Around the World in Eighty Days
It's a wonderful world, if you'll only take the time to go around it!
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Timing:
3:2 (182 min)
6.6/10
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7.122/10
3959
3959
6.7/10
32000
32000
Country
Production
Genre
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Budget
$6 000 000
Revenue
$42 000 000
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Mike Todd
Operator
Lionel Lindon
Composer
Artist
Audition
Frank Leyva
Editing
Gene Ruggiero, Paul Weatherwax, Howard Epstein
All team (72)
All team (72)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days" (Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours, 1873).
- This film specifically contributed to the popularity of cameos.
- The film's producer, Michael Todd, personally borrowed a barge from the King of Thailand.
- The second film to utilize 'Todd-AO' technology (the film is shot on 65mm film and then transferred to 70mm).
- The film set a record for the number of animals involved and a record for the number of costumes specially made for the filming (34,685). A total of 74,685 costumes were used.
- The film crew traveled 4,000,000 miles. Filming took place in 13 countries, involving 68,894 extras. 140 sets were built on 6 Hollywood studios, one English, one Hong Kong, and one Japanese studio.
- The film was shown at the Rivoli cinema in New York for three years in a row.
- After winning at the Academy Awards, Michael Todd threw a lavish party, inviting 18,000 people.
- Nine Todd-AO cameras were used for filming.
- The producer had to endure two lawsuits due to accusations of plagiarism.
- The second film to use "Todd-AO" technology (the film is shot on 65mm film and then transferred to 70mm).
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