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:

queen victoria character | woman in black | statue of liberty | irish american cop | blonde 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

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

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, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$24,008,137

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$48,170,758

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walden Media, Spanknyce Films, Mostow/Lieberman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Cleese is the fifth Monty Python member to appear in an adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days. Michael Palin starred in a BBC documentary in 1989 where he attempted to travel the same route as Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg. The documentary also featured appearances by Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam. Eric Idle starred in the mini-series Around the World in 80 Days (1989) as Passepartout.

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Goofs

On the paddle-ship on the Atlantic, the paddles are turning and some of the sails are also unfurled. However if the wind was having any effect it would have to be going faster than the ship. In that case the smoke from the smokestack should be blown forward, in the direction of travel. In fact it is shown going sideways or even backwards; this implies that the sails are actually causing a drag on the ship, slowing it down.

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Quotes

Wilbur Wright: Hey, crazy English cowboy wannabe man! Why don't you go and be crazy someplace else, you're blocking the damn path!

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Alternate Versions

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

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Connections

Version of El gato con botas (1986)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Is this a Coogan or Chan movie?

Is this a Coogan or Chan movie? That's the only puzzling thing about this movie. For the rest simply an action packed adventure, with a little too much romance on the side. 15 years ago this movie would have been a great success in the line of Goonies or a Disney flick.

Now a little overacting at times (the English cop who follows the main characters for example) is compensated with great cameos, I won't give them away, but keep watching!

Coogan is just like in his tv series, the well-known expressions and faces are shown. Just his character, can anyone be that naive at times???

Chan is sometimes the comedian with oneliners, and sometimes the actor with bad lines. His fights rule, his acting still didn't. It didn't spoil the movie, but the plot that kept returning to the 'chinese connection' almost did. I didn't expect a co-plot, just Fogg travelling around the world!!!

Don't believe the viewers describing this as a kid-movie. If you liked Goonies in the past, read the book and like Chan's unbelievable fighting scenes, you will be satisfied. 6/10 from me.