Summaries

An Englishman returns after nine years abroad and tells strange stories of the tiny people of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, the flying island Laputa and the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses.

All star adaptation of Jonathan Swift's satirical tale about a normal man who, after returning home following eight years of absence, relates fantastical tales about how he was thought to be giant in the Land of Lilliput, but was only six inches high in the Land of Brobdingnag. He also tells of his visit to the floating island of Laputa populated by scientists who are so obsessed with reason that they act with no common sense. Finally, he tells of his journey to the land where his disturbing likeness to the bestial Yahoos and his inferiority to the intelligent horses there makes him question the very worth of his humanity.—Kenneth Chisholm <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • period drama
  • epic adventure
  • globetrotting adventure
  • costume drama
  • brobdingnag
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Family
Release date Feb 3, 1996
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Monserrate Palace, Sintra, Portugal
Production companies Jim Henson Productions Hallmark Entertainment Channel 4 Television Corporation

Box office

Budget $28000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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