Talk:Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)

message: I Removed the bit about cannibalism. The Indians try to burn Passepartout at the stake, and he refers to the incident as being 'cooked,' but there's not the slightest implication the Indians planned to eat him.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.2.129.220 (talk) 05:14, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: @75.2.129.220 Even given the racist attitudes common when the film was produced, I doubt that any significant number of people believed that any native North Americans practiced cannibalism.  The use the word "cook" simply refers to the heat of the fire.  Some tribes really did burn their captives at the stake, and this became a trope in film. Pithecanthropus4152 (talk) 05:51, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cannibalism 

message: This is from "A collision in the air", which is another Verne novel.  I was surprised when I read AtWi80D.  I think it works well to make the film great fun for the kids too.69.122.62.231 (talk) 20:59, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Having seen the movie, when I read the novel for the first time I was surprised to learn that there was no balloon in it.  I usually disapprove strongly when screenwriters introduce completely new plot devices into films based on existing novels, but in this case I have to applaud it.  The balloon episode is absolutely perfect for the story, and I might even go so far as to say that the producers of the film "fixed Verne's novel for him".Pithecanthropus4152 (talk) 08:23, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The balloon part. 

message: I noticed the "citation needed" notation on the claim "The movie holds the record for the highest number of animals ever employed." IMDB's trivia page for this movie states that "The film utilized the talents of, at that time the most animals ever in any film," suggesting that the record has since been broken. Perhaps the claim in the article should be revised to say "at that time" until it can be verified that this movie still holds that record. Erality (talk) 23:23, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The most animals used? 

message: I added a "citation needed" to the claim that "Todd also used over 6000 buffalo for a stampede scene" because IMDB's trivia page states that "2,448 buffalo" were used.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Erality (talk • contribs) 23:35, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed for buffalo numbers 

message: Folks, I am cruise the back issues of PM and PS and FLIGHT looking for citations for aviation and weapons article.  When I came across a 1956 article dealing with the special effects used for this movie.  I removed the smaller citation needed tags from the texts and then I removed the larger one at the top of the article/production section.  I may have been a little zealot in removing the larger citation needed boxes.  I left the smaller citation need tags in the paragraphs which the 1956 PM article did not cover (eg the Bullfight).  If anyone wants to revert that action I have no problem with it.  If I did over do it, my apologizes. Jack --Jackehammond (talk) 06:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  I may have Goofed in removing large citations needed tag 

message: IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
IT IS NOT A HOT AIR BALLOON!!
Why do the editors and writers insist on calling it one, as if any balloon large enough to carry people must be a hot air balloon?  The balloon in the film is lifted by gas which need not be heated, but is lighter than air at ordinary temperatures due to its physical nature.  It's most likely helium.  A balloon of this type is operated quite differently from a hot air balloon, and as far as the film goes into the technical matters concerning this, it's reasonably accurate to the best of my knowledge.  All things being equal, a balloon such as the one used in the film and currently in equilibrium -- not rising or sinking -- can theoretically stay at its current altitude indefinitely, and gas must be released or ballast jettisoned to descent or ascend respectively. A flight aboard a gas balloon is said to be a sublime experience, carrying passengers aloft without the usual noise of aircraft motors. If the balloon itself no longer contains enough, but still contains almost enough helium to lift the gondola and passengers, it should descend at a slow and steady rate until it lands.
By contrast, a hot air balloon depends entirely on the continuous heating of ordinary air.  The burner, which is VERY noisy, can be briefly turned off to allow passengers the experience of floating silently in the sky, but it soon must be turned on to keep the balloon in flight.  If the burner fails or the fuel supply runs out, the balloon will descend at an ever faster rate which cannot be diminished by jettisoning anything.Pithecanthropus4152 (talk) 08:15, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  The balloon part, part deux