During the pre-production design
phase, submarine Seaview went through various incarnations. One
of the original concepts, as documented by Tim Colliver in
his book, SEAVIEW: The Making of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,
was that of the more conventional tear-drop shape submersible with
a totally unconventional transparent viewing room aft of the conning
tower. The
original cover of the Voyage novel published June 17th of 1961,
about three weeks prior to the film’s release July 12th reflects
this early design . |
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Another early concept is revealed
in a set of pre-production paintings that was included in the
June 2007 "Global
Warming" release of the 1961 Voyage movie and can be seen below. Seaview's
transparent nose concept is implicit, though on a much more grandiose
and scientifically unlikely scale than that which wound up on-screen
(thank heaven!) Aficionados
of Seaview's classic design might cringe at the thought that
Fox might have gone with this earlier (below) design. Unlikely
in any event, as it would have cost a LOT more money to depict and
would have been much less scientifically credible. Mouse
over each production painting to reveal it's actual filmed counterpart. |
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