Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC. The production garnered three nominations for Emmy awards that year. Starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Julia Nickson as Princess Aouda, and Peter Ustinov as Detective Fix, the miniseries featured multiple cameo appearances, including Patrick Macnee, Simon Ward, and Christopher Lee as members of the Reform Club, and Robert Morley, who had a cameo in the 1956 film adaptation, and Roddy McDowall appear as officials of the Bank of England. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book, and the script makes several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Louis Pasteur, Jesse James, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Queen Victoria.
Fogg and his French manservant Passepartout face many obstacles. The boat to France is waiting for actress Sarah Bernhardt, France is in a chaotic state after the fall of Napoleon III and deadly Thuggee cult awaits in India.
Near Burma, bandits kidnap the local prince along with Fogg, Passepartout and their new companion, Princess Aouda. In Hong Kong, Fogg and Auoda lose track of Passepartout, but sneaky detective Fix joins them. Japan's next.
After finding an old friend, Fogg and Aouda, who are falling in love, head for the USA. Fogg confronts outlaw Jesse James and the Sioux raid his train. He buys a boat to England, but gets arrested by Fix. The time is pretty much up.
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Julia Nickson-Soul | Princess Aouda |
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Ming-Yang Li | Sinji Servant |
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Christopher Lee | Stuart |
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Pierce Brosnan | Phileas Fogg |
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Eric Idle | Jean Passepartout |
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Robert Wagner | Alfred Bennett |
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Roddy McDowall | McBaines |
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Ian McNeice | Batcular |
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Henry Gibson | Train Conductor |
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Peter Ustinov | Detective Wilbur Fix |
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James Sikking | Jenks |
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Patrick Macnee | Ralph Gautier |
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John Hillerman | Sir Francis Commarty |
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Joseph Long | Italian Squad Leader |
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Darren McGavin | Benjamin Mudge |
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John Mills | Faversham |
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Anna Massey | Queen Victoria |
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Robert Morley | Wentworth |
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Roy Evans | Shirley Rose Engineer |
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Gabriele Ferzetti | Italian Chief of Police |
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Jean-Pierre Castaldi | Lenoir |
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John Abineri | Father Gruber |
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Simon Ward | Flannigan |
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Lee Remick | Sarah Bernhardt |
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Colin Higgins | Reporter |
| Regisseur | Buzz Kulik |
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| Drehbuchautor | Jules Verne, John Gay | |
| Produzent | Renée Valente, Frank Agrama, Paul Baerwald, Daniele Lorenzano, Mirjana Mijojlic, Alessandro Tasca, Charles Wang | |
| Musiker | Billy Goldenberg | |
| Fotograf | Nicholas D. Knowland | |
| Verpackung | Keep Case |
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| Anzahl Discs | 2 |
| Bildformate | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Veröffentlichunsdatum der Ausgabe | 15 Nov 2000 |
| Regionen | Region 2 |