Gulliver's Travels
1996, 179 minutes, Rated PG
In this remarkable adaptation of the well-loved classic, spectacular special effects bring Jonathan Swift's wonderful creations to life as never before in retelling this bizarre tale of an 18th-century Englishman who travels to strange lands that are strangely like home.
The miniseries encompasses all four books of the famous "Travels." It chronicles Gulliver's visit to the tiny, bellicose land of Lilliput, and to its peaceable counterpart, Brobdingnag, land of the giants. It brings to life the less famous stories of the hilarious Laputans, and the terrifying Struldbruggs. And finally it takes Gulliver to the land of the beautiful, civilized talking horses, the Houynhnhms, with their human beasts of burden, the Yahoos.
The recounting of Gulliver's tales is artfully interwoven with the story of his struggle, upon his return to London, to prove his sanity and rescue his wife and young son from the conniving Dr. Bates, into whose clutches they have fallen during his nine year absence.
"Gulliver's Travels" has always had the power to engage adults, and children alike, succeeding as both brilliant satire and inventive fantasy. In this production, lavish, state-of-the-art effects combined with breathtaking locations bring this story brilliantly to the screen in a way in which, until now, it could only exist in the imaginations of readers.
- Director:
- Charles Sturridge [5],
- Starring:
- John Wells [2], Ted Danson [53], Edward Petherbridge [1], Mary Steenburgen [27], Karyn Parsons [23], Nicholas Lyndhurst [44], John Standing [10], James Fox [25], Robert Hardy [52], Edward Fox [35], Alfre Woodard [24], Ned Beatty [24], Phoebe Nicholls [5],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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