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[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]

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[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.