Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American comedy adventure film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. The film is set in 19th-century Britain and centers on Phileas Fogg , here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his efforts to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. During the trip, he is accompanied by his Chinese valet, Passepartout . For comedic reasons, the film intentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number of anachronistic elements. A Game Boy Advance video game with the same name, based... on the movie, was released a month after the movie. A Chinese man robs the Bank of England. To evade the police, he becomes the valet for Phileas Fogg, an inventor. Phileas is trying to break the 50-mph speed barrier, and after succeeding with the help of Passepartout, they head to the Royal Academy of Science. There, Fogg is insulted by the other "brilliant minds", in particular William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who believes that everything worth discovering has already been discovered.
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| Release date: | June 13, 2004 |
| Directed by: | Frank Coraci |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 120 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bill Badalato, Hal Lieberman |
| Editor: | Tom Lewis |
| Music by: | Trevor Jones, David A. Stewart |
| Cinematography: | Phil Meheux |
| Screenplay by: | David Benullo, David Andrew Goldstein, David Titcher |
| Estimated budget: | $110,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Genre: | Comedy, Adventure, Children's, Action, Western |