The group, now including Sir Francis, starts off on the elephant, and after camping for a night they encounter a group of tribal Indians preparing to sacrifice a young woman whose husband, a prince, has just died. All Rights Reserved. Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and his life at risk. In the interview included with the DVD release, Palin said that he would like to meet the dhow's crew and thank them again for their gracious hospitality, though he remarks that he may never see them again. The opening credits are set around a clockwork timepiece that displays moving landscapes around its rim. Watch Around the World In 80 Days, Sundays, Jan. 2-Feb. 20, 2022, 8/7c only on MASTERPIECE on PBS. In the book and an interview on the DVD, Palin mentions that Whicker had been the BBC's first choice of presenter, but he and two others (Miles Kington and Noel Edmonds) had declined; Palin was fourth on the BBC's list. It's very, very exciting," adding: "I would do pretty much any job with David [Tennant] involved, just because that means I can learn more from him.". An appropriate setting! he said, alluding to the colonial era architecture and his role in Around the World in 80 Days, a new television series based on the 1872 novel by Jules Verne. The remainder of the team flew on these stretches. The journey took seven days on what became the most famous part of the whole trip featured in the series. Eventually, an "Anglo-German-Indo-Yugoslav agreement the UN would have been proud of" was reached and Palin sets off on a Yugoslavian freighter, eleven days behind. Terms of Use: PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The entire group, Fix included, gets on the steamer to San Francisco. After a brief stopover in Crete, Alexandria beckons. Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout hire an express train to get them to the British capital as quickly as possible. GradeSaver, 24 October 2015 Web. In a nearby village, Fogg purchases an elephant from an Indian man and hires a Parsee guide to lead them. In Bombay, Palin finds himself a week behind Phileas Fogg. Celebrate St Patrick?s Day with the ultimate day fest by The Brunch Club ? But the inspiration for Abigail Fix, he said, was the American writer Nellie Bly, who emulated Vernes voyage in 1890. You can unsubscribe at any time. | Passepartout spends much time gazing out the window at the wild jungles of India. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/around-the-world-80-days-review-738618. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. The things that human beings can achieve armed only with a sense of adventure and an exploratory spirit. After a nerve-wracking delay he realises he probably should have stayed on the Chicago-bound train. Already, Verne readers will notice key changes. He is distraught when he realizes he left his master behind. Retrofitting the Fix character as a proto-Nelly Bly (the real Nelly Bly went around the world in 72 days in 1889, which frankly should have been made into a TV series instead of this) was a fine choice and Benesch has plucky charm, though no real chemistry with Koma in their slow-developing, but totally inevitable romance. He is utterly inscrutable and unpanicked, and if he has an emotional life, its deeply hidden. 103: The book wonderfully captures a spirit of adventure that was bubbling around the turn of the century and is impossible to put down. Overjoyed, they tell Passepartout to go make wedding arrangements for the following day, Monday, with the reverend. For those who dont, in fact, remember the plot of Around the World in 80 Days from previous adaptations, its the story of Phileas Fogg (David Tennant), a dour elitist with no sense of lifes purpose. "The idea had been floating around for a few years, really. There's no trailer yet for Around the World in 80 Days, but we'll keep this page updated with any news. Check out our full TV Guide or our Drama hub for more news and features. We make jokes about a California bullet train instead of constructing a California bullet train. The terms of the bet rise to 20,000 pounds and off Fogg goes, accompanied by a mysterious new valet in Ibrahim Komas Passepartout and Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch), the author of the original news report who hopes to make her name on missives about the trip. Jules Verne 's Around the World in Eighty Days is a rip-roaring adventure story set primarily in Victorian England but spans the world following its protagonist Phileas Fogg. If it had, it would have been impossible to complete the journey in eighty days. Along the way, Palin bonds with the dhow's crew who were an extended family from the Indian state of Gujarat, letting the oldest one listen to a Bruce Springsteen song on his Walkman, and developing a bad case of diarrhoea, resulting in many trips to the ship's unique open-air latrine. Learn More Podcast Around the World in. Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American action adventure comedy film based on Jules Verne's 1873 novel of the same name and remake of the movie of the same name of 1956.It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Ccile de France.The film is set in the nineteenth century and centers on Phileas Fogg (Coogan), here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his efforts to circumnavigate the . Would the journey still be possible today. Fix follows them on, knowing that Hong Kong will be the last bit of British territory they step into, and thus the last chance to arrest Fogg. As soon as they reach English territory, however, Fix arrests and detains Fogg for allegedly robbing the Bank of England. Date: Saturday 18 March ? In another, they sit on a train for the better part of an hour dealing with a supercilious Italian. PBS' 'Around the World in 80 Days': TV Review. David Tennant, center, during production of a new eight-part adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, in which he plays the lead role of Phileas Fogg. Even before the added encumbrances of COVID safety (to say nothing of post-9/11 security), wed made fast, comfortable, accessible travel as fantastical as journeying to the center of the earth or the depths of the ocean. Strictly speaking, it was only Palin who obeyed the rules of the journey, as the production team was not allowed on the road trip across Saudi Arabia and Qatar (Palin and Clem Vallance did this stretch) or on the Croatian ship (Palin and Nigel Meakin did this stretch). Arriving in Venice by coach, he helps the local sanitation department clean up the city. Eventually arriving in New York City (Palin was actually supposed to depart North America from Nova Scotia, Canada, as he mentions earlier in the film, but the reason for the substitution for New York is not mentioned in either the film or the book, although the delay due to the stopover in Colorado is a probable cause). Around the World in 80 Days. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate Reform Club. His personality is comical but he is devoted to Fogg. On the train, Fogg and Passepartout meet Sir Francis Cromarty, an Englishman who lives in India. Plus, you'll find out about other MASTERPIECE shows coming soon. The writers also added cameo characters from history like the legendary Bass Reeves (Gary Beadle), who escaped slavery and became a deputy U.S. marshal, and the famed English beauty Jane Digby (Lindsay Duncan). After an extensive search involving the shipping company that owned Al Shama, Palin tracks them to the city of Mandvi in Gujarat. However, the second season was announced by BBC One prior to audiences seeing the first episode, which would suggest that wheels are already in motion when it comes to production. The train takes them through the great American wilderness, and they encounter a delay when they come upon a bridge that is too weak to hold the train's weight. The nib of the Meisterstck Around The World in 80 Days Solitaire Edition is handcrafted from 18K bi-colour rhodium and champagne tone gold-coating. But the show looks at the social mores and expectations of the era with a 21st-century lens.. Passepartout engaged Fix in conversation. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. A less faithful version, from 2004, featured Jackie Chan as the storys (originally French) valet, Passepartout. More books than SparkNotes. I was packing my suitcase for Cape Town when South Africa announced a lockdown, and they said, Stand down, Tennant recalled. It felt like a very natural thing to make the change to a more diverse setting that was still faithful to the era.. Making Passepartout a Frenchman of color felt natural, he added. But they do not make it in timethey arrive in the London station a few minutes too late. Anyone can read what you share. Gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg sets out on a quest to travel around the world and back home in a period of 80 days. There, Palin finds the captain of Al Shama himself, along with five other members of the crew. Episode 1. I felt there hadnt been a definitive new version that said, This is the spirit of Jules Verne and felt more contemporary without being too theatrical or broad, he said. Around the World in Eighty Days Alternate Title: Around the World in 80 Days Language: English: LoC Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Subject: Adventure stories Subject: Voyages around the world -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. Fogg's hip flask is engraved 'Traveler' this is US spelling, not British spelling. Phileas Fogg's wager of 20,000 would be worth over 1.8 million in 2020. The series begins in a stodgy men's social club in London, the Reform Club, where Fogg reads an article describing a recently finished Indian railway line that makes it theoretically possible to traverse the globe in 80 days. Dec. 31, 2021. London, 1872. We knew, at Emmerdale, that we really wanted to shine a light on men's mental health, and how middle-aged men are more likely to die by suicide than any other age group - staggering facts on that. It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin. 1/8 In 1872, Phileas Fogg bets he can circle the globe in just 80 days. Inspired by Jules Vernes 1872 novel, season one began with Victorian gentleman-turned-explorer Mr Fogg taking on a 20,000 wager to circumvent the globe in 80 days or less, before embarking on his journey alongside his mysterious manservant Passepartout and accompanied by journalist Abigail Fix. Even the vaunted hot air balloon ride thats probably the storys defining image is pretty but weirdly dull. I think he is just fiercely loyal to Fogg. Fix, posing as a friend, accompanies them. Each episode is in a different country and has a discrete story line, so they are almost like mini-films, Pharoah said. Palin partakes in an unusual ceremony to commemorate crossing the line, involving getting doused in tomato paste and flour, and drinking a strange cocktail containing many ingredients, among others, "eggs, curry powder, cocoa". Theres an episode where the characters are stranded on a deserted island and argue. with Phileas winning his titular wager with just one second to spare, before the trio began contemplating their next, potentially maritime journey. During the Jeddah to Dubai episode, Palin managed to snap a few pictures which are seen in the documentary. Waiting for Fogg at the Suez Canal, where he will take a steamer to Bombay, India, is a detective named Fix; apparently, Fogg has been accused of robbing the Bank of England. Around the World in 80 Days will officially return for a second season, with another adventure awaiting unlikely globetrotter Phileas Fogg (David Tennant) and his companions, Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch) and Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma). Yes, Fogg learns valuable lessons as he goes, but the initial depictions of the various populations he meets are, to put it gently, of their time. 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