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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I had original in VCR and changed to DVD.This gives a big improvement in both picture and sound and a far more compact package,plus many special features, which were not on VCR.
I personally rate this version with David Niven etc as far superior to other versions issued later.
I recommend this as an excellent,all round entertaining film, which is suitable for all family viewing.
I personally rate this version with David Niven etc as far superior to other versions issued later.
I recommend this as an excellent,all round entertaining film, which is suitable for all family viewing.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I was a very young boy when my father took me to see it and it has left me an everlasting impression. I've seen this film over and over again during the years, each time with the same pleasure, discovering new facets and details. One has no words to present the great David Niven, unique in his genre and the one and only Phileas Fogg. I possess the three versions of this film. One could say, this one is the original, a trip around the world, oldfashioned and romantic. The one with Pierce Brosnan is more adventurous and a pleasure to watch. Brosnan, as are many English actors, is a gentleman and a very convincing Fogg' I loved his character. The third one with Jackie Chan is completely different, tailored for Jackie Chan and his monkey tours. Different, imaginative and very pleasant. Three films, three epochs, three convincing ways of interpreting Jules Verne history.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Mike Todd's Around the World in 80 Days has a reputation as (alongside De Mille's the Greatest Show On earth) the most resented or downright disliked Best Picture Oscar winner of the classic era, and a first viewing in its impressively restored Scope version after years of seeing cut fullframe TV prints does tend to magnify its flaws: it feels as if every scene is dragged out beyond its natural life, as if producer Mike Todd and writer S.J. Perelman never heard that brevity is the soul of wit. Much of the film is played out in surprisingly static long takes (as opposed to the kind of invisibly impressive long takes that practically edit the film through movement that original director and co-writer John Farrow could have bought to the film), there's not a huge amount of imagination on display in the script, the locations are rarely used in terribly interesting ways and it really is hard to see quite why it was such an all-encompassing award winner in its day (Avatar may well suffer the same revisionist fate once the novelty of the format has worn away and left only the film itself in its wake).
Yet for all that, it's hard to really dislike it. It could do with a few more moments like Passepartous nonchalantly scooping snow from the top of the mountain to chill Phileas Fogg's champagne as they fly over the Alps in a balloon, but there is charm to it, even if it is overstretched, Niven and Cantinflas are perfectly cast and it has enough nice moments to carry it through its three hours running time (though there's nothing as impressive as the sight of Sir Cedric Hardwicke hanging onto an elephant for dear life in a televised gala party at Madison Square Garden that's included on the DVD extras - even the audience think this bucking Barbar is going to throw him before his eight seconds are up!). But imagine what would have happened if Dino De Laurentiis hadn't nabbed the army he was planning to use and Mike Todd went ahead with his version of War and Peace instead...
With the film spread over two discs, retaining the film's original intermission, it has an impressive extras package. Alongside the televised gala there's also an audio commentary by Brian Sibley, some outtakes, a documentary about the producer, appropriately entitled Around the World of Mike Todd, newsreel footage of the Los Angeles and Spanish premieres, a newsreel interview from the Oscars, stills gallery, original theatrical trailer and 1983 reissue trailer, and introductions by Robert Osborne.
Yet for all that, it's hard to really dislike it. It could do with a few more moments like Passepartous nonchalantly scooping snow from the top of the mountain to chill Phileas Fogg's champagne as they fly over the Alps in a balloon, but there is charm to it, even if it is overstretched, Niven and Cantinflas are perfectly cast and it has enough nice moments to carry it through its three hours running time (though there's nothing as impressive as the sight of Sir Cedric Hardwicke hanging onto an elephant for dear life in a televised gala party at Madison Square Garden that's included on the DVD extras - even the audience think this bucking Barbar is going to throw him before his eight seconds are up!). But imagine what would have happened if Dino De Laurentiis hadn't nabbed the army he was planning to use and Mike Todd went ahead with his version of War and Peace instead...
With the film spread over two discs, retaining the film's original intermission, it has an impressive extras package. Alongside the televised gala there's also an audio commentary by Brian Sibley, some outtakes, a documentary about the producer, appropriately entitled Around the World of Mike Todd, newsreel footage of the Los Angeles and Spanish premieres, a newsreel interview from the Oscars, stills gallery, original theatrical trailer and 1983 reissue trailer, and introductions by Robert Osborne.
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bit dated by now
This is a bit dated by now, but still not a bad film to watch. It seems like more of a travelogue than anything else, at this point. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lord Anon
Around the world in 80 days
Great classic film. The best childrens film i ever watched and by far better than the new remake. Takes me back to my childhood.
Published 1 month ago by Pedro
a night flight of fancy around the world in the good old times
Five Oscar winner film from 1956, the only one ever produced by Michael Todd, third husband of Elizabeth Taylor, who died soon afterwrds at 48. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Carno Polo
Spot the cameo in 5 Oscar winning epic.
Based on the wonderful writing from Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days is just shy of three hours, this was my first ever visit to the film and my reaction is mainly... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Spike Owen
david niven
its a timeless classic, a time when films were a joy to watch,the newer version is ok but not a patch on this one, anyone of any age can watch this, well worth buying
Published 11 months ago by penny
around the world in eighty days
I bought this dvd for use in the English lesson I teach. The students thought it was excellent and highly hilarious. fantastic movie would recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it.
Published 11 months ago by motherduckling
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
The film was absolutely fantastic. Saw it in the cinema many many years ago and was reading a write-up on it recently and decided to purchase to watch it again. Read more
Published 13 months ago by FRANCES.LEAHY
around the world in 80 days
This is a superb movie and the best version of all Verne's books brought to the cinema.
Published on 7 Feb 2010 by Peter James
niven at his best!
big cast and has some great reviews at the time watch carefully and count the cameo roles of some big stars ! worth every penny !
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by R. M. Dahl
The 1956 Version
I first saw this at the cinema in the '60s as a young teenager, and thought it was fabulous, so added it to my Amazon rental list. How disappointing! Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2008 by Linda Walsh
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