After Passepartout angers a crowd by chasing a cow, he and Fogg board a train to reach Allahabad, but the train is forced to stop abruptly the next morning when the tracks end in the middle of a jungle. Upon landing, Fix discovers that a warrant for Fogg's arrest cannot be issued because the local consul has received no directive from London. Fogg continues to use his copious supply of cash to bribe the captain and chief engineer to speed the ship to Bombay ahead of schedule. However, the valet is only interested in discussing romance. After arranging with the British consulate to have Fogg arrested when he reaches Bombay, Fix poses as an agent for a steamship company and befriends Passepartout, hoping to get information about Fogg. There Passepartout has his first encounter with Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard, who is following them because he believes that Fogg is responsible for the bank robbery. Lloyd's of London supervises the wagering, and later announces Fogg's arrival at the Suez Canal. In London, meanwhile, betting on Fogg's journey has grown into a national obsession. Although terrified, Passepartout follows the professional matadors into the ring and bravely confronts a bull, becoming a local hero when he survives the bout. When Passepartout joins the dancing with an impromptu performance, Abdullah agrees to loan Fogg his yacht, on the condition that Passepartout participate in the bullfights the next day. While waiting to meet Achmed Abdullah, who owns the fastest boat in the area, the travelers are entertained by flamenco dancers at a restaurant. At the Reform Club, meanwhile, the members read newspaper accounts about Fogg passing over the Maritime Alps.Īfter Passepartout is forced to climb the ropes and fix a broken gas valve, they are compelled to land in a town square in Spain. As they pass a mountain peak, Passepartout takes the opportunity to grab some snow with which to chill Fogg's champagne. Undeterred, Fogg purchases the balloon, called "La Coquette," and after taking off in the airship, he and Passepartout sail over the French countryside. There, Fogg consults with Gasse, the manager of the Thomas Cook travel store, who informs him that an avalanche has closed the route to Spain and recommends they travel by hot-air balloon. Fogg immediately accepts the challenge and, after finishing the game, returns home to fill a carpetbag with money and minimal provisions.įogg and Passepartout then embark on their trip, making Paris, France their first stop. Stewart, a club member, thinks the supposition preposterous and wagers 5,000 pounds that Fogg could not make the journey himself, with three other members joining in and raising the wager to 20,000 pounds. When they debate about how easily a criminal could hide anywhere in the world, Fogg theorizes that it would take only eighty days to travel around the world. After Passepartout meets with Fogg's approval, Fogg plays whist at the club, and discusses the robbery with other members. Overhearing their conversation, the unemployed Passepartout, a jack-of-all-trades, offers his services and is hired on the spot to replace Foster. Foster complains to Roland Hesketh-Baggott, the recruiter, that working for a perfectionist like Fogg is torture. Elsewhere in London, Fogg's former valet Foster goes to the employment office and quits. When the fastidious Phileas Fogg arrives at the Reform Club, a private men's club, he complains that someone has already read his newspaper. Longing to escape his overprotective mother (a wonderfully designed creation that looks half like a haute-bourgeois grande dame and half like a marmoset with a streak of white hair), Passepartout runs off with Phileas when the latter accepts the challenge to circumnavigate their “world” (revealed at the end to be really just an island) in 80 days.In 1872 London, England, a newspaper headline reports the shocking news that the Bank of England has been robbed. When Phileas (voiced in the dubbed English version by Rob Tinkler) washes up on a beach, grade-school macaque-ish kid Passepartout (Cory Doran) is entranced. For example, the froggy version of Phileas Fogg has legs that go on for miles, but that doesn’t stop him from being an ace surfer. To be fair, it’s hard to hate on this gentle, goofy interpretation, populated by simply designed animal characters with exaggerated features. Well, it’s obvious, isn’t it? There’s never been an animated version where the lead characters are played by a frog and a monkey, and live on an island community mostly made up of land-dwelling shrimp! G iven there are so, so many film adaptations of Jules Verne’s infinitely malleable 19th-century adventure story, you might wonder why the French-Belgium production team behind this latest iteration felt the need to add yet another one to the pile.
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