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Writers:
Simon Moore (screenplay)
Jonathan Swift (novel)
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Release Date:
4 February 1996 (USA) more
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Won 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 14 nominations more
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Danson's best performance more (27 total)

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Rated PG for thematic elements.
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186 min (2 parts)
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Trivia:
This is the first screen version of Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel "Gulliver's Travels" to adapt all four of its parts. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Dr. Bates is tearing pages from Gulliver's journal and throwing them on the fire the pages change position between shots. more
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Gen. Limtoc: Yesterday we gave him enough to feed a regiment for a week. Now he says he's hungry again! more
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Version of Gulliver's Travels (1977) more

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25 out of 26 people found the following review useful.
Danson's best performance, 10 December 2000
Author: modius from United Kingdom

This is an exceptional adaptadation of the book. An all-star cast which gives merit and worthwhile to the tv-film and Danson in his best performance yet as a sailor who becomes lost at sea, only to return some years later a different man - a man who has learnt alot of humanity in his journey's and a man casted as insane.

Throughout the movie you don't know whether Danson's character is sane or not. The amazing effects and direction make it a marvel to watch. The all-star cast enjoy their roles to the hilt.

The sequences within the asylum are disturbing, as are Danson's twisted hatred on humans, and what they have become. And in some aspects the thought-provoking stories that Gulliver went through can still be adapted today.

For example the "we drink when we are not thirsty and eat when we are not hungry" is a typically haunting line. The social commentary which underlines the novel and indeed this film can still be used and adapted today.

This is a thought-provoking, well made TV-film that is very enjoyable, and I recommend you watch it.

My Rating: 8/10

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