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Many movie posters, video slicks, DVD covers and promotional materials and graphic art key assets spelled the film's title differently as ''Around the World in 80 Days'' rather than its actual title of ''Around the World in Eighty Days''.
Debut theatrical feature film of screenwriter Stephen MacLean who had previously penned the movie script for the Australian cult rock musical comedy Starstruck (1982) - both pictures have been described as being zany.
The film's screenplay was inspired by an old man that the film's director and screenwriter Stephen MacLean had once met. He said: ''He was a little bit senile. My mother used to visit him. He always wanted to bet on horses, so she'd pretend to ring up the TAB [betting agency]. Sometimes he'd think he won a lot of money but later he'd forget about it. Then he wanted to go away on a trip and I thought, 'You could really do it here, at home.' And the idea for the film just grew from that.''
The film's ''Around the World in Eighty Ways'' title is a play on words of the Jules Verne novel ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1872) which has had numerous filmed versions made for the cinema, television and animation.
The film was a Palm Beach Entertainment Production which was developed with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission. The film was presented by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Australian European Finance Corporation Limited.
