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Around the World in 80 Days
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G,2hrs 58min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1956
Director:
Michael Anderson
Distributor:
Warner Home Video
Starring:
David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton  ...more
Synopsis: Razzle-dazzle showman Michael Todd hocked everything he had to make this spectacular presentation of Jules Verne's 1872 novel Around the World in 80 Days, the second film to be lensed in the wide-screen Todd-AO production. Nearly as fascinating as the finished product are the many in-production anecdotes concerning Todd's efforts to pull the wool over the eyes of local authorities in order to cadge the film's round-the-world location shots--not to mention the wheeling and dealing to convince over ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Gilliam
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Around the World in 80 Days is all spectacle and little else, a frenetic travelogue filled with copious star cameos and exciting set pieces, all courtesy of producer Mike Todd, who risked his personal fortune to bring the film to the screen. The film was released the year before Sputnik would revolutionize world communications, and audiences flocked to the box office to experience its exotic locales, ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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David Niven
Phileas Fogg
Cantinflas
Passepartout
Robert Newton
Mr. Fix
Shirley MacLaine
Princess Aouda
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