The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Director:

Jack Sher

Writers:

Arthur A. Ross (screenplay) and
Jack Sher (screenplay) ...
(more)

Release Date:

December 1960 (Austria)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

IN A WORLD AS DIFFERENT AS NIGHT AND DAY! (original ad - all caps)

Plot:

Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Doctor | King | Giant | Escape

Cast

Kerwin Mathews	...	Dr. Lemuel Gulliver
Jo Morrow	...	Gwendolyn
June Thorburn	...	Elizabeth
Lee Patterson	...	Reldresal
Grégoire Aslan	...	King Brob (as Gregoire Aslan)
Basil Sydney	...	Emperor of Lilliput
Charles Lloyd Pack	...	Makovan
Martin Benson	...	Flimnap
Mary Ellis	...	Queen of Brobdingnag
Marian Spencer	...	Empress of Lilliput
Peter Bull	...	Lord Bermogg
Alec Mango	...	Minister of Lilliput
Sherry Alberoni	...	Glumdalclitch (as Sherri Alberoni)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Oliver Johnston	...	Mr Grinch
John Breslin	...	Kings Guard (uncredited)
Joan Hickson	...	Patient at Dr. Gulliver's Surgery (uncredited)
Waveney Lee	...	Shrike - Makovan's Daughter (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd	...	Mrs. Dewsbury (uncredited)
Noel Purcell	...	Capt. Pritchard (uncredited)

Directed by
Jack Sher

Writing credits
Arthur A. Ross		(screenplay) (as Arthur Ross) and
Jack Sher		(screenplay)
Jonathan Swift		(novel "Gulliver's Travels")

Produced by
Charles H. Schneer	....	producer

Original Music by
Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by
Wilkie Cooper		(photographed by)

Film Editing by
Raymond Poulton

Art Direction by
Derek Barrington
Gil Parrondo		(as Gil Parrendo)

Costume Design by
Eleanor Abbey

Production Management
Luis Roberts	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Ganapoler	....	assistant director
Eugenio Martín	....	assistant director (as Eugenio Martin)

Sound Department
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ray Harryhausen	....	special visual effects creator

Stunts
Enzo Musumeci Greco	....	stunt supervisor (as Enzo Mucimeci Greco)

Camera and Electrical Department
Maurice Gillett	....	chief electrician (uncredited)

Music Department
Bernard Herrmann	....	conductor: The London Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Bob Gill	....	main titles

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures (presents)
• Morningside Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1960) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2001) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  score performed by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Netherlands:6 (DVD rating) | Finland:S | UK:U | USA:Approved | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Sa Conca Beach, S'Agaró, Castell-Paltja d'Aro, Girona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Quotes:

Emperor of Lilliput:Glorious victory over the wrong-end-of-the-egg scum!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #28.15" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Gentle Love

Kids might like it

This takes place in 1699 England. Dr. Gulliver (Kerwin Mathews) is poor and miserable in England. He takes an ocean voyage and is swept overboard during a storm. He comes to in a land named Lilliput which are all people shorter than him. He agrees to help the people of Lilliput to stop a war and build him a boat to get off. Then he ends up in another land where he's the small person and everybody else is a giant.

I never read the book it was based on so I can't make comparisons...but the book was a political satire. Obviously this does not make it into the movie--this is aimed squarely at kids. The characterizations are broad (to say the least) and some of the characters act like total idiots (to amuse the kids). It also has simplistic (if amusing) remarks on how war is evil and people have to live for themselves. The story moves haltingly--it seems large chunks were either not filmed or left on the cutting room floor. Also Mathews breaks into song (!!!) at one point. It's more than a little silly but Mathews does have a great singing voice. Also the special effects by Ray Harryhausen aren't really that special--they're more than obvious.

The film is very colorful and I was never really bored--most of the time though I was trying to figure out what was going on. Kerwin Mathews was easily one of the best-looking men ever to come out of Hollywood. His acting is just OK but really--the guy had to react to things that just weren't there. That couldn't have been easy. So the color and Mathews kept me entertained...but most adults will probably be thoroughly bored. I think kids will like it but I can only truthfully give it a 6.