#Around the world in 80 days 1956 cast movie#
#Around the world in 80 days 1956 cast full#

This is the first film that used the term cameo to describe the guest appearances of known actors and there are suitably all known all over the world. The look of this film is pretty and varying, thanks to the award winning cinematography and it’s multitude of sets courtesy of Lionel London and resulting in a win and the first nomination for Ken Adam, who would go on to do great sets for the 007 movies and win two himself and their keen look is evident in this film. Just the pleasure of a widescreen extravaganza following these two in their travels and everything that lies ahead for them. There are no stretches in acting in this film, with the many places and faces the audience won’t be expecting Shakespeare. Through this film it was basically a big wide assortment of fun going around the globe and if the audience can go into the film with this attitude, they will come off with a very entertaining experience. This was a big film and this viewer is curious what it would be like on the big screen.

#Around the world in 80 days 1956 cast full#

Skeptical at first, one of them puts up money to take him on that bet and thus begins the traveling full of characters, surprises, complications and the occasional familiar face now and then and it is all complete by travelling by a hot air balloon. From hearing this, Phileas proposes to them that he can travel around the world in eighty days. As a member of a club, they discuss how quick someone can take money so quickly. That is until a young servant named Passepartout (Cantinflas) comes into his midst and tolerates his manner well enough. It is a bright world and Phileas Fogg (David Niven) seems like the most impossible person to keep an assistant. The film invites you to join on a magnificent adventure through obstacles and spectacles Around The World In 80 Days. Although when it came time to translate it to the big screen, few changes were made.

It spoke about a wager, an assistant and a lot of travelling.

#Around the world in 80 days 1956 cast movie#

One movie that started it was a film that was long discussed as one of Jules Verne’s finest pieces of literature. He called it Todd-AO and through the sixties and seventies, that process was used amongst a lot of films.

Through this entire time, Michael was looking to find a way to bring that Cinerama experience to a regular screen using a new process of his own. One such person responsible for it’s success was producer Michael Todd. In the 1950’s Cinerama happened to be one of the biggest widescreen processes given onto audiences to get them out of their homes with their televisions and get them back into the movie theaters. Plot: What’s it about? Video: How does it look? Audio: How does it sound? Supplements: What are the extras? Plot: What’s it about?