
Fogg has to cope with the facts that he seems to have lost the bet by some hours, but gained something he never seemed to have: emotion. When the journey comes to a dramatic returning to England, Mr. And he won't get paid much, because he left the gas running, back in London. The trio dare to do what no one has done beforebeat the clock in a race around the world, traveling by land, sea, air and even in-line skates. Fogg has his usual timetable and meal schedule running at normal pace, so that all the waves have to be broken by Passepartout. Accompanying Fogg across the globe are Lau Xing, a mysterious man who joins Fogg to evade the police, and Monique La Roche, a beautiful artist. Victorian-era Englishman Phileas Fogg (David Niven) proclaims before his fellow members of a London gentlemans club that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days, further boasting that he will bet the princely sum of 20,000 pounds on the success of his endeavor. In Hongkong, Passepartout meets drugs in a involuntarily manner and in the United States, the wild, wild west takes its toll. Watch Around the World in 80 Days on DIRECTV.

In the deep jungles of India, the butler's skills are again needed in a case of rescuing beautiful Princess Aouda, who is to be burnt alive at the side of her dead husband. Fix starts crossing their path more and more often, he somehow seems to try to hinder their forthcoming. Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring David Niven and. Starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Julia. The teleplay by John Gay is based on the Jules Verne novel of the same title. The production garnered three nominations for Emmy awards that year.


Passepartout's skills are necessary in a bullfight in order to get them a ship that should take them back onto their planned route. Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days. But a travel agent called Thomas Cook offers them his captive balloon, which carries them to Spain instead. Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Together with his new butler Passepartout, who expected a different first day at work, he takes off instantly to Paris, where they miss the train to Marseilles. Comedy | Family-friendly Movie Groups Jules Verne Adaptations Synopsis English nobleman Phileas Fogg, a very strict and emotionless man, gets wound up in a bet at his gentlemen's club: He has to prove that it is possible to travel around the whole world in only 80 days. Film locations for Mike Todds Around The World In 80 Days (1956), in Los Angeles, Oklahoma, Colorado, London, France, Spain, Bangladesh, Pakistan and.
