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| Gulliver's Travels [1996] | ![Gulliver's Travels [1996]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51195HPWXKL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Charles Sturridge
Actors: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Ned Beatty, Edward Fox
Studio: Cinema Club
Category: DVD
Buy Used: £13.98
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 21538
Format: Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Running Time: 180 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014138292034
ASIN: B00004WI9Y
Theatrical Release Date: February 4, 1996
Release Date: September 25, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Ebulliently imaginative and far more cleverly presented than you would expect from a TV miniseries, this adaptation of Gulliver's Travels succeeds by never pandering to the lowest common denominator. Closely based on Jonathan Swift's 1726 classic, it is enhanced by dazzling special effects from Jim Henson Productions and a superb, multi-ethnic cast. The biggest surprise is Ted Danson in the title role--one of his best performances, even if he is the only person in England with an American accent. He conveys amusement, amazement and intelligence as he travels from one strange country into another. Not that anyone back in Blighty believes Mr Gulliver's tales of little people or giants. The story is told in flashback from an insane asylum, where he is forcibly confined. This far outshines several previous adaptations of Swift's satirical novel. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com
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We love Liliput, not Brobdingnag ... September 27, 2005
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Because Gulliver is not only a story for little children, but at the same time a very ironical satire on social conditions, also adult viewers will find their pleasure. Who has a little insight into a psychological point of view, will moreover discover, that in the gigantic Gulliver, with whom the childlike spectator of course identifies himself at the first meeting, - that this Gulliver helps to become resistant against every nasty surroundings, which will happen to us in our lifetime, using a fantasy-based, satirical technique of making bad things small and unimportant! Swift gives a therapeutically example for children (always being the smaller ones, helpless, powerless at the lower rank of the social influence scale) how to make a wonderful reversal of the everyday fright. The Gulliver shape reconciles to the powerlessness feelings of the childhood. When Jonathan Swift wrote this story, the situation of childhood in Europe was substantially worse than today. Gulliver's journey to the country of the dwarves (Liliput) is the favorite story. But the other one, his journey to the giants in the land "Brobdingnag" is more unloved. Many small "Liliput"-towns are built for tourists - but you cannot find any "Brobdingnag"-town, where you have the chance to feel small and surpressed. All in all: Swift has (like a more mocking Homer) created a bold parody on the old Greek "Odyssey". Of course this is a great challenge to movie-makers, but Charles Sturridge has managed this problem - using famous actors and a not too small budget ...
masterpiece. May 22, 2003
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
this really is a fantastic production. Danson really performs the role well. I really can't recommend this more, for children and parents alike.
Gullivers travels ted danson May 17, 2003
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Fantastic film,great acting by ted danson.
All the other actors and background actors did a great job to make this film what it is, even (look for jim from eastenders )....a lot of film for so little money.
even the 2 guards looking after gulliver did a great job,
well I should know, I was one of them.
Buy it, watch it, the kids and you will enjoy it.
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