He invites the lieutenant to tea but unbeknownst to him, Passepartout had spiked his tea with the drugs he received in Aden, making Fogg delirious. When the groom is taken into custody as a deserter of the British Indian Army, the bride's mother, Aouda, tells Fogg she will only provide a guide if he convinces the army's young lieutenant to release the groom. Stranded in an Indian village after the railroad Abigail wrote about turned out to be incomplete still, the group agree to stay for the night because of a wedding. Kneedling, a man paid by Bellamy, tries to bribe Passepartout to slow Fogg down by giving him something he claims will make him sleep for a few days.Īshley Pharoah, Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis and Stuart Lane Initially reluctant to take them to Aden, they agree to help after the group helps them fend off some raiders, with Passepartout shooting one of them trying to abduct Abigail. When the local leaves them stranded in the desert, they are rescued by Jane Digby and her husband, who Abigail had persuaded to give help. Fearing it too unsafe for Abigal, he and Passepartout decide to leave her behind. Fogg and his companions continue to Aden via the Suez Canal.įogg is tricked by a local who claims he can safely guide them across the desert to Aden. The train successfully crosses the gap and, using the carriage's wood as fuel, they arrive in Brindisi in time to save Alberto. Too far away from the next hospital in Rome, Fogg convinces Moretti that he can safely guide the engine and one carriage over the rails still in place despite the gap in the bridge. When the train has to stop abruptly two hours from Brindisi because a part of a bridge was missing, Alberto is injured and in critical condition. During the journey, Fogg befriends Alberto, the son of industrialist Niccolo Moretti, with whom he shares an interest for mechanical and technological inventions. In France, Fogg inadvertently foils an assassination attempt by rebels led by Passepartout's brother on the President of France, Adolphe Thiers and is forced to flee with his companions on a hot air balloon.įogg and his party land their balloon near Florence, Italy and hail a train going to Brindisi in order to catch a boat to Egypt. His rival Nyle Bellamy goads him into declaring that he will undertake this journey, betting 20,000 pounds that he will return by Christmas Eve.Together with French servant Jean Passepartout, he embarks on the journey to France with Abigail following them to report on his travels for her father's newspaper. When he reads an article by Abigail Fix Fortescue about how a new railroad in India now allows the world to be traveled around in 80 days, he is reminded of a postcard he received only reading "coward". Phileas Fogg is a man of routine, spending his every day at the Reform Club reading his newspaper and eating the same meal. Victoria Smurfit as Lady Clemency Rowbotham.Leonie Benesch as Abigail Fix Fortescue.Although the story is fictional, real-life people such as Adolphe Thiers, Jane Digby and Bass Reeves are portrayed interacting with the fictional characters. Thus, regardless of actual acting talent or production value, I vote these things down in a big way in protest to boring and 'woke' output.The story is about Phileas Fogg making a £20,000 (£2,409,600 in 2022) wager with a snobbish member of the prestigious Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days, joined by his new valet Passepartout and journalist Abigail Fix. In the end, it is just another example of tired television/movie money-grabbers opting for the cheapest (and not necessarily the best) options for a quick cash-grab/viewer tally. As for this, females that were never a part of the story and a Passpartout who, even though France certainly had African colonies/dependencies, is clearly included to tick that particular box. While I was a fan of the Mike Todd movie, I didn't think Shirley Maclaine fit anywhere: playing Asian or otherwise. As for this, females that Movies and TV are becoming ridiculous in their ever-decreasing pandering to every bandwagon that gets them cool likes from 'underdogs' everywhere. Movies and TV are becoming ridiculous in their ever-decreasing pandering to every bandwagon that gets them cool likes from 'underdogs' everywhere.
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