Product Information
An imperturbable English gentleman attempts to completely circumnavigate the world in eighty days, in order to win a large wager. Set in over one hundred locations.Product Identifiers
EAN7321900286329
eBay Product ID (ePID)30592051
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Carradine, Hermione Gingold, Noel Coward, Charles Boyer, David Niven, Trevor Howard, Robert Newton, Shirley Maclaine
Film/TV TitleAround the World in Eighty Days
DirectorMichael Anderson
FormatDVD
Release Year2004
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesSpecial Edition\Introduction\Commentary - 1. Brian Sibely - Radio Presenter\Featurette - 1. AROUND THE WORLD OF MIKE TODD: Profile of the Producer\2. PLAYHOUSE 90: Around the World in 90 Minutes\3. Excerpts from the 1957 Madison Square Gala\4. 1957 Academy Award Ceremony Highlights\Newsreel\Outtakes\Original 1956 & 1983 Reissue Theatrical Trailers\Photo Gallery
GenreGeneral, Action & Adventure
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs2
ComposerVictor Young
Additional InformationDavid Niven is perfect as the imperturbable Victorian English gentleman Phileas Fogg who attempts to win a bet by circumnavigating the globe in just eighty days. The Jules Verne story on a truly cinematic and epic scale. Utilising 140 studio sets, 44 cameo appearances by Hollywood players, 8,552 animals, 68,894 extras, 74,685 costumes, a Victor Young score, and S.J. Perelman among the writers guarantee delightful family fare. The beginning of the film features a prologue by Edward R. Murrow, the esteemed television journalist, and features the first film to be based on a Jules Verne novel, Georges Melies's A TRIP TO THE MOON from 1902. A veritable pageant, with similar vim, humour and class acting as IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD, but with an esteemed production of period detail and exotic locations.<BR>Winner of five Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Adapted Screenplay and beating THE KING & I and THE TEN COMMANDMENTS for the best picture award!
Art DirectorSaul Bass
AuthorJules Verne
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Movie/TV TitleAround The World In Eighty Days
Director of PhotographyLionel Lindon