The bigots are both despicable and ever-present. It’s a heavy scene for being one that seals the deal for this couple a sobering reminder that, with these adventures continuing, it’s going to be impossible to ignore the realities of being an interracial couple in these times. There’s even time for romance, as Passepartout spites some of the most overt racism we’ve seen yet by asking Abigail to dance. In these times, the only way to cross an ocean is by ship, and with all that’s happened and is going to come, these scenes are a very welcome pause. Photographer: Tudor Cucu – © Slim 80 Days / Federation Entertainment / Peu Communications / ZDF / Be-Films / RTBF (télévision belge) – 2021 Related Annika Season 1 Episode 5 Review AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Shown from left to right: Ibrahim Koma (PASSEPARTOUT) and Leonie Benesch (ABIGAIL “FIX” FORTESCUE). Here’s, it’s little more than a devise to spike our nerves. Considering this ends with him watching a man die, it, too, feels like it should get more weight that it does. He does make it, though only after a scuffle in the streets trigged by yet another effort on Bellamy’s part to stop him.
The emotion is paired with constant anxiety that he won’t make it in time and will abandon both his friends and his own goals at the very end. The looming deadline (highlighted by audible clock ticking in the background), though, dampens that a little. She’s found peace in that, and Fogg eventually does, too. She’s found and lost love again and is both righteous and forgiving towards her old beau. Estella is all Phileas has hyped her up to be. In most circumstances, their eventual reunition would be fully appreciated for its bittersweet poignancy. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - Shown from left to right: Dolly Wells (ESTELLA) and David Tennant (PHILEAS FOGG). So he puts the entire trip on the line to wait for her, while Passepartout and Fix anxiously wait for him in turn, their ship about to leave port. Those terms should assure you that the show will do everything in its power to put the outcome in doubt, even knowing that those who have read Verne’s novel already have the answers.įogg and we finally realize that “Coward” postcard is from Estella, now living in New York and seemingly awaiting a meeting with him. But by the final scenes, we see this is only the beginning-and we’re going to be eager for more.įirst, we have a circumnavigation to complete with a hefty bet on the line. ‘Finally, after much searching, we found this long back street of a university that worked well to depict Pall Mall.Around the World in 80 Days Season 1 Episode 8 is the last episode of the miniseries and in most adaptations would be a firm end to our characters’ story. ‘We just couldn’t find our London streets anywhere,’ says director Steve Barron. The capital Bucharest gave the production both locations and studio sets, including a backlot with a readymade New York, and the city’s French-influenced architecture in the Old Town made Episode 1’s extended sequence in Paris relatively easy. Romania’s chief role was to provide Victorian city settings, which included London, Paris, Liverpool and New York. It was built, in true colonial style, from imported Bath stone so it gave the production all the Victorian English atmosphere needed. This 1905 construction is now used for exhibitions and concerts rather than official business, but it’s famed as the site where Nelson Mandela gave his first speech after his release in 1990. For The Reform Club, where Fogg makes his bet, filming took place at the City Hall on Darling Street. Built in 1898 in the Cape-Dutch style, and now a noted winery, it’s situated on Tygerberg hill, giving amazing views of Table Mountain.Īnother of the city’s great colonial buildings was employed for the first scenes of the series. For Episode 5’s journey to Hong Kong, street scenes were created back in Cape Town Film Studios, but the garden party at Government House was filmed at De Grendel, a manor house on the northeastern outskirts of the city.
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