Sunday, February 28, 2016

Just ask Mario Moreno how him and the professor circumnavigated the planet in 80 days........it was a bet.........................by gentlemen in England...........


Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)

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This article is about the 1956 film. For the 1873 novel by Jules Verne or other uses, see Around the World in 80 Days (disambiguation).
Around the World in 80 Days
A hot air ballon, in it a man wearing a top hat is holding the arm of another suited man who is hanging over the edge of the basket.
Directed byMichael Anderson
Produced byMichael Todd
Screenplay by
Based onAround the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
Starring
Music byVictor Young
CinematographyLionel Lindon
Edited byGene Ruggiero
Howard Epstein
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • October 17, 1956
Running time
182 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[1][2]
Box office$42 million[2]
Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 Technicolor epic action adventurecomedy film starring David Niven and Cantinflas, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists.
The epic picture was directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Mike Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay was written by James PoeJohn Farrow, and S. J. Perelman based on the classic novel of the same name by Jules Verne. The music score was composed by Victor Young, and the Todd-AO 70 mm cinematography was by Lionel Lindon. The film's seven-minute-long animated title sequence, shown at the end of the film, was created by award-winning designer Saul Bass.[3]
The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[4]

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