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Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days (Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours) is a classic adventure novel by 19th-century French author Jules Verne. In the story, English adventurer Phileas Fogg, and his newly employed butler, Passepartout, attempt to circumnavigate the late Victorian world in 80 days on a wager set by the Reform Club. The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of, what then seemed, a most rapid circumnavigation and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership.

Imitators

Verne's articulation of the challenge proved seminal. There have since been sundry expeditions that emulate Fogg's, fictional, circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints.

1889 - Nellie Bly undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the New York World. She managed to do the journey within 72 days.
1908 - Harry Bensley, on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask.
1988 - Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin took a similar challenge without using aircraft as a part of a television travelogue, also called Around the World in Eighty Days.

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The book was adapted to film in 1956, a Hollywood fun movie with a huge cast. Many famous performers play bit parts, and part of the pleasure in this movie is playing "spot the star"; the lead roles in the movie were played by David Niven and Cantinflas.

The movie earned five Oscars:

It was nominated for an additional three Oscars

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