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This is an auction for DVDS of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. Two-disc special edition. From Wikipedia: "Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton and Shirley MacLaine. .The screenplay was based on the classic 1873 novel of the same name by Jules Verne. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture... In 1872, an English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, claims he can circumnavigate the world in eighty days. Met with scepticism, he makes a £20,000 wager with four fellow members of the Reform Club (each contributing £5,000 to the bet) that he can make the journey and arrive back at the club eighty days from exactly 8:45 pm that evening. Together with his resourceful French valet, Passepartout, Fogg goes hopscotching around the globe generously spending money to encourage others to help him get to his destinations faster so he can accommodate tight steamship schedules. Having reached Paris they hear that a tunnel under the Alps is blocked. The Thomas Cook agent who assists them offers to hire or sell them his gas filled balloon. Fogg buys it and they fly over the Alps. Blown off-course, the two end up in Spain. Later, Passepartout engages in a comic bullfight. Next, they go to Brindisi in Italy. Meanwhile, back in London, suspicion grows that Fogg has stolen £55,000 from the Bank of England. Police Inspector Fix is sent by Scotland Yard to trail him..." More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_80_Days_(1956_film) The cost of shipping is $4.60. Yes, I will combine purchases to save on shipping costs. Good condition. There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect these DVDs from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction. Payment within seven days, please. DVD Eighty Days