`Around the World' With Pierce Brosnan

NBC's 1989 mini-series "Around the World in 80 Days," 4 1/2 hours andtwo cassettes full of cameo appearances by an all-star cast, wasreleased recently by Best Film & Video Corp.

Based on the Jules Verne classic, the video features PierceBrosnan as Phileas Fogg, the suave adventurer whose wager sets up arace around the globe. The race brings forth Fogg's many niftymoves in a style somewhat akin to Brosnan's earlier role as TV's"Remington Steele" and as James Bond in the current "GoldenEye."

In his global chase, Fogg is ever the gentleman as he saves thelife of a princess, survives shipwrecks and inhospitable natives,escapes Chinese stockades and survives an encounter with Jesse James.

Exotic sights, lavish sets and costumes and fast-paced actionbring as much to the video as a cast that includes Arielle Dombasle,Henry Gibson, John Hillerman, Eric Idle, Jack Klugman, ChristopherLee, Patrick MacNee, Roddy McDowall, Darren McGavin, Robert Morley,Julia Nickson, Stephen Nichols, Lee Remick, Pernell Roberts, James B.Sikking, Jill St. John, Peter Ustinov, Robert Wagner and Simon Ward.The set has a retail price of $59.99.