72 Weeks Until the 100th Oscars | Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

We are 72 weeks away from the 100th Academy Awards and today, we're sponsored by Kalshi because we're talking about a bet.  A certain bet, a specific bet about if it is possible to go around the world in less than 3 months.  Yes, Around the World in 80 Days is the winner of these 29th Academy Awards. You may be familiar with Jules Verne's novel - but this movie brings the story to the big screen in vibrant color and scale that has rarely been matched in these first three decades of the Oscars.  It's a vibes and hijinks movie about a colorful cast of characters trying their best to see the world as fast as they possibly can; it's really some bored rich people stuff.  The cast is all-star and was notable in 1956 for introducing us to the idea of the celebrity cameo, so we have this to blame for Marvel, I suppose.  It's a real global romp that carried a lot of charm in 1956 - but can we say the same 70 years later? In this episode you're gonna hear: The gang flex on everyone with how far our global travels have gone What Todd AO is, and why it changed the game with this movie How Mexico's Charlie Chaplin brought a level of global star power to this film Very polarizing opinions on this film - who will prevail? Follow us @bestpicturebrainrotpodcast as we keep delving into Oscars history with a brainrot spin Letterboxd Adam - https://boxd.it/9fMt Alexis - https://boxd.it/I7k7 Sarah - https://boxd.it/6VQMl