topcow
20 Jun 2004, 09:52 PM
I'm talking about "Around the World in 80 Days", I am guessing no one saw it.
What the hell is Anschuts thinking? Next thing you know, he'll be financing movies about soccer in the USA.
Goodsport
20 Jun 2004, 11:08 PM
I'm talking about "Around the World in 80 Days", I am guessing no one saw it.
What the hell is Anschuts thinking? Next thing you know, he'll be financing movies about soccer in the USA.
I haven't seen it yet and I'm somewhat apprehensive to (though I'll likely end up watching it at some point). From the commercials it seems that they've changed far too much from the original story, so much so that Passepartout (played by Jackie Chan? :confused: ) seems to be the primary character rather than Phileas Fogg (played by Steve Coogan).
The best screen version of the story is the 1989 TV miniseries starring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg and Eric Idle as Passepartout (though Idle's an Englishman, he correctly and convincingly played Passepartout as the Frenchman he was in the original book) - in my opinion, a much better adaptation than even the 1956 theatrical version starring David Niven as Phileas Fogg and Cantiflas (yet another :confused: ) as Passepartout.
Both the 1956 and 1989 versions are currently available on DVD.
-G