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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

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Release Date: Dec 1, 1960 Wide

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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perhaps the least known of the Charles H. Schneer-Ray Harryhausen collaborations of the 1960s, perhaps because it was withdrawn from circulation so soon after its initial release.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

Apr 16, 2002

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Retains some scant measure of Swift's satiric intent, however distorted.

May 17, 2013 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
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For a good number of fans, Bernard Herrmann's fine score is the chief appeal here.

April 6, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com
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However, it came from a source print marred by frequent jolts of dirt and blemishes, a built-in distraction created by the the sofa lint commonly sandwiched into c.1960 image-compositing.

April 6, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com
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Not a top-notch Harryhausen, but still descent with a fine Herrmann score.

August 20, 2002
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Audience Reviews for The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

I've never read Gulliver's Travels, so I can't make a proper comparison of story vs. film, but I'm told it's a very faithful version of it. Reuniting from their previous film The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Harryhausen, Kerwin Matthews and the gang come back together for more "Dynamation" with The 3 Worlds of Gulliver. Love conquers all in this story, as our lead actor is put in situations where he both towers over everyone and shakes from below. The effects are fun and Bernard Herrmann's score are wonderful, but I can't help the feeling that there needs to be something new thrown into the mix. The effects stop being wonderous and imaginative and become the normal way of doing things, so new and different stories were needed to shake things up a bit. The 3 Worlds of Gulliver isn't particularly memorable, but it's decent enough of its own terms. Thankfully the Harryhausen crowd would go on to create more memorable and interesting films.
December 15, 2011
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Tim Salmons

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Nice fantasy, closer to the book than most versions.
August 13, 2008
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Foreign Titles

  • Los viajes de Gulliver (ES)
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