Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

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Around the World in 80 Days (19 ...
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"Odd, that in the 19th century they had to race to get around the world in eighty days. Today, we'd consider that a luxury. The introduction my copy of the English translation of Jules Verne's 1873 classic indicated that modern scholars look back at the novel and see the beginning of globalism, the first glimmer of a recognition that the world was becoming a smaller place. Now, we look back at the novel to see a world whose cultures were for distinct, whose social codes were for more rigid (for better and worse) and for a darn good read. Though it won the Oscar for Best Picture, the 1956 movie is not as good as the book, although it is very faithful to the source material. The story concerns an eccentric and introverted English aristocratic, Phileas Fogg (David Niven) who makes a 20,000 pound bet with other rich people that he can (surprise) circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. He leaves for Paris the next day with his valet Passepartout (Mexican comedian Cantinflas), and be ... " [More]

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"We’re less than a week away from the release of Tropic Thunder, and as the reviews and puff pieces make their way onto the web, there’s one thing clearly uniting the media’s coverage: talk of Tom Cruise’s appearance in a small role as a Hollywood studio boss. Everyone seems to agree that he steals the show and that his performance — or the joke surrounding it — is one of the comedy’s major highlights, if not the actual best part. Of course, we can expect a good cameo from Cruise every now and then. He showed up for a bit part in Young Guns and played himself as playing “Austin Powers” in Austin Powers in Goldmember. But from what it sounds like, his role in Tropic Thunder is featured for longer than might qualify as a cameo. Some are regardless referring to the performance as an “extended cameo”, and in theory it certainly fits in with the huge crop of so-called “ironic cameos” that have become popular in movies and TV in the last ten years. Still, despite my not having yet seen th ... " [More]

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