Cecile de France as Monique, Steve Coogan as Phileas Fogg, Jackie Chan as Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days.
Let your imagination soar.
In this highly inventive take on Jules Verne’s classic, Passepartout (Jackie Chan) must make it to China in order to return a valuable jade Buddha that was stolen from his family’s village. He seeks refuge with an eccentric London inventor, Phineas Fogg (Coogan), who puts his reputation, fortune, and career on the line in a daring bet to make it around the world in eighty days.
Joining them is Monique (De France), a young French artist who decides that a trip around the world would provide new inspiration. Opposing the group is Lord Kelvin (Broadbent), who’s wagered his position as head of the Royal Academy of Science against their journey’s success. Their incredible adventure spans many colorful and exotic lands from historic London to Paris, Turkey, India, China, across the Great Seas, to a burgeoning United States, and more.
Along the way, the group encounters an eclectic assortment of characters including Queen Victoria (Bates), a Scotland Yard Sergeant (Cleese), a hot air balloon engineer (Branson), a Turkish Prince (Schwarzenegger), an eccentric inventor (Schneider), the Wright Brothers (Owen and Luke Wilson), and many other international star cameos.
Fabulous adventures, hilarious predicaments, and exhilarating action await an all-star international cast as three unlikely heroes attempt to settle an outrageous wager in Disney/Walden’s new spectacle for the whole family, “Around the World in 80 Days” starring Jackie Chan.
An eccentric London inventor, Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), has come up with the secrets to flight, electricity, and even in-line skates, but the establishment has dismissed him as a crackpot. Desperate to be taken seriously, Fogg makes an outlandish bet with Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent), the head of the Royal Academy of Science: to circumnavigate the globe in no more than 80 days! With his valet Passepartout (Jackie Chan) and thrill-seeking French artist
Monique (Cecile de France) at his side, Fogg is headed on a frantic, heart-pounding round-the-world race that takes our heroes to the world’s most exotic places by land, sea, and air. Along the way, our heroes face many adventures and obstacles from an all-star cast including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathy Bates, and Rob Schneider. Frank Coraci (“The Wedding Singer,”) helms.
An eccentric London inventor, Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), has come up with the secrets to flight, electricity, and even in-line skates, but the establishment has dismissed him as a crackpot. Desperate to be taken seriously, Fogg makes an outlandish bet with Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent), the head of the Royal Academy of Science: to circumnavigate the globe in no more than 80 days! With his valet Passepartout (Jackie Chan) and thrill-seeking French artist Monique (Cecile de France) at his side, Fogg is headed on a frantic, heart-pounding round-the-world race that takes our heroes to the world’s most exotic places by land, sea, and air.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Cecille de France, Jim Broadbent, Kathy Bates
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Screenplay by: David Titcher, David Benullo & David Goldstein
Release Date: June 16th, 2004
MPAA Rating: PG for violence, crude humor and mild language.
Box Office: $24,008,137 (US total)
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Related Link: Around the World in 80 Days on Movies Central
