3 Worlds Of Gulliver, The (Full Frame)

VHS, 100 minutes, COLUMBIA / TRI STAR

The spellbinding adventures of "Gulliver's Travels" is transformed into three-dimensional reality in this live-action adaptation of Jonathan Swift's beloved classic. Kerwin Mathews stars as Gulliver, the swashbuckling doctor who sets sail for game and fortune in the fabled East Indies, but finds adventure, romance and danger instead in "Brobdingnag" and "Lilliput", the lands of the great and small. One of the most complicated films of its time, "The 3 Worlds Of Gulliver" is both a an enchanting fantasy and a captivating visual treat. Because the storyline calls for scenes that juxtapose forty-foot giants with six-inch-tall people, special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen perfected a state-of-the-art trick photography process so innovatative, they has to invent a new word for it: Superdynamation. The result is a technological tour de force that will stand forever as an extraordinary achievement in motion picture history. Get ready to sail with Gulliver to imaginative new worlds in this timeless tale of adventure and suspense.