Product Details

• Actors: Jessica Dragonette, Lanny Ross, Pinto Colvig, Jack Mercer, Sam Parker
• Directors: Dave Fleischer
• Writers: Cal Howard, Dan Gordon, Edmond Seward, Izzy Sparber, Jonathan Swift
• Producers: Max Fleischer
• Format: Color, Enhanced, Original recording remastered, Restored, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Koch Vision
• DVD Release Date: March 10, 2009
• Run Time: 76 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001M6SH7Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,605 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The animated classic is reborn on Blu-ray! Digitally restored and re-mastered using state-of-the-art technology, Max Fleischer’s song-filled, 1939 masterpiece comes to life for the first time ever in awe-inspiring high definition. Richly drawn from the timeless tale by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels follows the legendary adventures of a shipwrecked sailor among the tiny people of Lilliput. In this strange land, Gulliver brings peace to two feuding kingdoms and reunites a prince with his princess before returning to the sea in one of the most “hap-hap-happy” endings of all time. Featuring breathtaking, newly-enhanced picture and sound, this definitive edition of Gulliver’s Travels is a feast for the eyes and ears that your whole family will enjoy for years to come!

Specifications:
Restored and Re-mastered from the Original Source 35mm Film and Enhanced for 16x9 (1080p High Definition)
Three Audio Options: Newly-Enhanced 5.1 Dolby Digital, Enhanced Stereo, Restored Original Soundtrack

Bonus Features:
Two Classic Gabby Cartoons (made from the original feature outtakes): “Swing Cleaning” and “King for a Day”
“The Making of a Cartoon” (restored Fleischer Studios documentary)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

75 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Classic is Butchered, March 21, 2009

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William McKeldin Jr. "Vertigo fan" (New York, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS has been butchered by a combination of cropping and geometric distortion to fill (or almost fill) a wide screen TV. The fact is that Hollywood movies made prior to 1953 were virtually all shot and framed for a 1.37x1 aspect ratio (all but identical to standard def TVs). For years movie fans have been hounding television stations and video distributors to show films made after 1953 in their proper wide screen ratios. Now that we have wide screen TVs the opposite situation exists, and it's the films made before 1953 that will suffer. I urge people not to support this practice. This is not a product that anyone who has an interest in movies should purchase.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible Video Quality - Cropped Presentation, March 28, 2009

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Gadget Guru - See all my reviews

This review is from: Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I had the chance to view this disc and it's a definite no sale for me. The video quality is poor and the original academy aspect ratio 1.37:1 (roughly 4:3) has been cropped and stretched to 16:9. This is not the way it was meant to be seen.

It's very disappointing considering this is a classic that could really stand a decent transfer. Unfortunately, this is not it.

I don't often write reviews, but I felt the need to serve as a warning to others on this one.

Don't buy this edition or you'll be disappointed.

37 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, terrible Blue Ray, March 27, 2009

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Dwight Kemper "murdermysterytheater.com" (Binghamton, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

I'm new to Blue Ray so after the few that I've purchased thus far with the fantastic picture quality that only BR can give you I had high hopes for seeing Gulliver's Travels as I've never seen it before. Sadly, this was a great disappointment. The video quality is on par with VHS. Although the colors are quite vibrant, the picture is a horrible. Comparing this to the recent BR of Pinochio and Pixar's beautiful WALL-E discs, this is a version of Max and Dave Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels is a bad April Fool's Day joke perpetrated a month early. Avoid at all costs and demand a proper restoration of this classic film.