The Three Worlds of Gulliver
TheWorlds of Gulliver as shown on the movie, is an Eastman Color 1960 Columbia Pictures fantasy film loosely based upon the 18thcentury Irish novel Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift. The film stars Kerwin Mathews as the titular character, June Thorburn as his fiance Elizabeth, and child actor Sherry Alberoni as Glumdalclitch. Filmed in England and Spain, Gulliver was directed by Jack Sher and featured stopmotion animation and special visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. Cast includes Martin Benson as Flimnap, Lee Patterson as Reldresal, Jo Morrow as Gwendolyn, Marian Spencer as the Empress of Lilliput, Peter Bull as Lord Bermogg, and Alec Mango as the Minister of Lilliput. The film has been broadcast on American television and is available in both VHS and DVD formats.
As Gulliver embarks on a vessel, he is soon surprised to discover Elizabeth has stowed away to be near him. A storm arises Gulliver is swept overboard and washed to the shores of Lilliput, a land of tiny human beings who see him as a massive giant. The Lilliputians are apprehensive regarding Gulliver, namely by tying him down to the beach, but he eases their fears by performing acts of kindness. An old quarrel between Lilliput and neighboring Blefuscu is revived and Gulliver lends a hand in the proceedings by towing Blefuscus war ships far out to sea. The Emperor of Lilliput Basil Sydney then views Gulliver as a potential threat to his power after he criticises the reasons for the war and arranges his execution. Gulliver escapes in a boat he has built.He finds his way to the isle of Brobdingnag, a land of giants. A kind peasant girl named Glumdalclitch Sherry Alberoni finds him on the shore and carries him to the castle of King Brob Grgoire Aslan, due to a law saying all tiny people must be brought to the King, who has a collection of tiny animals. There, Gulliver is delighted to find Elizabeth, who was washed ashore after a shipwreck. The King installs the two in a dollhouse and lets Glumdalclitch look after them. The King marries Gulliver and Elizabeth. After the wedding Gulliver and Elizabeth go outside to celebrate but are attacked by a giant squirrel one of Harryhausens stopmotion creations which drags Gulliver into its burrow. However, Glumdalclitch is alerted by the noise and saves Gulliver by pulling him up on her hair. When Gulliver beats the King at Chess and cures the Queen Mary Ellis of a stomachache, Prime Minister Makovan Charles LloydPack accuses Gulliver of witchcraft. Gullivers attempts at telling them of science is taken as further proof. The King orders Gullivers execution and pits his pet alligator against him whom Gulliver whacks, stabs and slays. The King orders him burned but Glumdalclitch saves Gulliver and Elizabeth from the pursuing Brobdi
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