#AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS DVD SERIES#
While the costume design and art direction are superb, the script and the series could benefited from some judicious editing. John, and more also add to the fun.įilming on location in Germany, England, Yugoslavia, Macau, and Thailand, adds a lot of grandeur to the series that it otherwise would have lacked.
With the excellent John Hillerman as Sir Francis Commarty, Julia Nickson as Princess Aouda, Jack Klugman as Captain Bunsby, Darren McGavin as Benjamin Mudge, and Lee Remick, Robert Morley, Roddy McDowell, Robert Wagner, Jill St. This mini-series was enjoyable and filled with a lot of talented people in supporting roles. It isn’t too long before he worms himself into the group and joins their adventure while waiting to make his move to arrest Fogg as soon as he is able. Whether it’s fighting in the streets with no one available to provide transport, train tracks that inexplicably end short of the goal, ships sinking during major storms, avoiding being sentenced to death in China, or saving an Indian princess from being killed, Fogg and his precious timetable are sorely tested.ĭogged the entire way by Detective Fix who has his own tribulations including never getting a warrant sent to him in time to arrest Fogg or finding transport himself to keep up with Fogg, poor Fix has about as worse a time as the people his is following. His sudden globe trotting trip suddenly looks suspicious and the Bank hires detectives far and wide to hunt Fogg down and bring him to justice including the tenacious Detective Fix (Peter Ustinov).įogg’s plans go quickly awry when every step of their journey is met with unforeseen problems. Just as Fogg is about to depart London for the trip, the Bank of London is robbed and a witness states that Fogg was the one who robbed them. When a Frenchman named Passpartout (Eric Idle) applies for the position he is quickly hired and told to pack for the world wide journey. His first order of business is to hire a more dependable manservant. When Fogg’s card playing co-horts at the prestigious Reform Club (Christopher Lee, Patrick Macnee, and Simon Ward), suggest that it would be impossible to travel around the world in eighty days, Fogg bets his entire fortune to prove them wrong. When his bathwater is two degrees off he fires his manservant for the mistake. His entire existence is measured by the structured schedule and routine he follows daily without fail.
Pierce Brosnan stars as Phileas Fogg, an introverted man who lives by the clock. This three part mini-series shared the earlier entries stunt casting of various stars (mainly from television) to play small supporting parts. The first one was with David Niven which was followed by this mini-series with Pierce Brosnan, and finally the Disney version with Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan. I believe that there have been three major productions of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days.
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