More About the Film "Around the World in 72 Days"
At the age of nineteen, Nellie Bly talked her way into an improbable job on
a newspaper, then went on to become known as "the best reporter in America." The daring Bly continually risked her life to grab headlines. To expose abuse of the mentally ill, she had herself committed. When she traveled around the world in just 72 days, beating Jules Verne's fictional escapade, she turned herself into a world celebrity.
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