"Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I) TV mini-series 1989-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

16 April 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Action | Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A Victorian Age English gentleman takes a wager that he can circle the globe in the unprecedented time of just 80 days.

Plot Keywords:

Travel | Thuggee | Steamboat | Fencing | Airship

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Pierce Brosnan	...	Phileas Fogg (3 episodes, 1989)
Eric Idle	...	Jean Passepartout (3 episodes, 1989)
Julia Nickson	...	Princess Aouda (3 episodes, 1989)
Peter Ustinov	...	Detective Wilbur Fix (3 episodes, 1989)
Jack Klugman	...	Capt. Bunsby (3 episodes, 1989)
Roddy McDowall	...	McBaines (3 episodes, 1989)
Darren McGavin	...	Benjamin Mudge (3 episodes, 1989)
Robert Morley	...	Wentworth (3 episodes, 1989)
Stephen Nichols	...	Jesse James (3 episodes, 1989)
Lee Remick	...	Sarah Bernhardt (3 episodes, 1989)
Jill St. John	...	Woman mistaken for Princess Aouda / ... (3 episodes, 1989)
Robert Wagner	...	Alfred Bennett (3 episodes, 1989)
Arielle Dombasle	...	Lucette (3 episodes, 1989)
Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Italian Chief of Police (3 episodes, 1989)
Henry Gibson	...	Train Conductor (3 episodes, 1989)
John Hillerman	...	Sir Francis Commarty (3 episodes, 1989)
Rick Jason	...	Cornelius Vanderbilt (3 episodes, 1989)
Christopher Lee	...	Stuart (3 episodes, 1989)
Patrick Macnee	...	Ralph Gautier (3 episodes, 1989)
John Mills	...	Faversham (3 episodes, 1989)
Pernell Roberts	...	Captain Speedy (3 episodes, 1989)
James Sikking	...	Jenks (3 episodes, 1989)
Simon Ward	...	Flannigan (3 episodes, 1989)
John Abineri	...	Father Gruber (3 episodes, 1989)
Yves Aubert	...	Gravier (3 episodes, 1989)
Bill Bailey	...	Captain Phillips (3 episodes, 1989)
Peter Birrel	...	Brindisi Terminal Clerk (3 episodes, 1989)
John Carlin	...	Forster (3 episodes, 1989)
Jean-Pierre Castaldi	...	Lenoir (3 episodes, 1989)
Lane Cooper	...	Kyaukese (3 episodes, 1989)
Julian Curry	...	Wilson (3 episodes, 1989)
Ellis Dale	...	Bank Clerk (3 episodes, 1989)
Bruce Troy Davis	...	Captain Lacey (3 episodes, 1989)
Edward Dentith	...	Faversham's Aide (3 episodes, 1989)
Hugo De Vernier	...	Louis Pasteur (3 episodes, 1989)
Gérard Dimiglio	...	Bonheur First Officer (3 episodes, 1989)
Roy Evans	...	Shirley Rose Engineer (3 episodes, 1989)
Don Ferguson	...	Bombay Director of Police (3 episodes, 1989)
Henry Fong	...	T'ung Chih (3 episodes, 1989)
Michael Gable	...	Frank James (3 episodes, 1989)
Maurice Gardette	...	French Consul (3 episodes, 1989)
Arne Gordon	...	Bank Guard (3 episodes, 1989)
Olivier Hémon	...	Georges (3 episodes, 1989)
Colin Higgins	...	Reporter (3 episodes, 1989)
Mark Holmes	...	Major Bryce (3 episodes, 1989)
George Ip	...	Tailor (3 episodes, 1989)
Subhash Joshi	...	Indian Gentleman (3 episodes, 1989)
Abraham Lee	...	Carnatic Steamship Clerk (3 episodes, 1989)
Ming-yang Li	...	Sinji Servant (3 episodes, 1989)
Lily Leung	...	Empress (3 episodes, 1989)
Joseph Long	...	Italian Squad Leader (3 episodes, 1989)
Victor Maddern	...	Liverpool Ticket Agent (3 episodes, 1989)
Anna Massey	...	Queen Victoria (3 episodes, 1989)
Ian McNeice	...	Batcular (3 episodes, 1989)
Ajay Mehta	...	Calcutta Harbor Clerk (3 episodes, 1989)
Christopher Muncke	...	Vanderbilt First Officer (3 episodes, 1989)
Pierre Olaf	...	Captain Rondicherry (3 episodes, 1989)
Sai-Kit Yung	...	Bayfront Hotel Clerk (3 episodes, 1989)
Arun Pathela	...	Kiru (3 episodes, 1989)
John Rapley	...	Reverend Samuel Smythe (3 episodes, 1989)
Terrence Scammell	...	Grimes (3 episodes, 1989)
Peter Sharman	...	English Consul Clerk (3 episodes, 1989)
Eve Schickle	...	The Harlot (3 episodes, 1989)
Cassie Stuart	...	Madelaine (3 episodes, 1989)
Tommy Tam	...	Chinese Dockworker (3 episodes, 1989)
Theodore Thomas	...	Police Chief (3 episodes, 1989)
Violetta	...	Mildred (3 episodes, 1989)
Ed Wiley	...	Ffolkestone (3 episodes, 1989)
Tariq Yunus	...	Prince Bayinnaung (3 episodes, 1989)

Series Directed by
Buzz Kulik		(2 episodes, 1989)

Series Writing credits
John Gay		(2 episodes, 1989)
Jules Verne		(2 episodes, 1989)

Series Produced by
Frank Agrama	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 1989)
Paul Baerwald	....	executive producer (2 episodes, 1989)
Daniele Lorenzano	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 1989)
Mirjana Mijojlic	....	line producer (2 episodes, 1989)
Alessandro Tasca	....	line producer (2 episodes, 1989)
Renée Valente	....	executive producer / producer (2 episodes, 1989)
Charles Wang	....	line producer (2 episodes, 1989)

Series Original Music by
Billy Goldenberg		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Nicholas D. Knowland		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
David Beatty		(unknown episodes)
Les Green		(unknown episodes)
Peter Parasheles		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Madalena Chan		(unknown episodes)
Rachelle Farberman		(unknown episodes)
Rose Tobias Shaw		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Mike Porter		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Jonathan Cheung		(unknown episodes)
Lek Chaiyan Chunsuttiwat		(unknown episodes)
Vladislav Lasic		(unknown episodes)
Ian Watson		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Chung Yee Fung		(unknown episodes)
Roger Hulme		(unknown episodes)
Svetislav Todorovic		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Emma Porteus		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Giancarlo Del Brocco	....	makeup supervisor (unknown episodes)
Sandra Exelby	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Dorothy D. Fox	....	hair styles supervisor (unknown episodes)
Roberto Innocenzi	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Sandra Ivatovic	....	assistant makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Chung Sui Kee	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Fung Wai Man	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Wendy Rawson	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Maria Rizzo	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Bron Roylance	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Radmila Todorovic	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Prisana Trachai	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Darinka Vidovic	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Piero Amati	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Brian Bilgorri	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Riccardo Coccia	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)
Douglas Green	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Philip Lee	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Jill Nyren	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes)
Tony Pinker	....	post-production supervisor (unknown episodes)
Branislav Brana Srdic	....	production manager (unknown episodes)
Miodrag Stevanovic	....	unit manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bojana Sutic	....	second assistant director (1 episode, 1989)
Petar Cvejic	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Bob Dahlin	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Tony Dyer	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Gordana Pavlovic	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Ken Siu	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Burr Smidt	....	second unit director (unknown episodes)
Michael Smidt	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Charlie Sungkawess	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Daniel Yu	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Radoslav Mihajlovic	....	assistant production designer (unknown episodes, 1989)
Barry Gibbs	....	stand-by props (unknown episodes)
Milorad Kalanj	....	property buyer (unknown episodes)
Dominique Lo	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Ljubomir Mrsovic	....	carpenter (unknown episodes)
Vladimir Stojanovic	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Arthur Wicks	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Zoran Prodanovic	....	boom operator (unknown episodes, 1989)
George Bours	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Joseph D. Citarella	....	dubbing mixer (unknown episodes)
Ossama Khuluki	....	foley artist (unknown episodes)
Don MacDougall	....	dubbing mixer (unknown episodes)
Jesus Manique	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Bob Minkler	....	dubbing mixer (unknown episodes)
Dennis Mosher	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Chris Munro	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
David Pettijohn	....	adr editor (unknown episodes)
Colin Wood	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Antonio Corridori	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Dusan Mihailovic	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Sead Bihorac	....	grip (3 episodes, 1989)
Sven Arnstein	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Peter Bloor	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)
Harriet Cox	....	focus puller (unknown episodes)
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography (unknown episodes)
Ray Meehan	....	best boy (unknown episodes)
Jacques Renoir	....	director of photography: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gigi Choa	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Cynthea Dowling	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Mark Holmes	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Jasmina Sanader	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Roger La Prairie	....	telecine colorist (unknown episodes, 1989)
Ahmed Agrama	....	post-production executive (unknown episodes)
Glenn Garland	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Scott A. Henderson	....	assistant film editor (unknown episodes)
Brossy Reina	....	assistant film editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation (unknown episodes)
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator (unknown episodes)
Randall Rumage	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)
Jim Weidman	....	music editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
David Field	....	travel agent (1 episode, 1989)
Loredana Manili	....	production secretary (1 episode)
Jehan Agrama	....	production executive (unknown episodes)
Jane Apodaca	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Andrea Borella	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Teresita S. Crisostomo	....	additional script supervisor: hongkong (unknown episodes)
Jennifer De Costa	....	production auditor (unknown episodes)
Renée Glynne	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Nigel Goldsack	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Barbara Gregson	....	film researcher (unknown episodes)
Jo Grossman	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Jackson Ip	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Penny Kanjanapinchote	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Avi Levy	....	production accountant (unknown episodes)
Throngterd Mahasuwan	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Tony Miller	....	location accountant (unknown episodes)
Daria Paris	....	assistant: Renee Valente and Paul Baerwald (unknown episodes)
Billy Pittard	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Amy Shuen	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Sheila Slate	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Basil Somner	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Miodrag Stevanovic	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Heidi Wall	....	production executive (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Avala Film
• Harmony Gold
• Rete Europa
• Salon Films
• Valente/Baerwald Productions

Distributors

• Revelation Films (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• Alpha Media (2004) (China) (TV)
• Best Film & Video Corp. (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Cine-TV-Video Productions (1990) (Greece) (video)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Joy Video (1990) (Greece) (VHS)
• Llamentol (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Missing in Action (MIA) (2006) (UK) (DVD) (as M.I.A.)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1989) (USA) (TV)
• Trinity Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Video Elit (1990) (Greece) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2000) (Germany) (video)

Other Companies

• Charlemagne Travel  travel agency
• Compact Video  sound recording
• Gold Screen Inc.  music and sound recording
• Intersound  post-production facilities
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Pittard Design  title design: main titles
• Windmill Lane Pictures  music recording
• f-Stop  opticals

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for sensuality, adventure action and language

Runtime:

Spain:210 min | UK:266 min

Country:

USA | Italy | West Germany | Yugoslavia

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG | Finland:K-7 | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | USA:PG | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Avala Film

Trivia:

Jill St. John and Robert Wagner were engaged to each other when they made their guest appearance in this film. They were married one year later, in 1990.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In episode 1, as the main characters are approaching Firenze aboard the Purple Cloud, and in a general view of the city from the air, a modern van can be seen next to a church.

Quotes:

Detective Wilbur Fix:[drunkenly] Vive la France!
Jean Passepartout:[drunkenly] Up the English!

Movie Connections:

Version of Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

A fun and satisfyingly enjoyable adaptation

Having read the book several times and being a real fan of this and other Verne novels, not to mention, travel in general I can wholeheartedly recommend this movie. If you have read the book and enjoy watching movies then hire, borrow or buy this film if you would like to see a fairly faithfully adapted version of the book starring an agreeable cast and featuring a varied number of far flung and pretty faithful looking locations. Brosnan may be a little younger than the Fogg I'd seen in my minds eye when reading but he performs very well and is suitably dashing and stiff upper lipped where he should be whilst also exhibiting a believably self-conscious even shy air around the very beautiful Julia Nickson. She plays her part very well also and the only negative comment I can make is that she isn't very Indian looking. But that isn't a problem, she looks wonderful anyway. Eric Idle and Peter Ustinov provide the comedy, the former giving rise to a number of laugh out loud moments for those of us with a sense of humour and being on the whole, very enjoyable to watch. Ustinov provides a few light hearted moments also, but I will admit he is a little to hammy for my liking, mumbling and shrieking a little too much. The cameos are right out of a who's who of 80's TV and it was fun to see some old TV favourites, such as Quincy's Jack Klugman, popping up in unexpected places. As previously mentioned the locations impress. And I wasn't disappointed, for example having been to Hong Kong myself on several occasions the sampans and the junks were set in a location that looked to me just as I'd imagined the now heavily built up modern city to have looked in the 1800s. The extras too look suitably indigenous to the parts of the world our heroes are passing through.

So on the whole if you are looking for a movie that relays a sense of travel, a sense of adventure, a strong element of romance and above all a real honest sense of fun - just as the book did - then seek out this movie. It may have taken a few liberties here and there and it does take a few scenes from the Niven version that didn't appear at all in the book, but it still relates the story as told by Verne and in my opinion it does it very well indeed. Some would have you believe that it doesn't bare much resemblance to the book and is poorly acted but this is patently untrue. Its a great version and well worth the five odd hours of my time.