Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

To win a bet, an eccentric British inventor, beside his Chinese valet and an aspiring French artist, embarks on a trip full of adventures and dangers around the world in exactly eighty days.

Director:

Frank Coraci

Writers:

Jules Verne (novel), David N. Titcher (screenplay) (as David Titcher)

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jackie Chan	...	Passepartout / Lau Xing
Steve Coogan	...	Phileas Fogg
Cécile de France	...	Monique La Roche (as Cécile De France)
Robert Fyfe	...	Jean Michel
Jim Broadbent	...	Lord Kelvin
Ian McNeice	...	Colonel Kitchener
David Ryall	...	Lord Salisbury
Roger Hammond	...	Lord Rhodes
Adam Godley	...	Mr. Sutton
Howard Cooper	...	Academy Member #1
Karen Mok	...	General Fang (as Karen Joy Morris)
Daniel Hinchcliffe	...	British Valet
Wolfram Teufel	...	Belgian Dignitary
Tom Strauss	...	Academy Member #2
Kit West	...	Academy Member #3

Storyline

An adventurer, Passepartout, ends up accompanying time-obsessed English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, on a daring mission to journey around the world. Fogg has wagered with members of his London club that he can traverse the world in 80 days. Along the way, they encounter many interesting 19th Century figures and have many exciting and suspenseful situations in their voyage around the world.

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Plot Keywords:

victorian era | queen victoria | one against many | journey | inventor | 

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Taglines:

The race begins: June 16.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action violence, some crude humor and mild language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Feature film debut of Will Forte (Young Bobby).

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Goofs

A guy falls out of train, and Jackie Chan looks to his left while saying "Sorry". This gives impression that the train is moving right. But as the camera pans out, the train is shown moving towards his left.

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Quotes

Phileas Fogg: Here comes Mr. Grumpy... and the Leather-ettes.

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Alternate Versions

Some commercial television prints cut out the Arnold Schwarzenegger cameo sequence.

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Connections

Version of Faerie Tale Theatre: Puss in Boots (1985)

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Soundtracks

Sehnaz Pesrev
Ud - Nurk Karademirli
Kanun - Önder Kiran
Kemenge - Aspa Anojati
Ney - Jorgos Psirakis
Bendir - Matthias Bautz

User Reviews

Not worth seeing

The thing about the original "Around the World in 80 Days that made it so enjoyable was the fact that you could spot tons famous actors in cameos. But this this bleak remake has little to recommend apart from Jackie Chan's amazing martial arts moves. Arnold Schwarzannegar (how the hell do you spell it?) plays a prince in Turkey and is just plain embarassing, and I like him as an actor. John Cleese appears for little more time in this film than he did in the first Harry Potter film, and Macy Gray also makes a bizarre cameo appearance as a sleeping French woman. She must have wanted more after "Spider man". Steve Coogan is no David Niven, and he just doesn't have enough charm to keep this film going. But Cecile DeParis is the worst of all. The only good thing in this film apart from Jackie Chan is Rob Schneider as a tramp. You might like it but I think it's pretty mediocre. 6/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Vidio [Indonesia]

Country:

USA Germany Ireland UK

Language:

English Cantonese French German Hindi Turkish

Release Date:

16 June 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Around the World in Eighty Days

Filming Locations:

Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,576,132, 20 June 2004

Gross USA:

$24,008,137

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$72,178,895

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Walden Media, Spanknyce Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1