Detailed item info | Movie description | David Niven is perfect as an imperturbable English gentleman who attempts to win a bet by circumnavigating the globe in 80 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.
| | Credits | | Writer: | James Poe, John Farrow, S. J. Perelman | | Producer: | Michael Todd | | Cast: | A. E. Matthews, Alan Mowbray, Andy Devine, Basil Sidney, Beatrice Lillie, Buster Keaton, Cantinflas, Cedric Hardwicke, Cesar Romero, Charles Boyer, Charles Coburn, David Niven, Edmund Lowe, Edward R. Murrow, Evelyn Keyes, Fernandel, Finlay Currie, Frank Sinatra, George Raft, Gilbert Roland, Glynis Johns, Harcourt Williams, Hermione Gingold, Jack Oakie, Joe E. Brown, John Carradine, John Gielgud, John Mills, Jose Greco, Marlene Dietrich, Martine Carol, Melville Cooper, Mike Mazurki, Noël Coward, Peter Lorre, Red Skelton, Reginald Denny, Robert Morley, Robert Newton, Ronald Colman, Ronald Squire, Shirley MacLaine, Tim McCoy, Trevor Howard, Victor McLaglen |
| | Details | | Edition: | 2-Disc Special Edition |
| | 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
| | Editorial 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)
| | Awards | 1956 Academy Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay: James Poe 1956 Academy Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay: John Farrow 1956 Academy Awards, Best Adapted Screenplay: S. J. Perelman 1956 Academy Awards, Best Cinematography: Lionel Lindon 1956 Academy Awards, Best Film Editing 1956 Academy Awards, Best Original Score: Victor Young 1956 Academy Awards, Best Picture
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