Gulliver's Travels (2010)

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Lilliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

Director:

Rob Letterman

Writers:

Joe Stillman (screenplay), Nicholas Stoller (screenplay)

Stars:

Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Black	...	Lemuel Gulliver
Jason Segel	...	Horatio
Emily Blunt	...	Princess Mary
Amanda Peet	...	Darcy Silverman
Billy Connolly	...	King Theodore
Chris O'Dowd	...	General Edward
T.J. Miller	...	Dan
James Corden	...	Jinks
Catherine Tate	...	Queen Isabelle
Emmanuel Quatra	...	King Leopold
Olly Alexander	...	Prince August
Richard Laing	...	Nigel Travel Writer
David Sterne	...	Foreman
Stewart Scudamore	...	Blefuscian Captain
Jonathan Aris	...	Lilliputian Scientist

Storyline

Lemuel Gulliver has been working in the mail room of a New York daily newspaper for the past ten years. Afraid to put himself out there, he considers himself a loser, as do all his peers. One day, after having finally had enough, he decides to declare his flame to the beautiful Darcy Silverman, the newspaper's travel editor and one of Gulliver's only friends...only to chicken out at the last minute and instead tell her that he'd like to try his hand at writing a column. Darcy accepts and sends him on an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle. There, Gulliver becomes shipwrecked and ends up on the island of Liliput, where he is twelve taller than the tallest man. For the first time, Gulliver has people looking up to him...

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Plot Keywords:

reference to gulliver's travels | reference to gulliver | gulliver | close up of eye | close up of eyes | 

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Taglines:

Ça va être géant! (It's gonna be big!)

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for brief rude humor, mild language and action

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Italy]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 December 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los viajes de Gulliver

Filming Locations:

Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$112,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,307,691, 26 December 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$42,779,261

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$237,382,724

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox,Dune Entertainment,Davis Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby (Dolby 7.1 Surround Sound) DTS SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In an effort to partly cut down on the overuse of expensive special effects, many of the dolls' house furniture and accessories found at the Dolls House Emporium in Derbyshire were used in the film.

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Goofs

When Gulliver is inviting Dan from the mail room out for a drink early in film, Gulliver has his right thumb up, pointing to himself, but in the reverse shot of Dan, he has his left thumb up.

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Quotes

Lemuel Gulliver: There's no small jobs - just small people.

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Crazy Credits

The end credits are presented as part of newspaper clips from Gulliver's column. Surrounding the credits is actual text from the original novel by Jonathan Swift, and mentions some adventures from the book that are not featured in the movie, such as the encounters with the subhuman "yahoos".

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Alternate Versions

Also released in a 3D version.

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Connections

Featured in Great Movie Mistakes III: Not in 3D (2011)

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Soundtracks

THE IMPERIAL MARCH
Written by John Williams

User Reviews

Jack Black's version of Gulliver's Travels isn't too bad if you have lowered expectations...

In my lifetime, I've seen a few previous adaptations of "Gulliver's Travels", 1) a series of short cartoons by Hanna-Barbera on the "Banana Splits" TV program, 2) the Max Fleischer animated feature from 1939, and 3) the NBC miniseries starring Ted Danson. And so, I've now seen this new movie starring Jack Black which, unlike the others I've just mentioned, initially takes place in modern day-New York City where the title character is a mail room deliverer who yearns to be a writer for the newspaper he works for but doesn't always put himself out there. Oh, and he also has a crush on the stunning editor (Amanda Peet) whose office he always passes through despite not always having mail for her. Anyway, when he finally bluffs his way through an assignment, Black's Gulliver uses a boat to go to the Bermuda Triangle where he finds himself shipwrecked to an island...Guess where he winds up? Okay, I didn't expect this movie to be faithful to the book at all especially judging from the previews so I wasn't too disappointed on that point. And I did find many scenes-especially those that parodied Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Titantic, and the rock group KISS-pretty funny. And Black, along with supporting players Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, and occasionally Ms. Peet provide their moments. But if this was your first time encountering Lemuel Gulliver, you'd definitely wonder what was so classic about the book he's in (assuming you even knew about it). Actually, I admit I only read about his adventures in Lilliput and Brobdingnag since the book I borrowed from my elementary school library was condensed to only those two adventures though like I said, I did see the Ted Danson miniseries that also had his other travels. So in summary, if you know what to expect from Jack Black, you probably won't be too disappointed. Others, beware...