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Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

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Country: US
Technical: col/Todd-AO 178m
Director: Michael Anderson, Kevin McClory
Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine

Synopsis:

Phileas Fogg makes a bet at his club that he can travel the world in a little under three months, and sets off with his trusty companion Passe-partout.

Review:

A film event in its day, employing vast amounts of talent and expense, and justifying its own ambitious scope by inflating everything about itself from the title sequence to the guest cast list. The second half is better than the first, when the scenery becomes more impressive and the suspense occasioned by the deadline's approach gets tighter. The stop in Spain in particular seems a little overlong, but there are several delightful cameos along the way - Ronald Colman, Buster Keaton - and the club sequences are supremely good.

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Country: US
Technical: col/Todd-AO 178m
Director: Michael Anderson, Kevin McClory
Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine

Synopsis:

Phileas Fogg makes a bet at his club that he can travel the world in a little under three months, and sets off with his trusty companion Passe-partout.

Review:

A film event in its day, employing vast amounts of talent and expense, and justifying its own ambitious scope by inflating everything about itself from the title sequence to the guest cast list. The second half is better than the first, when the scenery becomes more impressive and the suspense occasioned by the deadline's approach gets tighter. The stop in Spain in particular seems a little overlong, but there are several delightful cameos along the way - Ronald Colman, Buster Keaton - and the club sequences are supremely good.


Country: US
Technical: col/Todd-AO 178m
Director: Michael Anderson, Kevin McClory
Cast: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine

Synopsis:

Phileas Fogg makes a bet at his club that he can travel the world in a little under three months, and sets off with his trusty companion Passe-partout.

Review:

A film event in its day, employing vast amounts of talent and expense, and justifying its own ambitious scope by inflating everything about itself from the title sequence to the guest cast list. The second half is better than the first, when the scenery becomes more impressive and the suspense occasioned by the deadline's approach gets tighter. The stop in Spain in particular seems a little overlong, but there are several delightful cameos along the way - Ronald Colman, Buster Keaton - and the club sequences are supremely good.

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