Gulliver's Travels (1977 film) but there is nothing more about his adventures there or in the other lands mentioned in the novel. Gulliver's Travels (1977 film) Gulliver's Travels is a 1977 film based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift. It mixed live action and animation, and starred Richard Harris in the title role. The opening sequence in live action shows Gulliver announcing his intention to go to sea as a ship's surgeon, followed by scenes of a shipwreck. The remainder of the film has Harris on Lilliput and Blefuscu, with the tiny inhabitants created by animation. At the very end
Gulliver's Travels (1939 film) location of Miami. With all of this drama, it looked as though Fleischer would never meet the delivery date. Fleischer Studios delivered "Gulliver" for Paramount's planned Christmas release schedule, opening in New York on December 20, 1939, going into general release two days later. Considering the potential demonstrated in the two Popeye specials, "Gulliver’s Travels" seemed a lesser experience. This much-anticipated feature produced by Max Fleischer was still met with by an eager public and started out well, breaking box office records in spite of the inevitable comparisons to "Snow White". Based on the overwhelming business success of "Gulliver’s Travels"