Around the World in 80 Days (2004) on Netflix
A Chinese thief calling himself Passepartout becomes valet to Phileas Fogg, an eccentric London inventor. Fogg wagers Lord Kelvin that he can circle the globe in eighty days, and they depart.
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Plot summary
In 1872, Lau Xing, a Chinese thief, steals a jade Buddha kept at the Bank of England, then hides out with Phileas Fogg, an eccentric London inventor, and gives his name as Passepartout when he is taken on as Fogg's valet. The Buddha belongs to Lord Kelvin, who leads the Royal Academy of Science. Its fellows mock Fogg's ideas, and when Fogg calculates that the globe can be circled in eighty days, Kelvin offers to hand over his position if Fogg manages it, provided Fogg gives up science if he does not. Fogg accepts, and Passepartout joins him, seeing a way home. In Paris, painter Monique La Roche comes along, and Lord Kelvin has sent General Fang after the statue.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
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- Before Walt Disney Pictures finally picked it up for North American release, the film had been one of the highest-budget movies ever produced without any distributor attached.
- Paramount Pictures had already acquired the film's domestic distribution rights and set a release date of November 21, 2003, before getting cold feet and pulling out entirely over the movie's high budget and doubts about the cast's box-office draw.
