An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 4 nominations total
Mary Brady
- Kirsty
- (uncredited)
Alan Caillou
- Rector
- (uncredited)
Gertrude the Duck
- Gertrude
- (uncredited)
John Epper
- Groom
- (uncredited)
Edith Evanson
- Innkeeper
- (uncredited)
Alex Finlayson
- Prof. Bayle
- (uncredited)
Molly Glessing
- News Vendor
- (uncredited)
Frederick Halliday
- Chancellor
- (uncredited)
Kendrick Huxham
- Scots Newsman
- (uncredited)
Owen McGiveney
- Shopkeeper
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJames Mason reportedly had very little patience with Arlene Dahl's "movie star" preening. Their relationship off-screen was very much like their relationship on- screen.
- Goofs(at around 21 mins) Early in the movie, Oliver Lindenbrook speaks of the "stars and galaxies of outer space." In the 1880s, however, our Milky Way galaxy was believed to constitute the entire universe. Knowledge that other galaxies exist beyond our own did not come about till the 1920s. Thus a man of the 1880s would not use the word "galaxy" in its plural form.
- Quotes
Sir Oliver Lindenbrook: Are we to be abducted every day in Iceland?
- Alternate versionsIn some European versions of the film, for example the Spanish dubbing, the "Prof of Geology's Song" was re-dubbed into the "Gaudeamus Igitur" song.
- ConnectionsEdited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999)
- SoundtracksMy Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
By Robert Burns
Set to music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Sung by Pat Boone
Featured review
Wonderful fantasy adventure.
Intrepid professor Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook leads an expedition towards the center of the Earth via an extinct Icelandic volcano. The journey is sure to be fraught with danger and little do they know that their trip will take in many unchartered wonders.......both good and bad!
As adventure films go, Journey To The Center Of The Earth has few peers, it's a wonderful film based around the Jules Verne story of the same name. There are no hidden agendas here, no wry social commentary or satirical edginess, it is pure fantastical entertainment that wants you to enjoy its science heart whilst you have a blast following this group into the wondrous unknown. Lost cities, prehistoric lizards, underground oceans, crystal caves, sand mines, murder, sabotage, and on it goes for just over two hours of delightful movie making, it even has time for a bit of cheeky sexual tom foolery for the knowing adult.
I'm sure the likes of Spielberg & Lucas were nodding in approval back in the day.
The sets, the sound, and the special effects were all nominated for academy awards, and sure enough all may well seem tame by todays bloated standards, but this is 1959 and let your mind be back to that time and you surely will be taken in by this joyous experience. While I must also mention that location footage shot in the beautiful Carlsbad Caverns adds to the dynamic feel of the picture. Lead acting duties fall to the irrepressible James Mason as Lindenbrook, perfectly cast as he nails all the traits of this dyed in the wood professor. Support comes from Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl {the colour photography perfectly showing her piercing eyes}, Peter Ronson and star of the show Gertrude The Duck.
It was magical to me as a child, it's still as magical to me now I'm in my advancing years, wonderful indeed. 9/10
As adventure films go, Journey To The Center Of The Earth has few peers, it's a wonderful film based around the Jules Verne story of the same name. There are no hidden agendas here, no wry social commentary or satirical edginess, it is pure fantastical entertainment that wants you to enjoy its science heart whilst you have a blast following this group into the wondrous unknown. Lost cities, prehistoric lizards, underground oceans, crystal caves, sand mines, murder, sabotage, and on it goes for just over two hours of delightful movie making, it even has time for a bit of cheeky sexual tom foolery for the knowing adult.
I'm sure the likes of Spielberg & Lucas were nodding in approval back in the day.
The sets, the sound, and the special effects were all nominated for academy awards, and sure enough all may well seem tame by todays bloated standards, but this is 1959 and let your mind be back to that time and you surely will be taken in by this joyous experience. While I must also mention that location footage shot in the beautiful Carlsbad Caverns adds to the dynamic feel of the picture. Lead acting duties fall to the irrepressible James Mason as Lindenbrook, perfectly cast as he nails all the traits of this dyed in the wood professor. Support comes from Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl {the colour photography perfectly showing her piercing eyes}, Peter Ronson and star of the show Gertrude The Duck.
It was magical to me as a child, it's still as magical to me now I'm in my advancing years, wonderful indeed. 9/10
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Put u srediste Zemlje
- Filming locations
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park - 727 Carlsbad Caverns Highway, Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA(the center of the earth)
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- Budget
- $3,440,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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