Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)
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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.
Around the World in 80 Days | |
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Directed by | Michael Anderson |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | Around the World in Eighty Days 1873 novel by Jules Verne |
Produced by | Michael Todd |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
Edited by | Gene Ruggiero Howard Epstein |
Music by | Victor Young |
Production company | Michael Todd Company |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 182 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[1][2] |
Box office | $42 million[2] |
The picture was directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Mike Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay, based on the classic 1873 novel of the same name by Jules Verne, was written by James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman. The music score was composed by Victor Young, and the Todd-AO 70 mm cinematography (shot in Technicolor) was by Lionel Lindon. The film's six-minute-long animated title sequence, shown at the end of the film, was created by award-winning designer Saul Bass.[3]
The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.[4]