Around the World in 80 Days story
Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, and Shirley MacLaine, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists.
20 total · 4 choice · 10 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human life in late modern times | choice | The story offers a whirlwind tour of the world, or an imagination thereof, as it was in 1872. Mr. Fogg visited Siam (today's Thailand), Yokohama in Japan, San Fransisco in the US, the American "Wild West", and New York City in the US. |
| life in late modern Europe | choice | The story offers a whirlwind tour of the European Continent, or an imagination thereof, as it was in 1872. Mr. Fogg visited Paris, rural France, Chinchón, Marseilles, and Brindisi. |
| life in Victorian Britain | choice | The story offers a whirlwind tour of the British Empire, or an imagination thereof, as it was in 1872. Mr. Fogg visited Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, and of course, various places in England proper. |
| speculative travel | choice | Phineas Fogg availed himself of the most modern means of travel at his disposal in 1872 (e.g., hot-air balloon, rail, and steamship) to circumnavigate the globe in an astonishing 80 days. |
| bank robbery | major | Inspector Fix pursued Phileas Fogg relentlessly thinking Mr. Fogg the thief that had robbed the Bank of England of £55,000. |
| gambling | major | Phileas Fogg made a £20,000 wager with four fellow members of his gentleman's club, the Reform Club, that he could circumnavigate the globe within 80 days. |
| law enforcement | major | Inspector Fix pursued Phileas Fogg literally around the world under the mistaken belief that Fogg was the one responsible for the theft of £55,000 from the Bank of England. |
| life in the American Wild West | major | One lengthy leg of the travelers' journey went across the Wild West on train, where they were ambushed by Sioux Indians. Before that they had experienced life in the remote frontier city of San Fransisco. |
| manners | major | Portrayed time and again were the mannerisms of Mr. Fogg, which were almost pantomimically those of an ideal Victorian gentleman: he was punctual, meticulous, honest, honorable, and selfless in service of duties such as rescuing damsels in distress. |
| master and servant | major | A central feature of the story is the relationship between the Victorian Englishman Phileas Fogg and his "gentleman's gentleman", manservant, Passepartout. Together they performed the titular journey: traveling around the world in 80 days. |