Around the World in 80 Days (Full Screen Edition) |  | Director: Frank Coraci
Actors: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates, Robert Fyfe
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  98 reviews
Sales Rank: 28917
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), German (Original Language), Hindi (Original Language), Turkish (Original Language), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D36742D
ISBN: 0788855700
UPC: 786936245691
EAN: 9780788855702
ASIN: B0002S64T6
Theatrical Release Date: June 16, 2004
Release Date: November 2, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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The 2004 version of Around the World in 80 Days is an entertaining hodge-podge of adventure, comedy, and scenery from across the globe. Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan, 24 Hour Party People), an obsessively precise inventor, bets that he can circumnavigate the planet in 80 days--considered impossible in the Victorian era. In this version, Jackie Chan plays a Chinese peasant who retrieves a stolen idol from the Bank of England, then convinces Fogg to hire him as a French valet so that Chan can get back to his village. Chan supplies numerous spectacular fights against the forces trying to stop Fogg or get the idol, while Coogan is both funny and a surprisingly appealing romantic lead (he flirts with a fetching French painter who joins them). The various episodes--featuring cameos by Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Cleese, Owen Wilson, and Sammo Hung--are uneven, but a goofy good cheer prevails. --Bret Fetzer
Product Description
AN ECCENTRIC LONDON INVENTOR, PHILEAS FOGG HAS COME UP WITH SECRETS TO FLIGHT, ELECTRICITY & EVEN ROLLERBLADES, BUT THE WORLD HAS DISMISSED HIM. DESPERATE TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY, HE MAKES A BET WITH LORD KELVIN, TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE IN NO MORE THAN 80 DAYS!
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 awesome March 12, 2010
David A. Smith (Webberville, Mi, USA)
this is a good movie. jackie chan is awesome. i recommedn this movie for everyone
 Boooooooooring... January 2, 2010
Ricardo (São Paulo, Brazil)
I'm gonna be short, because I believe the producers of this stinker did the same thing with the script.
Just get the Michael Todd version instead of this horrendous movie and have fun beyond your imagination.
That's all.
 Disappointing November 26, 2009
Wombat whiskers (Melbourne Australia)
I usually enjoy Jackie Chan's movies and I like Jules Verne, so you'd think I would enjoy the combination.
Unfortunately the movie had little resemblance to the book and wasn't very funny.
I was also offended at the way it went out of it's way to portray one of the giants of science as a petty, ignorant elitist. Lord Kelvin was famous for supporting scientific research and encouraging many other famous scientists. He was in fact not born into the aristocracy but knighted in recognition of his achievements.
Beyond that I was disappointed that it didn't include the many and varied modes of transport and constant push to beat the clock I seem to remember from an earlier version (although I can't remember which one).
It annoys me that people like Disney rewrite these things and keep the same name. It's not that I object to the rewrite (although it was pretty poor in this case). But why pretend it's the same story?
I was very disappointed.
 Four Stars for Fun! November 7, 2009
Chad Taylor (El Cajon, CA United States)
Too the nay-sayer who said Disney bad, I say "Pooh"! I've seen the Niven and Brosnan versions both incredibly dull. I mean how many times can you tell the same story and have it be interesting? Well this version with Chan and Coogan was terrific! It's really a vehicle for Chan's abilities, but this version injected humour, action, fighting, an interesting sub-plot of a stolen jade buddha and stars with more than quck cameos (Arnold as Turkish Hapi was hysterical). Whoever thinks this wasn't funny had their eyes closed while watching it. For some good clean fun check this movie out!
Chan Good, Disney Bad February 19, 2009
Michael W. Perry (Author of Untangling Tolkien, Seattle, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The good news about this film is that it stars the always hilarious Jackie Chan and is quite funny. The bad news is that it was done by Disney.
Disney has alway treated its sources arrogantly and callously, acting as if could `do better' than a writer beloved by generations of kids. J. R. R. Tolkien noticed that in the 1930s, and shuddered at the thought that his tales might get their treatment. More recently, Disney abused Prince Caspian, by Tolkien's friend C. S. Lewis, remaking it into something they thought would do better with kids, resulting in mediocre performance at the box office and an agreement between them and Walden Media, that Disney would play no role in subsequent Narnia films. Good riddance.
In this case, Disney's victim is Jules Verne and his 1873 classic, Around the World in Eighty Days. The original is so heavily altered for the worst, that almost the only parallel to the original is the fact that both involve someone circling the world of the late 1800s in 80 days. Disney should have had enough integrity not to steal Verne's title and prestige for their own tale.
Even the essence has been altered by the too-clever-by-half twits at Disney. Verne loved science and pioneered science fiction as new form of literature. Almost all the scientists in this Disney perversion are corrupt, blundering or stupid. That and a plot that isn't good for children, reflecting too much of what passes for `values' in Hollywood, makes this a film parents might want to take a pass on.
--Michael W. Perry, Stories for Girls: Lovingly Adapted for Twenty-First Century Children
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