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Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.Also known as "The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth" in the UK. The film is partially dubbed in English, but it has good cinematography.
José María Caffarel
- Professor Fridleson
- (as Jose Mª Caffarel)
Fabián Conde
- Professor
- (as Fabian Conde)
Ángel Álvarez
- Professor
- (as Angel Alvarez)
Ángel Menéndez
- Professor
- (as Angel Menendez)
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- TriviaNever released in British theaters, this film was first released in the UK on ITV during Christmas Day of 1978.
- Goofs(at about four minutes and 56 seconds into the film) In the film's English dubbed version, Professor Kristoff uses different measurement units in three consecutive sentences: "Because the distance between the Earth's crust and its core is over 6,500 KILOMETERS. And no man has ever descended to a depth of more than THREE MILES. So it's obvious we'll never have a glimmer of true knowledge until we are able to reach a depth of at least a HUNDRED LEAGUES."
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That is probably why I loved this movie as a child. The movie was called "Where time Began" when I saw it and it is based on the Jules Verne novel, but it is so absolutely different that it makes this movie almost unique. I prefer it a bit more to the 1959 version, granted I liked that one too. This one just has such curious elements that make it to me a more strange and different film. It is cheesy to be sure, but I have said many times that I enjoy cheese so I do find this film fun. The film is like any other "Journey to the Center of Earth" adaptation to start out with. However, the film has points where it goes totally crazy, I recall giant turtles or something, strange dinosaurs and a weird facility and a strange man called Olsen. Of course, that is a problem with the movie as well, there are many questions surrounding this strange individual and as a kid I did not understand what was with that character. I would love to see this one again and perhaps now that I am older, maybe I can see what the movie was trying to convey in regards to that character. This one pretty much ends on the same note though as the 1959 version. Then it has a very surreal ending involving Olsen. So while the film is not without its faults and while others may not like this one, I find this cave movie really entertaining to watch.
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- Journey to the Center of the Earth
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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