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4 Jun 21st, 2005 

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Great Film Entertainment packed with stars from a bygone age

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It is not a short film !

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1956 was the year that producer ( and then husband of Elizabeth Taylor ) launched Jules Vernes Around The World In Eighty Days into cinemas to great acclaim

The basic story here is a an English Gentlemen Philius Fogg played with his custom charm by David Niven is bet at his club that he cannot travel around the world in 80 days. What follows is fantastic journey across the world by various means of transport avaiable at the turn of the last century.

Niven is supported by Meixcan comedian Cantinflas as his manservant, Shirley MacLaine as an Indian Princess and Robert newton hamming it as usual as a Police Inspector convinced that Fogg as robbed the Bank Of England

Add to that a list of hundreds of cameos including Noel Coward, Frank Sinatra,John Geilgud,Trevor Howard,Marlene Dietrich to name but a few

The film at the time was hugely popular and also won 5 oscars for Best Picture,Best Adapted Screenplay,Best Musical Score ,and of course best Best Cinematography ( the other escapes me at presnt )

This DVD which I picked at Sendit.com of the bargin price of 6.99 a few months ago is a Special Edition double disk

This Special Edition is exactly what we should be getting from DVDs especially with older classic films the extras are endless
and if you are a fan of the film very interesting slice of life in Hollywood in the late fifties
They are as follows
Introduction by TCM Host Robert Osbourne
Feature Length Commentry by BBC Radio`s Brian Sibley
Out-Takes ( no sound on these by the way )
Documetary Around The World Of Mike Todd
Introduction to Los Angeles Premiere
Highlights from Dec 23, 1956 Los Angelis Premiere
Highlights of March 27,1957 Academy Awards
Excerts From Playhouse 90`s Around The World in 90 Minutes which was a star filled Extravaganza commemorating the films One Year Anniversary
Newsreels of the Los Angeles Premiere and Opening in Spain
Mike Todds Around The |World in 80 Days Almanac

considering the price you can now pick this DVD up for which is around 8.99 this is a real bargin 

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Comments about this review »

Ian592000 21.06.2005 12:07

not seen it may try it thx

Miles13 21.06.2005 11:44

As below, bit more info would be nice Milt

Lucie_S1984 21.06.2005 11:25

Never seen this, not sure it would be my kind of thing, Lucie xxx

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