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Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 adventure film produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. It was directed by Michael Anderson. It was produced by Michael Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay was written by James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman based on the classic novel of the same name by Jules Verne. The music score was composed by Victor Young, and the Todd-AO 70 mm cinematography was by Lionel Lindon. The film won multiple Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
The film's seven-minute-long animated title sequence, shown at the end of the film, was created by award-winning designer Saul Bass.
The film begins with a special onscreen prologue introduced by broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, and featuring footage of an early science fiction/fantasy film by Georges Méliès, A Trip to the Moon (1902), which is based loosely on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Included also is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
Sunny day
And I can hear them call
Will they ever come back home
On my way
To watch and catch them all
The most precious things I can't control
Nights and days
Ready to be born
I paint their silhouettes
The melody
Of my favorite teenage song
I heard a thousand times and can't forget
Refrain:
Searching all around the world
I was gone for a long time
I have seen them rise and fall
Between whiskey and wine
Burning like gasoline
Sounding like a violin
I was never too late
Summer day
Whispers in my ear
The old stories 'bout the man
Who would sit and sway
Make history with faith
From their cradle to their grave
What a blast - to feel your head explode
What a sound - a new idea was born
Without them - we would be empty and alone
Burning like gasoline
Sounding like a violin