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Good morning, ladies.

Your Sherry, ladies.

Thank you.

Mother, father, look!

Is it a whale, father?

It must be, son. It's nearly as long as our ship.

It's really amazing.

- Father, I'm frightened. - What is that?

Nothing to be frightened of, Percy.

It's just a friendly old whale.

There. You see?

It's more frightened than you are.

Are you quite sure that the creatures

present no danger, captain?

Quite the contrary, madam.

Very curious creatures, these whales,

very intelligent in their own way.

They'll follow a passenger liner like the scotia

for hundreds of leagues out of curiosity,

but run like the devil himself from a whaler.

Well, I've never seen a whale before.

Was it really so much bigger than the usual?

I've seen bigger.

I remember a blue whale swum down

out of the arctic waters, the way they do sometimes

when the whalers get sight of them.

Now that one was 500 feet if it was an inch.

Get that way, some of 'em,

if they can outrun the whalers long enough.

- What was that?

There's no need to be alarmed.

The scotia is the most modern ship

in the white star fleet.

There is nothing in the ocean

that we need fear.

Sophie!

Sophie, what a surprise!

What are you doing here?

I had to get away from Baltimore for a couple days.

Sophie, what is it? Is something wrong?

Fred essenhoff asked me to marry him.

And what did you tell him?

No.

I thought you were well-disposed toward him.

Do you know what he said to me, father?

What?

That Johns Hopkins would never Grant

a woman tenure in the zoology department,

that the only way to do

the kind of research that I want to do

is to marry him and assist with his.

Sophie, I know very well that I've had

little influence over you since your mother died.

You influence me in everything.

Let me influence you in this.

Marry him.

Are you professor aronnax,

curator of marine biology

of the New York museum of natural history?

I am.

And who are you, sir, if I may ask?

Rear admiral John e. Sellings.

Clear the room, sir.

I have a matter of utmost urgency to discuss with you.

The scotia was caught from behind

while doing 18 knots under full steam.

It was not a collision.

It was an incision,

a very precise one.

Passengers hardly knew anything had occurred

till the crew came above decks sounding the alarm.

Astonishing.

How can we be of help in this matter, admiral?

My expertise is in zoology

and my father's is in marine biology.

Surely this was done by some kind of warship.

No, young lady.

In our judgment,

a seagoing, fully-submersible warship

capable of doing this is a physical impossibility.

That is why we have come to you, professor aronnax.

We understand you have a theory

that could account for this.

The common narwhal, or sea unicorn,

can attain the length of 60 feet.

It is called the sea unicorn

because of its sharp ivory Lance

that protrudes from the lower mandible.

It is essentially a tooth with the hardness of steel.

Are you saying a hole in the scotia's hull

was caused by a narwhal?

In prehistoric epochs

the land produced life forms of enormous size

that gradually grew smaller and more efficient

to meet the challenge of their changing environment.

But the sea-- the sea never changes,

especially at its greatest depths,

where life began.

I believe that those depths

harbor creatures of an enormous size

that have not evolved or changed.

I refer to such undiscovered life forms

in my theory as "protoleviathans."

Is such a thing really possible?

My father has devoted his career

to proving that such protoleviathans exist.

This thing has attacked

three American steamships of the white star line

in the north Atlantic sea lanes.

The u.S.S. Abraham Lincoln sails at first light

under captain Michael farragut's command.

Its mission is to search this thing out and destroy it.

Will you help US find it?

I have to come.

It's much too dangerous.

And it isn't dangerous for you?

Sophie, for the last time, it's impossible.

The Navy will not allow a woman aboard a warship

about to undertake a hazardous mission.

The admiral was absolutely clear.

But he didn't say anything about bringing your assistant.

Captain on deck!

Welcome aboard the u.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, professor aronnax.

I am captain Michael farragut.

Good morning, sir. It's a pleasure to be aboard.

This is my assistant Charlie Darwin.

Mr. Darwin.

We were just having a look at the vantage from the bow.

We intend to follow the concentration of plankton

on the hypothesis that a creature such as we seek

would feed in the most efficient manner,

which is of course

the large-scale consumption of plankton.

You have to stand on the bow to do this?

We'll be taking measurements

by means of interferometer readings.

Therefore we have to see the plankton

before the ships disturbs it.

And this will lead me to the monster?

If our hypothesis is correct,

I believe it could.

Please.

Charlie.

We have a whaler aboard

who expects to be stationed in the bow

if we need to call on him.

He's a prickly sort by all accounts,

but he also happens to be the finest harpoonist

in the American whaling fleet.

I've asked him to step in for a moment

to make sure he understands about you being in the bow.

He's liable to throw you overboard otherwise,

if you get in his way.

Of course. I'll try to explain it to him.

You won't let him bully you, will you, Mr. Darwin?

Rather shy, I'm afraid.

Don't tell me you've found the damn thing already, captain.

We're barely out of New York harbor.

Evening. Ned land.

Farragut: Mr. Land, professor aronnax

and his assistant Mr. Darwin

will be advising me on the search for our target.

They will be setting up their instruments in the bow.

Instruments?

I wasn't aware we were going to serenade this beast, captain.

If you'll excuse me, sir, I'd like to retire.

Of course, Mr. Darwin.

I will begin my observations at first light.

Mr. Land, you will accommodate

professor aronnax and his assistant. That is an order.

Well, you are the captain. It is your ship.

I just ask that you clear them out of my way

when I go to work, that is all.

Professor, you'll join me in a Brandy and a cigar, won't you?

It will be my pleasure, sir.

Wouldn't mind one myself.

That will be all, Mr. Land.

Right. Good night.

I'll get it.

Any sign of our monster?

No.

Well, that's good.

Are you afraid to find it?

Well, I would be afraid if I took it seriously.

You don't believe there is such a creature?

I don't know.

You know, I think it sort of goes like this:

Someone sees a whale; The ship hits a rock;

people get frightened; Before you know it,

the entire United States Navy is off

on a wild sea-monster chase.

I'm not complaining. Don't get me wrong.

You know, the first giant squid or some such we see,

well, I'll harpoon it, I'll collect my bonus

and that'll be that.

I don't think money is that important to you, Mr. Land.

You're not that type of man.

Oh, I'm not, huh?

No.

I think you're onboard because you couldn't bear it

if anyone else were to slay the dragon.

That's your type, I think.

And what would you know about types of men?

If you'll excuse me, I have to get to bed.

Good night.

Ahoy!

It's the thing itself!

- Where? - There, on the horizon.

- Off the port bow. - 30° off the port bow!

That's the color the witnesses all described-- an evil shade of green.

Sound battle stations!

- Mr. Land, prepare yourself.

If all else fails, I'm relying on you.

Just get me within four harpoon lengths, that's all I ask.

All hands to battle stations, at the double!

Prepare to fire!

Prepare to fire!

Take your positions!

It's closing in! Maintain your course!

Steady as she goes!

Steady as she goes!

It's gone.

Well, what in blazes is it?

I don't even dare to guess.

There it is again!

Port bow! 13 cables!

13 cables. Port bow. Take your aim.

Take cover, professor.

Steady as she goes! Steady as she goes!

Aye aye, sir!

Gun crews, at the ready.

Steady! Look out!

Mind your helm!

Pull out!

Mind your helm, sir.

- Ready, sir. - Fire at will!

Fire at will!

Whale hunter!

I'm going to try and get you your four lengths!

We must see what's happening.

Fire!

Reload those cannons!

There it is. It's closing in on US.

Get those cannons reloaded!

- Mr. Land! - Take my hand!

Farragut: All hands!

We're breached below the line!

Close all watertight doors!

Man the pumps!

Sophie! Sophie!

- Professor! - Sophie, where are you?

- Professor, here, take my hand. - Sophie!

Hold on to this.

Don't be concerned with me.

- We must find Sophie. - Who's Sophie?

My daughter. Sophie!

Your daughter?

- Sophie! We must find her. - Both: Sophie!

I'm over here!

Thank god.

She's alive. Sophie.

We're coming, Sophie. Hold on.

- Ned: Hang on. - Sophie.

Hang on, miss.

Here, take hold of me.

Now you take heart, miss.

The longboats will be back. The Navy won't abandon US.

- Here, hang on, professor. - I'm all right.

Don't let Sophie slip away.

Ned: You know something? I knew you weren't a boy.

- Hold on, Sophie. - I'm so tired.

My god, what is it?

It's a ship.

It's impossible.

Stay close, Sophie.

- Aronnax: Stay close. - We're almost there.

That's it.

This is steel.

What species would that make it, professor?

The u.S.S. Abraham Lincoln

is limping back to New York with a hole in her gut.

She is too gravely injured

to linger here looking for you.

Now you three, whoever you are,

understand something and understand it well:

You are lost at sea and dead to the world.

If you choose to enter the nautilus,

you choose to enter a different world,

a new world.

And you can give up all hope of returning to yours.

If you do not agree to these terms

the nautilus shall return to its world

and leave you to return to yours.

If you're saying we're prisoners of war,

we have the right to try to escape if we can.

You decline my terms? Very well.

Does he speak for all of you?

Mr. Land, allow me to deal with this.

Sir, we agree to your terms.

I speak for myself

and I say to hell with you. You want my Liberty?

You'd better kill me 'cause that's the only way you're gonna get it.

Be quiet, Mr. Land.

My name is Sophie.

And this is my father, professor Henry aronnax.

The famous marine biologist?

I am.

I'm very familiar with your work, professor.

Then you will help US?

And who are you?

Also a scientist?

Ned land, harpoonist.

But I tell you, I don't think Sophie and her father

would take too kindly to you dumping me over the side.

I'll come quietly.

By the way, that's a fancy uniform you've got there.

Electricity.

Somehow he's harnessed this mysterious force

to provide every form of energy required for this vessel.

And here we are under the sea.

How can it be?

Do you think Mr. Land is all right?

Oh, I'm sure Mr. Land is able to take care of himself.

He saved your life, father.

Aren't you concerned?

No, the captain of this miraculous vessel

is in fact the man who saved our lives.

The man is civilized, Sophie. He's proven it.

He has proven no such thing.

I see you are both comfortable.

And hungry too, no doubt.

My name is Nemo...

Captain Nemo.

That means "no one" in Latin.

Quite so.

I am honored to have you aboard...

Both of you.

Thank you.

The sea has yielded up its greatest treasures to me,

but none so precious as your company.

Miss aronnax.

Please, professor.

I hope you'll be happy here.

You are free, of course,

to pursue your scientific inquiries.

I think you may find the nautilus

interesting enough for the purpose.

Will Mr. Land be joining US for dinner?

No.

Mr. Land insists on remaining in his cabin.

May I see him?

In due course.

Please, you must be famished. Enjoy your meal.

This looks delicious.

Stewed pork, if I'm not mistaken?

It may look and taste like stewed pork, but in fact

it is dolphin liver cunningly prepared.

And those cutlets are filet of sea turtle.

This is sea cucumber salad

and the excellent jam, miss aronnax,

is made from sea anemone.

All of this food is from the sea?

We who sail the nautilus are sustained

by the oceans of the world

in everything.

These clothes we're wearing--

the material is unfamiliar to me.

Is it from the sea too?

Trust a woman to notice.

The cloth is woven

from the silken filaments of the byssus fan mussel,

strong enough to resist a hurricane.

Why do you choose to live this way?

And who are those people who have followed you into this exile?

Sophie!

This isn't exile.

This is liberation.

Mobilis in mobile, miss aronnax.

Free in a free world.

Nemo: Exactly.

I must ask you a question, captain Nemo,

or risk perhaps misunderstanding you.

You have used this extraordinary creation of yours

to attack unarmed shipping in the north Atlantic.

That is something we should speak about

when perspectives have shifted enough

to allow proper understanding. Excuse me.

May I please see Mr. Land?

Which way to Mr. Land's cabin?

Hello?

It's like bathing in liquid light, isn't it?

May I offer you some hot coffee?

Thank you.

I can understand how your museum

has come to contain such natural treasures.

But how did you come by these pictures?

Some of them I have seen in museums.

That would be before they sank in transit.

You collected all these from sunken ships?

And countless others in my storehouses beneath the seven seas,

gold, jewels...

The finest clothes--

all at your disposal.

And did you sink those ships?

My mission is not a criminal one, miss aronnax.

So you didn't sink them?

The nautilus is not a pirate ship.

I'm sorry if I offend you,

but it seems to me a fair question,

given your propensity to ram innocent ships.

I have never sunk a ship, innocent or otherwise.

And I'm not in the least offended.

Indeed, I find your fearless passion to know the truth

intoxicating.

I always dreamed of finding a woman with a first-rate mind,

someone who is capable of understanding me.

And even in this

the sea has not failed to provide.

Do you mind if I examine some of your exhibits?

You needn't ask.

Some of them are absolutely extraordinary.

Professor aronnax, how kind of you to join me.

I must be dreaming.

I assure you everything is quite real.

As a matter of fact, I was just reading your masterful work again.

I consult it constantly.

I am honored, sir.

Your library is extraordinary.

How many volumes do you have here, captain Nemo?

Thousands all told.

But the books you see here are merely those

I like to have near at hand,

such as yours.

They're my only remaining link with the world above.

I bought my last book

the day the nautilus set sail.

Since that day I assume

mankind neither thinks nor writes anything of consequence.

I am simply overwhelmed.

This room and this ship,

how deep can it go, if I may ask you, sir?

I have yet to test its limit.

But you are wondering perhaps

whether there will be an opportunity to test

your famous deepwater theory of static evolution?

Precisely so.

You may depend upon it, professor.

I have some rather interesting

scientific volumes in my personal quarters.

Perhaps you'd like to see them?

- Oh, yes. - Please.

Mr. Land?

Ned, are you here?

Sophie.

- You all right? - Yes, we both are.

Are you?

Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me.

You shouldn't be here.

I don't understand. He said you were resting.

Well, I'm not exactly resting, Sophie.

I mean, this is a brig. See, unlike you and your father--

Don't let them see you here.

I'm not leaving you here.

Go before they find you.

Go.

Sophie, we cannot be making demands.

We must appeal to Nemo's better nature.

We mustn't make him regret having taken US aboard.

I will not stand for this treatment of ned.

Sophie, Sophie, lower your voice.

I am not afraid of him.

I am not one of these ensigns of his.

You will listen to me.

He is a genius.

And I believe he is a decent man.

I'm sure there's an explanation.

We must give him the opportunity to provide that.

The secret is sodium.

Sodium, not zinc?

Sodium Mercury rhumkorff batteries, to be precise.

As the Mercury in the amalgam is never used up,

only the sodium requires replenishment.

And since there is an endless supply

of sodium in seawater...

...you have an endless supply of energy for the nautilus.

- Precisely. - Amazing.

But I don't understand how you were able

to build all this without anyone finding you out.

That wasn't as difficult as you may imagine,

only carefully considered.

Miss aronnax.

You look beautiful.

I must insist I see Mr. Land.

Your concern for him is quite admirable.

However...

- Captain. - Mr. Land.

Good to see you, Mr. Land.

Are you well?

I'm fine--

fine now that I'm out of the brig.

Mr. Land had insisted upon being treated

as a prisoner of war, obliging me to comply.

But this troubled my principles greatly.

So I've decided to extend him

the freedom of the nautilus

in the hope that he will not abuse my trust.

Well, that's wonderful.

- Mobilis in mobile. - Mobilis in mobile.

Whatever.

You know he's interested in you.

I'm aware of it.

Oh, you are?

Why are you so concerned, ned?

- What, do you have to ask? - Yes.

You want an answer?

Is it true what they say about sailing men?

What?

Do you have a girl in every port?

Not quite every port.

Good night, ned.

What is the nature of your interest

in miss aronnax, Mr. Land?

What's that to you?

Have you stolen her honor?

You know, if I wanted

you'd be dead before they could save you.

Then so would you be.

And professor aronnax

and, indeed, Sophie.

You're not quite that stupid, are you?

Now answer my question.

Is she an honorable woman?

Here you are.

This afternoon we shall be visiting crespo island.

I have a hunting reserve there.

I thought perhaps you'd like to go with me.

Will we go on land?

Hardly.

Crespo island is an insignificant little rock,

as far as the air world is concerned.

But underneath it is the most beautiful coral forest

in all the oceans of the world.

Will we walk on the ocean floor?

Would you like to?

It sounds fascinating.

You're fearless, aren't you?

I'm sure I'm not.

But I am curious.

You are fearless.

I at least know that much about you.

I know nothing about you, captain Nemo.

My daughter would have been your age by now.

In my family we married young.

My wife and my children are gone.

Since entering the nautilus I've lived with my loneliness.

I'd abandoned all hope it would ever be otherwise.

There are many beautiful women amongst your ensigns.

I suspect they are yours to command.

I cannot find what I seek among them.

What do you seek, captain Nemo?

A queen.

So you will join US on our expedition, professor?

I would dare to insist on it.

And you, Mr. Land?

You're sure you want to do this?

Absolutely.

All right, I'll join you.

Good.

Nemo: There's no need to be frightened, Sophie.

You'll find you'll be able to breathe perfectly well.

Sophie: I'm sure I'll find it breathtaking.

Ned!

Look out!

Ned.

It's ned. He's outside the museum window.

He must only have minutes left.

Rescue squad, Mr. Land is on the forward hull.

Take him air.

My best divers are on their way.

I knew you were alive!

Well, I'm glad you knew, Sophie, 'causes I tell you,

when those sharks came after me I thought

I'd pretty much drawn my last breath.

They wanted me for supper.

Didn't seem to want anyone else.

I took one step and all of a sudden I'm tumbling,

falling into the darkness of hell.

It was like being buried alive.

Then I started climbing. It was all I could do.

I just climbed and climbed and finally I saw the ship.

That was the last I remember.

These ensigns saved your life.

Well, did they now?

Well, I'm a lucky man, aren't I?

Luck had nothing to do with it.

You saved yourself, Mr. Land.

It took a great deal of courage.

Well, I'd have been a dead man if Sophie hadn't been in that room.

- That was luck. - If captain Nemo hadn't acted so decisively

it would have all been for nothing.

Yes, captain.

I owe everything to your decisiveness.

Well, some good has come of your terrible ordeal.

At least we've come to a better understanding amongst US.

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's entirely within their known range of behavior.

Look, you may know dead fish, but I know live ones.

Those sharks had it in for me and me alone.

I don't understand. What are you saying?

Well, let me put it to you this way:

I don't think that was joy in Nemo's face when I showed up again.

If he was responsible for what happened,

why didn't he tell his divers

to take a minute longer getting to you?

Because he couldn't have you thinking he was behind it all,

now could he?

Can't you let yourself accept it, ned?

He is not the monster you make him out to be.

Don't trust him, Sophie.

I have sailed with captains like him before

and I know the signs. That's exactly how he thinks.

He is mad.

Don't let him blind you.

You have to see him for what he is.

Seaweed, you say? Remarkable.

It's a little harsh despite all our ingenuity,

but still a very satisfactory smoke, I think.

Your move, professor.

This is my move.

Captain Nemo,

I am consumed by my curiosity

about you.

A man shares confidences with a friend, professor,

and he doesn't need but one if he chooses wisely.

Are you not surrounded by friends?

I am surrounded, as you put it, by followers.

There is a difference.

I would consider it an honor to be your friend.

If I take you into my confidence,

you are bound to me forever.

Do you really wish to carry such a burden?

It is no burden to be a true friend.

It also means one hasa true friend.

I offer you my hand, sir.

Very well.

I was raised to be a king

and educated to lead my people

into the modern scientific world.

But the armies of the west came to my small country

and arranged otherwise.

I escaped and survived.

The king and queen, my parents,

did not.

Nor did my wife.

Nor did my children.

I am at war, professor.

And once I have the shipping

between Europe and america in my stranglehold,

I shall demand my country back

as the price of releasing my grip.

What is it, ned?

Uh, I wanted to say I was sorry for earlier.

That's all right, ned.

Is there something else?

Yeah.

You know, when I was out there, i--

well, I'd pretty much made my peace.

I only had one regret,

just one.

What is it you want of me, ned?

Another conquest to brag about in the taverns?

You know, I think there is something

- you should know about me. - What?

I'm a married man.

- What? - Yeah.

It was a long time ago.

Matter of fact, I'd just got my journeyman's ticket.

I met her in a bar in Singapore.

Her name was Kate.

She was fiery.

It was love at first sight

and I was prepared to give up the sea.

But after a while I got restless,

so I signed on

for one last hitch on a whaler

that was working the antarctic.

And in the middle of the sea of Japan

I suddenly thought,

"I've made a terrible mistake."

So I jumped ship

and on my way home

I bought a set of pearls, a set of matched pearls

from this diver and had them laid in gold.

And I had them in my hands

and I was ready to give them to her,

put them around her neck

and beg her for forgiveness.

When I walked through the door,

I found her with another sailor.

What did you do?

Well, I went back to the sea.

What did you do with the pearls?

Oh, the pearls.

Well, the pearls--

I drank the pearls up a long time ago.

What's this?

Planning an escape?

No no, not at all, professor.

I'm just, uh, on my way to my cell.

I think I'll just sit there and wait

till I turn into one of Nemo's ensigns

and everything will be all right.

Good night.

Let him be, Sophie.

He's restless because he has no role

aboard the nautilus. He's not a scientist.

But you must remember that you are.

We cannot turn our backs on such a scientific opportunity.

What good are all our discoveries

if we will never leave the nautilus?

- Oh, we will leave the nautilus.

Has he told you so?

Not in so many words. But I'm absolutely certain he will let US go.

And you didn't tell me?

What I know, I know in confidence.

I'm his friend

and proud to call myself so.

I want to prove that his trust in me is not misplaced.

It's our one realistic hope

of one day returning to the world.

Sophie,

to ally yourself with Mr. Ned land

is to guarantee that we will never leave.

East-northeast, 21°.

Our oxygen is replenished now.

Time to go below, Sophie, professor aronnax.

Oh, must we go in so soon?

- It's such a beautiful day. - Yes, beautiful.

It's just as beautiful beneath the waves.

Well, if we must.

One could easily form the impression

that you hate the world above these waves, captain Nemo.

I don't hate it.

I hate nothing.

I simply reject it.

And yet you have to come up every day to take your bearings in it.

Exactly where are we now, captain Nemo?

Half a day's journey

and 900 meters above the city of Atlantis.

No.

Well then, shall we go below?

Atlantis?

Yes yes.

Behold mount Atlantis,

still raging,

still breathing fire, still refusing to die

9000 years after surrendering to the ocean.

How hot are these waters over Atlantis, captain Nemo?

Too hot for divers--

211° fahrenheit,

close to the boiling point.

Even the mighty nautilus cannot linger here.

We must find a way to cool the diving suits sufficiently.

We must walk the streets of Atlantis one day.

Imagine, Sophie,

all of Atlantis at our feet!

We could author a full volume on that subject alone.

If you wish, professor, you may comfortably retire now.

The ship will be cool

with all this fresh sea air we are taking on.

I have much to enter in my journal

before I can allow myself that pleasure.

Good night, Sophie.

- Good night to you. - Good night.

Sophie,

I must be candid.

I asked your father if he would allow me

a moment's private conversation with you this evening

and he very graciously agreed.

I should think I would be the one to ask

about having private conversations with me.

I thought that the conversation I had in mind

merited some formality.

Formality?

I wish to ask you for your hand in matrimony, Sophie.

You are proposing marriage?

I am prepared to make you queen of the nautilus.

You are the only woman I have ever known

with whom I could share my life completely.

You were sent to me.

Don't you see that?

It's ordained.

I couldn't possibly accept your proposal, captain Nemo.

I offer you the choice between spending your life

aboard the nautilus as my subject or my queen,

and you reject me.

You must hold me in very low esteem, my dear Sophie.

I am troubled by your selfishness.

My selfishness?

The treasures you pile up--

the works of art,

the knowledge,

the power to change so much of the world for the better--

how can you bear to keep all that to yourself

when you could be doing so much

to ease the suffering of humanity?

It's monstrous.

Oh, I see.

You think me a monster.

Well, no wonder you reject me.

Sophie,

would you do me the courtesy of accompanying me below?

The full compendium of all I have learned

and observed thus far,

an ongoing work--

suffering humanity will benefit from it very soon.

One million American dollars in gold.

Tomorrow morning I shall drop this off

at a designated point above the ocean,

to be picked up by those who fight on land

for what we fight for under the sea.

You give it to them?

Do you really suppose I toil

to collect these treasures for selfish reasons?

I had no idea.

I knew you were meant for me

the moment I saw you in the water.

I didn't think life had anything more to offer.

Good night, captain Nemo.

Good night, Sophie.

So am I still a monster?

I don't really think so.

Sophie, go below.

What is it?

I said go below!

Hey! Over here!

Nemo: Get down from there!

Full speed ahead!

Stand by the helm!

Traitor!

I give you Liberty and this is how you repay me?

You call it Liberty, I call it slavery!

Take him away!

Aim!

Fire!

Fire at will!

Not this time, farragut.

Dive! Dive!

Fire!

How could you do such a stupid thing, ned?

Well, you made your choice, I made mine.

A fool's choice.

Father said he's going to let US go.

And you believe that?

I believe in the end he will do the decent thing.

So you don't think he tried to kill me?

No, I don't.

Well well...

I'm sure you've got some important scientific work to do.

Captain Nemo thinks you need to be confined.

I'm inclined to agree with him.

Well, it's nice to know you're thinking about me.

I am you friend, ned,

if you'll allow me to be.

There.

They've locked ned up

like a common criminal.

He behaves like one.

It was entirely predictable.

He's just a fool.

Sophie, we have to let captain Nemo know

that we at least are capable

of understanding the objective situation.

What is the objective situation, father?

That we have to make the best of things.

You want me to marry him?

I would not stand in your way.

I see.

Sophie, Sophie,

Sophie, I'm trying to do what's best for you.

What's best for me, father,

or what's best for you?

Maybe you're the one that's being seduced.

Captain Nemo,

I must speak with you.

You look troubled, professor.

But there is nothing to fear, I assure you.

I wish to speak to you about Sophie.

Do you bring me good news?

I have come to do my duty as her father.

I have come to ask you to withdraw your suit.

- A lookout warning, sir.

Stand by to engage the Lincoln, gentlemen.

Aye aye, sir.

What is it, father? What's happening?

I don't know. I think it's the Abraham Lincoln.

Sophie.

Sophie, no.

Sophie!

I demand to know what's going on.

Captain farragut.

I made a poor impression at our last encounter.

I intend to rectify that this time.

What is it that you want, captain Nemo?

Justice.

Ready the dahlgren.

Aim dahlgren.

Fire!

Weapons at the forward!

Aim and fire!

You can send your mightiest,

but I will have what is mine.

All hands to the bow!

Fire at will!

Come on, farragut.

Fire at will!

Here I am.

Come on, farragut.

Yes!

Dahlgren, reload!

Father, he's going to sink her.

It's all right, Sophie. Remember, he only wounds them

and sends them home with their tails between their legs.

Not this time.

It's all right. It's all right.

It's all right.

Brandy?

Murderer!

No, Sophie, warrior.

Why, Nemo?

Why?

Why do you think I didn't sink the Abraham Lincoln

during our first encounter?

When she limped back to port,

my enemies finally gave me their full attention,

as I intended.

But they still thought they could defeat me,

so they sent her back to destroy me.

Well, now they will understand

they can send all the navies of the world--

I will not be defeated.

How many men died on that ship?

I'm not entirely sure,

but a frigate of the Abraham Lincoln class

would carry a minimum complement

of 650 men.

And you feel nothing?

Quite the contrary, Sophie.

I feel a great joy.

Sophie. Sophie.

A moment, professor...

My friend.

That ship fired upon me unprovoked,

did it not?

That was an act of war, was it not?

You knew I was at war.

I told you

the night you pledged me your loyalty.

Do you remember,

my friend?

And where are you taking US now?

I have some business in the north Atlantic.

But our course takes US

near the Caribbean trench

with depths of up to 5000 fathoms.

There, as I promised,

you will have an opportunity to prove

your theory of static evolution.

Consider it the reward of friendship.

To science!

I cannot raise my glass with you, captain Nemo,

not to science, nor to anything else.

I wish to see Mr. Land.

Oh my god. What have they done to you?

When the alarm sounded they came straight in to chain me.

Did he sink her?

Yes.

He's the devil himself.

I didn't let myself see what was so plain to you.

- I'm sorry. - Is it plain to you now?

And to your father?

Yes.

We have to escape.

We have to warn the world.

Then don't waste any more precious time with me.

You stay by Nemo's side, both of you,

keep your eyes and your ears open

and you look for a chance, any chance.

I don't want to go anywhere near that man.

Then we will remain prisoners,

all of US.

I'll do whatever I have to.

Why haven't you released him from those chains?

It's inhuman.

I am willing to release Mr. Land altogether.

You are?

Well, secrecy is no longer necessary.

After I cut off the old world from the new,

I'll put Mr. Land ashore with my terms of surrender.

And what about my father and me?

Your father too.

He will represent my interests

and speak for my... Good character.

And what are your plans for me?

Don't be frightened, Sophie.

A glorious destiny awaits you.

Nemo: Good god.

Sophie: A protoleviathan!

Get your father.

Well, professor,

it seems you were right.

Sophie: Whatever it is, it's some kind of pre-cetacean.

Aronnax: So it would seem.

Have no fear.

We will direct all our electrical power to the hull.

Whatever it is, it'll let go

as soon as it gets a taste of this.

It will soon tire of this game.

With all due respect, captain,

I don't think so.

What do you mean?

This creature would be completely unevolved in any way.

It will be days, even weeks,

before it gives up trying to break open our shell.

How much air is left? A day's worth?

Half a day at most.

We were just about to surface.

Are you certain this thing will not let US go?

I am.

Then we must kill it.

I'll arm my best divers. Stay here.

It will take more than your Nemo guns.

You underestimate the concentrated firepower

of my weapons, professor.

Now you shall see, professor,

what my Nemo guns can do in combination.

- My god! - What's happening?

It's beginning to feed!

Horrible. Those poor men.

Nemo, listen to me.

The air is turning foul.

We have one chance at best.

You must prepare an explosive charge--

a charge that must penetrate

directly into the palate.

You say penetrate,

as a harpoon might penetrate.

You are not sending ned out there.

Go to your quarters.

- I will not! - I said go to your quarters!

I will time the cycles

while you make the preparations.

If you kill it, I will let you go.

You have my word.

Yeah, see, I thought you could do anything, Nemo.

Why don't you kill it yourself?

Are you frightened, Mr. Harpoonist?

No, not particularly.

But you are.

Save the nautilus

and you shall have your Liberty...

And Sophie.

You know the funny thing about you?

You really are a man of your word, aren't you?

Can you tell me something, man to man?

You did try to kill me, didn't you?

The diving crew smeared rendered blubber on your suit...

Containing the sexual hormones

of a mating blue shark.

I'll meet you in the dive room.

How did you get free?

You lied to me.

I was lying to myself,

not to you.

You're going, aren't you?

There is nothing you can say, so...

You should save your breath.

Ned.

Ned!

He's done it!

Well done! You did it! Well done!

So you slew the dragon after all.

Yeah, I guess I did.

Captain Nemo,

let US sail to the nearest land.

Put an end to this mad dream.

The nautilus isn't just a ship, professor.

It's a refuge.

We've severed all ties with the land.

I have your word that you'll set US free.

You're free to go...

All of you.

Mobilis in mobile.

- Aronnax: My god. - Ned: He's tricked US.

Clear the decks!

Look. Look.

What is it?

Ned: It's a raft. Come on, swim.

Swim.

Come, Sophie. Hold on.

Everything will be fine, Sophie.

We will be fine.

Set a course for the coral forest.

We will carry on.

Aronnax: When we get safely home

will anyone believe our story?

I can't say.

Nor can I say what happened to the nautilus.

Is captain Nemo still alive?

I hope so.

I hope he's made his peace beneath the ocean,

his adopted country.

If his destiny is strange,

it is also sublime.

As it is written in the book of ecclesiastes:

"Who can fathom the depths of the abyss?"

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