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Around the World in 80 Days (Widescreen Edition)
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List Price: $14.99
Our Price: $11.49
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Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Starring: Perry Blake, Ewen Bremner, Jim Broadbent, Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936252477
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-11-02
Running Time: 120
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2004-06-16
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Editorial Reviews:
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The 2004 version of Around the World in 80 Days is an entertaining hodge-podge of adventure, comedy, and scenery from across the globe. Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan, 24 Hour Party People), an obsessively precise inventor, bets that he can circumnavigate the planet in 80 days--considered impossible in the Victorian era. In this version, Jackie Chan plays a Chinese peasant who retrieves a stolen idol from the Bank of England, then convinces Fogg to hire him as a French valet so that Chan can get back to his village. Chan supplies numerous spectacular fights against the forces trying to stop Fogg or get the idol, while Coogan is both funny and a surprisingly appealing romantic lead (he flirts with a fetching French painter who joins them). The various episodes--featuring cameos by Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Cleese, Owen Wilson, and Sammo Hung--are uneven, but a goofy good cheer prevails. --Bret Fetzer
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Waiting to Laugh
Comment: Jackie's martial arts antics remain admirable, but you can enjoy those and still laugh in his "Shanghi" movies. He's fun to watch, but he also falls prey to so many movies that just aren't funny-and this is one of them. The dialog stinks, the jokes fall way short, and the slap stick bites, to put it mildly. In this manner, it does strongly resemble the original, but when the movie itself is so bad, star cameos cannot save it. Do not waste your money or your time. What a waste, for an otherwise lovable guy.
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Summary: 80-million dollar flop...
Comment: There isn't a single thing right with this movie. Bad computer graphics make real location shots look fake. The actors playing the two main heroes (Chan and Coogan) are horribly miscast. The fight scenes look boring (it's a miracle, considering Jackie Chan's participation, and I'll attribute it to the towering ineptitude of Frank Coraci as the director). The plot (I am being charitable using this word) takes totally unnecessary liberties with the setting and with the original material (the classic 1873 Jules Verne novel).
Do yourself a favor. Stay away from this turkey - buy the DVD of the 1956 multiple Oscar-winning adaptation of the same novel instead!
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Summary: Pure fun!
Comment: This movie is pure fun! Don't expect the Jules Verne version, or a "classic" Jackie Chan movie though! The "idea" from the book is there, and there is plenty of martial arts sequences, but not much else in either case. Still, there is plenty of light-hearted entertainment here... continuous action, chemistry, wit, suspense, surprise, tenderness... My family and I enjoy this film everytime we watch it!
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Summary: I felt like a fool for 80 days after watching this film.
Comment: This is one of the worst movie of Jackie Chan. It's boring. There are no funny scenes. The scenes look fake. The acting is not engaging. Anrnold could not save the film.
I tried very hard to stay in the theatre until the end. After 30 minutes, I felt very sleepy. It's one of the worst movies of Jackie Chan. What a waste of money and time!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Thanks.
Comment: Very fast delivery. Product was as described, very good condition. Original wrapping. Thank you.
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