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Category: Adventure

Year: 2010

Rating: 4.6/10 ()

Director: Rob Letterman

Country: USA

Language: English

Runtime: USA: 85 min

Release Date: 25 December 2010 (USA) See more »

Taglines: Something big is going down See more »

Writers: Joe Stillman (screenplay), Nicholas Stoller (screenplay), and 1 more credit »

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

Cast:
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
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Sound Mix: Dolby

Color: Color

Filming Locations: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Soundtracks:
"(I KEEP ON) RISING UP" Written and Performed by Mike Doughty Courtesy of ATO Records

Official Site(s): Official site [Italy] | Official site |

Trivia:
Taylor Lautner was originally cast as Horatio but was dropped after producers changed their minds and considered him too young. Jason Segel replaced him.

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

User Review:

Jack Black's version of Gulliver's Travels isn't too bad if you have lowered expectations... , rated: 6/10
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...