanted the present his idea to the President of the United States. Since his plan would involve the use of a nuclear weapon, Presidential authorization would be required for the firing of the missile from Seaview.
The rest of the movie, would be a fight for survival. As the Seaview travels from New York City to the Pacific Ocean to the firing position off of Guam, They encounter obstacles. The first, the thermal conditions knocks out the use of the Panama Canal. The travel time would be increased as Seaview travels around South America to enter the Pacific Ocean. One of the hopes Admiral Nelson has to make contact with Washington, is the Rio to London telephone cable. During the search for the cable, one of the obstacles they encounter is the Giant Squid. With contact with Washington now impossible, Admiral Nelson must act on his own. His decision is, to proceed to the firing position off of Guam, to fire the missile. During the trip, Admiral Nelson discovers, there's a saboteur on board Seaview. The first act, the ship's generator is rendered useless. Without the generator, Seaview's sonar is useless. Admiral Nelson can't afford to waste time and orders the ship to proceed on course. The next obstacle they encounter is the mine field. The mini-sub has to be used to free Seaview. However, the mini-sub and its two man crew is lost. At first, they thought the saboteur was Lieutenant Hodges, the ship's chief engineer. Lieutenant Hodges commits suicide for his act. As the movie progresses, this theory is proven incorrect. The death of Lieutenant Hodges was a cover-up to the real saboteurs. One of the other obstacles was the fire in Admiral Nelson's cabin. As the DC parties were putting out the fire, it was discovered, gas was in Seaview's air conditioning system, forcing the ship to surface to ventilate. While Seaview is on the surface, is when they encounter the derelict yacht. This is when they discover, Seaview is hunted ship. The world subs were on a seek & destroy mission to prevent the Seaview from firing the missile. Both Admiral Nelson & Captain Crane have to deal with another possible problem - a mutiny! Admiral Nelson allows those desiring to go home, to go home on the yacht. He provides food & water to give them a fighting chance. Another problem confronting Captain Crane, is Admiral Nelson's behavior. Naturally, Captain Crane is concerned for Seaview and his crew. The only option available to the Captain, would be to relieve Admiral Nelson of his command. Instead of placing him under arrest, the Admiral would be placed on sick list. This is when the Seaview encounters the other sub and the torpedo attack. The only option available, is to use Seaview's deep diving capability as they dive into the Marianas Trench. Not realizing Seaview's deep diving capability, the other sub follows until the sub implodes for exceeding its Crush Depth. As the Seaview returns to the surface, Admiral Nelson gives the order to prepare the missile for firing. He discovers, there's no burn out point for the Van Allen Belt. At this point in the movie, the real saboteurs are revealed. Dr. Hilliard & Dr. Alvarez are the saboteurs. They want to stop the firing of the missile at all costs. Dr. Hilliard is in the reactor room. During her sabotage attempt, she receives a fatal dose of radiation. She encounters Captain Crane. During a steam explosion, Dr. Hilliard falls into the shark tank and she's attacked. Dr. Alvarez is holding the ship at bay, with a bomb in the observation nose. After receiving a report of what's going on, the only option available to Captain Crane, was a manual firing of the missile. Now in his wet suit, Captain Crane proceeds to the open missile tube and attaches a magnetic primer to the missile. Seeing what Captain Crane is trying to accomplish on the sail camera, Admiral Nelson tries to buy him some time as the Captain sets the magnetic primer. When the ship's clock read 4:00, Alvarez was under the impression, the Admiral missed his firing point. A few seconds later, the magnetic primer activates, firing the missile. The backwash of the missile being fired, allows the crew to take Alvarez into custody. With the Seaview now on the surface, both Admiral Nelson & Commodore Emory witness their plan working as the Van Allen Belt is extinguished as it explodes outward into space. As the movie concludes, the Seaview is going home.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea received good reviews and did well at the box office. A few years later, Irwin Allen recast the movie into a series and brought it to television. Richard Basehart would be Admiral Nelson and David Hedison would be Captain Crane.
If you are a fan of Irwin Allen's movies, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - The Global Warming Edition, would make a nice addition to anyone's DVD library. The movie is one of Mr. Allen's early disaster movies that would eventually establish him as The Master of Disaster. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is definitely Classic Irwin Allen!
Summary of Voyage to Bottom of Sea [VHS]
A routine scientific expedition to the North Pole turns into a race to save all mankind when a radiation belt in space causes a fiery inferno on Earth. Admiral Nelson (Walter Pidgeon) and the crew of the atomic submarine Seaview battle saboteurs, giant sea-creatures and attacks by enemy submarines as they race to prevent global catastrophe. Renowned disaster film producer, Irwin Allen, produces and directs an all-star cast including Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lore, and Frankie Avalon. The stunning visual effects and breathtaking underwater photography make this one of the most respected sci-fi adventure classics of all time.20,000 Leagues Under the Sea gets a dose of On the Beach in Irwin Allen's visually impressive but scientifically silly Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. While the Seaview, the world's most advanced experimental submarine, maneuvers under the North Pole, the Van Allen radiation belt catches fire, giving the concept "global warming" an entirely new dimension. As the Earth broils in temperatures approaching 170 degrees?F, Walter Pidgeon's maniacally driven Admiral Nelson hijacks the Seaview and plays tag with the world's combined naval forces on a race to the South Pacific, where he plans to extinguish the interstellar fire with a well-placed nuclear missile. But first he has to fight a mutinous crew, an alarmingly effective saboteur, not one but two giant squid attacks, and a host of design flaws that nearly cripple the mission (note to Nelson: think backup generators). Barbara Eden shimmies to Frankie Avalon's trumpet solos in the most formfitting naval uniform you've ever seen, fish-loving Peter Lorre plays in the shark tank, gloomy religious fanatic Michael Ansara preaches Armageddon, and Joan Fontaine looks very uncomfortable playing an armchair psychoanalyst. It's all pretty absurd, but Allen pumps it up with larger-than-life spectacle and lovely miniature work. --Sean Axmaker
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