Gulliver's Travels (1939 Film)

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Overview

Gulliver's Travels is a classic 1939 American cel-animated Technicolor feature film produced by Max Fleischer and directed by Dave Fleischer for Fleischer Studios. This enchanting tale follows the adventures of an explorer who aids a small kingdom embroiled in conflict after a dispute over a wedding song. Released in cinemas in the United States on December 22, 1939, by Paramount Pictures, this film was crafted in response to the monumental success of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Notably, it is Fleischer Studios' first feature-length animated film.

Áttekintés
A Gulliver utazásai egy klasszikus 1939-as amerikai cel-animációs Technicolor egész estés film, amelyet Max Fleischer készített és Dave Fleischer rendezett a Fleischer Studios számára. Ez a varázslatos mese egy felfedező kalandjait követi, aki segít egy kis királyságnak, amely háborúba keveredett egy esküvői dal körüli vita miatt. A filmet az Egyesült Államokban 1939. december 22-én mutatták be a Paramount Pictures által, ezt a filmet Walt Disney Hófehérke és a hét törpe című filmje iránti monumentális sikerre válaszul készítették. Különösen fontos, hogy ez a Fleischer Studios első egész estés animációs filmje.

Product Features

• Director: Dave Fleischer
• Format: DVD
• Release: Avenue One / Australian PAL Region Free Edition
• Production: Fleischer Studios
• Release Date: December 22, 1939
• Animation Type: Cel-animated
• Color: Technicolor

Product Features (Hungarian)

Termékjellemzők

• Rendező: Dave Fleischer
• Formátum: DVD
• Kiadás: Avenue One / Ausztrál PAL Region Free Kiadás
• Gyártás: Fleischer Studios
• Megjelenés dátuma: 1939. december 22.
• Animáció típusa: Cel-animáció
• Szín: Technicolor

Interesting Facts

• Gulliver's Travels is significant as the second animated feature film produced by an American studio, following Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
• The story is inspired loosely by Jonathan Swift's 18th-century novel, focusing on the whimsical adventures of Gulliver in the lands of Lilliput and Blefuscu.
• The film showcases a remarkable ensemble of animators, including Seymour Kneitel, Willard Bowsky, and Grim Natwick, contributing to its rich animation heritage.

Interesting Facts (Hungarian)

Érdekes tények

• A Gulliver utazásai fontos, mivel ez a második animációs egész estés film, amelyet amerikai stúdió készített, a Disney Hófehérke és a hét törpe című filmje után.
• A történet Jonathan Swift 18. századi regényének, a Gulliver utazásainak szellemében készült, Gulliver szeszélyes kalandjaira fókuszálva Lilliput és Blefuscu földjein.
• A film bemutatja a rajzfilmek gazdag örökségét, hiszen olyan animátorok jelentős csoportját vonultatta fel, mint Seymour Kneitel, Willard Bowsky és Grim Natwick.

Publishers

Released by Paramount Pictures, this iconic film remains a beloved classic in the realm of animated cinema, celebrating the timeless adventures of Gulliver.

Publishers (Hungarian)

Kiadók

A Paramount Pictures forgalmazásában megjelent ikonikus film továbbra is népszerű klasszikus az animált mozi világában, ünnepelve Gulliver időtlen kalandjait.

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Plot

On November 5, 1699, Lemuel Gulliver washes onto the beach of Lilliput after a storm at sea and ultimate shipwreck. Following the calm of the storm, the town crier Gabby stumbles across Gulliver in terror and rushes back to Lilliput to warn King Little of a "giant on the beach". But Little and King Bombo of Blefescu are signing a wedding contract between their children, Princess Glory and Prince David of Blefuscu, respectively.. All is fine until an argument starts over which national anthem is to be played at the wedding. The argument cancels the wedding and starts a war.

After several failures, Gabby tells King Little of the "giant", and leads a mob to the beach to capture him. There, the Lilliputians tie Gulliver to a wagon on which they convey him to the capital. In the next morning, Gulliver awakens and breaks himself free; but when they see that the invading Blefuscuians are intimidated by his size, the Lilliputians enlist his help against their neighbor, treating him with hospitality and making him a new set of clothes.

King Bombo, who has sent three spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, into Lilliput, orders them to kill Gulliver, whereupon the spies steal Gulliver's flintlock pistol, confiscated by the Lilliputians, and prepare to use it against him. Meanwhile, Gulliver learns of the war's cause from Glory and David, and proposes a new song that combines the two proposed by their fathers.

When the spies assure King Bombo that they can kill Gulliver, Bombo announces by carrier pigeon that he will attack at dawn. Gabby intercepts this message and warns the Lilliputians, but is himself captured by the spies and stuffed in a sack, who prepare the pistol. As the Blefuscuian fleet approaches Lilliput, Gulliver ties them together and draws them disarmed to shore. The spies fire at Gulliver from a cliff, but Prince David diverts the shot and falls to his apparent death. Using David's body to illustrate his point, Gulliver scolds both Lilliput and Blefuscu for fighting; when they solemnize a truce, Gulliver reveals that David is unharmed, whereupon David and Glory sing their combined song for everyone to hear. The spies released Gabby out of the bag. Both sides thereafter build a new ship for Gulliver on which he departs.

Cast

• Gulliver - Sam Parker
• Gabby - Pinto Colvig
• King Little, Twinkletoes, Sneak, Snoop, Snitch - Jack Mercer
• King Bombo - Tedd Pierce
• Princess Glory - Jessica Dragonette - Spoken Voice: Livonia Warren
• Prince David - Singing Voice Lanny Ross - Spoken Voice: Cal Howard

Songs

• "All's Well"
• "Faithful/Forever"
• "It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day"
• "Bluebirds in the Moonlight (Silly Idea)"
• "I Hear a Dream (Come Home Again)"
• "We're All Together Now"

All of the songs were written by Leo Robin and composed by Ralph Rainger with the exception of "It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day", which was written by Sammy Timberg, Al Neiburg and Winston Sharples.

The Gulliver's Travels score by Victor Young was nominated for a Best Original Score Academy Award while the song "Faithful/Forever" was nominated for Best Original Song, but both of them lost out to The Wizard of Oz with the film winning the latter category for the song "Over the Rainbow". "It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day" later became a standard theme used for Fleischer and Famous Studios cartoon scores, while "I Hear a Dream" was quite popular as well.