Gulliver's Travels

I had watched this on Italian TV as a kid and recall being fond of it – in view of its mixing live-action with animation; however, it was universally panned at the time…and, catching up with it again after all these years, I have to admit that the critics were right!

What must have seemed wondrous to a child's eyes is actually very poorly done, not to mention boring for a fantasy-adventure; fatally, both star (ex-'Angry Young Man' Richard Harris) and director (action expert Hunt) are ill-suited to the material! At least, Michel Legrand's score (with lyrics provided by scriptwriter Don Black) is serviceable – if not exactly inspired. By the way, a number of well-known personalities are featured among the voice artists on this British-Belgian co-production (Julian Glover, Bessie Love, Murray Melvin, Robert Rietty, Vladek Sheybal, Graham Stark and, this being his last film work, Michael Bates).

While the essential plot points of Jonathan Swift's classic novel ('giant' Gulliver becomes the pawn in a war between the little people of two neighboring countries and, on escaping, ends up in a land of real giants) do emerge here, it's done on a strictly kiddie level (with stereotyped characters though, thankfully, little intrusion of the comic/romantic variety) – which renders the whole venture somewhat pointless, outside of its intrinsically experimental nature, since Max and Dave Fleischer had already done a splendid feature-length cartoon version of the book way back in 1939!

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.

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 .

I have to disagree with the only comment listed. This movie is not the best adaptation of the novel by any means though it is significant in that it was one of the early movies to use animation to the effect seen in this move; that is, mixing real life actors with animated characters. It pulls this off spectacularly. The problem is more to do with the dialogue and pace which is, at times, tiring. I watched this as a child and always had a soft spot for it, as I now know other children to have the same. This isn't a horrible movie, it should certainly not be overlooked in my opinion. It certainly should be bought at a car-boot sale 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.