Around the World in 80 Days movie plot
2022-04-22 06:01
The story begins in London in 1873. In order to track down an emerald Buddha statue lost in the village , the Chinese Passepartoutwandered to England. He had no choice but to find a chance to shelter in his In the home of a friend, neurotic inventor and adventurer Philia Foggplayed by. After they met on the road before, attracted by each other's adventurous temperament, the two became good friends.
Fokker, a British aristocratic gentleman who loves invention, recently invented a flying machine. He boasted that he could use it to circle the earth. This weird idea was considered by his aristocratic friends and the British Reform Club to be an idiot. It is definitely not so simple to walk around it when the earth is so big. Excited, Fokker used his wealth and reputation to make a big bet. He bet that within 80 days, he would use trains, ships, elephants and hot air balloons to circle the earth.
In order to win this bet and for his own honor, Fokker invited his Chinese friend Passepartout to serve as an assistant. Passepartout can also take advantage of this round-the-world trip to transport the recaptured Buddha statue back to China. So they started this unprecedented adventure. On the way around the world, they encountered all kinds of hardships. They were tracked by the police when they first set off. The reason was that when Fokker and Passepartout left London, there happened a bank robbery, and Fokker He looks so similar to the robbery suspect.
In addition to the police tracking all the way, they also met all kinds of strange people on the way, including beautiful artists who rely on travel for inspiration, funny hot-air balloon factory engineers, and Turkish princenoodle exploding head. And the eccentric inventor and the Wright brothers, the inventor of the airplane. Of course, the most interesting thing is that they met Fokker's future wife, the beautiful Moniqueon the road
Of course, there were many more thrilling and fun things along the way. They encountered savages in India and were almost eaten by their lives. They also encountered huge winds and waves on the sea and almost destroyed the ship. In addition, there were indigenous robberies, provocations by other people, and so on. Until they really traveled around the world for a week, they passed through Paris, Turkey, India, China and the United States, and finally returned to London, England.
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Around the World in 80 Days quotes
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Lord Kelvin: Well done, Salisbury! I shall name a beef-based entrée after you in your honor.
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Steamer Captain: You had me at the nipples.