Around the World in Eighty Days

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Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours) is a classic adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the late Victorian world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of rapid circumnavigation and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership. The book may have been inspired by the exploits of George Francis Train, who accomplished the feat in 1870.

Plot summary

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The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy, solitary, unmarried man with regular habits. The source of his wealth is not known and he lives modestly. He fires his former valet, James Forster, for bringing him his shaving water two degrees too cold. He hires as a replacement Passepartout, a Frenchman of around 30 years of age.

Later that day in the Reform Club, he gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph, stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. The schedule is given as follows:

Fogg accepts a wager for 20,000 pounds from his fellow club members, which he will receive if he makes it around the world in 80 days. He sets off immediately, taking his puzzled new valet with him. He leaves London by train at 8.45 p.m. on October 2, and thus is due back at the Reform Club at the same time 80 days later, on December 21.

Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez in time. While disembarking in Egypt, he is watched by a Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who has been despatched from London in search of a bank robber. Because Fogg matches the description of the bank robber, Fix mistakes Fogg to be the criminal. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix goes on board of the steamer conveying the travelers to Bombay. During the voyage, Fix gets acquainted with Passepartout, without revealing his purpose.

Still in time, Fogg and Passepartout switch to the railway in Bombay, setting off for Calcutta, Fix now following them undercover. As it turns out, the construction of the railway is not totally finished, so they are forced to get over the remaining gap between two stations by riding an elephant, which Phileas Fogg purchases at the prodigious price of 2,000 pounds.

During the ride, they come across a suttee procession, in which a young Indian woman, Aouda, is led to a sanctuary to be sacrificed the next day. Since the young woman is obviously drugged and not going voluntarily, the travelers decide to rescue her. They follow the procession to the site, where Passepartout secretly takes the place of the girl's deceased husband on the funeral pyre, on which the woman is going to be burned the next morning. During the ceremony, he then rises from the pyre, scaring off the priests, and carries the young woman away.

The travelers then hasten on to catch the train at the next railway station, taking the girl, Aouda, with them. At Calcutta, they finally board a steamer going to Hong Kong. Fix, who had secretly been following them, again failed to obtain a warrant against Fogg in Calcutta and is forced to follow them along to Hong Kong. On board, he shows himself to Passepartout, who is delighted to meet again his traveling companion from the earlier voyage.

In Hong Kong, it turns out that Aouda's distant relative in whose care they had been planning to leave her there, has moved away, so they decide to take her with them to Europe. Meanwhile, still without a warrant, Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. He therefore confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not a bank robber. To prevent Passepartout from informing his master about the premature departure of their next vessel, Fix makes Passepartout drunk and drugs him in an opium den. In his dizziness, Passepartout yet manages to catch the steamer to Yokohama, but neglects to inform Fogg.

Fogg, on the next day, discovers that he has missed his connection. He goes on search for a vessel which will take him to Yokohama. He finds a pilot boat which takes him and his companions (Aouda and Fix) to Shanghai, where they catch a steamer to Yokohama. In Yokohama, they go on a search for Passepartout, believing that he may have arrived there with the original connection. They find him in a circus, trying to earn his homeward journey.

Reunited, the four board on a steamer taking them across the Pacific to San Francisco. Fix promises Passepartout that now, having left British soil, he will no longer try to delay Fogg's journey, but rather support him in getting back to Britain as fast as possible (to have him arrested there).

In San Francisco, they get on the train to New York. During that trip, the train is attacked by Indians, who take Passepartout and two other passengers hostage. Fogg is now faced with the dilemma of continuing his tour, or going to rescue Passepartout. He chooses the latter, starting on a rescue mission with some soldiers of a nearby fort, who succeed in freeing the hostages.

To make up for the lost time, Fogg and his companions hire a sledge, which brings them to Omaha, where they arrive just in time to get on a train to Chicago, and then another to New York. However, reaching New York, they learn that the steamer they had been trying to catch has left a short time before.

On the next day, Fogg starts looking for an alternative for the crossing of the Atlantic. He finds a small steam boat, destined for Bordeaux. However, the captain of the boat refuses to take the company to Liverpool, wherupon Fogg accepts to be brought to Bordeaux. On the voyage, he bribes the crew to mutiny and take course for Liverpool. Going on full steam all the time, the boat runs out of fuel after a few days. Fogg buys the boat at a very high price from the captain, soothing him thereby, and has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam.

The companions arrive at Liverpool several hours before the deadline, which would easily suffice to get to London by train. However, once on British soil again, Fix produces a warrant and arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up - the actual bank robber had been caught several days earlier. However, Fogg has missed the train and returns to London 5 minutes late, assured that he has lost the wager.

In his London house the next day, he apologizes to Aouda for bringing her with him, since he now has to live in poverty and cannot financially support her. Aouda suddenly confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her, which he gladly accepts. He calls for Passepartout to notify the reverend. At the reverend's, Passepartout learns that he is mistaken in the date, which he takes to be Sunday but which actually is Saturday due to the fact that the party traveled in Eastern direction, thereby gaining a full day on a journey around the globe, by crossing the International Date Line.

Passepartout hurries back to Fogg, who immediately sets off for the Reform Club, where he arrives just in time to claim the wager won. Thus ends the journey around the world, which made Phileas Fogg not only a little richer but also the happiest man.

Imitators

Verne's articulation of the challenge proved seminal. There have since been sundry expeditions that emulate Fogg's, fictional, circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints.

  • 1889 - Nellie Bly undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the New York World. She managed to do the journey within 72 days.
  • 1908 - Harry Bensley, on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask.
  • 1988 - Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin took a similar challenge without using aircraft as a part of a television travelogue, also called Around the World in Eighty Days.
  • 1993 - Present - The Jules Verne Trophy is held by the boat that sails around the world without stopping, and with no outside assistance in the shortest time. However, to officially hold the trophy, you must pay a membership fee to the Jules Verne Association. The record holders so far have been:
    • 2002: Orange, 64 days
    • 1997: Sport Elec, 71 days
    • 1994: ENZA, 74 days
    • 1993: Commodore Explorer, 79 days

Film adaptations

The book has been adapted many times for feature films and television.

  • An entertaining 1919 silent black and white parody by director Richard Oswald didn't disguise its use of locations in Germany as placeholders for the international voyage, part of the movie's joke is that Fogg's trip is obviously going to places in and around Berlin. There is no remaining copy of this film available today.
  • The best known version was released in 1956, with David Niven and Cantinflas heading a huge cast. Many famous performers play bit parts, and part of the pleasure in this movie is playing "spot the star". The movie earned five Oscars, out of eight nominations. See Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 movie) for details.
  • A 1989 two-part TV mini-series starred Pierce Brosnan as Fogg, Eric Idle as Passeapartout, Peter Ustinov as Fix and several TV stars in cameo roles, e.g. Patrick Macnee and Christopher Lee as members of the Reform Club. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book and the script make several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book, such as Sarah Bernhard, Louis Pasteur, Jesse James and Queen Victoria.
  • The story was again adapted for the screen in 2004 by The Walt Disney Company. Disney's Around the World in 80 Days stars Jackie Chan as Passepartout and Steve Coogan as Fogg. This version is only loosely based on Jules Verne's story, it makes Passepartout the hero and the thief of the Bank's money. Fogg's character is an absent-minded crackpot inventor who bets with a rival scientist that he can travel the world with (then) modern means of transportation. In an unintended connection to the 1919 version, this film was also filmed in Berlin, but tried to hide it this time: The Gendarmenmarkt's German Cathedral was redressed as the Bank of England and several other locations in and around the city were used as historic London.
  • Several animated films and cartoon series were made based on Verne's book.
    • An Indian Fantasy Story is an unfinished French/English co-production from 1938, featuring the wager at the Reform Club and the rescue of the Indian Princess. It was never completed as a full feature film.
    • Around the World in 79 Days, a serial segment on the Hanna-Barbera show The Cattanooga Cats from 1969 to 1971.
    • Around the World in 80 days from 1972 by Canadian studio Rankin-Bass with Japanese Mushi productions as part of the Festival of Family Classics series.
    • A one-season cartoon series Around the World in 80 days from 1972 by Australian Air Programs International.
    • Around the World with Willy Fogg by Spanish studio BRB Internacional from 1981 with a second season produced in 1993. This series depicts the characters as talking animals and takes several liberties with the original story, but still remains faithful to the basic ideas. This show has gained something of a cult following in Britain and Germany.
    • Tweety's High Flying Adventure is a musical by Warner Brothers from 2000; it depicts the characters as not only talking animals, but the ones familiar from previous cartoons from the same studio. It takes a great many liberties with the original story, but the central idea is still there - indeed, one of the songs in this film is entitled Around the World in Eighty Days. This movie frequently appears on various US-based cable TV networks.

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The book has been adapted many times for feature films and television. Harrison Ford and Pat Roach are the only actors to appear in all three films in the trilogy (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade). There have since been sundry expeditions that emulate Fogg's, fictional, circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints. revealing that "Indiana" was the family dog's name; Indy, his father, Sallah, and Marcus ride off into the sunset. Verne's articulation of the challenge proved seminal. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ends with Henry Sr. Thus ends the journey around the world, which made Phileas Fogg not only a little richer but also the happiest man. Then Indy attempts to get the Grail, but his father tells him to "let it go", thus the Grail is never recovered as the heroes escape the crumbling Holy Temple.

Passepartout hurries back to Fogg, who immediately sets off for the Reform Club, where he arrives just in time to claim the wager won. Indy tries to save her, but she falls into the abyss while trying to recover the Grail. At the reverend's, Passepartout learns that he is mistaken in the date, which he takes to be Sunday but which actually is Saturday due to the fact that the party traveled in Eastern direction, thereby gaining a full day on a journey around the globe, by crossing the International Date Line. As the knight warned, the building collapses and she loses her balance at the edge of a crevasse. Aouda suddenly confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her, which he gladly accepts. He calls for Passepartout to notify the reverend. Schneider then tries to leave with the Grail and crosses the Great Seal. In his London house the next day, he apologizes to Aouda for bringing her with him, since he now has to live in poverty and cannot financially support her. Indy takes the Grail with the holy water and heals his father.

However, Fogg has missed the train and returns to London 5 minutes late, assured that he has lost the wager. Indy picks the true Grail, but the knight commands him not to let the Grail go "past the Great Seal", as it is the boundary of immortality. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up - the actual bank robber had been caught several days earlier. The grail was a false one and Donovan is killed. The companions arrive at Liverpool several hours before the deadline, which would easily suffice to get to London by train. However, once on British soil again, Fix produces a warrant and arrests Fogg. Schneider then picks out a golden, bejeweled grail which Donovan drinks from. Fogg buys the boat at a very high price from the captain, soothing him thereby, and has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam. Donovan and Schneider immediately follow Indy.

Going on full steam all the time, the boat runs out of fuel after a few days. Indy, guided by his father's diary, surpasses the challenges, arriving in a room with Holy Grail hidden amongst many false grails and a knight of the last Crusade surviving by the Grail's power. On the voyage, he bribes the crew to mutiny and take course for Liverpool. The quest reaches its climax at the Canyon of the Crescent Moon, in Hatay near Iskenderun, where the Holy Temple (secret home to the Grail) is located. Donovan captures Indy in the temple and shoots Indy's father, forcing him to face a set of challenges and retrieve the Grail for its healing powers to save his father's life. He finds a small steam boat, destined for Bordeaux. However, the captain of the boat refuses to take the company to Liverpool, wherupon Fogg accepts to be brought to Bordeaux. Eventually, their individual quests cross paths and lead to a confrontation where Kazim, the cult leader, is killed by Donovan's men and a desert chase that reunites Indy and his father with Brody and Sallah. On the next day, Fogg starts looking for an alternative for the crossing of the Atlantic. But on their trail is a fanatical religious cult determined to protect the Holy Grail at all costs.

However, reaching New York, they learn that the steamer they had been trying to catch has left a short time before. Donovan and Schneider, with Brody, begin the Grail quest as does Indy with his father and Sallah. To make up for the lost time, Fogg and his companions hire a sledge, which brings them to Omaha, where they arrive just in time to get on a train to Chicago, and then another to New York. Meanwhile, the Nazis capture Brody, somewhere in Turkey, and learn where to start the Grail quest. He chooses the latter, starting on a rescue mission with some soldiers of a nearby fort, who succeed in freeing the hostages. Indy discovers that both work for the Nazis and that his father's kidnapping was staged to get him to solve the mystery of the Grail for them. Indy and his father escape the Nazis and go to Berlin, to retrieve his father's Grail diary needed to complete the quest. Fogg is now faced with the dilemma of continuing his tour, or going to rescue Passepartout. In Germany, Indiana finds his father but both find themselves being betrayed by both Schneider and Donovan.

During that trip, the train is attacked by Indians, who take Passepartout and two other passengers hostage. Indy encounters a secret society of Grail protectors who tells him that his father is being held in Brunwald Castle near the Austrian-German border. In San Francisco, they get on the train to New York. Inside the library (a converted church which is actually the Church of San Barnaba in Campo San Barnaba) where his father was last seen, Indy discovers the tomb of a knight of the "Last Crusade" which holds information needed to begin the quest for the Grail. Fix promises Passepartout that now, having left British soil, he will no longer try to delay Fogg's journey, but rather support him in getting back to Britain as fast as possible (to have him arrested there). Elsa Schneider (Doody) to follow the footsteps of his father. Reunited, the four board on a steamer taking them across the Pacific to San Francisco. Indy and Marcus travel to Venice to meet Dr.

They find him in a circus, trying to earn his homeward journey. Walter Donovan (Glover) informs Indy that Henry Jones Sr., his father (Connery), vanished while searching for the missing half of a clue leading to the Holy Grail, which has the power to grant eternal life. In Yokohama, they go on a search for Passepartout, believing that he may have arrived there with the original connection. The story then advances to 1938; Indy (Ford), now a grown man, is successful in getting the Cross and donating it to Marcus Brody's (Elliott) museum. He finds a pilot boat which takes him and his companions (Aouda and Fix) to Shanghai, where they catch a steamer to Yokohama. The small adventure inspires his whip, fear of snakes, fedora (and style of dress), and even the scar on his chin. He goes on search for a vessel which will take him to Yokohama. The movie starts in 1912 with Indy (Phoenix) as a Boy Scout in a failed attempt to retrieve the Cross of Coronado from grave robbers.

Fogg, on the next day, discovers that he has missed his connection. Also like the previous films in the series, the soundtrack was composed by John Williams. In his dizziness, Passepartout yet manages to catch the steamer to Yokohama, but neglects to inform Fogg. Indiana Jones artist Drew Struzan created the film's distinctive artwork. To prevent Passepartout from informing his master about the premature departure of their next vessel, Fix makes Passepartout drunk and drugs him in an opium den. Some Indiana Jones fans have attempted to create replicas. He therefore confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not a bank robber. In the story it contains important clues that are needed to find and safely obtain the Holy Grail.

Meanwhile, still without a warrant, Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. A notable item in the movie is the Grail diary of Henry Jones Sr. In Hong Kong, it turns out that Aouda's distant relative in whose care they had been planning to leave her there, has moved away, so they decide to take her with them to Europe. Yet there have been persistent rumors of Indiana Jones 4 in that time. On board, he shows himself to Passepartout, who is delighted to meet again his traveling companion from the earlier voyage. After producing the three Indiana Jones movies in the 1980s, no further movies have been made as of 2005. Fix, who had secretly been following them, again failed to obtain a warrant against Fogg in Calcutta and is forced to follow them along to Hong Kong. The Indiana Jones movies were released on DVD in October 2003.

At Calcutta, they finally board a steamer going to Hong Kong. It was released on laserdisc in 1990. The travelers then hasten on to catch the train at the next railway station, taking the girl, Aouda, with them. Last Crusade is estimated to have grossed $494,800,000 USD. During the ceremony, he then rises from the pyre, scaring off the priests, and carries the young woman away. In 1989, Lucasfilm Games released both a graphical adventure game and an action game of the same name based on the film. They follow the procession to the site, where Passepartout secretly takes the place of the girl's deceased husband on the funeral pyre, on which the woman is going to be burned the next morning. The lightheartedness of the movie especially contrasts to its predecessor Temple of Doom, which is usually cited as the "darkest" in the trilogy.

Since the young woman is obviously drugged and not going voluntarily, the travelers decide to rescue her. Also Marcus Brody is a less serious character than his previous appearance in Raiders of the Lost Ark, being described as a museum curator who "once got lost in his own museum". During the ride, they come across a suttee procession, in which a young Indian woman, Aouda, is led to a sanctuary to be sacrificed the next day. The humor is mainly shown through the relationship between Indiana and his father. As it turns out, the construction of the railway is not totally finished, so they are forced to get over the remaining gap between two stations by riding an elephant, which Phileas Fogg purchases at the prodigious price of 2,000 pounds. This installment in the Indiana Jones series has more humor than the previous two films. Still in time, Fogg and Passepartout switch to the railway in Bombay, setting off for Calcutta, Fix now following them undercover. (played by Sean Connery) vanishes while pursuing a life-long search for the Holy Grail, Indiana must retrace his father's steps in the hopes of rescuing him — and the Grail — from the clutches of the Nazi military machine.

During the voyage, Fix gets acquainted with Passepartout, without revealing his purpose. Henry Jones, Sr. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix goes on board of the steamer conveying the travelers to Bombay. When Dr. Because Fogg matches the description of the bank robber, Fix mistakes Fogg to be the criminal. It is the third, and currently final, installment of the Indiana Jones movies. While disembarking in Egypt, he is watched by a Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who has been despatched from London in search of a bank robber. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is a 1989 movie directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Julian Glover, Alison Doody, River Phoenix and John Rhys-Davies.

Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez in time. on October 2, and thus is due back at the Reform Club at the same time 80 days later, on December 21. He leaves London by train at 8.45 p.m. He sets off immediately, taking his puzzled new valet with him.

Fogg accepts a wager for 20,000 pounds from his fellow club members, which he will receive if he makes it around the world in 80 days. The schedule is given as follows:. Later that day in the Reform Club, he gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph, stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He hires as a replacement Passepartout, a Frenchman of around 30 years of age.

He fires his former valet, James Forster, for bringing him his shaving water two degrees too cold. The source of his wealth is not known and he lives modestly. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy, solitary, unmarried man with regular habits. The story starts in London on October 2, 1872.

The book may have been inspired by the exploits of George Francis Train, who accomplished the feat in 1870. The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of rapid circumnavigation and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership. Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours) is a classic adventure novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the late Victorian world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. This movie frequently appears on various US-based cable TV networks.

It takes a great many liberties with the original story, but the central idea is still there - indeed, one of the songs in this film is entitled Around the World in Eighty Days. Tweety's High Flying Adventure is a musical by Warner Brothers from 2000; it depicts the characters as not only talking animals, but the ones familiar from previous cartoons from the same studio. This show has gained something of a cult following in Britain and Germany. This series depicts the characters as talking animals and takes several liberties with the original story, but still remains faithful to the basic ideas.

Around the World with Willy Fogg by Spanish studio BRB Internacional from 1981 with a second season produced in 1993. A one-season cartoon series Around the World in 80 days from 1972 by Australian Air Programs International. Around the World in 80 days from 1972 by Canadian studio Rankin-Bass with Japanese Mushi productions as part of the Festival of Family Classics series. Around the World in 79 Days, a serial segment on the Hanna-Barbera show The Cattanooga Cats from 1969 to 1971.

It was never completed as a full feature film. An Indian Fantasy Story is an unfinished French/English co-production from 1938, featuring the wager at the Reform Club and the rescue of the Indian Princess. Several animated films and cartoon series were made based on Verne's book.

    . In an unintended connection to the 1919 version, this film was also filmed in Berlin, but tried to hide it this time: The Gendarmenmarkt's German Cathedral was redressed as the Bank of England and several other locations in and around the city were used as historic London.

    Fogg's character is an absent-minded crackpot inventor who bets with a rival scientist that he can travel the world with (then) modern means of transportation. This version is only loosely based on Jules Verne's story, it makes Passepartout the hero and the thief of the Bank's money. Disney's Around the World in 80 Days stars Jackie Chan as Passepartout and Steve Coogan as Fogg. The story was again adapted for the screen in 2004 by The Walt Disney Company.

    The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book and the script make several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book, such as Sarah Bernhard, Louis Pasteur, Jesse James and Queen Victoria. Patrick Macnee and Christopher Lee as members of the Reform Club. A 1989 two-part TV mini-series starred Pierce Brosnan as Fogg, Eric Idle as Passeapartout, Peter Ustinov as Fix and several TV stars in cameo roles, e.g. The movie earned five Oscars, out of eight nominations. See Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 movie) for details.

    Many famous performers play bit parts, and part of the pleasure in this movie is playing "spot the star". The best known version was released in 1956, with David Niven and Cantinflas heading a huge cast. There is no remaining copy of this film available today. An entertaining 1919 silent black and white parody by director Richard Oswald didn't disguise its use of locations in Germany as placeholders for the international voyage, part of the movie's joke is that Fogg's trip is obviously going to places in and around Berlin.

    1993: Commodore Explorer, 79 days. 1994: ENZA, 74 days. 1997: Sport Elec, 71 days. 2002: Orange, 64 days.

    The record holders so far have been:

      . However, to officially hold the trophy, you must pay a membership fee to the Jules Verne Association. 1993 - Present - The Jules Verne Trophy is held by the boat that sails around the world without stopping, and with no outside assistance in the shortest time. 1988 - Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin took a similar challenge without using aircraft as a part of a television travelogue, also called Around the World in Eighty Days.

      1908 - Harry Bensley, on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask. She managed to do the journey within 72 days. 1889 - Nellie Bly undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the New York World.