Phileas Fogg. Phileas Fogg is the primary protagonist in Around the World in 80 Days.The story details his attempt to go around the world in 80 days. He is a mysteriously wealthy Englishmen with a knack for gambling, and is generally seen as a confident, inspiring sort of man.
Running time182 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$6 millionBox office$42 millionAround the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 American - film starring and, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by.The epic picture was directed by and produced by, with and as associate producers. The screenplay, based on the by, was written by,. The music score was composed by, and the cinematography (shot in ) was. The film's six-minute-long animated, shown at the end of the film, was created by award-winning designer.The film won 5, including.In 2004, the film was remade with.
Contents.Plot Broadcast journalist presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from (1902) by, explaining that it is based loosely on the book. Also included is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.In 1872, an English gentleman claims he can circumnavigate the world in eighty days.
He makes a 20,000 wager (worth about £1.8 million in 2015 ) with four sceptical fellow members of the (each contributing £5,000 to the bet) that he can arrive back eighty days from exactly 8:45 pm that evening.Together with his resourceful valet, , Fogg goes hopscotching around the globe generously spending money to encourage others to help him get to his destinations faster so he can accommodate tight steamship schedules. They set out on the journey from Paris by a named La Coquette upon learning the mountain train tunnel is blocked. The two accidentally end up in Spain, where Passepartout engages in a comic bullfight. Next, he goes to. Meanwhile, suspicion grows that Fogg has stolen £55,000 (around £4.9 million today ) from the so Police Inspector Fix is sent out by to trail him (starting in Suez) and keeps waiting for a warrant to arrive so he can arrest Fogg in the British ports they visit. In India, Fogg and Passepartout rescue young widow Princess Aouda from. The three visit Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, and the.
After sailing across the Atlantic, and only hours short of winning his wager, Fogg is arrested upon arrival at Liverpool, by the diligent yet misguided Inspector Fix.At the jail, the humiliated Fix informs Fogg that the real culprit was caught in. Although he is now exculpated, he has insufficient time to reach London before his deadline and thus has lost everything – but the love of the winsome Aouda. Salvation is at hand when, upon returning to London, Passepartout buys a newspaper and sees it is still Saturday. Fogg then realizes that by traveling east towards the rising sun and by crossing the, he has gained a day. There is still time to reach the Reform Club and win the bet. Fogg arrives at the club just before the 8:45 pm chime. Aouda and Passepartout then arrive, surprising everyone, as no woman has ever entered the Reform Club before.Cast The film boasts an, with and in the lead roles of Fogg and Passepartout.
Fogg is the classic Victorian gentleman, well-dressed, well-spoken, and extremely punctual, whereas his servant Passepartout (who has an eye for the ladies) provides much of the comic relief as a 'jack of all trades' for the film in contrast to his master's strict formality. Joining them are as Princess Aouda and as the Detective Fix, in his last role.The role of Passepartout was greatly expanded from the novel to accommodate Cantinflas, the most famous Latin-American comedian at the time, and winds up as the focus of the film. While Passepartout describes himself as a Parisian in the novel, this is unclear in the film – he has a French name, but speaks Spanish when he and his master arrive in Spain by balloon. In the Spanish version, the name of his character was changed from the French Passepartout to the Spanish Juan Picaporte.
There is also a comic bullfighting sequence especially created for Cantinflas that is not in the novel. Indeed, when the film was released in some non-English speaking nations, Cantinflas was billed as the lead. According to the guidebook, this was done because of an obstacle Todd faced in casting Cantinflas, who never had appeared in an American movie and had turned down countless offers to do so. Todd allowed Cantinflas to appear in the film as a Latin, 'so,' the actor said himself, '.to my audience in Latin America, I'll still be Cantinflas.' More than 40 famous performers make cameo appearances, including,. The film was significant as the first of the so-called Hollywood 'make work' films, employing dozens of film personalities.
turned down Todd's offer for the role of the Colonel leading the Cavalry charge, a role filled by Colonel. James Cagney, Gary Cooper, and Kirk Douglas-along with Wayne-were considered for the role, but according to Michael Todd, 'they all wanted to kid it.' Promotional material released at the time quoted a Screen Actors Guild representative looking at the shooting call sheet and crying: 'Good heavens Todd, you've made extras out of all the stars in Hollywood!' As of 2019, Shirley MacLaine and are the last surviving members of the cast.Main cast. as. as.
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Michael Anderson, Michael Todd and Frank Sinatra on setAround the World in 80 Days was produced by Michael Todd, a Broadway showman who had never before produced a film. The director he hired, Michael Anderson, had directed the highly acclaimed British World War II feature (1955), 's feature (1956), and other classic films. Todd sold his interest in the format to help finance the film.Because Todd-AO ran at 30 frames per second, which was incompatible with the 35mm standard of 24 fps, Around the World in 80 Days was filmed twice, like the first feature in Todd-AO,. Unlike Oklahoma!, however, which was filmed additionally in 35mm CinemaScope, Around the World in 80 Days was filmed simultaneously in Todd-AO at 24 frames per second so that from this negative, 35mm reduction prints could be produced for general release. After these two films, the specification for Todd-AO was altered after the third film in the format, to 24 fps running, making it unnecessary to film subsequent productions twice.In his 1972 autobiographical book, actor David Niven discussed his meeting with Todd and the subsequent events that led to the film being produced.
According to Niven, when Todd asked him if he would appear as Fogg, Niven enthusiastically replied, 'I'd do it for nothing!' He later admitted to being grateful that Todd did not hold him to his claim. He also described the first meeting between Todd and (who suffered from drinking problems) when the latter was offered the role of the detective, Fix; Niven alleged that Newton was offered the part on condition that he did not drink any alcohol during the filming, and that his celebration following the completion of his role led to his untimely demise (he did not live to see the film released).Filming took place in late 1955, from August 9 to December 20.
The crew worked fast (75 actual days of filming), producing 680,000 feet (210,000 m) of film, which was edited down to 25,734 feet (7,844 m) of finished film. The picture cost just under $6 million to makeemploying 112 locations in 13 countries and 140 sets. Todd said he and the crew visited every country portrayed in the picture, including England, France, India, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Spain, Thailand, and Japan. According to Time magazine's review of the film, the cast, including extras, totaled 68,894 people; it also featured 7,959 animals, 'including four ostriches, six skunks, 15 elephants, 17 fighting bulls, 512, 800 horses, 950 burros, 2,448 American buffalo, 3,800 and a sacred cow that eats flowers on cue'.
There is also a cat at the Reform Club. The wardrobe department spent $410,000 to provide 74,685 costumes and 36,092 trinkets. This is allegedly the most costumes ever required for a Hollywood production. CBS paid Mike Todd for the rights to cover the anniversary celebration as a television special. Todd and his wife are seen here at home in a film clip which was used for the television special.On the first anniversary of the film's release, Todd threw a party at the attended by18,000 people; Time magazine called the party a 'spectacular flop' though Todd shrugged off the remark, saying 'You can't say it was a little bust.' The event, featured on a 90-minute CBS telecast, could boast of 'a colossal hodgepodge of bagpipers, folk dancers, Philadelphia Mummers, Russian wolfhounds, oxen, Siamese cats, elephants, clowns, a fire engine, and a symphony orchestra.'
Distribution and ownership. This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( October 2010) The film was originally distributed by in two Todd-AO 70 mm versions, one for Todd-AO 70 mm release at 30 frames per second, and an alternative 70 mm version at 24 frames per second reduced to 35 mm for general release.The original Todd-AO 70mm running time without the extra music was 179 minutes. However, after the Chicago showing Todd cut four minutes out of the Western sequence where Cantinflas is pursued by Indians. The 70mm print shown at The Rivoli theatre in NYC was 175 minutes. However, the original 35mm Technicolor/anamorphic magnetic stereo and mono optical prints ran the complete 179 minutes with the chase scene intact. Although the leaders on the optical sound prints were labelled for directional encoding, the prints do not contain the signal and were standard mono.In 1968, additional cuts were made including removing most of the prologue with the changing aspect ratios.
Only a brief few shots with Edward R. Murrow remained and the entire 'Trip to the Moon' clips were cut. Since the opening shot of Murrow was 1.33 window boxed in the wide frame, they had to crop and blow up that shot for the 2.35 ratio which made it very grainy. The intermission was also cut for the 1968 re-release which included the freeze frame of the ship and fade into the second half. The reels justwith an awkward sound gap between the first and second half.
The chase scene was missing from this version too which reduced the running time to 167 minutes. However, some uncut 179-minute 35mm Technicolor prints were struck too which meant at least some theatres played the Roadshow version even though the vast majority showed the shorter cut. 35mm IB/Scope copiesof both versions exist from 1968. The 24 frames per second 70mm prints were also the 167-minute version in that year too. As a publicity stunt, Todd Jr.
Called the press when he removed a 70mm copy from a bank vault claiming it had been stored there since 1956 for safe keeping and was being shown at a theatre again. It was absurd since an original 70mm would've faded to pink by 1968 and the copy they exhibited was the cut re-issue 167-minute version.Around 1976, after its last network television broadcast on CBS, UA lost control of the film to, who was the widow of producer Michael Todd and had inherited a portion of Todd's estate.
In 1983, acquired the rights to the film from Taylor, and reissued the film theatrically in a re-edited 143-minute version (this version would subsequently air only once on, this was before any restoration on the movie was announced). October 29, 1956. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
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