Disney Family Matinee: 20,000 Leagues under the Sea

LACMA
5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90036 (323) 857-6000
Saturday, July 18
4 p.m.
Ages:
Cost: $5
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Jules Verne’s sci-fi fantasy is a story that reverberates for boys of all ages. It is the mid-1800s and a monstrous creature has been sinking ships off San Francisco; an expedition is dispatched to solve the mystery, but the sailors aboard soon discover that the monster is “the Nautilus,” a futuristic submarine with a lush Victorian interior, owned by the brooding Captain Nemo, a brilliant messianic scientist who despises humanity and has built his own world under the sea. With its lavish production design and exciting underwater scenes—culminating in a giant squid attack—Disney’s classic adaptation still moves the heart and stirs the imagination even after so many years.