Around the World in 80 Days is a 1956 adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael Anderson. It was produced by Michael Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay was written by James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman based on the classic novel of the same name by Jules Verne. The music score was composed by Victor Young, and the Todd-AO 70 mm cinematography was by Lionel Lindon. The film won multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film's seven-minute-long... animated title sequence, shown at the end of the film, was created by award-winning designer Saul Bass. The film begins with a special onscreen prologue introduced by broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, and featuring footage of an early science fiction/fantasy film by Georges Méliès, A Trip to the Moon , which is based loosely on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Included also is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
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| Release date: | May 15, 1957 |
| Directed by: | Michael Anderson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 167 Minutes |
| Producer: | William Cameron Menzies, Kevin McClory, Mike Todd |
| Editor: | Howard Epstein, Paul Weatherwax |
| Music by: | Victor Young |
| Screenplay by: | John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, James Poe |
| Estimated budget: | $6,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Genre: | Adventure, Comedy, Action |