Gulliver's Travels (1939)
Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally-miniscule rival, Blefiscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefiscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.
- Dave Fleischer
- Jonathan Swift
- Edmond Seward
- Edmond Seward
- Cal Howard
- Tedd Pierce
- Izzy Sparber
- Dan Gordon
Rating: 6.2/10 by 117 users
Alternative Title:
Gullivers rejser - DK
Wilpu - DE
Гуливерова путовања - RS
Gullivers Reisen - DE
Gulliver'in seyahati - TR
Gullivers resor - SE
Sagan om Gullivers resor - SE
Gulliver hos Lilleputtarna - SE
Los viajes de Gulliver - ES
Путешествия Гулливера - SU
Guliverjeva potovanja - SI
Guliverova putovanja - RS
As Viagens de Gulliver - PT
Podróże Guliwera - PL
Gullivers reise til lilleputt - NO
Gulliver's reizen - NL
Gulliver en el país de los enanos - MX
ガリバー旅行記（1939） - JP
Garivua ryokoki - JP
Gulliver nel paese di Lilliput - IT
Gulliver í Putalandi - IS
Gulliver a törpék országában - HU
Gulliver utazásai - HU
Ta taxeidia tou Gulliver - GR
Les voyages de Gulliver - FR
Gullivers resor - FI
Gullivers rejse til lilliputternes land - DK
Пътешествията на Гъливър - BG
As Aventuras de Gulliver - BR
Les voyages de Gulliver - BE
格利佛游记 - CN
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 16 minutes
Budget: $700,000
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: princess, based on novel or book, musical, sword fight, giant, gulliver, love story, war, lilliput
This is a charmingly told animated version of Jonathan Swift's giant man, shipwrecked onto an island populated by people the size of his thumb. This focuses on the first of his adventures - in the land of "Lilliput", and of his efforts to join this community where he eats the same in a meal as they do in a week. Luckily, their big pal has his uses - not least in dealing with the neighbouring, slightly warlike, kingdom of "Blefescu" - but all that might change when some enemy spies manage to get their hands on his pistol! Can he retrieve it, and re-set the path of true love for the young Prince David and Princess Glory, who might offer a peaceful solution to their respective nation's enmity? Max & Save Fleischer's animations were rarely considered favourably when it came to comparisons with Disney - and, certainly his drawings lacked a degree of detail and vivacity, but this is still an engaging and enjoyable telling of a good story. It has humour, a few "Hap Hap Happy" songs and some decently underplayed moralising (Disney wasn't always so good at at disguising his moral imperatives), and the voice talents of Sam Parker, and the two kings Jack Mercer and Todd Pierce all keep this entertaining. As worth watching now as it was a 80-odd years ago.
