Los Angeles, UNITED STATES
CHAN ARRIVES FOR PRFEMIERE OF "AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS".
Jackie Chan, who portrays Passapartout in the adventure comedy motion picture "Around the World in 80 Days," arrives atop one of the many modes of transportation he employs in his quest, for the premiere of the film at the El Capitan Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California June 13, 2004. This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout (Chan), a Chinese thief who steals a valuable jade Buddha and then seeks refuge in the traveling companionship of an eccentric London inventor and adventurer, Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), who has taken on a bet with members of his gentlemens' club that he can make it around the world in a mere 80 days, using a variety of means of transportation, like boats, trains, balloons, elephants, etc. REUTERS/Jim Ruymen JR/JDP