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Around the World in 80 Days (1989)

Directed by Buzz Kulik

Overview

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.

Rated PG | Length 210 minutes

Actors

Christopher Lee | Pierce Brosnan | Ian McNeice | Jack Klugman | Robert Morley | Darren McGavin | Roddy McDowall | Anna Massey | Robert Wagner | Jill St. John | Eric Idle | John Mills | John Hillerman | Peter Ustinov | Julia Nickson | Henry Gibson | Simon Ward | Stephen Nichols | Pernell Roberts