Around the World in 80 Days (1989)

US:: PG Adventure Drama

Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC. The production garnered three nominations for Emmy awards that year. Starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Julia Nickson as Princess Aouda, and Peter Ustinov as Detective Fix, the miniseries featured multiple cameo appearances, including Patrick Macnee, Simon Ward, and Christopher Lee as members of the Reform Club, and Robert Morley, who had a cameo in the 1956 film adaptation, and Roddy McDowall appear as officials of the Bank of England. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book, and the script makes several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book, such as Sarah Bernhardt, Louis Pasteur, Jesse James, Cornelius Vanderbilt and Queen Victoria.

Updated Aug 4 2017

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1989-04-16

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Runtime: 210 mins Rating: 6.2 Tag Line: It's a Wonderful Journey, You Must Come Along!

Cast

Christopher Lee

Stuart

Pierce Brosnan

Phileas Fogg

Ian McNeice

Batcular

Jack Klugman

Capt. Bunsby

Robert Morley

Wentworth

Darren McGavin

Benjamin Mudge

Roddy McDowall

McBaines

Anna Massey

Queen Victoria