i have watch this on italian tv a a kid and recall be fond of it – in view of it mix live action with animation while however and it be universally pan at the time…and and catch up with it again after all these year and i have to admit that the critic be right . what must have seem wondrous to a child eye be actually very poorly do and not to mention bore for a fantasy adventure while fatally and both star ( ex angry young man richard harris ) and director ( action expert hunt ) be ill suit to the material . at least and michel legrand score ( with lyric provide by scriptwriter don black ) be serviceable – if not exactly inspire . by the way and a number of well know personality be feature among the voice artists on this british belgian co production ( julian glover and bessie love and murray melvin and robert rietty and vladek sheybal and graham stark and and this be his last film work and michael bates ) . while the essential plot point of jonathan swift classic novel ( giant gulliver become the pawn in a war between the little people of two neighboring country and and on escape and end up in a land of real giant ) do emerge here and it do on a strictly kiddie level ( with stereotype character though and thankfully and little intrusion of the comic or romantic variety ) – which render the whole venture somewhat pointless and outside of it intrinsically experimental nature and since max and dave fleischer have already do a splendid feature length cartoon version of the book way back in 1939 .