Tales Of Adventure – Collection 8 (Blu-ray)

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1916)

This pioneering silent film is notable for being the first time footage was captured underwater for a motion picture!

Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne, and directed by Stuart Paton.

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver – a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation of a 4K restoration from a 35mm nitrate print by Universal Pictures on Blu-ray
• Orchestral Score by Orlando Perez Rosso
• Audio Commentary by film historian Anthony Slide
• Audio: LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.33:

Master of the World (1961) 

This high-flying epic stars Hollywood greats Vincent Price and Charles Bronson, in a sci-fi journey said to have influenced Star Trek!

In 1868, an American scientist and his team become hostages of fanatical pacifist Robur who uses his airship Albatross to destroy military targets on Earth.

The masterful Richard Matheson penned the screenplay, based on the 1886 Jules Verne novel Robur the Conqueror and its 1904 sequel Master of the World. 

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio Commentary by Tom Weaver, David Schecter, Richard Heft, and Lucy Chase Williams
• NEW Video Essay by Phillip Jeffries
• NEW Video Essay by Andy Marshall-Roberts on Vincent Price
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
• Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

Valley of the Dragons (1961) 

Worldwide first on Blu-ray!

Loosely based on Jules Verne’s 1877 sci-fi novel Off on a Comet, this time-travelling adventure takes you to a prehistoric world beyond your imagination!

In 1881 Algeria, an American soldier and a French aristocrat are drawn into the gravitational pull of a comet. The men find themselves transported to the moon, where they discover a prehistoric civilization inhabited by reptiles and humans.

Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

War-Gods of the Deep (aka City Under the Sea) (1965) 

This sci-fi adventure stars Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, Susan Hart and David Tomlinson, heading deep below the Earth’s surface to discover a city under the sea!

Inspired by the works of Jules Verne and the Edgar Allen Poe poem The City in the Sea, French-American genre director Jacques Tourneur crafted this colourful world of danger and excitement. 

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby & Kevin Lyons
• Going Deep with Tab Hunter – featurette
• Alternate Titles – The City Under The Sea
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon (1967) 

Beloved Hammer Films director Don Sharp (Kiss of the Vampire) brings laughs aplenty to this British sci-fi comedy, starring Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe and Terry-Thomas.

In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman’s finances to build a German explosives expert’s giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon, but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• NEW Audio Commentary by journalist/film critic Kim Newman and author Stephen Jones
• Journalist and film historian Matthew Sweet on Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon (2021)
• Journalist and film critic Kim Newman on Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon (2021)
• On the set of Jules Verne’s Rocket to the Moon – silent footage
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles

The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) 

This adventure classic is based on the 1905 Jules Verne book The Lighthouse at the End of the World, starring acting royalty Kirk Douglas and Yul Brynner.

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he desperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates’ slaughter soon complicates the situation.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
• Audio Commentary by film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson, incorporating interviews featuring producer Ilya Salkind and director Kevin Billington
• Radio Spot
• Theatrical Trailer
• Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
• Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
• Optional English HOH Subtitles