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'''Tony Curtis''' (born '''Bernard Schwartz''', [[June 3]], [[1925]]) is an [[United States|American]] film actor. Famous for his thick black wavy hair, good looks, flashing long eyelashes and trademark New York accent, he was most popular during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is best known for his light comic roles, especially his musician on the run from gangsters in ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' (1959). He has also essayed a number of more serious dramatic roles over the years, such as his escaped convict in ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958), for which he received an [[Academy Award]] nomination. He has appeared in over 100 films since [[1949]], and has also made frequent television appearances.

'''''Journey to the Center of the Earth''''' is a classic [[1864]] [[science fiction]] [[novel]] by [[Jules Verne]] (published in the original [[French language|French]] as '''''Voyage au centre de la Terre'''''). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a [[volcano]] in [[Iceland]] to the "center of the [[Earth]]". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. From a scientific point of view, this story has not aged quite as well as other Verne stories, since most of his ideas about what the interior of the Earth contains have since been proven wrong. However, a redeeming point to the story is Verne's own belief, told within the novel from the viewpoint of a character, that the inside of the Earth does indeed differ from that which the characters encounter.

== Biography ==

Compared to his previous works, Verne takes a radically different approach to storytelling by making the main character and narrator a 16 year old boy who relates the events as his own adventures. It is unknown whether this was done under the influence of his publisher [[Pierre-Jules Hetzel|Hetzel]] who wanted to distribute Verne's work as aimed towards growing teens, but the result is quite remarkable. While his previous novel and many of his later works are in fact fictionalized science, this is a gripping story of the adventures of an adolescent boy, the science taking a backdrop against his own experiences.

Tony Curtis was born '''Bernard Schwartz''', the son of [[Jew]]ish [[Hungary|Hungarian]] (from the city of [[Mátészalka]], [[Szatmár]]) immigrants Emanuel and Helen Schwartz, in [[the Bronx]], [[New York]]. His father was a tailor who had left his home country to find a new life in the [[United States]]. In the early days the family lived in the back of his tailor's shop, parents in one corner and Tony and his brothers Julius and Robert in another. Curtis has said of his mother in interview ' When I was a child she beat me up and was very aggressive, antagonistic.' His mother was later diagnosed with schizophrenia, a mental illness which also affected his brother Robert and led to his institutionalization. When Curtis was 8, he and his younger brother Julius were placed in an orphanage for one month because their parents could not afford to feed them. There were more hard times to come. When Curtis was 13, Julius was hit by a truck and died. It fell to Tony to identify the body. He has said that he still keeps his brother's cap and school books because that's all that's left of him. With the realities of real life all too harsh, a young Curtis sought refuge in the cinema.

'When I was a child, I used to go to the movies and became enthralled by all the fencing, horseback riding, kissing the girls. I said to myself "Why can't I do that?"

==Plot summary==

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The story is narrated by Axel Lidenbrock (called "Harry Hardwigg" in many English translations; see the [[#Notes|notes]]), nephew of the eminent German [[geologist]] and [[natural history|naturalist]], Professor Otto Lidenbrock. The story begins on Sunday [[24 May]] [[1863]], in the Lidenbrock house in [[Hamburg]], with Professor Lidenbrock rushing home to peruse his latest purchase, an original [[runic]] [[manuscript]] of an [[Iceland|Icelandic]] [[saga]] written by [[Snorri Sturluson]]. While looking through the book, Lidenbrock and Axel find a coded note written in [[runes|runic script]]. (A first indication of Verne's love for [[cryptology]]. Coded, cryptic or incomplete messages as a plot device will continue to appear in many of his works and in each case Verne goes a long way to explain not only the code used but also the mechanisms used to retrieve the original text.) Lidenbrock and Axel translate the runic characters into Latin letters, revealing a message written in a seemingly bizarre code.

Between [[1942]] and [[1945]] Curtis served in the [[U.S. Navy]] aboard the submarine tender, the USS PROTEUS. He witnessed the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay in September 1945, from a vantage point of 300 yards away.<ref>http://tendertale.com/ttiii/ttiii1.html</ref> After his service in the Navy, the young Curtis studied acting alongside [[Elaine Stritch]], [[Walter Matthau]] and [[Rod Steiger]]. To use his own words, he got into the movies because he was 'the handsomest of the boys.' Arriving in Hollywood in [[1948]] aged 23 he was put under contract to [[Universal Pictures]] and had his name changed to Tony Curtis. The studio sent him to fencing and riding lessons, but Curtis admits he was only interested in girls and money.

Professor Lidenbrock decides to lock everyone in the house and force himself and the others in the house (Axel, and the maid, Martha) to go without food until he cracks the code. Axel accidentally discovers the code when fanning himself with the parchment, realising that the letters simply have to be read backwards to reveal sentences written in rough Latin. Axel decides to keep the secret hidden from Professor Lidenbrock, but after two days without food, he cannot stand the hunger and reveals the secret to his uncle. Lidenbrock translates the note, which is revealed to be a medieval note written by the Icelandic [[alchemy|alchemist]] Arne Saknussemm, who claims to have discovered a passage to the centre of the Earth via [[Snæfellsjökull|Snæfell]] in [[Iceland]]. The message reads (when reflected in a mirror):

[[Image:Journey to the Center of the Earth DVD.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Journey to the Center of the Earth DVD - the 1959 film]]

Originally seen as just another pretty boy, he nonetheless proved he had great acting talent with many great performances in outstanding films such as the role of the scheming press agent Sidney Falco in ''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]'', along with [[Burt Lancaster]], and an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-nominated performance as a bigoted escaped convict chained to [[Sidney Poitier]] in ''[[The Defiant Ones]]''.

:''"In Sneffels Joculis craterem quem delibat Umbra Scartaris Julii intra calendas descende, Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges. Quod feci, Arne Saknussemm"''

Tony Curtis was so popular as a screen hunk during the 1950s that [[Elvis Presley]]<ref>[http://www.elvispresleynews.com/Elvis-Hairstyle.html Elvis Presley Elvis Presley News]</ref> copied his ducktail (DA) hairstyle after seeing it on screen.

which when translated into English reads:

Curtis has also appeared frequently on television; he co-starred with [[Roger Moore]] in the [[television program|TV series]] ''[[The Persuaders!]]''. He later starred in ''[[McCoy (TV series)|McCoy]]'' and ''[[Vega$]]''. He made his screen debut, uncredited, in ''[[Criss Cross (1949 film)|Criss Cross]]'' playing a [[rhumba]] dancer. He also provided the voice of "Stony Curtis" as a guest star on ''[[The Flintstones]]''.

:''"Descend, bold traveller, into the crater of the jokul of Sneffels, which the shadow of Scartaris touches before the kalends of July, and you will attain the centre of the earth; I have done this, Arne Saknussemm"''

All his life, Curtis has enjoyed painting, and since the early 1980s, has had a second career as a [[painter]]. His work can command more than £25000 a canvas now and it is his career in paint that he now focuses rather than movies. 'I still make movies but I'm not that interested any more. I paint all the time.' In [[2007]] his painting ''The Red Table'' will be on display in the [[Metropolitan Museum]] in [[Manhattan]].

Professor Lidenbrock is a man of astonishing impatience, and departs for Iceland immediately, taking his reluctant nephew with him. Axel repeatedly tries to reason with him, explaining his fears of descending into a [[volcano]] and putting forward various scientific theories as to why the journey is impossible, but fails to make Professor Lidenbrock see his point of view. After a rapid journey via [[Lübeck]] and [[Copenhagen]], they arrive in [[Reykjavík]], where the two procure the services of Hans Bjelke (a Danish speaking eiderdown hunter) as their guide, and travel overland to the base of the volcano. They reach the volcano in late June only to find that it has not one but three craters. Rereading Saknussemm's message they conclude that the passage to the centre of the Earth is through the one crater the shadow of a nearby mountain peak touches at noon. However the text also states that this is only true for the last days of June and for the next days, with July rapidly approaching, the weather is too cloudy for any shadows. Axel silently rejoices, hoping this will force his uncle to give up the project and return home. On the last day, though, the sun comes out and the mountain peak shows the correct crater to take.

Curtis has spoken of his disappointment in never being awarded an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] 'I've never felt that my profession has recognized me for my work.' In March [[2006]], Curtis received the Sony Ericsson Empire Lifetime Achievement Award. He has a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] and received [[France]]'s honor, the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of Arts and Letters]], in [[1995]].

After descending into this crater, the three travellers set off into the bowels of the Earth, encountering many strange phenomena and great dangers, including a chamber filled with combustable gas, and steep-sided wells around the "path". After taking a wrong turn, the three run out of water and Axel almost dies, but Hans discovers a subterranean river (which Lidenbrock and Axel name the "Hansbach") and the three are saved. At another point, Axel becomes separated from the others and is lost several miles from them. Luckily, a strange [[Acoustics|acoustic]] phenomena allows him to communicate with them from some miles away, and is soon reunited. After descending many miles, following the course of the Hansbach, they reach an unimaginably vast cavern. This underground world is lit by electrically charged gas at the ceiling, and is filled with a very deep subterranean ocean, surrounded by a rocky coastline covered in [[petrified]] trees and giant [[mushroom]]s. The three travellers build a raft out of trees and set sail on the ocean. Whilst on the water, they see several [[prehistoric]] creatures and are nearly eaten by an [[ichthyosaur]], which fights and kills a [[plesiosaur]]. During the battle between the monsters, the party comes across a huge [[geyser]], which Lidenbrock names "Axel Island". A lightning storm again threatens to destroy the raft and its passengers, but instead throws them onto the coastline. This part of the coast, Axel discovers, is alive with prehistoric plant and animal lifeforms, including giant insects and a herd of [[mastodon]]s. On a beach covered with bones, Axel discovers an oversized human [[skull]]. Axel and Lidenbrock venture some way into the prehistoric forest, where Professor Lidenbrock points out, in a shaky voice, a prehistoric human, more than twelve feet in height, leaning against a tree watching a herd of mastodons. Axel cannot be sure if he has really seen the man or not, and he and Professor Lidenbrock debate whether or not a proto-human [[civilisation]] actually exists so far underground.

== Relationships ==

The travellers continue to explore the coastline, and find a passageway marked by Saknussemm as the way ahead. However, it is blocked by what appears to be a recent cave-in and the three despair at being unable to hack their way through the [[granite]] wall. The adventurers proceed to blast the rock with [[gun cotton]] and paddle out to sea to escape the blast, but the explosion is larger than they expected and they are swept away as the sea rushes into the large open gap in the ground. After spending hours being swept along at lightning speeds by the water, the raft ends up inside a large [[chimney]] filling with water and [[magma]]. Terrified, the three are rushed upwards, through stifling heat, and are ejected onto the surface from a side-vent of a volcano. When they regain consciousness, they discover that they have been thrown out of [[Stromboli]], at the southern tip of [[Italy]]. They return to [[Hamburg]] to great acclaim - Professor Lidenbrock is hailed as one of the great scientists of history, Axel marries his sweetheart Graüben, and Hans eventually returns to his peaceful life in [[Iceland]].

Tony Curtis has been married six times. His first (and most famous) wife was the actress [[Janet Leigh]] (1927–2004), to whom he was married for 11 years, and with whom he fathered actresses [[Jamie Lee Curtis]] and [[Kelly Curtis]]. He said of their relationship, "For a while, we were Hollywood's golden couple. I was very dedicated and devoted to Janet. I was on top of my trade, but in her eyes that goldenness had started to wear off. I realised that whatever I was, I wasn't enough for Janet. That hurt me a lot and broke my heart."

He has also been married to:

At the very end of the book, Axel and Lidenbrock realise why their [[compass]] was behaving strangely after their journey on the raft. They realise that the needle was pointing the wrong way after being struck by lightning, and that they had indeed passed the very centre of the Earth.

* Jill Vandenberg Curtis ([[November 6]], [[1998]]&mdash;)

* Lisa Deutsch ([[February 28]], [[1993]]&ndash;[[1994]]); divorced

* Andrea Savio ([[1984]]&ndash;[[1992]]); divorced

* Leslie Allen ([[April 20]], [[1968]]&ndash;[[1982]]); divorced, two children

* [[Christine Kaufmann]] ([[February 8]], [[1963]]&ndash;[[1967]]); divorced, two children

His son, Nicholas (with Leslie Allen), died of a [[heroin]] overdose on July 2, 1994 at the age of 23. Of this, Curtis has said, "As a father you don't recover from that. There isn't a moment at night that I don't remember him." About his sexuality Curtis stated : "I was 22 when I arrived in Hollywood in 1948. I had more action than Mount Vesuvius! I loved it too. I participated where I wanted to and didn't where I didn't. I've always been open about it." [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053291/news] His current wife is 42 years his junior. They met in a restaurant in 1993 and married in 1998. "The age gap doesn't bother us. We laugh a lot. My body is functioning and everything is good. She's the sexiest woman I've ever known. We don't think about time. I don't use [[Viagra]] either. There are 50 ways to please your lover."

==Characters==

*Professor Otto Lidenbrock &ndash; a German [[geologist]] and [[natural history|naturalist]],

*Axel Lidenbrock &ndash; nephew to Otto Lidenbrock

*Martha &ndash; the Lidenbrock's maid

*Grauben - godchild to the professor, Axel's fiancee

*Hans Bjelke &ndash; a Danish speaking eiderdown hunter

== Trivia ==

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{{Trivia|date=June 2007}}

[[Image:The Persuaders.jpg|framed|Curtis and [[Roger Moore]] in ''The Persuaders!'' (1971/72).]]

* Tony Curtis currently resides in [[Henderson, Nevada]].

* [[Audie Murphy]] suggested Curtis portray him in his biopic ''[[To Hell and Back]]''.

* Despite [[Lew Grade]] suggesting otherwise in his biography ''Still Dancing'', Curtis is good friends with [[Roger Moore]].

* Curtis and actress-activist [[Bo Derek]] met in Washington, D.C. in support of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act in May 2004.

* Has appeared in tourism advertisements for his ancestral homeland [[Hungary]].

* Has stated that his favorite movie star and co-star was [[Cary Grant]].

* Made "Top 10 stars of the year", [[1961]] and [[1962]].

* In late [[2005]], Curtis voiced criticism of the film ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', stating that he had no intention of seeing it.

* Being measured for their costumes for ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'', the designer apparently said after measuring Marilyn "you know Tony has a better-looking ass than you do." To which Monroe opened her blouse and said "Yeah, but he doesn't have tits like these!"

* Curtis has reportedly enjoyed watching [[science fiction]] for decades, and is a fan of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction]] [[comedy]] [[television series]] ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' (1988). In [[1994]], this show achieved its highest accolade so far, winning an [[Emmy Award|International Emmy Award]] for the Outstanding Popular Arts category. Curtis was 69 at the time and presented the award to [[Robert Llewellyn]] (who played [[Kryten]] in the show). In Red Dwarf Series V episode, The Inquisitor, the character Rimmer remarks on Kryten and Lister being manacled together "Look, they come here with some cock-and-bull story, they're chained together like Sidney Poiter and Tony Curtis -- I say open the door to oblivion and kick 'em through."

* Tony Curtis is used as a continuing [[in-joke]] in the [[2005]] BBC series ''[[Look Around You]]''.

* On the [[March 17]] edition of [[Soccer AM]] Big Stan Hibbert finally told his rendition of the ' Tony Curtis Gag' which led to fireworks exploding and applause heard around the world. He was then showered in flowers from the watching audience and show crew and almost forgot to do his trademark ‘centrifugal force’ celebration.

==Notes Filmography ==

* ''[[Criss Cross (1949 film)|Criss Cross]]'' (1949)

* In many English translations, the last name 'Lidenbrock' is changed to 'Hardwigg.' In addition, Axel and Graüben are called Harry and Gretchen, respectively.

* ''[[Bedrock Across the River]]'' (1949)

* ''[[The Lady Gambles]]'' (1949)

* ''[[Take One False Step]]'' (1949) (scenes deleted)

* ''[[Johnny Stool Pigeon]]'' (1949)

* ''[[How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border]]'' (1949) (short subject)

* ''[[Woman in Hiding]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Francis (film)|Francis]]'' (1950)

* ''[[I Was a Shoplifter]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Sierra (film)|Sierra]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Winchester '73 (1950 film)|Winchester '73]]'' (1950)

* ''[[Kansas Raiders]]'' (1950)

* ''[[The Prince Who Was a Thief]]'' (1951)

* ''[[Meet Danny Wilson]]'' (1952) (cameo)

* ''[[Flesh and Fury]]'' (1952)

* ''[[No Room for the Groom]]'' (1952)

* ''[[Son of Ali Baba]]'' (1952)

* ''[[Houdini (film)|Houdini]]'' (1953)

* ''[[The All-American]]'' (1953)

* ''[[Forbidden (1953 film)|Forbidden]]'' (1953)

* ''[[Beachhead]]'' (1954)

* ''[[Johnny Dark]]'' (1954)

* ''[[The Black Shield of Falworth]]'' (1954)

* ''[[Six Bridges to Cross]]'' (1955)

* ''[[So This Is Paris]]'' (1955)

* ''[[The Purple Mask]]'' (1955)

* ''[[The Rawhide Years]]'' (1955)

* ''[[The Square Jungle]]'' (1955)

* ''[[Trapeze]]'' (1956)

* ''[[Mister Cory]]'' (1957)

* ''[[Sweet Smell of Success]]'' (1957)

* ''[[The Midnight Story]]'' (1957)

* ''[[The Vikings (film)|The Vikings]]'' (1958)

* ''[[Kings Go Forth]]'' (1958)

* ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' (1958)

* ''[[The Perfect Furlough]]'' (1958)

* ''[[Some Like It Hot]]'' (1959)

* ''[[Operation Petticoat]]'' (1959)

* ''[[Who Was That Lady?]]'' (1960)

* ''[[The Rat Race]]'' (1960)

* ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'' (1960)

* ''[[Pepe (film)|Pepe]]'' (1960) (cameo)

* ''[[The Great Impostor]]'' (1961)

* ''[[The Outsider (1961 film)|The Outsider]]'' (1961)

* ''[[Taras Bulba (film)|Taras Bulba]]'' (1962)

* ''[[40 Pounds of Trouble]]'' (1962)

* ''[[The List of Adrian Messenger]]'' (1963) (cameo)

* ''[[Captain Newman, M.D.]]'' (1963)

* ''[[Paris, When It Sizzles]]'' (1964) (cameo)

* ''[[Wild and Wonderful]]'' (1964)

* ''[[Goodbye Charlie]]'' (1964)

* ''[[Sex and the Single Girl]]'' (1964)

* ''[[The Great Race]]'' (1965)

* ''[[Boeing Boeing]]'' (1965)

* ''[[Chamber of Horrors (film)|Chamber of Horrors]]'' (1966) (cameo)

* ''[[Not with My Wife, You Don't!]]'' (1966)

* ''[[Arrivederci, Baby!]]'' (1966)

* ''[[Don't Make Waves]]'' (1967)

* ''[[On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who...]]'' (1968)

* ''[[Rosemary's Baby (film)|Rosemary's Baby]]'' (1968) (voice)

* ''[[The Boston Strangler]]'' (1968)

* ''[[Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies]]'' (1969)

* ''[[You Can't Win 'Em All]]'' (1970)

* ''[[Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?]]'' (1970)

* ''[[Mission: Monte Carlo]]'' (1974)

* ''[[Lepke]]'' (1975)

* ''[[London Conspiracy]]'' (1976)

* ''[[The Last Tycoon]]'' (1976)

* ''[[Casanova & Co.]]'' (1977)

* ''[[Sextette]]'' (1978)

* ''[[The Manitou]]'' (1978)

* ''[[The Bad News Bears Go to Japan]]'' (1978)

* ''[[Double Take]]'' (1979)

* ''[[Title Shot]]'' (1979)

* ''[[Little Miss Marker]]'' (1980)

* ''[[It Rained All Night the Day I Left]]'' (1980)

* ''[[The Mirror Crack'd]]'' (1980)

* ''[[The Scarlett O'Hara War]]'' (1980)

* ''[[Othello, the Black Commando]]'' (1982)

* ''[[Where Is Parsifal?]]'' (1983)

* ''[[BrainWaves]]'' (1983)

* ''[[The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal]]'' (1985) (documentary)

* ''[[Club Life]]'' (1985)

* ''[[Insignificance]]'' (1985)

* ''[[The Last of Philip Banter]]'' (1986)

* ''[[Balboa (film)|Balboa]]'' (1986)

* ''[[The Passenger - Welcome to Germany]]'' (1988)

* ''[[Lobster Man from Mars]]'' (1989)

* ''[[Midnight (1989 film)|Midnight]]'' (1989)

* ''[[Walter & Carlo In America]]'' (1989)

* ''[[Prime Target]]'' (1991)

* ''[[Center of the Web]]'' (1992)

* ''[[Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time]]'' (1992) (documentary)

* ''[[Naked in New York]]'' (1993)

* ''[[The Mummy Lives]]'' (1993)

* ''[[A Century of Cinema]]'' (1994) (documentary)

* ''[[The Immortals (film)|The Immortals]]'' (1995)

* ''[[The Celluloid Closet]]'' (1995) (documentary)

* ''[[Hardball (1997 film)|Hardball]]'' (1997)

* ''[[Brittle Glory]]'' (1997)

* ''[[Alien X Factor]]'' (1997)

* ''[[Stargames]]'' (1998)

* ''[[Louis & Frank]]'' (1998)

* ''[[Play It to the Bone]]'' (1999) (cameo)

* ''[[Reflections of Evil]]'' (2002) (narrator)

* ''[[Where's Marty?]]'' (2006)

* ''[[Funny Money]]'' (2007)

* ''[[The Blacksmith and the Carpenter]]'' (2007) (voice)

* ''[[David & Fatima]]'' (2008)

* ''[[Oceans 14]]'' (2009)

== References ==

* The book has a nearly all-[[Germany|German]] cast of characters (except for Hans, the Icelander) who are quite sympathetic, and the expedition's success evidently adds to Germany's intenational prestige. In [[1864]], Verne evidently saw nothing wrong with that. However, following France's defeat in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] of 1870-71 his books show a marked anti-German bias, such as ''[[The Begum's Millions]]''. Had the present book been written after 1870, Verne would have likely given its protagonists a different nationality.

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== Further reading ==

==Adaptations==

* {{cite book |last= Curtis |first= Tony |authorlink= |coauthors= [[Barry Paris]] |title= Tony Curtis: The Autobiography |year= 1993 |publisher= William Morrow & Co |___location= New York |isbn= 978-0-688-09759-2 }}

===Film===

* {{cite book |last= Ayres |first= Ian |title= Van Gogh's Ear: The Celebrity Edition |year= 2006 |publisher= French Connection |___location= Paris |isbn= 978-2-914-85307-1 }}

The novel has been made into several film versions:

*''[[Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)]]''. This film is also known as ''Trip to the Center of the Earth''.

*In [[2004]], adapted by [[D.V. DeVincentis]] and directed by Eric Brevig. It is currently slated for a Summer, 2007 release, with plans for the film to be done using 3-D technology developed by James Cameron and Vince Pace. [[Brendan Fraser]], [[Anita Briem]] and [[Josh Hutcherson]] are the only members of the cast announced for the movie.

== External links ==

===Television===

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*Several "made for television" versions in [[1977]], [[1993]], and [[1999]] (the latter by [[Hallmark Entertainment]]).

* {{imdb name|0000348|Tony Curtis}}

*An animated [[television]] series first broadcast in [[1967]], starring the voices of [[Ted Knight]], [[Pat Harrington Jr.]], and [[Jane Webb]]. This was not a serialized version of the story, but non-contingent episodes which, after the first, could be shown in any order. There was no ending episode.

* {{tcmdb name|848347|Tony Curtis}}

*A [[1976]] [[Spain|Spanish]] version (''Viaje al centro de la Tierra'') was adapted by [[John Melson]], [[Carlos Puerto]], and [[Juan Piquer Simón]], and was directed by Simón. It stars [[Kenneth More]], [[Pep Munné]], [[Ivonne Sentis]], [[Frank Braña]], [[Jack Taylor (actor)|Jack Taylor]], [[Ana Arco]], [[Lone Fleming]], and [[Emiliano Redondo]]. It was dubbed into English as [[The Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth]], but sometimes referred to as "Journey To The Center Of The Earth".

* [http://www.oralhistoryproject.com/TonyCurtis1.html Biography] and [http://www.oralhistoryproject.com/tcurtis_navy.html naval service] from the California Center for Military History website

*A [[1989]] movie called ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' took only the title and a general idea from the Verne novel, and had a unique plot aimed at a [[adolescence|teen]] audience. It was written by [[Debra Ricci]], [[Regina Davis]], [[Kitty Chalmers]], and [[Rusty Lemorande]], and was directed by Lemorande and [[Albert Pyun]]. It stars [[Emo Philips]], [[Paul Carafotes]], [[Jaclyn Bernstein]], [[Kathy Ireland]], [[Janet Du Plessis]], [[Nicola Cowper]], [[Lochner De Kock]], and [[Ilan Mitchell-Smith]]. It was based on an incompleted version, more faithful to Verne's text, written and directed by Rusty Lemorande, but it was not completed because of Cannon Film's premature closure.

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===Theater===

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*A stage version of ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'', written by Gerald Fitzgerald and directed by Steven-Shayle Rhodes, was produced at Pegasus Theatre in Dallas, Texas in 2000.

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==Allusions/references from other works==

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*[[Doctor Emmett Brown]], one of the two main fictional characters of the [[Back to the Future trilogy|Back to the Future]] film series, attributed the origins of his lifelong devotion to science to having read as a child the works of Jules Verne in general, and Journey to the Center of the Earth in particular.

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*The first part of the second season of ''Around the World with Willy Fogg'' by Spanish studio BRB Internacional was Journey to the Center of the Earth.

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*The episode "Hot Diggity Dawg" of the PBS series ''[[Wishbone (TV series)|Wishbone]]'' was about ''Journey to the Center of the Earth''.

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A few [[computer and video games|video games]] called ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' were released: in the early 1980s by [[Ozisoft]][http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/3559/] and in [[1988]] by [[Chip Software]][http://www.lemon64.com/games/details.php?ID=1387] for the [[Commodore 64]], and in [[2003]] by [[Frogwares]].

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A [[concept album]] called [[Journey to the Centre of the Earth (album)|''Journey to the Centre of the Earth'']] by [[Rick Wakeman]], was released in [[1974]].

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A second [[concept album]] called [[Return to the Centre of the Earth (album)|''Return to the Centre of the Earth'']] by [[Rick Wakeman]], was released in 1999 and features a full orchestra and narration by Patrick Stewart.

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Another album is ''Journey to the Center of the Mind'' by [[The Amboy Dukes]], released in [[1968]] whose main song (same title as the album) includes the lyrics:

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"But please realize,

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You'll probably be surprised,

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For it's the land unknown to man,

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Where fantasy is fact,

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So if you can, please understand,

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You might not come back."

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==Trivia==

There is a serious proposal, by a scientist, about [[David J. Stevenson#his idea about going down into the Earth|sending a probe to the center of the earth]].

==See also==

*[[Hollow Earth]]

*[[Subterranean fiction]]

==External links==

* [http://jv.gilead.org.il/wolcott/CE-allc/ ''Journey to the Center of the Earth''] from JV.Gilead.org.il

* [http://www.jules-verne.co.uk/ Jules Verne] - easy to read HTML format of Verne's books.

* [http://www.jules-verne.co.uk/a-journey-to-the-interior-of-the-earth/ Journey to the Interior of the Earth] - in easy to read HTML format.

* [http://www.jules-verne.co.uk/french-voyage-au-centre-de-la-terre/ Voyage au Centre de la Terre] - in easy to read HTML format (French text).

* {{gutenberg|no=3748|name=A Journey to the Interior of the Earth}} ([[English language|English]])

* {{gutenberg|no=4791|name=Voyage au Centre de la Terre}} ([[French language|French]])

* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jules-verne/CIEH.htm Literary analysis of the novels of Jules Verne] (French text)

* [http://librivox.org/a-journey-to-the-interior-of-the-earth-by-jules-verne/ Free audiobook] of "Journey to the Center of the Earth" from [http://www.librivox.org Librivox]

* [http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID504870.asp] - a photoessay of the ride

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