Around the World in 80 Days (miniseries)
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| Based on |
Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne |
| Written by | John Gay |
| Directed by | Buzz Kulik |
| Starring |
Pierce Brosnan Eric Idle Julia Nickson |
| Theme music composer | Billy Goldenberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Renée Valente |
| Producer(s) | Paul Baerwald |
| Cinematography | Nicholas D. Knowland |
| Editor(s) | David Beatty Les Green Peter Parasheles |
| Running time | 266 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Avala Film |
| Distributor | Revelation Films |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | 35 mm Spherical |
| Original release | April 16, 1989 |
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. The teleplay by John Gay is based on the Jules Verne novel of the same title.
The plot centres around Phileas Fogg (Pierce Brosnan) making a £30,000 wager with three members of the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He takes with him his newly employed French valet Passepartout (Eric Idle), and is pursued by Detective Wilbur Fix (Peter Ustinov) who mistakenly thinks Fogg robbed the Bank of England and is using the wager as a cover to escape capture.
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. Other familiar faces, credited as guest stars and in more substantial roles, include John Hillerman, Jack Klugman, Darren McGavin, Henry Gibson and John Mills.
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