Even More Seaviews
Voyage to
the bottom of the Sea-The Movie
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Original poster art from
the 1961 release of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Unlike
many science-fiction fantasy films, where the marketing art implies much
more than you ever get during the experiencing of the film, the Voyage
poster depicts pretty much what you get in the film--that is, it delivers
the GOODS.
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The observation
nose had a kind of "hotel" feel to it in the feature film. Note
the conveniently place ashtray, there obviously as a receptacle for the
Admiral's cigars. And my gosh--is that shag carpet? From left to
right, Robert Sterling as Captain Lee Crane, Walter Pidgeon as Admiral
Harriman Nelson, Howard McNear as Congressman Parker, Regis Toomey as Admiral
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The sequence that follows
is taken from the Voyage movie and represents some of the best underwater
miniature photography (my opinion, yes of course) ever done on
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Hot on the Heals of USOS Seaview, this generic
teardrop sub
may soon be toast. Whadday ya
think? |
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The small scale of the Bubbles on these shots taken with the
8-foot model reinforces the apparent large scale of the submarine.
The bubbles were generated by an internal forced air system which expelled
them durring filming. No computer-generate shots back then, but they
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Scratch one generic teardrop Navy sub.
Note that the fiery illumination of the explosion is a product of
the the model's detonation, not computer enhancement. Pretty
cool. Interesting position Seaview's officers were put in.
Unable to fire on a U.N. sub ordered to hunt down and destroy them,
Nelson ordered Seaview to dive toward her superior crush depth,
leaving thier pursuer in the
lurch. | |
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