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:

long fingernails | victorian era | buddha statue | chinese man | chinese woman | 

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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

Johnny Knoxville was originally cast as the San Francisco Hobo, but had to bow out due to conflicting schedules.

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Goofs

After Fogg and his companions have been launched from the paddle-ship and start to descend from their initial impetus, a rainbow can be seen below and in front of them. However the sun is to their left; a rainbow cannot be formed in that location - it should be off to their right.

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Quotes

Phileas Fogg: Rules are made to be broken... or stabbed by a spikey shoe.

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Alternate Versions

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

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Connections

Version of Der gestiefelte Kater (1955)

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Soundtracks

It's Slinky!
Written by Homer Fesperman and Charles Weasley

User Reviews

cute movie that is better for those who haven't read the book

Very unfaithful adaptation of the Jules Verne novel, yet much more entertaining than the tedious and wildly overrated but relatively faithful David Niven version. The movie is breezy and enjoyable, with some fun fight scenes, although it is completely inconsequential.

I think it would help when watching this movie to have not read the book, because one cannot help but think that the extensive rewriting was not necessary. Passepartout's character could have been expanded for Jackie without so many other changes. Changing Phineas to a bumbling, goofy inventor was clearly done in an attempt to make the movie into another version of the buddy movie that has been Jackie's greatest friend in the U.S., but Coogan is unexceptional in the role and doesn't have a lot of chemistry with Jackie, so they really should have just done the character as written, which could have made for a much smarter movie.

In spite of plot holes and some silliness though, I enjoyed this, at least in that, watch-a-movie-on-TV-on-a-Saturday-morning way.

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