Thanks, Academy!

The only reason this movie is remembered at all is the Disney remake from 2004 starring Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan -- and that movie was a huge flop. Based on a Jules Verne story, this film is adapted to be 1,000% more British, with a wealthy eccentric and miniature sidekick "racing" around the world at a snail's pace to settle a pointless bet with a drawing room full of loathsome bankers. David Niven and some circus performer named Cantinflas (an enormously popular Mexican film star and mascot) are serviceable in their roles, but the movie's main "attraction" (besides lots of scenery) is a series of cameos, some of which resonate today and some which do not. The more cringe-worthy are Shirley McLaine as an Indian princess, Marlene Dietrich as a madame, Red Skelton as a drunk, Frank Sinatra as a piano player, Peter Lorre as a steward, and Buster Keaton as a train conductor. None of them help the movie feel like anything but a 3-hour slog. It's so slow, even the producers knew they had to insert an intermiss