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Mysterious Island (2005)

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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 2

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Release Date: Aug 1, 1961 Wide

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Five prisoners of war escape captivity in a Confederate prison camp only to land in an uncharted Pacific island where time stands still and dastardly pirates don't take kindly to strangers in director Russell Mulcahy's screen adaptation of fantasy author Jules Verne's literary classic. They thought they were on their way to freedom when they leapt into a balloon and took to the skies, but upon landing on an island where nothing is as it seems, these escapees are about to embark on the adventure

Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.

Action & Adventure, Kids & Family, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Cy Endfield

In Theaters: Aug 1, 1961 Wide

On DVD: Jan 3, 2006

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment

Mysterious Island Trailer & Photos

Cast

Kyle MacLachlan
Captain Cyrus Smith
Gabrielle Anwar
Jane Spillet
Vinnie Jones
Bob Harvey
Omar Gooding
Neb
Patrick Stewart
Captain Nemo
Michael Craig
Capt. Cyrus Harding
Joan Greenwood
Mary Fairchild
Michael Callan
Herbert Brown
Gary Merrill
Gideon Spillet
Herbert Lom
Capt. Nemo
Percy Herbert
Sgt. Pencroft
Beth Rogan
Elena
Dan Jackson
Neb
Nigel Green
Tom
Harry Monty

Critic Reviews for Mysterious Island

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (2) | DVD (6)

Watchable only because of the terrific stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen.

July 31, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Joan Greenwood's regally unflappable Lady Mary Fairchild proves again ... that her voice distills Victoria's Empire to the creamy consistency of warm butterscotch pudding.

April 5, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com

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Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

Columbia TriStar's DVD ... underscores both the benefits and the perils of the medium.... its crisp resolution really brings out the flaws in the source material....

April 5, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com

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Mark Bourne

DVDJournal.com

Still fun, but dated special effects.

January 2, 2005 Comment

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Harryhausen's special effects plus a Hermmann score, unbeatable.

August 13, 2002 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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good cheesy Harryhousen fun. My only gripe is that it has very little of Harryhousens stop motion skills in it, probably 16 minutes of stop motion in the whole film. Considering his other movies this has the shortest amount of stop motion in it.

July 8, 2011

Michael Edwards

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Mysterious Island is one of Ray Harryhausen's best movies.The stop-motion monsters in this movie are magnificent, especially the giant bees in the honycomb. The cast includes Herbert Lom as Captain Nemo and he and the others all play excellent parts. Bernard Herrman's music score is excellent and it may be his best.The

December 29, 2009