Directed by Michael Anderson
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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For better and for worse, easily the most British movie I've ever seen. Fun to see all of these shots lined up in a way that you know they're cameos, but have absolutely no idea who the hell they are.
I have fond memories of watching and rewatching the 2004 Coogan/Chan remake of this film so I was very excited to watch the original, and honestly I think I enjoyed the goofy remake more! This one is pretty bloated at 3 hours, and the ending is shockingly underdone for a film that takes its time literally everywhere else– but you also get why it's so long! It's a true spectacle! You're watching the advent of the adventure film in real…
A brief list of movies that were not nominated for best film in 1956:
The Searchers, Early Spring, The Killing, A Man Escaped, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Aparajito, Street of Shame, The Wrong Man, Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
A brief list of movies that were nominated in 1956, but didn't win:
Friendly Persuasion, Giant, The King and I, The Ten Commandments.
Academy, what the hell were you thinking?
My mommy said I didn't have to take the garbage out today because watching this movie was enough of a chore for one day.
I have to assume there were no other movies released in 1956, so the Academy had no choice but to give the Oscar for Best Picture to this interminable travelogue out of sheer necessity. Its race around the world has all the urgency of a mid-afternoon nap. Maybe if Phileas Fogg didn’t keep stopping his trip for a 15 minute dance sequence and a 20 minute bullfight and a 10 minute acrobat show and a 5 minute parade he wouldn’t be so behind schedule!
were we all aware this boring nonsense begins with a 10 minute montage about Jules Verne introduced by Edward R. Murrow
Just because cinema can do something, doesn’t mean it should. Just because cinema can do all of the things, doesn’t mean it should do all of them all at once.
But, dammit, if “Around the World in 80 Days” isn’t going to try it anyway.
A letterboxed introduction to the film by Edward R. Murrow (the first in an unending string of cameos) shows a small portion of Georges Méliès’ “From the Earth to the Moon, before exploding in a literal rocket burst into widescreen “Todd-AO” format. It becomes immediately evident that “80 Days” isn’t going to only be a hyperbolic love letter to Jules Verne, exploration, or even invention itself. It’s going to be a love letter to itself.…
It started to feel like it was going to take eighty days to finish this ... not that it was awful ... but the segmented pacing did welcome many breaks.
"An Englishman never jokes about a wager, sir."
For some reason it never dawned on me that one of my favorite movies growing up 'The Chipmunk Adventure', was also loosely based on author Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days novel that was adapted into this odd duck of a Best Picture winner. The story follows British nobleman Phileas Fogg who throws down a huge wager that he can complete a race around the world in record time. This leads to a big silly adventure where Fogg proves that…
Seeing this in 1956 on a big screen must have been an unreal experience. It isn’t perfect, but it is such an underrated, immersive epic that brilliantly spoke to the ambition and excitement around evolving mid-century technology (which is likely why it doesn’t speak to the voices of today). The Todd-AO 70mm format allows each shot to feel so FULL. I love the comedic theatrical staging, lavish production design, vibrant colors, creative panoramic compositions, diversity of costumes, very ‘50s cameos and, overall massive sense of scope and crowd size—yet all of that is undermined by our natural world’s most incomprehensible, staggering beauty, constantly emphasized above everything else. People nowadays should give this a fair shot and appreciate it more for what it represented.
This felt like having to sit through your co-worker showing you all of their vacation photos but with a lil cultural appropriation thrown in
I love how this 3 hour movie is just a setup for a 6 minute animated title sequence.
🏆 I've now seen Every Best Picture Winner! 🎬
It took me forever, but I did it.
And I'll continue viewing Every Best Picture Oscar nominee…
(43 remaining currently).
"AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS"
BEST PICTURE ~ WINNER
BEST DIRECTOR ~ Michael Anderson (Nominated)
BEST SCREENPLAY ~ James Poe, John Farrow, S.J. Perelman ~ WINNER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY ~ Lionel Lindon ~ WINNER
BEST ART DIRECTION-SET DECORATION ~ James W. Sullivan, Ken Adam, Ross Dowd (Nominated)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN ~ Miles White (Nominated)
BEST FILM EDITING ~ Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax ~ WINNER
BEST SCORE ~ Victor Young ~ WINNER (Posthumously)
“Ice?”
“Certainly not. What do I look like….a Polar Bear?!”
It’s 1872, and a self-satisfied English gentleman (Phileas Fogg)…
"Mr. Fogg, why must you be so ... so British?"
"Madame, I am what I am."
In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg (David Niven) makes a wager with fellow members of London's Reform Club he can circumnavigate the world in only 80 days or less, a never before achieved feat. After planning their route, Fogg and his recently hired resourceful manservant, Passepartout (Cantinflas), begin the first stage of their journey by balloon, but are soon blown off-course ...
Around the World in 80 Days is an epic adventure comedy film directed by Michael Anderson, based on the novel Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours by Jules Verne. It won five Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography…
