Phileas Fogg Twenty-six minutes ago, a ship left Dover for Paris. From there, the thief takes the Orient Express, where he transfers to a steamer from Istanbul to India. In little over a month, that man could be in China.
Most-quoted character in Around the World in 80 Days (2004): in 19 of its 35 quotes
Most scenes with: Monique La Roche (7), Passepartout (5)
I travelled the world for inspiration, and found it in a man who lives what he dreams.
More lines from Phileas Fogg
7 quotes Phileas Fogg Phileas Fogg [about Passepartout hitting buildings and statues of Paris while hanging on the rope of the balloon]
Very impressive. I'd have let go by now.
Phileas Fogg This is what happens when you leave home. You meet... people!
Phileas Fogg Here comes Mr. Grumpy... and the Leather-ettes.
Phileas Fogg I am a British citizen, I have nothing to fear! [Gunshot goes off in background] Except bullets.
Phileas Fogg [after drinking too much Chinese liquor]
I am going to be abominably ill.
Phileas Fogg [upon seeing General Fang's knife shoe embedded in his red book of rules]
Yes, well... rules are made to be broken. Or... stabbed by a... spikey shoe.
Scenes with Phileas Fogg
11 scenes Phileas Fogg Gentlemen, today I have proven that man can break the 50 mph speed barrier without disrupting his internal organs.
Where is your Royal Academy of Science authorization?! Oh, what am I thinking? What a fool. That would mean that you are a real scientist!
Phileas Fogg [Everyone laughs]
By your definition, Kelvin, a real scientist's objective would be to prevent man from progress.
We live in a golden age, Fogg. Everything worth discovering has been discovered. Yet ridiculous dreamers like you insist on a past filled with "dinosaurs" and "evolution" and on a future filled with "motorized vehicles", "radio waves" and "flying machines".
Scientist #1
[whispers in Passepartout's ear]
Rumour has it that it was a foreigner, an Asian chap.
Scientist #2
[The whisper passes on]
Yes, I heard it was a Chinese fellow and he acted alone.
Scientist #3
[Passepartout whispers again.]
In fact, it was a gang of elderly Norwegians.
Scientist #4
Yes, I heard from a very reliable source that it was a gang of red-headed elderly Norwegians with very tiny feet.
Phileas Fogg [Everyone laughs, especially Passepartout]
Well, if you ask me, it's about time someone robbed that bank.
Phileas Fogg [Everyone gasps in anger.]
Like this very institution, the Bank of England is outdated!
As usual, Fogg, your contempt for tradition is appalling.
Phileas Fogg You rest on your "traditions" if you prefer, but as with this bank robber, progress waits for no-one.
Oh. So now you're an expert on the bank thief as well? Give us the benefit of your "ineffable wisdom", Fogg.
Phileas Fogg [gets out his pocket watch]
Twenty-six minutes ago, a ship left Dover for Paris. From there, the thief takes the Orient Express, where he transfers to a steamer from Istanbul to India. In little over a month, that man could be in China.
[Passepartout thinks for a moment]
If we're to believe Fogg's "calculations", he will have circled the globe and returned to England in a fortnight!
Phileas Fogg [Everyone laughs, even Colonel Kitchener.]
Actually, by my calculations, it would be closer to...exactly 80 days.
[Passepartout whispers in a scientist's ear, who passes it on, until it reaches Lord Kelvin.]
Outstanding idea.
[Passepartout smiles.]
Well then, Fogg. Let's see you circumnavigate the world in 80 days.
Phileas Fogg I...That would be a fruitless use of my time. I'm on the verge of...numerous, countless...scientific breakthroughs. [Turns to go]
You coward! Admit it, it cannot be done.
Phileas Fogg [stops and wheels round]
It CAN! I can do it.
A wager. £10,000!
Phileas Fogg Unlike you and your colleagues, money does not inspire me.
I believe every man has his price. Even you, oh noble Phileas Fogg. There must be something I could offer that would be worthy of your time.
Phileas Fogg There is. Your position as head of the Royal Academy.
Phileas Fogg [Chattering begins]
With the Queen's ear, I could lead Britain and the rest of the world into a new age of progress and discovery.
What?
I, Lord Kelvin, hereby vow to surrender my position as Minister of Science, to Phileas Fogg...if he can circumnavigate the globe... in no more than 80 days. But if he cannot, he must never set foot in the academy again, he must tear down that abhorrent eyesore he calls a laboratory, and he must swear... never to invent again.
[Phileas is taken aback by this vow, not knowing what to say]
Just as I always suspected, Fogg. You promise so much, yet you deliver... oh, nothing!
Phileas Fogg [More laughter] [quietly]
I'll take your wager.
Phileas Fogg I'LL TAKE YOUR WAGER!
[Chattering again]
Then it's done. A man who has never set foot out of England, circling the globe. This is going to be rather amusing!
Phileas Fogg [roller-skates up to Kelvin]
History won't remember your amusements, Lord Kelvin. But it'll be hard-pressed to forget the moment I'm standing on the very top step of the Royal Academy of Science...
Phileas Fogg [Big Ben strikes noon]
...by the strike of noon...
Phileas Fogg [Passepartout smiles]
...after I, Phileas Fogg, have traveled around the world in 80 days!
Phileas Fogg I risked everything, my entire life's work.
For something you believe in. Nothing could make more sense than that, sir.
Phileas Fogg [Fogg smiles for a moment]
You're an honourable man, Passepartout, but I'm afraid this was a calamitous lapse of judgement.
[Passepartout turns around and sees a painting of Fogg's family]
Mr Fogg, maybe we should let your family--
Phileas Fogg There really is no one left to tell. This house and my inventions are all I have.
And a brave new French valet that will help you make it around the world in 80 days.
Phileas Fogg You really believe we can succeed?
Yes.
Phileas Fogg Yes! YES... You're mad, we'll be sliced to pieces before we reach India.
Phileas [Looking at paintings in an art school]
That painting is highly inaccurate.
It's not supposed to be accurate. The artist views reality through imagination rather than simply recording it. It is called impressionism.
Phileas Well, um, I'm not "impressed". Trees are not violet, grass is not charcoal, and a man cannot...
Phileas [He is silent for a moment, gazing at Monique's painting of a nude man beside a bird in the sky]
...fly.
You feel something. You dream of flying. Or of naked men.
Phileas Sometimes.
Phileas [stammering]
The flying! N-N-Not the men.
Phileas [about the goat that ate his paper]
Please keep that inconsiderate beast away from me! And refrain from ridiculous anecdotes.
Indian Child on the train
Why do you not like his story, Mr. Frog?
Phileas It's Fogg. Phileas Fogg. How could a man learn to defend himself by watching animals behave like... animals?
It is famous legend.
Phileas A ridiculous legend.
Most legends are born from truth.
Phileas Yes. But all truths are born from facts. Solid, tangible facts that can be calculated and written down on paper.
And then eaten by a goat. [all the children laugh]
Indian Child on the train
Mr. Feelsillious, when I tell the story of the man who circled the entire world in 80 days, would that not be a legend?
Phileas [chagrined]
Only if the man's name was Feelsillious Frog...
[The children laugh again]
Time to go. They seem to think we robbed the Bank of England.
Phileas That's preposterous! This is merely a desperate attempt by Lord Kelvin to impede my journey! I am a British citizen, I have nothing to fear! [hears shots being fired] Except bullets.
Phileas Fogg [Monique, Phileas and Passepartout are disguised as women in India]
I feel faint.
Phileas, women are not that weak.
Phileas Fogg No, but I am.
Phileas They'll check all trains heading east. Even if we could make it to the coast, we can't sail into Singapore or even Hong Kong, as they're both British colonies.
Does England own everything in Asia?
Not China. Not yet.
[just after Philieas has discovered the truth and is leaving]
Don't let him go. He'll be lost by midnight. Go.
Phileas Fogg [outside, surrounded by thugs with swords to his neck as Passepartout finds him]
More of your relatives, I suppose?
Phileas Fogg Alms? Alms for the poor?
San Francisco Hobo Arms? You've already got arms. It's money you need.
Phileas Fogg Wonderful; I can't even scrounge properly.
It is a lady. A French lady.
Phileas Fogg [turning to see General Fang and her henchmen]
She looks like an evil Chinese warlord to me.
General Fang Your journey has caused quite a stir, Mr. Fogg. But I'm afraid it ends here.
Leave them alone, Fang. This has nothing to do with them.
General Fang On the contrary, Lau Xing. Lord Kelvin and I have made new arrangements to conquer Lanzhou. Unfortunately for Mr. Fogg, they entail his... permanent detour.
I'm sorry, Phileas.
Phileas Fogg Don't be, my cheri. I saw the world. I learnt of new cultures. I flew across an ocean. I wore women's clothing. [The crowd murmurs in amusement] Made a friend. [Passepartout smiles] Fell in love. [Monique smiles] Who cares if I lost a wager?
Queen Victoria I do! I've got 20 quid riding on you!
Phileas Fogg Your Majesty, it has gone 12 noon.
Queen Victoria [smiling]
Correct. Which gives you 24 hours remaining.
Could we have miscounted?
No. I moved Mr. Fogg's watch ahead one hour as we passed each time zone.
Phileas Fogg The international date line. We set our watches forward at 24 time zones, so... here, it's still day 79.
So we've...
Phileas Fogg [amazed and delighted]
WE'VE WON!
