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Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

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  • Audience-Coloring Adaptation: In the novel, Fogg decides against traveling by balloon as too risky and impractical. However, since the film, the image of Fogg and company traveling in a gas balloon is indelible to the public image of the story. To the point that a brand of crisps is named after Fogg and features an illustration of him in a balloon pointing towards exotic new tastes.
  • Retroactive Recognition: Inspector Hunter is played by Richard Wattis, who would later be best known for playing Mr. Brown in Sykes and a... and Sykes.
  • Values Dissonance: National and racial stereotypes abound, with the Native Americans being perhaps the most uncomfortable of all. And Shirley MacLaine herself later said she deeply regretted doing a brownface role, which she was uncomfortable with even at the time.

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