| Around the World in Eighty Days is a 1956 movie based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne.
It is a big budget Hollywood fun movie
with a huge cast, with David Niven and Cantinflas in the lead roles of Fogg and Passepartout. Many famous performers play bit parts, and part of the pleasure in this movie is playing "spot the
star".
The movie was nominated for eight Oscars, of which it was awarded
five:
- Won: Best Picture - Michael Todd, producer
- Won: Best Cinematography,
Color - Lionel Lindon
- Won: Best Film Editing - Gene Ruggiero and Paul Weatherwax
- Won: Best Music,
Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture - Victor Young
- Won: Best
Writing, Best Screenplay, Adapted - John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, and James Poe
- Nominee: Best Art
Direction-Set Decoration, Color - Ken Adam, Ross Dowd, and James W. Sullivan
- Nominee: Best Costume Design,
Color - Miles White
- Nominee: Best Director - Michael Anderson
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