3 Worlds of Gulliver

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

The Three Worlds of Gulliver is perhaps the least known of the Charles H. Schneer-Ray Harryhausen collaborations of the 1960s, perhaps because it was withdrawn from circulation so soon after its initial release. Kerwin Mathews, star of the Schneer-Harryhausen classic Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1957), stars as Jonathan Swift's globetrotting adventurer Lemuel Gulliver. The first "world" is Lilliput, populated with teeny-tiny people who are about to go to war because they can't agree over which end of an egg to crack. Gulliver's second stop is Brobdignag, where our hero is surrounded by giants. The third world is England, where Gulliver is thrown into a lunatic asylum when he tries to relate his astonishing adventures. Jo Morrow plays the thoroughly dispensable love interest. The script, by director Jack Sher and Arthur Ross, manages to retain a great deal of Swift's trenchant satire without detracting from the film's "fun for all ages" entertainment value. As always, Harryhausen's Dynamation special effects are superb. A lilting, semihumorous musical score by Bernard Herrmann is the icing on this cinematic cake. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Audio: Dolby Digital
• Screen: Pan and Scan
• Subtitle: French, English
• Features:
  • Digitally mastered audio and video
  • Remastered in high definition
  • Full-screen presentation
  • Audio: English, Spanish
  • Subtitles: English, French
  • "This Is Dynamation" featurette
  • "The Harryhausen Chronicles" featurette
  • "The Making of The 3 Worlds of Gulliver"
  • Theatrical trailers
  • Filmographies
  • Production notes
  • Interactive menus
  • Scene selections

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Kerwin Mathews - Dr. Lemuel Gulliver
       Jo Morrow - Gwendolyn
       June Thorburn - Elizabeth
       Lee Patterson - Reidresal
       Gregoire Aslan - King Brobdingnag

• Director:

  Jack Sher

• Producer:

  Charles H. Schneer

• Book Author:

  Jonathan Swift

• Screenwriter:

  Arthur A. Ross, Jack Sher

• Cinematographer:

  Wilkie Cooper

• Composer (Music Score):

  Bernard Herrmann

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Bernard Herrmann

• Songwriter:

  George Duning, Ned Washington

• Editor:

  Ray Poulton

• Production Designer:

  Peter Kanter

• Art Director:

  Derek Barrington

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