求:around the world in 80 days film summary [must be easy to understand]期限:今天晚上.字限:不限一定要容易明白语言:英文
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求:around the world in 80 days film summary [must be easy to understand]期限:今天晚上.字限:不限一定要容易明白语言:英文
求:around the world in 80 days film summary [must be easy to understand]
期限:今天晚上.
字限:不限
一定要容易明白
语言:英文
求:around the world in 80 days film summary [must be easy to understand]期限:今天晚上.字限:不限一定要容易明白语言:英文
The film starts with a man (later known to be Jackie Chan),robbing and escaping from the Bank of England.To escape from the police,he becomes servant to Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan),a scientist trying to break the 50mph speed barrier.After succeeding to do so,and Passepartout (the name Jackie uses as Fogg's servant) succeeding to avoid the police,they head to the Royal Academy of Science.Here Fogg is called names by other 'brilliant minds',in particular the bombastic Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent),who believes that all is known that can be known.In his blind rage,Fogg places a bet to see if it would be possible (as his calculations said) to travel around the world in 80 days.If he won,he'd become leader of the RAS (Royal Academy of Science) and if he didn't he would tear down his lab and never invent anything again.
Passepartout and Phileas retreat to Phileas' home where he mourns on his foolish decision,yet Passepartout said he bet in something he believed in,and that made the bet in no way foolish.Without losing a moment,they take a carriage and leave London,after crossing with Inspector Fix (Ewen Bremner),who was hired to stop them from traveling around the world.
They then travel to Paris,where Passepartout has to evade minions sent by the murderous female soldier General Fang out after what he stolen:the Jade Buddha,which is a sign of good fortune.Pretending to take Phileas to a convention with Thomas Edison,he leads him instead to an Art School,where Phileas meets Monique (C茅cile de France).Realising how busy his boss is,Passepartout fights the minions using every material available:canvas,brushes,buckets of paint,etc...Meanwhile Phileas and Monique discuss Monique's paintings of 'impossible things',such as dogs playing poker.This is when Phileas sees a painting of a man with wings.To make a machine that could allow men to fly was always Phileas's dream,and he felt touched.All of a sudden Passepartout returns and tells his boss they're late.The three of them (Monique went with them as well) jumped into a big balloon and cut the ropes.Passepartout had to jump out as a lady had one of Phileas' bags.Once the bag was retrieved he grabbed a longer rope and began to climb.
They then traveled to Turkey,where they were greeted by none other than Prince Hapi (Arnold Schwarzenegger).Here they relaxed in a pool but Hapi only allowed the two boys to leave,for Monique would stay to be his 7th wife (one for each day of the week).The two guys did leave,but just before exiting the palace,they tilted Hapi's statue of himself naked and held tightly so that it would not actually fall over (and break).They ordered Monique to join them (and Hapi agreed) and then for the guards to drop the weapons (Hapi agreed yet again),and then for everybody to get inside (Hapi agreed).Phileas was preparing to give yet another order before breaking the statue's right arm,he then let go of the statue which ultimately fell and broke.Passepartout and Monique grabbed the luggage and ran,where Phileas (still in shock and holding the arm),stood still a few moments then ran as well.By the time they were outside Passepartout took the arm off Phileas and used it to block the doors.
By this time the Royal Academy leader Lord Kelvin was furious,when news came that it was Phileas's servant that had stolen the Jade Buddha.He found Fogg stupider,as he was carrying the thief without knowing.All of a sudden,Lord Salisbury came up with a marvelous idea:Maybe Phileas did know,and that's why he fled England.When word came they had past Turkey,they warned India (their next stop) to prepare to take them.
Now in India,Passepartout saw a wanted flyer with him and Phileas,and warned his boss and Monique.Disguised as local women,they fooled the Police,yet not the minions Passepartout had met in Paris.One hung Monique like a coat on a peg,while another fought Passepartout using chains he had wrapped around his body.Phileas was left to fight the first one,using a walking stick.He noticed a button and out off one end came a sextant,which used to cut a rope which made a large cloth fall on the minion.For Passepartout it wasn't so easy,as he ran into Fix who put his cuffs on him and himself,so they were tied by the wrists (the large bully wasn't there at the time).When the bully came back he fought the two of them who had no choice but to run,but were able to knock him out.Fix also got knocked out in the process.They then disguised Fix as a regular Englishman rather than English Inspector,and shouted "that's the man who stole the bank of England!".Now unsure where to go to,for the trains were guarded and the ships only left to other British colonies,Passepartout had the idea of escaping to China.
Knowing China as he did,Passepartout led them to his village,where they were happily greeted.Here more minions arrived,but for once Passepartout was not alone,as he had the help of 9 'tigers',legendary wearriors who had learnt to fight by observing animals' behaviour.By the end Passepartout revealed himself to be Lau Xing,one of the 10 tigers,and that he had used Phileas to return the magical Jade Buddha to his village,which it would look over and protect.Monique revelead she also knew this since Turkey,and Phileas was heartbroken.
Phileas now felt he was to continue alone,and this is what he did.He traveled to San Francisco,where he was fooled by a false 'sick lady' who in the end stole his luggage and money.Left alone to live in the streets,Phileas knew not what to do,until he was found by Lau Xing and Monique,who helped him continue the journey by crossing the desert with him.
It was here that they found the Wright brothers (brothers Owen and Luke Wilson),and the 3 inventors discussed the flying machine.Taking a look at the plans (which Wilbur Wright claimed to be his silly brother's doing),Phileas found them brilliant and suggested a few mere changes (Wilbur said he was proud of his brother and had always believed in him).
Lau Xing (still called Passepartout because of force of habit on the other people's part),Monique and Phileas' next stop was New York,where a massive crowd who had placed bets for against Phileas winning,greeted them and made it impossible for them to pass and reach their ship.A policeman allowed this to be possible,by taking them through a building he called a shortcut.Here more minions awaited them,ready for one last face-off.They knew Phileas didn't have the Jade Buddha however if Phileas won the bet,their boss Lord Kelvin would lose his position in the RAS and couldn't pay them for their duties.
A major battle between the three friends and General Fang and her minions started in the workshop where the statue of liberty was made,with Lau Xing using his skill to stop his enemies and the other two using luck.In the end the three friends were victorious,or so it seemed,as the minions had stalled them enough to make them lose their ship to England.
Phileas felt like he had lost,but the other two said they might still make it if they caught the next ship.Phileas knew the unlikelihood of this yet chose to carry on.The old ship was owned by a sailor who had lost both his nipples in an attack by a shark.Phileas told the captain they weren't going fast enough,and after a lot of talking,he managed to convince the captain to let him build a plane out of the old wood from the ship,in exchange for a new ship and a surgery to give him new nipples.
The building started and soon was over.Using the changed Wright brother's plans,Phileas built a machine that seemed to work.On it was Lau Xing (pedaling),Phileas (driving),and Monique (commenting).The machine was working fine and soon they reached London.Then,the machine began to fall apart and they had a crash-landing in front of the RAS.Phileas looked at his watch,and realised he had failed.It was just past 12 o'clock and he was supposed to be there at 12.
Lord Kelvin,victorious,proclaims himself the victor.However,in the process he insults the Queen of England,who is nearby listening.He was arrested.
Phileas is also lucky enough not to have lost the bet; he is one day early thanks to crossing the international date line,yet believed himself late because of an error on the part of Lau Xing.He ascends the stairs of the Academy and there embraces Monique.