Tagline(s):	It's alive!
	You'll see it tear a city apart!
	Fantastic Sea-Giant Crushes City!
	Warner Bros. Sensation of the Nation!
	Prehistoric sea-giant rages against city!
	They couldn't believe their eyes! They couldn't escape the terror! And neither will you!
	Cast of thousands! Over a year in the making!
	The sea's master beast of the ages -- raging up from the bottom of time!
	A Thrill-Story Beyond All Imagining!
	Not Suitable For Children

Nomination Year: 1997

SYNOPSIS: A polar-region atomic test unleashes a monster long thought extinct -- a huge dinosaur that had been trapped in the ice eons ago. Nobody believes the few who saw the beast (which, despite the title, was most definitely not from 20,000 fathoms). An effete scientist must convince a skeptical world that not only could such a creature still exist, but that it does -- and it's on its way. The monster, meanwhile, wrecks ships and eats a lighthouse en route to New York, where it finds a smorgasbord. A little like Jurassic Park: The Lost World, but not bogged down with all that intelligent plotting, solid acting, and great special effects.

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Acting

Not That There's Anything Wrong with That The hero and heroine meet for the first time. Paul (as Dr. Tom) is clearly trying to be the suave European, but comes across as hopelessly superior and oily. Furthermore, the sense that his performance is effeminate is accentuated at the end of this scene, when he hangs his wrist limply in mid-air for the last full minute of the conversation. There it hangs, right in the middle of the screen, between actor and actress. The character, in case you were wondering, is not homosexual -- he and the female lead do get together by the end of the film. But God only knows how or why they hook up, since in this scene, she glances at his wrist as if thinking, "Oh, he's gay. Pity. I was almost attracted to him."

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Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Eugène Lourié	Directed Chaplin's Limelight then went on to specialize in giant- monster flicks.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Paul Hubschmid	Prof. Tom Nesbitt	Often billed "Paul Christian," he was a German leading man with his heyday in the '40s and '50s. Starred as Hassan in Bagdad.
Paula Raymond	Lee Hunter	Was in LOTS of '50s TV shows, in small parts and was Queen Berengaria in King Richard and the Crusaders.
Cecil Kellaway	Prof. Thurgood Elson	South African actor who had such great parts as Monsignor Ryan in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Dr. William Chumley in Harvey, Nick Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice, and Daniel in I Married a Witch. What happened, Cecil?
Kenneth Tobey	Col. Jack Evans	Was in the same acting class (physical schoolroom, not talent-wise) as Gregory Peck and Tony Randall. Played Capt. Patrick Hendry in The Thing from Another World and 2005's The Naked Monster as well as Air Controller Neubauer in Airplane!
Donald Woods	Capt. Phil Jackson	Played Perry Mason in The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, Charles Ford in Frisco Kid, and was the host of "Hotel Cosmopolitan."
Lee Van Cleef	Corp. Stone	Perennial badass action star who played bad guys, Western hombres, and martial artists, even though he's as Western as a Texas omelette. Was Hauk in Escape from New York, Sentenza/Angel Eyes in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Col. Douglas Mortimer in For a Few Dollars More, and Reese in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
Steve Brodie	Sgt. Loomis	A Bad Movie baddie in nearly 150 films and TV episodes. Was Fisher in Out of the Past, Happy Lee in The Big Wheel, and Steve Randall in Desperate.
Ross Elliott	George Ritchie	Very prolific supporting character in many a Smithee-worthy Bad sci-fi, action, or Western, big screen or small. Played bit parts in The Towering Inferno, Tarantula!, Kelly's Heroes, and Indestructible Man, among others.
Jack Pennick	Jacob Bowman	Weird-looking guy you've probably seen in every Western, like ever.
Frank Ferguson	Dr. Morton	Extremely prolific actor, often plays blustery businessmen and the like. Was Mr. McDougal in Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Marshal Williams in Johnny Guitar.

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