Gulliver's Travels

This is the famous tale of a man called Gulliver who is shipwrecked on an island inhabited by tiny people from a land called Lilliput. Before long he finds himself caught between two warring kingdoms.

This version of Gulliver's Travels has to count as being something of a curious obscurity. It was obviously a film that came and went quite quickly at the time and has consequently become largely forgotten. It stars Richard Harris pretty much on his own, owing to the fact that this is one of the earliest films to attempt a live-action/animation hybrid, with Harris playing the part of Gulliver and all the Lilliputians being cartoon characters. I think for this reason it remains quite interesting. The animation is pretty basic, although quite a lot of 70's cartoons were generally, so it isn't alone in this. But it's pleasingly unusual to see Harris interacting with these animated characters and towering over the models of the little city. It's certainly a film aimed squarely at kids though, with the people of Lilliput coming across like creations from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon. There were also a few songs as well, which only added further to the genre mash-up that this movie constitutes. It's a pretty ropey effort to be absolutely honest but it also has a charm and earnest endeavour about it which ensured that it was quite an enjoyable watch.

Only covers Gulliver's time in Lilliput. My brother and i first saw this on TV as a Nickelodeon Special Delivery. Luckily we had it recorded, and we watched it many times over the years. However, on review, it had it's moments even if it got a little tedious at times. BUT, there are cute little songs that are not in any other versions of Gulliver. That's what will stick with you. the song "Politics" is really funny. Such a great commentary on how arbitrary the art of politics really is. But, if you want a good representation of the book, i would suggest another version. Kids would be amused though.

The originality, strangeness, and mild humor that turned Jonathan Swift's novel, Gulliver's Travels into a classic is not captured at all in this poorly made adaptation of the novel. Please, save the risk of runing the book, and avoid watching this film. Trust me.

I don't know why and what everyone is complaining about in here.. Personally as a child i loved it so much i still remember some of it and want to watch again now as an adult but of course adults would have another point of view now for a 1977 children's movie.

Fun and attractive family tale starred by Gulliver : Richard Harris who during a storm he's washed ashore and discovers a fantasy land of small inhabitants called Lilliput .¨Gulliver's travels¨(1977) by Peter Hunt boasts a fine cast such as Richard Harris , Catherine Schell , including voices by Michael Bates , Julian Glover , David Prowse , Graham Stark , in which real life and cartoon mix in a three-dimensional tale . Concerning the animated version of Jonathan Swift's classic tale about a sailor who falls among tiny people . As Lemuel Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival Blefuscu. Later on , he managed to convince them he's harmless and is accepted as one of their villagers , but the king wants to utilize him in war against other enemies . An exciting story of a man caught in a world of little people filled with giant adventures !. The Giant magical adventure! A happy event for the whole family !. The Amazing Characters in Jonathan Swift's Immortal Fantasy Come To Life !. Out of the Book...On to the Screen . Nothing less than a miracle in motion pictures!. A world of tiny Lilliputans..... A world of real romance and adventure... A Merry, Mirthful Musical Miracle . The screen's mightiest musical entertainment! 25,000 lovable, laughable Lilliputians.. smash song hits...and a million laughs!

This Gulliver's Travels (1977) being an animated and musical retelling about an English sailor who is washed ashore in the land of Liliput in the East Indies where everyone is about two inches tall . This mixture of animation and live-action results to be a charming and colorful family rendition of Jonathan Swift's classic as well as satiric novel written in 1726 . This is an entertaining tale with adequate and spectacular art direction , but old animation style , as well as spectacular and fantastic scenarios . Adding sentimental and evocative score by Michael Legrand , including a number of maudlin songs . Professional though uneven direction Peter H. Hunt , turning out to be just so-so and really average rendition loosely based of the famous Jonathan Swift satire . Hunt had a long career as a cinematic editor . Having started out in the film industry as a clapper boy , by the 40's he was working in the editing department and by the 50's he was an assistant editor then a fully fledged editor. And in 1962 worked as an editor on the first James Bond film , Dr No . Subsequently , he directed one of the best Bond films : ¨On her majestic's secret service¨with George Lazenby , furthermore ,¨Death hunt¨with Charles Bronson and ¨Shout the devil¨ with Roger Moore. Although the authentic filmmaker was producer Raymond Leblanc who created the animated images . Leblanc was a Belgian publisher who started the weekly magazine in 1946 with the participation of Georges Rémi ("Hergé") . Under Leblanc's guidance, the boy reporter ¨Tintin¨ became the hero of a weekly children's magazine, with Hergé as the artistic director and magnificent creator of the immortal personage . Later on , Leblanc produced the following films : Iznogoud ,1972 Lucky Luke el intrepid ,1970 Tintín in the temple of the sun ,1968 Astérix y Cleopatra and 1967 Astérix the Gaul and this Gulliver's Travels . Rating : 5/10 .

Other versions about this immortal novel are the following ones : classic cartoon¨Gulliver's travels¨(1939) by Max and Dave Fleischer¨ ; ¨The 3 Worlds of Gulliver¨ (1960) by Jack Sher with Kerwin Mathews , Lee Patterson , Grégoire Aslan ; TV adaptation ¨Gulliver's travels¨(1995) by Charles Sturridge with Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen , Edward Fox , Peter O'Toole , Edward Woodward , Ned Beatty , in which Gulliver is confined in Bedlam insane asylum after being lost at sea for eight years and he relates his odd adventures in the tiny land and among the giants and the silly and impractical intellectual of Laputa . And contemporary comical recounting ¨Gulliver's Travels¨(2010) by Rob Letterman with Jack Black , Jason Segel , Emily Blunt and Amanda Peet .