Gulliver's Travels (1996) (TV)

Director:

Charles Sturridge

Writers:

Simon Moore (writer)
Jonathan Swift (novel)

Release Date:

4 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

A Englishman returns after a long time abroad and tells his strange stories about the lands he visited which are allegories about the real world.

Plot Keywords:

Soldier | Captain | Sergeant | King | Queen

Awards:

Won 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Ted Danson	...	Lemuel Gulliver
Mary Steenburgen	...	Mary Gulliver
James Fox	...	Dr. Bates
Ned Beatty	...	Farmer Grultrud
Edward Fox	...	Gen. Limtoc
Robert Hardy	...	Dr. Parnell
Nicholas Lyndhurst	...	Clustril
Phoebe Nicholls	...	Empress of Lilliput
Karyn Parsons	...	Lady-in-Waiting
Edward Petherbridge	...	Dr. Pritchard
John Standing	...	Adm. Bolgolam
John Wells	...	Flimnap the Treasurer
Alfre Woodard	...	Queen of Brobdingnag
Edward Woodward	...	Drunlo
Peter O'Toole	...	Emperor of Lilliput

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements.

Runtime:

186 min (2 parts)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bridport, Dorset, England, UK

Company:

Channel 4 Television Corporation

Goofs:

Continuity: When Dr. Bates is tearing pages from Gulliver's journal and throwing them on the fire the pages change position between shots.

Quotes:

Empress of Lilliput: [while passing under Gulliver whose trousers are ragged] Colossus!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Joe's Apartment (1996)

Gulliver is gob-Smackingly brilliant!!

This has got to be without a doubt, the best adaption of Gullivers Travels that I have ever seen. It is visually stunning, with wonderful special effects (you really can't tell whats real and what's not now!) and a stunning cast. Ted Danson is perfect in his role of Lemual Gulliver, and he plays it with the right amount of emotion and anger. It enthralled me from the very beginning, from his first day back home, to the land of the Whinnims and Yahoos. And who can forget the frighting scene as the ill and blind but immortal women cry out 'You'll never die!' Although I have many favourite scenes I think my favourite is the court scene where Gulliver gets the upper hand. That scene is very exciting and tense and your rooting for him all the way. All in all wonderful stuff. Something that should be shown in school across the world, for there is a powerful message is it: Are we humans not simply just a race of Yahoos?..........