Around the World in 80 Days (1989-1989)
Premiere:
April 16, 1989
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 3
Finale:
April 18, 1989
Creators:
Jules Verne
John Gay
Buzz Kulik
Original Title:
Around the World in 80 Days
Alternate Titles:
80 nap alatt a föld körül
Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Reise um die Welt in 80 Tagen
À Volta do Mundo em 80 Dias
Ο γύρος του κόσμου σε ογδόντα ημέρες
八十天环游世界
环游地球八十天
飞行80天
Genres:
Action & Adventure | Drama
Production Companies:
Avala Film
Harmony Gold
Rete Europa
Salon Films
Valente/Baerwald Productions
Countries:
DE | IT | US | YU
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. 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. 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.