Around the World in 80 Days Movie Review 2004

Phileas Fogg (Coogan) bets the London science community that he can circumnavigate the earth in 80 days, aided by assistant Passpartout (Chan). Surprising no one, a few people don't want him to make it. This time around Passpartout steals the show as a martial arts expert trying to return a stolen sacred heirloom to his village in China. In fact, Fogg's unworldly inventor seems at times like the sidekick. While departing wildly from the source material, it's lightweight fun better suited to the lowered expectations of a rental. As in the previous version, entertaining cameos add to the humor. Schwarzenegger is especially silly as an over-the-top lusty Turkish prince.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on DVD
Running time 125 minutes.
Originally from British, Irish, German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Action-Comedy, Race Against Time, Books to Film: Jules Verne, Ballooning, Trains, Road Trip

Screenplay

David Benullo, David Titcher, David Goldstein

Cast

Steve Coogan, Jackie Chan, Cecile de France, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Cleese, Ian McNeice, Luke Wilson, Owen C. Wilson, Ewen Bremner, Rob Schneider, Mark Addy, Sammo Hung, Roger Hammond, David Ryall, Macy Gray, Daniel Wu, Will Forte, Robert Fyfe, Karen Joy Morris, Richard Branson

Cinematography

Phil Meheux

Director

Frank Coraci

Music

Trevor Jones

Other

Ian Voigt, Tom Lewis, Pat Tagliaferro, Anne Sheppard, Perry Andelin Blake

Producer

Hal Lieberman, Bill Badalato, Revere Pictures, Spanknyce, Walden Media, Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista