Gulliver-in Lilliput

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Product Details

Format : NTSC
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 9786301801645
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 1999-09-14
Studio : Fox Video
UPC : 086162508738

ASIN : 6301801644

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In Hollywood's hands, who knows what might have happened in this Jonathan Swift classic. Such concerns can be shelved when the BBC's doing the moviemaking. Gulliver in Lilliput, shot in characteristically weird BBC style, is a delightfully acted and deliberately restrained (but not too restrained) adaptation of Lemuel Gulliver's most mesmerizing travel adventure. The plot will be familiar to anyone awake for a semester of freshman English lit: Ship's surgeon Gulliver goes overboard and washes ashore on the mythical island of Lilliput, where a cast of teensy-weensy kooks--each barely bigger than his baby toe--has tied him down as a security measure. The Lilliputians are a paranoid lot--the wildly narcissistic emperor and his self-congratulatory empress initially take Gulliver for a spy from a neighboring land with which they are warring over the proper way to crack an egg, but thrill-seeking Lelanda helps the man-mountain ingratiate himself to the bickering, bumbling royals. Flattery's the key: flinging around words like "effulgent" to describe the emperor's eyes scores him full acceptance and a following of compliment-chasers. But his shenanigan is short-lived. When the bottom drops out, Gulliver must beat it, leaving brave Lelanda behind and feeling curiously brokenhearted. The film's special effects aren't spectacular by today's standards, but the sets are inspired and the costumes great to look at. Most important, Swift's circa-1700 sense of humor translates through time and generations. For kids 8 and older, it's a jump on future homework; for those who've already done their reading, it's a light, laugh-along refresher course. --Tammy La Gorce

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