Mysterious Island (2005 film)
Mysterious Island is a 2005 television film made for Hallmark Channel that is very loosely based on Jules Verne's 1875 novel of the same name. It was filmed in Thailand and directed by Russell Mulcahy.
DVD cover for Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The first edition, published by Hetzel, contains illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870) and In Search of the Castaways (1867–68), though its themes are vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson, indicating the influence of the novels Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson. Verne developed a similar theme in his novel, Godfrey Morgan.
Cover page of The Mysterious Island
Lobby Card for the 1929 film version of The Mysterious Island, filmed in Technicolor
Cyrus Smith blessing Captain Nemo on his death bed in The Mysterious Island