20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954) Giant Squid Fight HD (1/2)

[DanielChannel]

Fun Fact: The guy who built this squid was the same guy who built the shark for Jaws.

[wilhelm]

Incredible how good the quality and effects in this movie was. Looks like it was made in the 80s, not 1954.

[dentistjohn]

Ned Land spearing the squid and jumping in to save the man he hates will forever be one of my favourites scenes

[tor-keeby]

The fact that there ARE squids that are this large in real life makes this scene even more terrifying

[alicialynn]

This scared me so much when I was little. I would run into the other room and wait until it was over.

[aloisblazit]

How the heck did they train a squid to do that

[BenCeazarAzarcon]

The Battle Against The Giant Sea Squid is The Most Disney's Unforgettable Moment In Disney Movies

[jmhansen]

2:26-2:30 has always been the most impressive shot to me. It's easy to forget the squid is mechanical. Between the storm and mist, the squid with its tentacles moving everywhere, and Nemo caught in the middle of it all, it's a stunning shot. Makes me wish they could have used a half mechanical/half cgi squid for the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

[BlixTheGoblin]

I keep thinking its CGI but its 1954 it cant be... Thats one of the best props ever though, next to The Thing

[Bizzle]

I don’t care what anyone says… This giant rubber puppet looks more realistic than any CGI ever will.

[HappyPotat]

I like to imagine this scene is the main reason we see so much Kraken hype in any movie or game about pirates.

[MrKajithecat]

Filming this scene almost killed James Mason by drowning.

[CaneFu]

So how long would you estimate this movie prop squid is? I am asking because Japanese researchers got a giant squid on camera in 2006 that was 59 feet long which would be a lot bigger than this one.

[KennyTriton]

They also shot a version of the squid battle with a bright orange sunset with no rain. However when Walt Disney himself saw it, he commented "What are we shooting here? A keystone comedy?" Then they reshot it with the storm and that's probably the most iconic scene in the whole movie.

[dinoflagella]

This scene scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. I had a fear of squids and octopuses when I was a kid because of this movie.

[WarriorOfTheLostLand]

In the book, Captain Nemo goes sicko mode on the squids.

[knightofarkronia]

Fun Fact: In the original book, they had to deal with about six squids at once!

[Polyfusia]

They did a good job of this in 1954. I hate CGI. I find this much more compelling. I remember it from when I was a kid and came back to it expecting it to look way worse than that childhood memory, but it holds up. It's neat to look at. I remember this, as well as the giant snail in Dr.Doolittle, where people lived inside its shell just being really cool to look at. I wanted to see these things in person.

[IIlIllIlIllIIlIIlIlIlII]

holy shit the quality and these effects are amazing

[dartistguy]

Ingenious the way they filmed this at night during a storm so they could hide all the wires.