‘I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new’

-Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days

‘Kids deserve an adventure novel like this, one that might inspire them to become inven-tors and ignite their interest in the world’s many wonders.’

Peter Debruge, Premiere

‘Coraci has given us a film that is not only amusing, but well-acted, and not only well-acted, but gorgeous. Micha Klein's animated transitions alone, which are used to

signal each change in location, are wondrous and lovely to behold.’Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

‘The wonder is that this Polyphemus of productions does not simply collapse of its own overweight; but, thanks principally to Showman Todd, the picture skips along with an

amazing lightness.’Time Magazine

‘Is the whole thing too exhausting? It's a question of how much you can take. We not only took it but found it most amusing.’

Bosley Crowther, New York Times

JULES VERNE was a 19th century French author whose revolu-tionary science-fiction novels, including Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, have entranced readers for more than a century.

'To go around the world...in such a short time and with the means of transport cur-rently available, was not only impossible, it was madness'

One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his com-panions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days — and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-establised routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, ac-companied by his hot-blooded French manservant Passepartout. Travelling by train, steamship, sailing boat, sledge and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard — who believes that Fogg has robbed the Bank of En-gland — to win the extraordinary wa-ger. Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences on its publication and remains hugely popular, combin-ing exploration, adventure and athrilling race against time.