Gulliver's Travels (1939)

Directed by

Orestes Calpini, Tom Palmer, Seymour Kneitel, Winfield Hoskins

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, musical film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

G

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 145 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A shipwrecked sailor named Gulliver washes ashore on an island where he is a giant compared to the tiny people who live there. He gets caught up in a playful conflict between two kingdoms over which country's anthem is better.

whimsicallightheartedmusicalromanticadventurousfantasticalcolorfulsentimental

What happens

Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Fleischer Studios and released by Paramount Pictures. Loosely based on the first part of Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel, it was the first of two feature-length animated films by Fleischer Studios and the second animated film produced by an American studio, commissioned by Paramount after the success of Walt Disney Productions' Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). The film was produced by Max Fleischer and directed by Dave Fleischer, with animation sequences directed by Seymour Kneitel, Willard Bowsky, Tom Palmer, Grim Natwick, William Henning, Roland Crandall, Thomas Johnson, Robert Leffingwell, Frank Kelling, Winfield Hoskins, and Orestes Calpini. Gulliver's Travels premiered in New York City on December 20, 1939, and went into general release in the United States on December 22. It received nominations for Best Music, Original Score and Best Music, Original Song ("Faithful Forever") at the 12th Academy Awards, losing both to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz. Despite positive reviews from critics and box office success, Fleischer Studios did not recoup the budget spent on the film's production, portending the development of their next feature film, Mr. Bug Goes to Town, and the company's eventual demise in 1942. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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