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

Director:

Buzz Kulik

Writers:

Jules Verne (novel)
John Gay (written for television by)

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:

Queen Victoria | Fencing | Cornelius Vanderbilt | Airship | Bank Robbery

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Pierce Brosnan	...	Phileas Fogg
Eric Idle	...	Jean Passepartout
Julia Nickson	...	Princess Aouda
Peter Ustinov	...	Detective Wilbur Fix
Jack Klugman	...	Capt. Bunsby
Roddy McDowall	...	McBaines
Darren McGavin	...	Benjamin Mudge
Robert Morley	...	Wentworth
Stephen Nichols	...	Jesse James
Lee Remick	...	Sarah Bernhardt
Jill St. John	...	Woman mistaken for Princess Aouda
Robert Wagner	...	Alfred Bennett
Arielle Dombasle	...	Lucette
Gabriele Ferzetti	...	Italian Chief of Police
Henry Gibson	...	Train Conductor

Also Known As:

Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni (Italy)
In 80 Tagen um die Welt (West Germany)

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:

Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | UK:PG | Finland:K-7

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: On a map shown in the opening credits, the capital of China is identified as "Beijing". This spelling is in the Pin-Yin system of representing Chinese with Roman letters, which was not adopted until 1979. The Wade-Giles Romanization spelling of "Peking" would still have been in use. Wade-Giles was developed in 1859.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Version of Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Very good adaptation, too bad the DVD is not worth it

Very enjoyable adaptation of the Jules Verne Novel.

Around the world in 80 days. Pierce Brosnan is fantastic in his role of the inventor and scientist Phileas Fogg. The cast is superb and the photography fantastic. Far better production that the new adaptation with Jacky Chan on it. Unfortunaly when finally after a very long wait the DVD came up, what a disappointment, the DVD simply sucks, no production notes, or special features or anything at all, besides, the quality of the image is at the very least 1/10. The poorest I've ever seen in a long time. I mean if you are going to produce something, put a little heart on it. I hope we can very soon enjoy this mini series in its complete extend, with a special edition DVD.