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(Photo not found) Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American action -adventurecomedy family film based on Jules Verne 's novel of the same name . Itstars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France . The film is set in19th-century Britain and centers on Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan ), herereimagined as an eccentric inventor , and his efforts to circumnavigatethe globe in 80 days. During the trip, he is accompanied by his Chinesevalet, Passepartout (Jackie Chan ). For comedic reasons, the filmintentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number ofanachronistic elements. With production costs of about $110 million andestimated marketing costs of $30 million, it earned $24 million at theU.S. box office and $72 million worldwide, making it a box office flop . This was Arnold Schwarzenegger 's last film before he took a hiatusfrom acting to become Governor of California until 2010's TheExpendables . Film set at Berlin'sGendarmenmarkt in April 2003. (Photo not found) Thebuilding doubles as a backgroundbuilding outside London's RoyalAcademy of Science. In the late 19th century, a Chinese man, Lau Xing, robs the Bank ofEngland. To evade the police, Xing becomes the valet for Phileas Fogg, aninventor, taking the pseudonym Passepartout. Phileas, just before Xingarrived, had been trying to break the 50-mph speed barrier, and aftersucceeding with the help of Passepartout, they head to the RoyalAcademy of Science. There, Fogg is insulted by the other "brilliantminds", in particular Lord Kelvin, who believes that everything worthdiscovering has already been discovered. After a debate between thescientists about the bank thief, Phileas is pressured into a bet to seewhether he can travel around the world in 80 days. If he wins, he willbecome Minister of Science in Lord Kelvin's place, if not, he will destroyhis lab and never invent anything again. Phileas and Xing start theirjourney around the world, taking a carriage and leaving London after aconfrontation with Inspector Fix, a corrupt officer hired by Lord Kelvinto stop them. Xing and Phileas journey to Paris. Pretending to take Phileas to aconvention with Thomas Edison, Xing leads him to an art school wherePhileas meets Monique La Roche, a would-be impressionist. There, Xing isattacked by disguised warriors, the Black Scorpions, sent by GeneralFang, a female Chinese warlord who is after the Jade Buddha that hestole. Fang had previously given it to Kelvin in exchange for militaryassistance in China. When Monique learns of Phileas's ambition, sheconvinces them to take her with them. They depart in a hot-air balloon ,chased by Fang's warriors. Whilst on the Orient Express , Monique learns that Xing is trying to returnthe Jade Buddha back to his village, and is travelling with Phileas to getthere quickly. Monique keeps his secret in exchange for him convincingPhileas to let her travel with him. They travel to Turkey, where the trainstops. Guards climb onboard and inform the trio that they are greetedby Prince Hapi. During the Prince's banquet, he orders Monique to stayas his seventh wife while the men are ordered to leave. The menblackmail Prince Hapi into releasing Monique using a prized butapparently flimsy " The Thinker " statue of the Prince. The statue isdestroyed, much to Hapi's anger, but the trio escape from the guards.Lord Kelvin, learning that Phileas has been abetting a thief's escape,orders the British colonial authorities in India to arrest both. Xingnotices this and warns his companions, disguising themselves as Indianwomen to evade capture and successfully flee to China.Xing leads his friends to his village, Lanzhou, where they are happilygreeted. His real identity is revealed and they are held captive by theBlack Scorpions. Xing challenges the leader of the group to a fight,during which he is joined by the martial arts masters of the " Ten Tigersof Canton ", of which Xing is a member. The Tigers drive the BlackScorpions from the village and free the Westerners. The Buddha isreturned to the village temple. Phileas, feeling used by Xing andMonique, leaves for San Francisco alone, only to be proven wrong whenthe latter decide to help him win his bet. In New York City, Fang'sdisguised minions trick the trio to an ambush site. Fang reveals thenature of their arrangements with Lord Kelvin to take Lanzhou and tapthe jade reserves underneath it. A battle against Fang and her minionscommences in the workshop where the Statue of Liberty is beingconstructed, resulting in Phileas missing a boat to help Xing, Fang beingknocked out by Monique with a punch (revealing Monique to be the fabled11th Tiger) and Fang's minions being either killed or knocked out.Phileas feels he has lost, but the other two say they may still make it ifthey catch the next ship. They board an old ship and Phileas convinces the captain to let him builda plane out of the ship's old wood in exchange for a new ship. Using analtered version of the Wright brothers' plans, Phileas builds the planewhile the ship's crew builds a catapult to launch it into the sky. Theyreach London, where the machine falls apart and they crash in front ofthe Royal Academy. Lord Kelvin sends police to arrest them for robbingthe bank, in order to stop them from making it to the top step of theAcademy, and proclaims himself the victor when Big Ben strikes noon,seemingly ending the wager. Monique, Fix and other ministers attest toKelvin's unfair methods and his bullying nature, but Kelvin scoffs atthem. In the process he insults Queen Victoria , who arrives on the scene.She learned that he had sold her arsenal to Fang in exchange for jademines in China thanks to one of his aides. Kelvin is arrested and sent toprison, and Phileas realizes he is one day early thanks to crossing theinternational date line . He victoriously ascends the stairs of theAcademy and kisses Monique. Source: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_(2004_film)
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