20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997): Season 1, Episode 1 - Episode #1.1 - full transcript

[THUNDER]

[DISTORTED VOICE]
LITTLE MAN...

[ECHOING]
HA HA HA HA!

MODERATOR: GENTLEMEN,
PLEASE BE SEATED.

THE MINUTES OF
THE PREVIOUS MEETING
BEING WAIVED,

WE CAN NOW PROCEED
WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS.

NOW, AT LAST, WE WELCOME
TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY
OF MARITIME SCIENCE

PIERRE ARRONAX,
JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR

AT THE PARIS MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY.

[SCATTERED APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU...



AND, UH...

MY TITLE IS--EXCUSE ME--
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,

NOT JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR.

UH...

UH, IF SOMEONE COULD
PLEASE CLOSE THE SHUTTERS.

THANK YOU.

LET ME BEGIN.

JULY 20, 1866...

THE CAPTAIN
OF THE GOVERNOR HIGGINSON

SIGHTS A HUGE MASS
OFF THE WESTERN COAST
OF AUSTRALIA.

A MASS WHICH MYSTERIOUSLY
OUTRACES HIM

TO THE HORIZON LINE.

JULY 26, 1866...

THE CRISTOBAL COLON
SIGHTS A SIMILAR MASS
IN MID-PACIFIC.



THIS CAPTAIN DETERMINES
THE CREATURE ITSELF
LARGER THAN ANY WHALE.

BUT HOW COULD IT HAVE
TRAVELED SO FAR...

SO FAST?

MARCH 1867...

THE MORAVIAN STRIKES
A HUGE ROCK IN
THE MIDDLE OF OPEN WATERS

WHERE NO SUCH ROCK EXISTS.

APRIL...THE SCOTIA,
PRIDE OF THE CUNARD LINE,

SEES THE CREATURE
FROM A DISTANCE

AND TRIES TO INVESTIGATE.

FOR ITS TROUBLES,

THE SCOTIA IS RAMMED
BY SOME UNSEEN FORCE,

AGAIN NEARLY
SINKING THE SHIP.

THE HOLE FOUND
IN THE HULL IS A CLEAN CUT,

AS IF MADE
BY A GIANT KNIFE.

ALL THIS
IS KNOWN TO US!

WHAT IS
YOUR THEORY?

DEBATE HAS RAGED IN BOTH
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
AND THE POPULAR PRESS

OVER THE NATURE
OF THE CREATURE.

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS
SOME GREAT UNDERSEA CRAFT

IS STALKING THE WATERS.

AND WHO COULD
BUILD THIS CRAFT
AND KEEP IT SECRET?

SUCH AN EFFORT WOULD
REQUIRE THE STRENGTHS
AND THE TALENTS

OF MEN ACROSS THE WORLD.

WHEN HAVE THE WORLD'S
GOVERNMENTS EVER PERMITTED
SUCH AN EXCHANGE?

ARE YOU PREPARED TO BELIEVE
IN SOME MASTER INVENTOR

WHO LIVES OUTSIDE
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES?

IN SOME FREELANCE GENIUS
WHO OUTSTRIPS ALL KNOWN
NAVAL TECHNOLOGY?

SO IT IS NOT
A MAN-MADE CRAFT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT IS, LITTLE MAN?

SIR...
WE KNOW EACH OTHER.

MANY TIMES I HAVE
LISTENED TO YOUR TIRADES.

INDULGE ME THIS ONCE.

I PROPOSE THE EXISTENCE

OF A GIGANTIC...

NARWHAL.

[LAUGHTER]

A CREATURE BELIEVED IN
BY THE ANCIENTS.

A HYBRID MAMMAL
CAPABLE OF SWIMMING
AT FANTASTIC SPEEDS,

WITH AN IVORY HORN WHOSE
POINT IS INCISIVE ENOUGH

TO CLEAVE THE HULL PLATES
OF SHIPS LIKE THE MORAVIAN
AND THE SCOTIA.

THE CREATURE--

HE WANTS US
TO BELIEVE IN SOME SORT
OF UNICORN OF THE SEA!

THERE ARE
MANY MYSTERIES
IN THE SEAS.

HE COULD BE RIGHT.

HERR SCHNEIDER,
ARE YOU BLINDED
BY THE LIGHT

FROM HIS
MAGIC LANTERN SHOW?

HE OFFERS US SOME
SORT OF CARNIVAL SHOW

INSTEAD OF
A SCIENTIFIC LECTURE,
AND YOU ARE IMPRESSED!

WELL SAID.

WE ARE SCIENTISTS,
NOT STORYTELLERS.

WHEN ONE HAS RULED OUT
ALL OTHER ALTERNATIVES,

WHAT MORE--WHAT MORE--

IT'S THE FRENCH,
YOU KNOW.

THEY'RE ALWAYS
DREAMING!

STOP WASTING
OUR TIME!

THE WRITINGS OF ARISTOTLE
ARGUE THAT SUCH A CREATURE--

THAT SUCH A CREATURE--

THAT SUCH A CREATURE
DID IN FACT EXIST!

[LAUGHING AND SHOUTING]

[APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU, FATHER.

REALLY, ARRONAX,
DID YOU HAVE TO?

HE WON'T EMBARRASS ME
WITH THOSE LUDICROUS
THEORIES, LYDIA.

BUT HE'S
GOING TO LOSE--

HE'S GOING TO HAVE
TO KNOW THAT BEING A MAN

MEANS HE'D BETTER
KNOW HOW TO FIGHT.

NOW, THIS EVENING...
DINNER WITH
THE COVINGTONS?

OR SOMETHING
A LITTLE MORE PRIVATE?

MONSIEUR ARRONAX?

WHERE ARE YOU HEADED
IN SUCH A HURRY?

THE NEXT SHIP
BACK TO FRANCE.

IF YOU CONTINUE
AT THIS PACE, SIR,

YOU'LL OUTRACE
AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT.

EDWARD SAXON
OF THE CUNARD LINE.

IS THIS A JOKE?

MY FATHER SENT YOU
TO EMBARRASS ME FURTHER?

NOT AT ALL.

I WOULD LIKE
TO GRANT YOU

A SCIENTIFIC
OPPORTUNITY,
YOUNG ARRONAX.

I'D JUST AS SOON YOU DIDN'T
CALL ME "YOUNG" ARRONAX.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF
THAT ATTITUDE FOR ONE DAY.

AS YOU WISH.

MAY I HELP?

THANK YOU.

WERE YOU INVOLVED IN
THE WRECK OF THE SCOTIA?

TO SOME MINDS, I WAS
ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY
RESPONSIBLE.

WHAT? THE SCOTIA
WAS ATTACKED

BY THE SAME BEAST
AS ALL THE OTHER
SHIPS, YES?

WELL, ONLY AFTER
I INSISTED THAT
THE CAPTAIN INVESTIGATE.

YOU BLAME YOURSELF.

NO, NO.
I'D DO IT AGAIN.

IT'S MY JOB
WITH THE CUNARD LINE

TO DEVELOP NEW FORMS
OF OCEAN TRAVEL.

NOT JUST AS MERE
TRANSPORTATION,

BUT AS A FORM OF
LEISURE ACTIVITY FOR
THE MONEYED CLASS.

SO THIS BEAST THREATENS
YOUR JOB WITH EVERY
VESSEL IT ATTACKS.

LET'S PUT IT
A LITTLE LESS
CRASSLY.

THE BEAST THREATENS
THE DOMINION WE HOLD

OVER THE EARTH
AND THE SEAS.

THE OCEAN ISN'T SIMPLY
OURS TO DO WITH
AS WE PLEASE, MR. SAXON.

PERHAPS THE BEAST
REPRESENTS THE OCEAN
CALLING FOR RESPECT.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND
PUT IT CRASSLY, THEN.

FOR THE SAKE OF MY JOB,
I WANT TO PUT A STOP
TO THIS BEAST.

NOW, FOR THE SAKE
OF YOUR CAREER,
ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP?

OR AT THE VERY LEAST
BE WITNESS TO IT ALL?

GOOD GOD, MAN,
WHAT IS THE MATTER?

"HE WHO HESITATES."
HAVEN'T YOU EVER
HEARD THAT ONE?

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
SHOULDN'T FIND ITSELF

TOO GRATEFUL
TO COMMERCIAL SUPPORT,
MR. SAXON.

LOOK, YOU WERE
THE ONLY ONE
AT THAT CONFERENCE

INTERESTED
IN SOMETHING BIGGER
THAN PLANKTON.

SOMETHING BIG ENOUGH
TO MATTER TO MEN
LIKE YOU AND ME,

AND THEY
LAUGHED AT YOU.

NOW, DO YOU WANT
A CHANCE TO PROVE
THEM WRONG?

OR DO YOU WANT
TO BE CALLED
"YOUNG" ARRONAX

FOR THE REST
OF YOUR DAMN LIFE?

ARRONAX, SR.:
HAVE YOU ACTUALLY
READ MY SON'S NOVEL?

IT IS FILLED
WITH MORE OBSCURE
GREEK PHRASES THAN...

PIERRE!

I AM SO GLAD
YOU DIDN'T LEAVE.

HERE, JOIN US.
I'M SURE YOUR FATHER
REGRETS THE SCENE.

PARDON MY LANGUAGE,
BUT HELL WILL
FREEZE SOLID

BEFORE MY FATHER
EXPRESSES REGRET
OVER ANYTHING.

YOU DIDN'T DESERVE
THAT TREATMENT.

YOU SPOKE
WONDERFULLY.

IT WAS A REMARKABLE
PRESENTATION.

YES, WHICH WON ME
THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING
DISMISSED AND RIDICULED

AS AN IMAGINATIVE
DREAMER.

IGNORE THEM.

THOSE MEN WERE BORN
WITHOUT A DROP
OF IMAGINATION.

YES, AND THEY
DON'T ENVY ME
THE QUALITY I HAVE.

WELL, THEY SHOULD.

WHAT SCIENTIFIC
ADVANCES CAN BE MADE

WITHOUT IMAGINATION
TO CHART THE WAY?

I'M NO PROFESSOR,
BUT I WAS QUITE MOVED.

I'VE--I'VE
READ YOUR BOOK,

BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN
YOU AT WORK BEFORE.

WELL...TREASURE
THE MEMORY.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

LYDIA!

WHO ARE YOU DALLYING WITH?

OH. THE OFFSPRING.

REALLY, ARRONAX,
DOESN'T YOUR SON
DESERVE BETTER?

DON'T I
DESERVE BETTER?

I'VE BEEN ASKING
MYSELF FOR YEARS.

I'M SORRY
TO HAVE DISAPPOINTED
YOU SO, FATHER.

YES, I KNOW.

I KNOW YOU ARE,
AND YOU'RE SORRY

FOR ALL THE TROUBLE
YOU CAUSED AT THE ACADEMY,

BUT WHAT IS DONE IS DONE.

I'LL CONVEY
YOUR APOLOGIES TO ALL,

WE'LL SAY NO MORE
ABOUT IT.

NICE OF YOU TO DROP BY.

ARRONAX.

LYDIA, YOUR ATTENTIONS
TO PIERRE ARE GENEROUS.

MORE THAN GENEROUS,
BUT, UH...

DON'T GO SETTING YOURSELF UP
AS THE BOY'S MOTHER.

PIERRE,
DON'T MIND HIM.

HIS LAST MOTHER DIED
GIVING BIRTH TO HIM.

HE CAN BE QUITE
HARD ON A MOTHER.

OR A FATHER.

LYDIA, I WAS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A STORY.

I NEED TO SPEAK
TO YOU ALONE, FATHER.

OF COURSE YOU NEED
TO SPEAK TO ME ALONE.

YOU DON'T FARE SO WELL
AT PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES,
DO YOU?

I'VE COME
TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

HOW SENTIMENTAL
MY SON IS.

VERY WELL, GOOD-BYE.
SEE YOU AT CHRISTMAS.

THIS IS NOT
AN ORDINARY GOOD-BYE.

IT MAY BE MY LAST.

HE HAS A SENSE
OF THE DRAMATIC, NO?

I AM BOARDING A TRAIN
FOR BOSTON HARBOR
IN THE MORNING.

THE CUNARD LINE
AND THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT

ARE SPONSORING
AN EXPEDITION.

WE ARE GOING TO HUNT
THE BEAST UNDER THE SEA.

IT IS POSSIBLE
WE WILL NOT RETURN.

ARE YOU SAYING...

ARE YOU SAYING I MIGHT NOT
EVER SEE YOU AGAIN?

AND THIS IS
A SETTLING OF ACCOUNTS?

A FINAL FAREWELL?

WELL, THEN GIVE
MY REGARDS TO THE MERMAIDS,
LITTLE SAILOR.

[LAUGHTER]

OH, AND DON'T FORGET
WINKEN, BLINKEN, AND NOD.

GENTLEMEN, PLEASE.
HA HA HA!

I WANTED
TO SAY GOOD-BYE.

FAREWELL, LYDIA.

AND TO APOLOGIZE
FOR YOUR FATHER.

IF HE TRULY
WISHES TO APOLOGIZE,

HE KNOWS
WHERE TO FIND ME.

HE IS MORE THAN
CAPABLE OF NAVIGATING
THE DISTANCE.

YOU KNOW THAT'S
JUST HIS WAY, PIERRE.

ANYBODY WHO WANTS ATTENTION
HAS TO FIGHT FOR IT.

AND BECAUSE I DON'T
REDUCE EVERY QUARREL

TO THE LEVEL
OF ARMED COMBAT,

I AM ALWAYS...
PUNISHED FOR IT.

WHY DO YOU
APOLOGIZE FOR HIM?

WHY DO YOU...

A WIDOW DOESN'T HAVE QUITE
AS MANY ALTERNATIVES.

HE'S A PASSIONATE MAN.

HE...

HE DOESN'T HESITATE.

DO YOU TRULY EXPECT
NOT TO RETURN?

I'M NOT GIVEN TO SAYING
THINGS FOR THE EFFECT.

MY HUSBAND DIED
DURING THE WAR.

HE WAS SHOT DOWN IN
THE BATTLE FOR RICHMOND.

I BEGGED HIM NOT TO FIGHT,
NOT TO LEAVE ME A WIDOW.

FORTUNATELY,
IT IS MY FATHER

WHO YOU KEEP COMPANY
WITH, NOT MYSELF.

HE'S NOT LIKELY
TO JOIN ANY BATTLE,

AND YOU WON'T
SUFFER ANY GREAT LOSS
IF I DON'T RETURN.

PIERRE...

I'M--I'M SO SORRY.
SO SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

[TRAIN RUMBLING]

THINKIN' YOU'RE GETTING
ON THIS TRAIN, BOY?

SAME AS
EVERYONE ELSE.

YOU GOT YOURSELF
A TICKET?

SAME AS
EVERYONE ELSE.

I PAID A LOT OF MONEY
FOR THAT TICKET.

OH, IT'S A SHAME
YOU LOST IT.

WHAT KIND OF DIRTY--

DON'T YOU GET
ORNERY WITH ME.

NOW, YOU CAN EITHER
WALK AWAY FROM THIS
OR BE BEATEN AWAY.

PARDON ME--

KEEP OUT OF THIS.

THOUGHT YOU'D SEEN
THAT THIS TRAIN

DOESN'T HAVE ANY
BOXCARS FOR THIS TRIP.

NOW, THIS TRAIN IS GOING
TO BE REACHING BOSTON
WITHOUT YOU ON IT.

AM I CORRECT?

WE'LL SOON RELIEVE
THAT NOTION THAT YOU'RE
JUST LIKE ONE OF US.

YOU CAN'T JUST--

IT'S DONE,
ARRONAX.

I THOUGHT THEY FOUGHT
A WAR IN THIS COUNTRY

FOR THE RIGHTS
OF MEN LIKE HIM?

HMM. YES, WELL.

EXCUSE ME.

HERE WE ARE.

WHERE?

AH, YES.

EXCUSE ME.

PSST. SIR.

WHAT DO YOU DO
FOR A TICKET?

I MUST HAVE LOST IT.

MY ASSOCIATE WILL
BUY ME ANOTHER. I HOPE.

PIERRE ARRONAX
OF PARIS.

CABELL ATTUCKS.
CABE. OUT OF
NEW ORLEANS MYSELF.

HERE,
I'LL TAKE THAT.

I SUPPOSE THAT SORT
OF BUSINESS HAPPENS
TO YOU OFTEN?

ONCE IS TOO OFTEN.

THOUGHT I'D GET AWAY
FROM IT UP NORTH.

IS THAT WHAT
SENDS YOU TO BOSTON?

WELL, PARTLY.

THAT, AND WANTING
TO FIND WHERE
MY GREAT-GRANDDADDY DIED.

HE WAS SHOT IN
THE BOSTON MASSACRE.

CRISPUS ATTUCKS?
YOU'VE HEARD THE NAME?

YES.

WELL, FOLKS TELL ME
I GOT AN ANCESTOR
THAT WAS A HERO.

AND YOU WILL CONTINUE
THE TRADITION.

MAYBE.

YOU KNOW ANYONE
WHO'S HIRING HEROES
UP THERE IN BOSTON?

MAN: UNH!

UNH!
AH!

[AUSTRALIAN ACCENT]
YOU SHOULD WATCH
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

I MIGHT HAVE
PERFORATED YOU.

THINK YOU'RE A LITTLE OLD
TO BE PLAYING DARTS?

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE
TOSSED ONE THROUGH YOU.

NOW, NOW, GENTLEMEN,
DON'T BE QUARRELING
WITH MR. LAND.

HE'S OUR BEST WEAPON
AGAINST THE MONSTER.

BEST DAMN WHALER
IN THE ATLANTIC.

MODEST CUSS, TOO.

THIS IS NED LAND

FROM THE WHALING SHIP
HALIFAX,

AND PIERRE ARRONAX,
OCEANOGRAPHER,

WHOSE THEORIES
WE'LL PROVE WHEN WE
CAPTURE THE MONSTER.

AND HIS SERVANT CABELL.

I'M NOT HIS SERVANT.

MY FRIEND.

YES. WELL, THIS WAY,
PLEASE, GENTLEMEN.
COME ON.

MR. LAND...

YOU, TOO, BELIEVE
IN THE EXISTENCE

OF A GIANT
UNDERSEA CETACEAN?

OF COURSE NOT.

MEN ON SHORE BELIEVE
IN THAT SORT OF THING.

WHALERS DON'T.

I BELIEVE IN THE $500
MCCUTCHEON'S OFFERING

FOR THE FIRST PERSON
WHO SPOTS WHATEVER IT IS.

$500?

MORNING.

ADMIRAL.

A HUNTING BIRD
IS A BEAUTIFUL THING.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE,

YET SO CAPABLE
OF TAKING COMMANDS.

ADMIRAL MCCUTCHEON,
PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE

PROFESSOR...

PIERRE ARRONAX...

AND HIS ASSOCIATE,
ONE CABELL ATTUCKS.

ARRONAX?

BEEN TOLD ABOUT YOU.

BEEN TOLD YOU'LL
EXPECT TO BE CODDLED.

WELL, IT WON'T HAPPEN
ON MY SHIP.

NO, I WOULDN'T
EXPECT THAT, ADMIRAL.

YOU'LL BUNK DOWN IN THE AFT
LIKE ANY OTHER SWAB.

WELL, WE SAIL
AT DAWN.

ON WITH YOU.

SIR, IF I MAY...

WHO TOLD YOU I EXPECTED
TO BE CODDLED?

I GOT A TELEGRAM
FROM YOUR FATHER.

WELL, HE'D KNOW,
I EXPECT.

[BIRD SCREECHES]

[GASPING]

[THUNDER]

LITTLE MAN.

[GASPING]

WHAT'S WRONG?

I'M FINE.

PIERRE: JUNE 4, 1867.

MY NIGHTMARES
CONTINUE,

AND I AM NO CLOSER
TO UNDERSTANDING THEM.

I BEGIN A JOURNAL
OF THIS VOYAGE,

AS A SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENT.

AND AS AN AID TO MY
STRUGGLING CAREER.

I WONDER IF OUR QUEST
WILL PUT AN END
TO THESE NIGHTMARES,

OR PERHAPS,
AS WE CONFRONT THE BEAST,

I WILL LONG FOR
MY OLD NIGHTMARES.

WHAT TRULY LURKS
BENEATH THE SEAS?

WHAT MYSTERIES AWAIT?

11 KNOTS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST,
STEADY AS SHE GOES.

WELL DONE, CHAPS.

CARRY ON.

SO, ARRONAX...

WHERE DO YOU RECKON
WE'LL SIGHT THE BEAST?

DEEP WATERS.

IS THAT THE BEST
YOU CAN DO?

WELL, WHO KNOWS WHAT
THE CREATURE'S WAYS MAY BE?

WHO KNOWS HOW MANY WATERS
WE'LL HAVE TO SEARCH?

I'VE STARTED A JOURNAL,
MR. LAND.

OBJECTIVELY...

IF I FILL A PAGE A DAY,

AND WE SEE THE MONSTER
BY THE TIME I REACH THE END,

WE'LL HAVE HAD
GREAT LUCK.

YEAH.

PIERRE: JULY 14.

WE'VE BEEN AT SEA
FOR 6 WEEKS NOW.

NONE OF THE SHIPS
WE PASS

HAS ANY WORD
OF THE CREATURE WE SEEK.

NOR DO I...

DESPITE THE CONSTANT
QUESTIONING I RECEIVE
FROM THE CREW.

MCCUTCHEON HAS SUMMONED ME
BEFORE HIM THIS MORNING

AT AN HOUR
I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED
ALL HANDS TO BE ASLEEP.

PIERRE:
YOU'VE TAKEN MY BOOK.

THE RUMOR'S
AMONG THE CREW

YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT
THE MONSTER.

YOU THINK THESE THINGS
REALLY ARE SWIMMING
ALONG BENEATH US?

YES, SIR, I DO.

"CRYPTOZOOLOGY
OF THE OCEAN DEPTHS."

WHAT A COCK-AND-BULL
TALE.

IT EARNED MY SEAT
AS A PROFESSOR.

IT'S A STUDY OF
THE UNKNOWN ANIMALS

THAT COULD EXIST
AT THE OCEAN'S FLOOR.

IF THEY'RE UNKNOWN,

HOW DO YOU STUDY THEM?

YOU TAKE WHAT YOU DO KNOW
ABOUT AQUATIC LIFE FORMS,

USE LOGIC, IMAGINATION,
AND EXTRAPOLATE.

NO HELP AT ALL.

I WANTED SOME CLUES
AS TO WHAT KIND OF DEVIL
WE'RE CHASING HERE.

ASSUMING IT'S NOT
A MAN-MADE SHIP.

I'LL TELL YOU
ONE THING.

IF IT IS
A MAN-MADE SHIP

DISPATCHING OTHER SAILORS
TO WATERY GRAVES,

I'LL SEND THE MAN
COMMANDING IT

TO A MEETING
WITH HIS MAKER.

I ASSURE YOU, ADMIRAL,
IT IS NOT MAN-MADE.

CRYPTOZOOLOGY.

ADMIRAL!

WE BE WHALING, YES?

CERTAIN.
REDUCE SPEED 6 KNOTS.

READY ALL BOATS.

SAILOR:
REDUCE SPEED 6 KNOTS!

READY ALL BOATS!

ARE WE STARVING
OR SOME SUCH, DENNISON?

HELL, WE'VE LAID IN
PROVISIONS

FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES
TO FIND THE MONSTER.

THEN WHY ARE WE CHASING
THAT WHALE?

FOR THE SPORT OF IT.

CABE: PIERRE.

COME HERE.

YOU THE SCIENTIST.

EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.

WE'RE LOOKING
FOR A CREATURE THAT
KILLS WITHOUT WARNING.

SEEMS TO ME WE GOT THAT
RIGHT HERE.

STOW THAT TALK.
I GOT WORK TO DO.

EXPLAIN IT TO ME,
PIERRE.

WHAT MAKES HIM
CALL THIS WORK?

THIS IS MR. LAND'S
PROFESSION.

TO LOSE A CHANCE TO PRACTICE
IS TO LOSE THE SKILL
WHEN IT IS NEEDED.

THIS IS WHAT MAKES A MAN
OUT HERE ON THE SEAS, CABE--

MEETING NATURE HEAD-ON.

SO WATCH AND LEARN.

I SIGNED ON THINKING
TO BE A HERO, PIERRE.

THIS IS NOT WHAT A HERO
LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS WHAT A HERO IS.

YEAH?

YEAH.

GOING UP AGAINST
NATURE...

AND PROVING HIMSELF
JUST AS STRONG.

OR A MAN WHO BECOMES
JUST ANOTHER ANIMAL

WHEN YOU SEE
A CHANCE TO KILL.

WHY ARE YOU SO FRETTING
ABOUT THE BEHEMOTHS?

THEY'RE LARGE ENOUGH
NOT TO NEED
YOUR PROTECTING,

AND PLENTIFUL
ENOUGH, TOO.

MAYBE I'M SEEING SOMETHING
I THOUGHT WAS OVER
WITH THE WAR.

AND WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?

I TELL YOU, I HAVE
NO INTENT OF MAKING
A SLAVE OF THE CREATURE.

I MEANT CRUELTY--

WORSE THAN ANY ANIMAL
COULD DO,

BECAUSE THERE AIN'T
NO DAMN NEED FOR IT.

THIS COULD
JUST AS EASILY
PIERCE YOUR HIDE!

THIS IS CRUELTY!

MR. LAND!

NO WAR WILL STOP MEN
FROM WHAT THEY'RE
BEST AT, CABE.

I'D THINK ANY MAN
WHO WAS A SLAVE
WOULD KNOW THAT,

BUT IF YOU WANT
MORE LESSONS...

AAH!

MAN OVERBOARD!

MAN OVERBOARD!

ADMIRAL!
ADMIRAL!

MAN OVERBOARD!

HARD APORT.
REDUCE SPEED 3 KNOTS.

REDUCE SPEED 3 KNOTS!

HOLD ON, NED!

PULL! PULL!

NED! HANG ON!

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

AHOY!

HERE IT IS!
I FOUND IT!

DOWN BELOW!
THE CREATURE!

I FOUND IT!

DOWN BELOW!
THE CREATURE!

IT'S THE CREATURE.

IT'S THE CREATURE.

WHAT ON EARTH
GAVE BIRTH TO IT?

MCCUTCHEON:
MAN THE GUNS.

PREPARE TO ENGAGE.

FIRE!

IT'S BOUNCED OFF IT
LIKE A MARBLE.

IT'S MAN-MADE.

IT'S GOT TO HAVE
6-INCH ARMOR PLATES.

HOW IN GOD'S NAME?

HARD ABOUT!
HARD ABOUT!

BUY US TIME.

ADMIRAL, ADMIRAL,
THERE ARE MEN OVERBOARD.

DO YOU WANT
TO JOIN THEM?

UHH.

HE'S BACK WITH US.

SO, ARRONAX,

YOU MAY THANK ME
FOR THIS.

I FISHED YOU OUT

WHILE NED
FOUND US A PLACE
TO DRY OUT.

OR YOU MAY
NOT THANK ME.

IF MCCUTCHEON
DECIDES NOT TO COME
BACK FOR US,

YOU MAY
END UP WISHING
WE WERE DEAD.

THEY TOOK
A GOOD BEATING.

MCCUTCHEON'S JUST
TRYING TO GET OUT OF
PAYING ME

FOR SIGHTING THE BEAST.

BUT IT'S
NO BEAST, IS IT?

NOT UNLESS SEA MONSTERS
WEAR IRON OVERCOATS.

YOU'RE SITTING ON IT.

AMAZING.

A MAN-MADE SHIP.

NED: SO MUCH
FOR YOUR THEORIES.

DON'T SEEM TO BE BOTHERED
ABOUT BEING WRONG.

THE MORE TIMES
WE'RE PROVEN WRONG,

THE CLOSER WE COME
TO KNOWING THE TRUTH.

HAVE WE HAD
ANY SIGHT OF THE MEN
WHO MADE THIS SHIP?

NO SIGN OF LIFE
FOR THE PAST 3 HOURS.

HAVE WE MOVED?

WELL, WE'RE
MOVING NOW.

[ENGINE WHIRRING]

CABE:
WE'RE ALL RIGHT AS LONG
AS WE DON'T DIVE.

HELP!

DON'T THINK THEY DON'T
KNOW WE'RE THE ONES
THAT BLEW THEM UP.

THEY MAY NOT EVEN KNOW
WE'RE HERE. OPEN UP!

[COUGHING]

[COUGHING]

WHERE ARE WE?

I THINK THEY
BROUGHT US INSIDE.

INSIDE WHAT?

YOU SEE ANYONE?

NOT A SOUL.

EVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS?

HOW IS THIS ROOM LIT?

WHAT KIND OF SCIENCE
IS THIS?

MAYBE IT AIN'T
SCIENCE.

MAYBE.

MAYBE WE JUST DIED.

MAYBE THIS IS WHERE
YOU SIT AND WAIT

TILL THE DEVIL
COMES FOR YOU.

WELL, WE'RE READY!

GO AHEAD AND
TAKE US ALL TO HELL!

I AM PROFESSOR
PIERRE ARRONAX

OF THE PARIS MUSEUM
OF NATURAL HISTORY.

THESE ARE
MY COMPANIONS

CABELL ATTUCKS,
NED LAND,

LATE OF THE FRIGATE
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

WE HAVE BEEN
STRANDED AT SEA

AND APPRECIATE
YOUR KINDNESS
IN SAVING OUR...

HE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND YOU.

TRY FRENCH.

MERCI, MONSIEUR.

MES AMIS ET MOI,

NOUS NOUS
TROUVONS--

HE'S NOT
LIGHTIN' UP.

SPRECHEN SIE
DEUTSCH, HAUPTMANN?

NO ENGLISH,
FRENCH, GERMAN.

WHERE CAN HE
COME FROM?

MAN: I HAVE
BEEN WONDERING EXACTLY
WHAT TO DO WITH YOU.

IT IS AN ETHICAL DILEMMA.

YOU HAVE INTRUDED
ON MY DOMAIN.

WITHOUT
MEANING TO.

WITHOUT MEANING TO?

DID YOUR SHIP NOT MEAN

TO PURSUE MY BOAT
ALL OVER THE OCEAN?

WAS IT BY CHANCE
THAT YOUR CANNONFIRE
BOUNCED OFF MY HULL?

IT'D HAVE DONE
SOME DAMAGE, TOO,

IF I'D BEEN
BEHIND THE FUSE.

I HAVE THE RIGHT
TO TREAT YOU AS ENEMIES.

WHY SHOULD I NOT
LEAVE YOU ON
THE OUTER PLATFORM,

ORDER THE NAUTILUS
TO DIVE,

AND FORGET THAT
YOU EVER EXISTED?

WOULD THAT NOT BE
WITHIN MY RIGHTS?

PERHAPS THE RIGHTS
OF A SAVAGE,

BUT NOT
OF A CIVILIZED MAN.

I AM NOT
WHAT YOU WOULD CALL
A CIVILIZED MAN.

I NO LONGER OBEY
SOCIETY'S RULES.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR BREATH
INVOKING THEM TO ME.

I HAVE DECIDED, HOWEVER,

THAT TO SHOW YOU PITY

MIGHT COINCIDE
WITH MY INTERESTS.

YOU'RE GRANTING US
FREEDOM?

THE FREEDOM
TO COME AND GO
AS YOU PLEASE

AND TO SEE
EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON
ABOARD THE NAUTILUS,

THE FREEDOM THAT
WE OURSELVES HAVE.

FORGIVE ME, SIR,

BUT THIS SOUNDS LIKE
THE FREEDOM THAT
ALL PRISONERS HAVE,

THE FREEDOM TO WALK
ABOUT THEIR CELL.

THAT...

WILL HAVE TO SUFFICE.

YOU'RE SAYING
YOU'LL NEVER LET US
OFF THIS SHIP.

WELL, I'M GETTING OFF
RIGHT NOW.

I AM EMBARRASSED FOR YOU.

SAY YOU OVERPOWER ME.

WHERE WILL YOU GO?

THIS SHIP WILL NOT MOVE
WITHOUT MY WORD.

SAY YOU KILL ME.

THE FINEST INTELLECT

COULD NOT MASTER
THE WORKINGS OF THIS SHIP

IN TIME TO CHANGE
ITS COURSE.

YOU ARE PRISONERS OF WAR.

YOU ATTACKED ME.

YOU HAVE STUMBLED
ON A SECRET

THAT NO MAN ON EARTH
SHALL EVER PENETRATE...

THE SECRET OF MY EXISTENCE.

WE ARE PRESENTLY
SOME 200 FATHOMS
BENEATH THE SURFACE.

YOU MAY DECIDE
TO LEAVE THE NAUTILUS,

BUT I GIVE NO ORDER TO RISE.

I LEAVE YOU
TO CONSIDER THE MATTER.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT
MY HOSPITALITY,

YOU MERELY
HAVE TO CALL MY NAME.

AND WHAT NAME
IS THAT?

I AM CAPTAIN NEMO.

NEMO!

WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU
TAKE FROM THE SEA,
CAPTAIN?

FOOD, CLOTHING,
SHELTER.

THAT'S ABOUT ALL.

FOOD? CAN'T BE MUCH
OF THAT DOWN HERE.

MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE.

MEAT, VEGETABLES,

CREAM, SUGAR,

ALL HARVESTED
FROM THE DEPTHS
OF THE OCEAN.

SOMETIMES
WE PUT OUT NETS.

SOMETIMES
I GO HUNTING.

SPORT.

I AM DETERMINED

NEVER TO RELY
ON THE OUTSIDE
WORLD AGAIN.

AND YOU DON'T MISS
THE SURFACE, CAPTAIN,

THE ARTWORK,
THE MUSIC?

I HAVE MY SHARE.

HERE ARE THE LAST TIES

THAT BIND ME
TO THE SURFACE.

FREEDOM.

[PLAYING BACH]

ROSSINI.

GOUNOD.

WAGNER.

MOZART.

YOU HAVE BOTH
THE OLD MASTERS

AND THE CONTEMPORARIES
HERE, CAPTAIN.

TO ME, THEY ARE
ALL CLASSICS.

WHAT YOU THINK OF
AS MODERN WORKS

ARE TO ME RELICS
OF A WORLD LONG GONE.

SIT DOWN TO DINNER,
PLEASE, GENTLEMEN.

ON BOARD THE NAUTILUS,

MOST OF THE TIME
WE EAT IN THE COMMONS,

BUT TO THANK YOU
FOR ACCEPTING
MY HOSPITALITY,

A SPECIAL DINNER.

I'D FEEL SAFER

IF I SAW YOU EATING
SOME OF IT FIRST.

I PROMISE YOU THAT IF
I WANTED TO KILL YOU,

I WOULD RESORT
TO MORE DIRECT MEANS.

I DO NOT KILL WHEN
I DO NOT HAVE TO.

DID A FAIR ENOUGH
JOB ON THE ABRAHAM
LINCOLN.

I WAS ATTACKED.

DURING THE MELEE,

YOU MAY HAVE
FAILED TO NOTE

THAT I RAMMED
THE FRIGATE

IN THE PRECISE PLACE
THAT WOULD DISABLE IT

WITHOUT SENDING IT
AND ALL ITS MEN

DOWN TO THEIR DEATHS.

I CAN'T TELL IF
THIS IS BREAKFAST,
LUNCH, OR DINNER.

LOOK AROUND YOU.

WE SIMULATE THE LIGHT
UP ON THE SURFACE

TO MAINTAIN OUR
INTERNAL BODY CLOCKS.

FROM THE STRENGTH AND
HUE OF THE LIGHT NOW,

WE CAN SEE THAT
IT IS TWILIGHT.

SO YOU REALLY DO
GET EVERYTHING
FROM THE SEA, CAPTAIN.

THE SEA...

IS EVERYTHING.

THE SEA COVERS
7/10 OF THE EARTH.

ITS BREATH IS PURE
AND WHOLESOME.

IT IS AN IMMENSE WORLD

PULSATING WITH EVERY
FORM OF LIFE.

HERE, THERE ARE NO DESPOTS.

ON THE SURFACE, MEN STILL
EXERCISE THEIR ENDLESS LAWS,

FIGHT AND INDULGE
IN ALL THEIR BLOODY
EARTHLY HORRORS,

BUT BELOW THE SURFACE,
THEIR POWER CEASES,

THEIR DOMINION VANISHES.

TO LIVE, GENTLEMEN,

IN THE EMBRACE OF THE SEA.

ONLY HERE
IS THERE INDEPENDENCE.

HERE, I RECOGNIZE
NO MASTER.

HERE, I AM FREE.

[STEAM HISSING]

BEHOLD, THE HEART
OF THE NAUTILUS.

[CREAKING]

INCREDIBLE.

WHAT POWERS
THIS SHIP?

HYDROELECTRICITY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THE OCEANS ABSORB

A VAST AMOUNT
OF POWER FROM THE SUN,

PROVIDING
AN UNENDING SOURCE

OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT.

STIMULATED
BY OUR TURBINES,

THE SEAS THEMSELVES
POWER THE NAUTILUS

WITH THE BEAUTY AND FURY

OF A COMPACT
THUNDERSTORM.

I'M COMING
BACK HERE.

I'M GONNA
DO SOMETHING
TO THESE ENGINES.

WHEN THE SHIP
SURFACES,

WE'LL MAKE
OUR BREAK.

ALL THIS IS
IN YOUR HONOR,
GENTLEMEN.

COME.

IS THE GRID
FUNCTIONING?

IF YOU SHOULD
CONTEMPLATE

VISITING
THE ENGINE ROOM
WITHOUT ME.

THANK YOU.

THOUGHT YOU SAID
WE COULD GO

ANYWHERE WE WANTED
ON THE SHIP.

YOU CAN TRY.

YOU HAVE ENGINEERED
A MASTERPIECE, CAPTAIN.

WHAT WOULDN'T
THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
GIVE FOR SUCH A CRAFT?

THAT WAS WHY
THE UTMOST SECRECY

WAS EMPLOYED
IN ITS CONSTRUCTION.

THE COMPONENTS
OF THE NAUTILUS

WERE BUILT
BY CONTRACTORS IN
9 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES,

NONE OF THEM
KNOWING THE END GOAL
FOR THEIR WORK.

THE ELEMENTS WERE
SHIPPED TO AN ISLAND

TO BE ASSEMBLED
BY MY MEN,
UNKNOWN TO THE WORLD.

HOW THE WORLD
WOULD BE CHANGED

IF NAVIES
HAD SUCH A POWER
AT THEIR COMMAND.

WE SHALL ALL DIE
BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

I CARRY ON MY PERSON

THE MEANS
TO DESTROY THIS SHIP
AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.

NO ONE WILL EVER
USE THE NAUTILUS

AS A WEAPON OF CONQUEST.

NO ONE.

WE'VE BEEN MADE
MORE COMFORTABLE.

STILL A PRISON.

AT LEAST WE DON'T
HAVE TO WEAR

THE CLOTHING
OF PRISONERS.

I SUPPOSE WE COULD
USE SOMETHING

WE DIDN'T
GO SWIMMING IN.

THE HELL WITH IT!

WHAT DOES HE WANT
TO MAKE US COZY FOR?

WHAT DOES HE
WANT AT ALL?

PIERRE: AUGUST 2,
I BEGAN A NEW JOURNAL

TO REPLACE
THE ONE LOST ABOARD
THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

AS HE PROMISED,

CAPTAIN NEMO HAS ALLOWED US
FREE REIN WITHIN THE SHIP.

HIS CREW SEEMS
SUSPICIOUS OF US,

BUT NOT OVERTLY HOSTILE.

CABE, NED, AND MYSELF
HAVE HELD DISCUSSIONS

AS TO THE ORIGIN AND
MOTIVATION OF CAPTAIN NEMO.

WHATEVER HIS PURPOSE,
WE KNOW HE IS NOT A DABBLER.

HE HAS A MISSION.

WHETHER FOR GOOD OR EVIL,
WE CANNOT SAY.

SOUNDED LIKE
SOMEONE ON THE SURFACE
DID HIM WRONG, EH?

PERHAPS
HE'S A SCIENTIST

WHOSE WORK HAS
BEEN UNFAIRLY
SPURNED.

LIKE YOU, PIERRE?

HOW MANY MEN
DO YOU THINK
ARE ON THIS SHIP?

MAYBE 5.

MAYBE 50.

WE COULD TAKE HER OVER.

IF WE CAN'T
FOUL THE ENGINES,

WE CAN FOUL THE CREW.

ARE YOU SAYING
WE KILL OUR WAY
TO FREEDOM?

WELL, I'M NOT
STAYING HERE.

"CAPTAIN NEMO INVITES
PROFESSOR ARRONAX

"AND HIS FRIENDS
TO A HUNTING PARTY,

"TO BE HELD
THIS MORNING

"OFF THE ISLE OF CRESPO.

"HE HOPES THAT NOTHING
WILL PREVENT THEM
FROM PARTICIPATING.

SIGNED. THE COMMANDER
OF THE NAUTILUS,
CAPTAIN NEMO."

HE KNEW WHERE
TO FIND US.

NEMO!

NEMO:
YES, MR. ATTUCKS?

WE'LL JOIN
THE HUNT.

[COUGHING]

I HAD A NIGHTMARE
LAST NIGHT THAT THAT...

"SHIP" FOLLOWED US
AROUND THE CAPE.

THAT IS NOT
AN ATTITUDE APPROPRIATE

FOR THE WINNERS
IN THIS CONFLICT.

THE WINNERS?

WE ENGAGED THE ENEMY
AND SURVIVED.

FROM WHERE I SIT,

THAT MAKES US
THE VICTORS THUS FAR.

YES. I LOOK 'ROUND

AT THE JAGGED AND TORN
METAL ON THIS FRIGATE,

AND I THINK,
"AH, SWEET VICTORY."

WE'LL PETITION
PRESIDENT GRANT
FOR MORE AID.

WE'LL GET NEW ARMAMENTS
IN BOSTON.

I'LL GET NEW MAPS.

WE'LL TRACK
THEIR EVERY SIGHTING.

THE DUEL GOES ON.

OUR LATE FRIEND
ARRONAX SAID

THE ONLY SORT
OF MAN WHO WOULD
BUILD THIS SHIP

WOULD BE SOME SORT
OF VISIONARY,

SOMEONE WHO LIVES
OUTSIDE THE LAWS
OF NATIONS.

HOW DO YOU PROPOSE
TO KNOW THE MOVES

OF SOMEONE
WHOSE BELIEFS
ARE SO ALIEN?

ARRONAX SAID THAT?

YES, IN HIS LAST SPEECH
AT THE MARITIME ACADEMY.

HARRISON!

ARRONAX KEPT A DIARY
OF SOME SORT.

FIND IT
AND BRING IT TO ME.

YOUNG ARRONAX MAY
PROVE MORE USE TO ME
DEAD THAN ALIVE.

YOU'D RIFLE THROUGH
A DEAD MAN'S THINGS?

AS IF YOU WOULDN'T.

NOW WE KNOW
THERE ARE MEN ON BOARD
THAT SHIP, SAXON,

WE CAN SECOND-GUESS
THEIR NEXT MOVE.

OH, YES,
THE DUEL GOES ON.

ACTUALLY, ADMIRAL,

I'M AFRAID IT CAN'T.

I'LL STOP
THAT DEVIL, SAXON.

NOT WITH THE RESOURCES
OF THE CUNARD LINE.

NOW, MY FIRM
HAS CONTRIBUTED
TO THIS MISSION

IN EQUAL MEASURE
WITH YOUR GOVERNMENT,

BUT GIVEN THE MOUNTING
LOSS OF LIFE,

OUR INSURERS
WILL NOT COUNTENANCE

A FURTHER CONTINUATION
OF THIS EFFORT.

YOU'RE LETTING THE
DEVIL SHIP SAIL FREE?

WELL, NOT I,
BUT MY FIRM

CAN SIMPLY NOT
AFFORD TO CONTINUE

THE VAST EXPENSE
OF SUBSIDIZING
THIS ENDEAVOR.

I'LL MAKE UP
THE DIFFERENCE MYSELF.

YOURSELF?

GOT HOLDINGS IN OREGON
I CAN SELL.

NOW, DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.
YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY--

I SAID I'LL PAY!

YOU AND YOUR
DAMNED ACCOUNTANTS
ARE OFF THE HOOK.

AS YOU WISH.

NED: WHAT IN
GOD'S NAME'S THIS?

THIS BREATHING APPARATUS

WAS INVENTED BY
YOUR COUNTRYMAN,
ARRONAX.

I HAVE PERFECTED IT
FOR MY OWN PURPOSES.

THIS DEVICE HERE
IS FROM AMERICAN
AND BRITISH SCIENCE.

IT'S A WATERTIGHT GUN
THAT USES COMPRESSED AIR

INSTEAD OF GUNPOWDER.

IT WILL FIRE
UP TO 10
ELECTRICAL BULLETS,

WHILE THE RUBBER
INSULATION

PROTECTS THE MARKSMAN
FROM THE VOLTAGE INSIDE.

WHAT KEEPS US
FROM SWIMMING AWAY?

RAPTURE OF THE DEPTHS.

IF WE TRY TO GO UP
BY OURSELVES,

WE'LL BREATHE IN
TOO MUCH NITROGEN.

AND WHAT DOES THAT DO?

MAKES YOU GIDDY.
MAKES YOU HALLUCINATE.

ULTIMATELY YOU DIE.

SO WE CAN'T REACH
THE SURFACE

UNLESS IT'S IN THIS SHIP.

HOW MUCH AIR
DO THESE TANKS CARRY?

ENOUGH.

NEMO: I CALL IT MUTINY.

IF I WAS A MEMBER
OF YOUR CREW,
TO BE SURE,

BUT I'M NOT.
I'M A PRISONER.

IT'S NOT MY FAULT
YOU TREAT US
LIKE DINNER GUESTS

AND THEN GET ALL SHOCKED
WHEN WE ACT
LIKE PRISONERS.

HE SAVED YOUR LIFE, NED.

HE SET US UP.
TOOK US AMONG
MAN-EATING SHARKS

WITH NO WARNING
AT ALL.

WHAT DID YOU THINK
WE WERE HUNTING,
PUFFERFISH?

HE HOPED WE'D MAKE
A WRONG MOVE,

TAKE HIS PROBLEMS
OFF HIS HANDS.

YOU WANT TO BE TREATED
LIKE A PRISONER,
IS THAT IT?

UHH!

AAH!

LET ME OUT OF HERE!

PIERRE: NOVEMBER 14, AS WE
APPROACH THE INDIA OCEAN

I CONSTANTLY AMAZED
AT THIS SUB AQUATIC COMMUNITY.

CAPTAIN NEMO CLAIMS TO LIVE
ENTIRELY ON WHAT HE
DERIVES FROM THE SEA.

IT'S NO IDOL BOOST, MY PIN IS
MADE FROM WHALE BONE.

THE INK FROM THE BLOOD
OF A CUDDLE FISH.

OUR CLOTHES FROM THE FIBBER
OF VARIOUS SHELL FISH.

BUT THE ORIGINS OF OUR HOST
REMAINS AN ENIGMA.

ADMIRAL MCCUTCHEON?

THE SAME.

WE HAD HEARD
YOU RETURNED
FROM SEA,

BUT THERE WAS
NO WORD REGARDING
PIERRE ARRONAX.

AND YOU ARE?

HIS FATHER.

AND THIS IS MY COMPANION
MISS RAWLINGS.

I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T REALIZE
YOUNG ARRONAX HAD FAMILY
IN THIS COUNTRY.

DEAR GOD.

I'VE BEEN REMISS
IN NOT INFORMING YOU--

HE'S DEAD.

ISN'T HE?

PIERRE IS DEAD.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

IS SHE RIGHT?

AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER
OF THE CUNARD EXPEDITION,

I OFFER MY MOST SINCERE
CONDOLENCES ON HIS DEATH.

LIAR.

HE WAS LOST AT SEA, SIR.

YES, HE WAS SWEPT OVERBOARD

AS WE ENGAGED THE ENEMY.

INASMUCH AS HE WAS NOT
A SERVICEMAN,

I CANNOT RECOMMEND HIM
FOR A DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
MEDAL--

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, SIR?

I'M ALL RIGHT, DAMN IT.

STOP FUSSING OVER ME
LIKE A WET NURSE.

I LOST MY BREATH,
THAT'S ALL.

LEAVE OFF!

YOU WERE SHOCKED,

AS ANYONE WOULD BE.

THAT'S ENOUGH, LYDIA.

STOP SIMPERING.

I'M JUST RELIEVED,
THIERRY.

NO MATTER HOW HARD
YOU RAILED AGAINST
YOUR SON,

HIS DEATH
STILL AFFECTS YOU.

IT'S ENOUGH, LYDIA.

I HARDLY THINK THE ADMIRAL
IS INTERESTED

IN YOUR RANCID
SENTIMENTALITY.

THERE IS ANOTHER MATTER

ABOUT WHICH I MUST
SPEAK WITH YOU PRIVATELY.

I'LL TAKE MY LEAVE.

UH, NOT TO PRY,

BUT WHAT IS THE NATURE
OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

MISS RAWLINGS IS
MY COMPANION.

BUT IN RESPECT TO
THE MEMORY OF MY WIFE,

I DO NOT CARE
TO MARRY AGAIN.

BUT I CANNOT BE ALONE.

THESE ARE
YOUR SON'S EFFECTS,

AMONGST THEM THIS JOURNAL.

I RECOMMEND YOU READ

WITHOUT THE PRESENCE
OF MISS RAWLINGS.

GOOD DAY, SIR.

WHY HAVE THE ENGINES
STOPPED?

PERIODICALLY
WE HALT OUR JOURNEY

TO PERFORM ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE.

[CLICKING]

NITONGU, SOUND THE KLAXON.

[KLAXON BLARES]

WHAT HAS SHE GOT THERE?

WE'LL INTERCEPT THE GIRL
ON THE SURFACE, MR. SHIMODA.

SOMETHING HE DON'T
WANT HER TO HAVE.

NEMO: BLOW BALLAST!

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

[CLICKING]

IT'S TOO LATE.

[CLICKING]

WE'VE FAILED.

BRING THEM DOWN BELOW.

WE MAY BE TOO LATE,
CAPTAIN.

THE GIRL MAY BE DEAD.

SHE WILL NOT BE DEAD.

SHE LIVES.

CAPTAIN,

THE METHOD YOU USED
TO REVIVE HER--

I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYBODY PREVENT
A DROWNING

IN SUCH A MANNER.

WHAT ABOARD MY SHIP
HAVE YOU SEEN BEFORE?

IVANDA: CAPTAIN.

NEMO: WELL DONE,
IVANDA.

HOWEVER, THERE'S
ANOTHER ONE
TO GET BACK.

TAKE AS MANY DIVERS
AS YOU NEED,

AND RETRIEVE
WHAT REMAINS
OF OUR FRIEND.

WEREN'T MY MAKING
THAT THING THAT
KILLED HIM.

WITH ALL RESPECT,
CAPTAIN,

YOUR MAN WAS KILLED BY
AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

YOU APPEAR TO CONTROL.

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME
ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I AM COLLECTING
GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES

FROM ALL CORNERS
OF THE EARTH.

THAT EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
WAS TO GAIN ACCESS

TO MINERALS BENEATH
THE SURFACE.

AS SOON AS THE WOMAN LEFT,

WE WOULD HAVE ATTENDED TO IT.

WOULDN'T AN EXPLOSION
OF THAT SIZE

DESTROY THE PURITY
OF ANY SAMPLE
YOU HOPED TO FIND?

I WILL NOT BE INTERROGATED!

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOUR
GLIMPSE OF THE SURFACE

AND WILL SAVOR
THE MEMORY FOR
A LONG, LONG TIME.

I WILL TAKE MY LEAVE
OF YOU ALL.

CAPTAIN, WHY DID YOU
SAVE THIS WOMAN?

THAT WOMAN LIVES
IN THE LAND
OF THE OPPRESSED.

I BELONG, AND
TO MY DYING BREATH,

WILL ALWAYS BELONG
TO THAT SAME LAND.

NEMO: FOR A MAN
TO GIVE HIS LIFE

TO HELP SAVE ANOTHER,

THERE IS
NO GREATER LOVE,

NO GREATER SACRIFICE.

THAT IS THE LAW OF
THE NAUTILUS.

EAMON MACAULAY,

YOU HAVE MADE US PROUD.

YOU WERE CLOSE TO HIM?

I AM TIED TO ALL MY MEN

BY BONDS DEEPER THAN BLOOD.

ON YOUR WATCH AGAIN.

PROBABLY AIN'T
DOING ANY GOOD.

BUY NEMO'S STORY
ABOUT THAT EXPLOSION?

FISHING FOR MINERALS?

THE CAPTAIN'S A HARD MAN
TO UNDERSTAND.

I UNDERSTAND HE'S NOT
TELLING US THE TRUTH.

THIS WOMAN HERE
STUMBLED UPON
SOMETHING

HE DIDN'T PLAN ON.

WE WILL LEARN WHEN NEMO
IS READY TO TELL US.

AIN'T YOU
THE POLITE GUEST.

IMAGINE DIVING
BENEATH THE WAVES

EVERY DAY
FOR YOUR LIVING.

IN HER OWN WAY

SHE'S NO LESS COURAGEOUS
THAN NEMO HIMSELF.

MORE.

SHE DOESN'T HIDE
FROM THE WORLD
INSIDE SOME SHIP.

SHE'S ABOARD IT NOW.

I DARESAY SHE WILL BE HELD
ABOARD THE NAUTILUS

AS LONG AS WE ARE.

IT AIN'T RIGHT.

YOU KNOW IT AIN'T.

WHAT WAS THE ALTERNATIVE?

SHOULD HE HAVE
LEFT HER TO DIE?

THERE WAS NO CHOICE.

DON'T LIE TO ME
LIKE HE DOES.

JUST AS HE HAS NO CHOICE
BUT TO KEEP US PRISONERS.

THE MAN'S GOT
A CHOICE.

YOU'RE FREE.

YOU'VE ALWAYS
GOT A CHOICE.

I'LL VISIT NED LAND.

OH, COME ON, NOW.

DON'T LEAD ME ON HERE.

YOU EITHER GOING
TO WAKE UP OR DON'T.

YOU ALREADY SEEN
THERE AIN'T
NO SENSE IN DYING.

NEMO ONLY GOING
TO BRING YOU BACK
AGAIN.

STUBBORN MAN
DON'T LET NOTHING GO

TILL HE'S THROUGH
WITH IT.

GET ME OUT.

JUST GET ME OUT.

OR ARE YOU HAPPY DOWN HERE?

BUT HOW?

GET A KEY.

GET A HACKSAW.

JUST GET ME OUT.

OR DON'T BOTHER ME
WITH YOUR KIND VISITS.

CAPTAIN NEMO
IS A MAN OF MYSTERY.

I BELIEVE I CAN
GET HIM TO FREE YOU,

BUT I NEED TIME
TO UNDERSTAND HIM.

RIGHT, WELL,
YOU TAKE THE TIME.

YOU TREAT HIM LIKE
A FISH YOU'RE STUDYING.

THE REST OF US ARE BEING
LOCKED UP BY A MAN!

A MAN OF SCIENCE.

A MAN WHO WILL
LISTEN TO LOGIC.

REMEMBER, YOU WERE WRONG
ABOUT THE BEAST,

AND WE ALL NEARLY DIED.

COULD YOU BE WRONG AGAIN,
MAYBE?

THIS ROOM BEARS NO LOCK

BECAUSE I TRUST THE MEN
ABOARD MY SHIP.

I HAVE ALLOWED YOU FREEDOM.

DO NOT TEST ME.

WILL NOT BE WHETHER
SCIENCE CAN HELP US
TO UNDERSTAND NATURE,

BUT IT WILL BE HOW QUICKLY
SCIENCE WILL ENABLE US

TO COMMAND NATURE
OURSELVES.

I WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS.

YOUR SON HAS DIED
AT THE HANDS OF
SCIENTIFIC MARVEL.

DOESN'T THIS SUGGEST
THAT SCIENCE COULD
BE AS DANGEROUS

AS IT IS HELPFUL
TO MANKIND?

I DO NOT DISCUSS
MY SON'S DEATH.

I AM HERE TO EXPLORE
THE ROLE OF SCIENCE

AT THE MILLENNIUM.

BUT HOW DOES THE QUEST
FOR THE SUBMARINE PROCEED?

IS THERE ANY HOPE
OF AVENGING
YOUR SON'S MEMORY?

I HAVE NOT FOLLOWED
THE LATEST DETAILS
OF THE EXPEDITION.

NOW IF YOU PLEASE,

I WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS
ON MY LECTURE TOPIC.

BUT AREN'T YOUR TOPIC
AND YOUR SON'S FATE
ONE AND THE SAME?

PIERRE ARRONAX
MET HIS DEATH

IN THE HANDS OF SCIENCE
THAT'S BEYOND OUR DREAMS!

I WILL NOT BE LECTURED TO
ABOUT MY SON'S DEATH.

HE IS DEAD! LET HIM REST!

I AM HERE BEC--

I HAVE OTHER--

MY POOR DEAR.

DON'T SPEAK TO ME.

BUT ISN'T IT
GOOD TO KNOW

THAT PIERRE
MIGHT NOT HAVE
DIED IN VAIN,

THAT HIS DEATH
MEANS SO MUCH TO
YOUR COLLEAGUES?

AAH!

HOW WAS HE TO KISS, LYDIA?

YOU KNOW HE WROTE ABOUT IT
IN HIS JOURNAL?

ABOUT YOU VISITING
HIS HOTEL,

EMBRACING HIM,

KISSING HIM,

AND HOW HE DIDN'T
WANT IT TO STOP.

I'LL WAGER
YOU FELT THE SAME.

I--

I CANNOT EXPLAIN MY,
UM...

MY FEELINGS, THIERRY.

HE WAS LEAVING...

NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.

YOU WISH YOU'D
MET MY SON BEFORE
YOU MET ME, DON'T YOU?

EVERYWHERE I GO,
PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM.

I TRY TO SPEAK.

I TRY TO MAKE A POINT.

IF I'M NOT SPEAKING
ABOUT PIERRE,

THEN NO ONE CARES.

NEMO: GENTLEMEN,
YOU MAY BE INTERESTED
TO SEE THIS.

THEY FOUNDERED
ON THE CORAL REEF.

THE SAME REEF
THAT WE WILL NAVIGATE

ONCE WE HAVE RETRIEVED
THEIR VALUABLES.

NICE COMPANY.

GRAVE ROBBERS.

WE WOULD BE GRAVE ROBBERS

ONLY IF THESE PEOPLE
HAD BEEN BURIED, MR. ATTUCKS.

THEY MADE NO PLANS

TO TAKE THEIR VALUABLES
WITH THEM

WHEN THEY WERE KILLED.

BY THE OCEAN YOU REVERE.

MORE LIKELY BY
PIRATES AND MARAUDERS

OF THE SURFACE.

I WANTED YOU TO SEE

THE TRUE PRISONERS
OF THIS WORLD.

THE DEAD.

THEY HAVE BEEN RELEASED

FROM THE TYRANNIES
OF THE WORLD ABOVE.

PERHAPS THEY ARE MORE FREE
THAN ANY OF US.

DON'T TALK TO ME

ABOUT WHO'S FREE
AND WHO'S NOT.

I BEEN JUDGING THAT
A LONG TIME.

DO YOU WISH TO JOIN
MR. LAND, IS THAT IT?

DON'T WANT TO HEAR
NO MORE THREATS
FROM A GRAVE ROBBER.

SEE,
YOU'RE MOVING IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION.

WE NEED MORE FREE.

YOU DO NOT PROVE WORTHY
OF THE LIBERTY I GRANT YOU.

OBSTRUCTING MY MEN
WHILE MACAULAY'S LIFE
WAS AT STAKE.

TO SAVE THAT
WOMAN'S LIFE.

FIRING WHEN
MY BACK IS TURNED.

THAT WAS NED, NOT ME.

AND YOU WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

YEAH. SEE...

I AIN'T HIM.

I'LL FACE YOU HONEST.

A PHYSICAL CHALLENGE?

MAN TO MAN.

YOU IMAGINE
THAT YOU'RE MORE
THAN A MATCH FOR ME,

I SUPPOSE.

GIVE WORD TO THE HELMSMAN--

ONCE ALL THE DIVERS RETURN,

MAINTAIN A HEADING
OF 20 DEGREES SOUTH.

TAKE US THROUGH THE REEF.

I WANT NO PART OF THIS.

DON'T KNOW WHO
YOU'D ROOT FOR?

YOU WISH
TO FIGHT ME, HUH?

WE ARE AT A LOSS FOR
DUELING SWORDS HERE.

NOT MY SPORT, ANYWAY.

PISTOLS WE CANNOT
ALLOW UNDER THE SEA.

JOUSTING,
OF COURSE, IS--

THIS AIN'T NO GAME.

LET'S SEE.

WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU MEN
OF THE SURFACE SAY

JUST BEFORE YOU
START TO FIGHT?

UH, "WOULD YOU LIKE
TO STEP OUTSIDE?"

NO. LET HIM GO.
LET HIM GO.

LET HIM DO
WHAT ALL MEN
ON THE SURFACE DO.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THIS SOLVES EVERYTHING
WHERE YOU COME FROM,

DOESN'T IT, MR. ATTUCKS?

AIN'T NEVER BEEN NO WAY
OF GETTING FREEDOM WITHOUT
FIGHTING FOR IT.

MY GREAT-GRANDDADDY
FOUGHT FOR IT.

HERE'S WHERE
I DO THE SAME!

[HISSING]

THINK, NED.

WE DESTROY THIS TURBINE,

WE DESTROY OURSELVES.

THERE'S MORE THAN
ONE TURBINE.

THIS WILL JUST MAKE HIM
COME TO THE SURFACE.

AND IF YOU'RE WRONG?

LIVE FREE OR DIE.

UHH!

UHH!

YOU'VE FOUGHT SO LONG,

YOU CAN'T RECOGNIZE
THE CHANCE TO REST!

UHH!

OOH!

[CRACKLING]

UHH! AAH.

HOW LONG HAVE
YOU BEEN WORKING

TO BE BETTER
THAN NED LAND?

OOH!

THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT.

YOU HAVE PROVED...

THAT YOU CAN BEST ME

IN BATTLE.

THE WHEELS ARE RUBBER.

HOW WONDERFUL FOR YOU.

YOU ARE ALL ALIKE,
YOU MEN OF THE SURFACE.

FIGHT FOR PEACE.

FIGHT TO WIN.

HATE THE EARTH.

HATE THE OCEAN.

HATE EACH OTHER.

LOOK AT YOU.

YOU'RE LIKE ALL THE REST.

NO.

BUT IS IT THAT SIMPLE?

NO.

THERE IS ALWAYS...

A PRICE...

TO PAY.

UHH!

THIS IS WHAT WE LEARN

ON THE SURFACE.

ARE WE MEN,

OR ARE WE
LETHAL MACHINES?

WHAT DO YOU THINK,
MR. ATTUCKS?

[KLAXON BLARES]

THE ENGINE ROOM.

A CONTEMPTIBLE PLOY.

MR. IVANDA!

GET TO THE BRIDGE.

HOLD HER STEADY,
KILL THE THROTTLE,

AND RIDE HER THROUGH.

YOU HAVE WOUNDED
MY SHIP!

ARRONAX, SPEAK.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

WE PULLED LOOSE THE KEYS
FROM THE JACKING GEAR.

THE PISTONS ARE JARRING OUT.

I HAVE SPENT YEARS

BUILDING THE TECHNOLOGICAL
MARVEL OF THE AGE,

ONLY TO BE THREATENED BY
A LITTLE MAN LIKE YOU.

LITTLE MAN?

NED: GET OFF!
GET OFF!

NEMO: THE KEYS
MUST BE RESET.

IF THEY ARE NOT,

WE CANNOT STEER WELL ENOUGH
TO AVOID THE REEFS.

I'LL GO, CAPTAIN.

YOU?

IF THERE'S
A PRICE TO PAY,

IT MUST COME FROM ME.

VERY WELL.

OUR FATE IS IN YOUR HANDS.

HOLD YOUR COURSE.

STEADY AHEAD.

AAH!

AAH!

FLOOD THE STARBOARD TANKS.

LITTLE MAN.

OHH...

[WHISPERING]
OH, MY.