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Around the World in 80 Days: Special Edition (Dbl DVD)
Phileas Fogg bet his fellow club members that he could circle the globe in eighty days. That may not be impressive today, but in 1872, it was nearly impossible. Accompanied by his valet, Passepartout, and the wandering Princess Aouda, Fogg crosses Europe, India, Japan, the Pacific and the United States.
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Around the World in 80 Days on DVD sports an attractive transfer and an inside look at 1950s Hollywood. BBC Radio's Brian Sibley offers a trivia-laden commentary track, while Turner Film Classics host Robert Osborne provides some nice historical perspective in his introductions to most of the extra features. Most interesting is "Around the World with Mike Todd," a 50-minute 1968 documentary about the film's producer, covering his Broadway hits, his films, and his life with Elizabeth Taylor. There's also 47 minutes of Playhouse 90's coverage of the lavish party Todd threw at Madison Square Garden to celebrate Around the World's one-year anniversary. Shorter segments show Todd at the L.A. premiere and the 1957 Oscars. Also included is the first Jules Verne film adaptation, Georges Melies's 1902 classic "A Trip to the Moon." Finally, there's a list of the 35 people who made cameos, but it seems like a missed opportunity not to have offered easily accessible film clips from there. --David Horiuchi
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.20:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : s_medG G (General Audience)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.75 x 0.5 inches; 6.4 Ounces
- Item model number : 2232493
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 3 hours and 2 minutes
- Release date : December 8, 2005
- Actors : David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified, French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B0001US8F8
- Number of discs : 2
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Anticipating one after another, our summer was a dream.
Two words I finally defined well: “suttee” and “cove” (which I’ve found only gets defined by defining “bang-up cove” (the online American Heritage dictionary takes you to this definition when you punch in “cove”)
(bang-up cove
obsolete A stylish and well-groomed man who is spendthrift with his money and means. "Bang up" is an obsolete slang word for being extravagant or very fine, and "cove" is a British slang word for a man).
“Suttee”, a Hindu wife “willingly” (by law) suicide, burned. (definitions that define “suttee”) I stop my personality of 70s “stud” (my peers called a guy that was cool a “stud”. (very unfortunate, that I went from my non-understandings of “suttee”, I defined it now and do not think my mom or girls I date should do “suttee”.
It is rather an abomination.
I’m not gonna sit around and be judge and jury on the Hindu religion.
I defined it.
I could kick myself for not defining it, waiting until now.
I can quit roller skating around my hometown roller skating rink, having a wife who commits “suttee”, (burns herself willingly, by law on her dead husband’s body, I’m Chinese, we have our own troubles, culturally speaking, I’m just glad to define “suttee” and get on with life. And I don’t love 70s movies that much anymore.)
However, learning to play “cribbage” (forced to, I was in jail for 3 months, 2015), then, in 2016, in a mental hospital, meeting a girl who knew how to play and playing cribbage, (3-way: two guys and one girl).
It was the most eye-opening social occasion of my life.
Literally.
All through my life, growing up with my 4 sisters (their girl stuff, never interested in boy stuff).
Or amongst white women, could never date many Chinese (not many around, at all).
The only “studly” undefined word “stud” I could make of myself was “suttee” and even that I didn’t fully understand.
But, cards, cribbage.
3-way cribbage was labeled not at all as much fun as 2-way (many cribbage players will attest to this).
I found it the most social experience of my life.
It’s very, very pleasant and charming.
The content is kept pretty clean with only subtle hints at sexuality... Its done far tasytefully than today. Plus Mr. Fogg never takes advantage of the woman under his protection and agrees to marry her before doing anything which is a theme not often shown in today's plotlines.... But for those of us who love marrying true gentlmen its nice to see one presented on tv.
The casting of both Mr. Fogg and his manservant was exceptional. It was sheer brilliance to cast a Latino instead of the book's Frenchman as the manservant... And the movie has lasted through time because of it. I also live in a mostly Latino community so the choice better matches the world I grew up in.
Yes there are stereotypes in this film. All the characters are in some way over exaggerated, but that is part of the movies humor yet in a way its also why this movie serbes as social comentary and can address real topics. I did not find this film stifling my opinions or ideas about people or ethnicities... But instead a desire to learn more. For every negative person in a particular culture you are also given positive examples. The movie also shows the confussion of cross cultural interactions and instilled in me a desire to understand why those misunderstandings occurred. In fact, I feel I could use clips from this film to bring up and discuss multiculturalism and personal bias with my children.... So in the end, i do not feel the stereotypes are harmful or antagonistic.
Lastly, the various cameos by famous personalities like Red Skilton and Frank Sinatra were done very tastefully and added an additional layer of fun to the film.
I would have no problem showing this film to an 8 year old even if needed to do so by watching small clips at a time then researching and discussing.
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Nessuno però aveva il coraggio di assumersi un tale impegno fino a quando Mike Todd ne acquisì i diritti e produsse l’omonimo film che uscì nelle sale americane il 17 ottobre del 1956, riscuotendo un successo clamoroso in tutto il mondo.
All’inizio Todd aveva chiamato a dirigerlo John Farrow, già famoso e capace regista (nonché padre di Mia) ma i due entrarono in conflitto quasi subito e il produttore optò per un giovane di ottime speranze come Michael Anderson.
A Todd, infatti, serviva soprattutto un buon cameramen e direttore della fotografia, il resto era tutto nella sua testa. Il produttore (con un passato di costruttore prima, e impresario teatrale dalle sfarzose produzioni poi) era stato uno dei fondatori della Cinerama, la società che aveva realizzato l’omonimo formato panoramico in uso a Hollywood, e in quel periodo aveva appena brevettato il Todd-AO.
Insieme alla American Optical Company, Todd era riuscito a realizzare con una sola macchina da presa quello che il Cinerama faceva con tre, riducendo di due terzi i costi (visto poi che per riprodurre in Cinerama ci volevano ben tre proiettori contemporaneamente).
Con questa nuova e determinante innovazione il libro di Verne era proprio il soggetto ideale per mostrare agli spettatori parti del mondo sconosciute o spettacolari scenografie create dallo stesso Todd apposta per il film. Così l’opera dell’immenso Verne venne alquanto rivista, corretta e adattata per fornire “cartoline” da tutto il mondo.
Ma se il film presenta dei limiti di sceneggiatura, possiede comunque il suo fascino romantico e forse ingenuo, e consacra di fatto un filone di cospicuo e duraturo successo.
La storia – o il fato – ci ha impedito di sapere se Todd poi sarebbe salito nell’Olimpo dei grandi produttori cinematografici visto che poco meno di un anno e mezzo dopo l’uscita del suo primo e unico film, perì in un incidente aereo, lasciando sua figlia Liza di pochi mesi e la sua giovane vedova, Elizabeth Taylor.
Certo è che anche con un solo film Todd ha lasciato il segno. Fu lui stesso, infatti, ad inventare e coniare il termine “cameo” per le fugaci apparizioni di famose star nei film. “Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni” ne contiene ben 40 fra cui spiccano i divi più famosi del momento.
Reviewed in Italy on July 29, 2019
Nessuno però aveva il coraggio di assumersi un tale impegno fino a quando Mike Todd ne acquisì i diritti e produsse l’omonimo film che uscì nelle sale americane il 17 ottobre del 1956, riscuotendo un successo clamoroso in tutto il mondo.
All’inizio Todd aveva chiamato a dirigerlo John Farrow, già famoso e capace regista (nonché padre di Mia) ma i due entrarono in conflitto quasi subito e il produttore optò per un giovane di ottime speranze come Michael Anderson.
A Todd, infatti, serviva soprattutto un buon cameramen e direttore della fotografia, il resto era tutto nella sua testa. Il produttore (con un passato di costruttore prima, e impresario teatrale dalle sfarzose produzioni poi) era stato uno dei fondatori della Cinerama, la società che aveva realizzato l’omonimo formato panoramico in uso a Hollywood, e in quel periodo aveva appena brevettato il Todd-AO.
Insieme alla American Optical Company, Todd era riuscito a realizzare con una sola macchina da presa quello che il Cinerama faceva con tre, riducendo di due terzi i costi (visto poi che per riprodurre in Cinerama ci volevano ben tre proiettori contemporaneamente).
Con questa nuova e determinante innovazione il libro di Verne era proprio il soggetto ideale per mostrare agli spettatori parti del mondo sconosciute o spettacolari scenografie create dallo stesso Todd apposta per il film. Così l’opera dell’immenso Verne venne alquanto rivista, corretta e adattata per fornire “cartoline” da tutto il mondo.
Ma se il film presenta dei limiti di sceneggiatura, possiede comunque il suo fascino romantico e forse ingenuo, e consacra di fatto un filone di cospicuo e duraturo successo.
La storia – o il fato – ci ha impedito di sapere se Todd poi sarebbe salito nell’Olimpo dei grandi produttori cinematografici visto che poco meno di un anno e mezzo dopo l’uscita del suo primo e unico film, perì in un incidente aereo, lasciando sua figlia Liza di pochi mesi e la sua giovane vedova, Elizabeth Taylor.
Certo è che anche con un solo film Todd ha lasciato il segno. Fu lui stesso, infatti, ad inventare e coniare il termine “cameo” per le fugaci apparizioni di famose star nei film. “Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni” ne contiene ben 40 fra cui spiccano i divi più famosi del momento.
Der versnobte britische Gentleman Phileas Fogg wettet mit den anderen Mitgliedern des steifen Londoner Reform Club um £ 20.000, dass er die Welt in exakt 80 Tagen umrunden kann. Gesagt, getan: Fogg macht sich mit seinem frisch engagierten, umtriebigen französischen Haushälter Passepartout auf die Reise. Alleine die Ballonfahrt des ungleichen Duos von Paris über die Pyrenäen bis Spanien ist Kult und Filmgeschichte; ebenso die Fahrt mit der Segeldraisine durch die Prärie.
Spanien und Wilder Westen. Hier kommen meine Kritikpunkte. 1.) Die naiv-folkloristische Verkitschung des spanischen Stierkampfs. An diesem blutigen ‚Brauchtum‘ ist nichts Lustiges dran. 2.) Die Sioux werden als völlig vertrottelte Wilde dargestellt, die kaum fähig sind, Pfeil und Bogen ordentlich zu halten – geschweige denn zu treffen, während bei den Weißen jeder Schuss sitzt. 1956 mag das den Mainstream-Humor getroffen haben, heute berühren Szenen wie diese peinlich.
Zurück zum Positiven, was ja überwiegt. David Niven war für die Rolle des Phileas Fogg wie geschaffen, auch sein vifer Diener wurde gut besetzt. Neben den beiden sammelt sich ein Staraufgebot, wobei man genau hinsehen muss, um auch alle bei ihren Kurzauftritten zu erspähen: Fernandel als Kutscher in Paris, Peter Lorre als Schiffssteward, Frank Sinatra als Saloon-Pianist in San Francisco, oder Marlene Dietrich als Bardame. Unschwer zu erkennen, dass alle ihre Freude an diesem Abenteuerstreifen hatten.
Ich glaube, auch Jules Verne hätte diese Verfilmung seines Romans gut gefallen. Die humoristische Pointe am Ende, wenn die (von Shirley MacLaine weißgewaschene) indische Prinzessin Aouda den exklusiv für weiße Männer vorgesehenen Reform Club betritt – und das British Empire dadurch dem Untergang geweiht ist – entbehrt nicht einer ungewollten Ironie. Aber gut so.
Was die DVD angeht, besteht sie aus zwei Silberlingen. Teil eins von London bis Yokohama. Dann die Intermission – wie in alten Kinotagen. Teil zwei von San Francisco bis zurück in den Reform Club.
Lehrreich ist das Ganze auch. Der Trick mit der Datumsgrenze funktioniert bis heute.




