One Sentence Plot Summary: A very precise, upperclass Englishman makes a wager with several friends that he can travel around the circumference of the earth in 80 days.
Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas, Shirley MacLaine, Robert Newton
Best of: More a typical summer blockbuster than a typical oscar winner, it offers quite a lot of lavish, light-hearted fun. The opening sequence offers a 1956 commentary on the "shrinking world" theme of the 1872 novel (including a discussion of how man may even travel to the moon some day). This is rather fun to watch given how incredibly much the world has shrunk again since 1956.
Worst of: An Indian princess is played by the very obviously non-Indian Shirley MacLaine.
Notable: The filmed used more animals and more costumes than any previous film.
Also Nominated: The Ten Commandments, The King and I.
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