"Around the World in 80 Days" (1989)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:

Louis Pasteur | Airship | Zeppelin | Jesse James | Fencing

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Pierce Brosnan	...	Phileas Fogg
Eric Idle	...	Jean Passepartout
Julia Nickson-Soul	...	Princess Aouda (as Julia Nickson)
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:

Giro del mondo in 80 giorni, Il (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:

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

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

Avala Film

Trivia:

John Mills and Robert Morley were the only actors who appeared in both the 1956 version of Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) and this 1989 re-adaptation.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Fogg and Lenoir start the balloon, it starts to rise rapidly and its yellow cabin is shown at least three meters above the ground in the shot with the whole balloon. Yet in the next shot the cabin is much lower as Passepartout boards the cabin by just pulling himself up by his arms.

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)

Excellent miniseries

This is a great miniseries for the whole entire family. Pierce Brosnan doing a Bond/Remington Steele as Fogg from a kind of cold-hearted but then caring Englishman making the legendary journey. Rambo and Babylon Five's Julia Nickson beautiful as the princess. The great and late Peter Ustinov in one of his fine performances. But the person to steal the show is Eric Idle of Monty Python as the caring and resourceful as well as comic relief Jean Passepartout. He played Passepartout as a frenchman and also was really the star but gave way to Pierce/Fogg. Idle is the real, real star. And the mini series is like the book. Unlike the Jackie Chan movie and David Niven. More like follows and stick closely to the Jules Verne novel!