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Format: DVD
May 2004
Rated G
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Closed Captioned
182 min.
Color
Extra Info: 2-Disc Special Edition
UPC: 085392863228 |
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Movie Description
David Niven is perfect as an imperturbable English gentleman who attempts to win a bet by circumnavigating the globe in eighty days. The Jules Verne story, 100 locations, 40 cameo appearances by Hollywood players, a Victor Young score, and S.J. Perelman among the writers guarantee delightful family fare. The beginning of the film features a prologue by Edward R. Murrow, the esteemed television journalist, and it includes the first film to be based on a Jules Verne novel, Georges Melies's A TRIP TO THE MOON from 1902.
Film Notes
American director Orson Welles was considering the possibility of directing the picture but, because of previous engagements, ended up doing a stage production of the story. In 1986 it was made into a TV mini-series.
The beginning of the film features a prologue by Edward R. Murrow, the esteemed television journalist. It also includes the first film ever to be based on a Jules Verne novel, Melies's A TRIP TO THE MOON from 1902. Georges Melies was one of the earliest French filmmakers whose films still exist, and his film of the Verne novel was about 3 minutes long.
Shot in Todd-AO, and Eastmancolor.
Winner of 67 international best picture honors.
Although the film won the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture--Drama, Cantinflas received the Golden Globe for Best Actor--Musical/Comedy.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Widescreen - 2.20
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Stereo - French
Industry Reviews
"[T]he Oscar-winning epic's colors really pop, and the performances remain vivid too."
Entertainment Weekly - William Stevenson (05/28/2004)
"Producer Michael Todd gambled his way to the best-picture Oscar and four more with the star-studded movie of Jules Verne's balloon-less novel."
USA Today - Mike Clark (05/21/2004)
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