Gulliver Returns
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| Directed by | Ilya Maksimov |
| Screenplay by | Michael Ryan |
| Based on | Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift |
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| Edited by | Alexandr Synko |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million[2] |
Gulliver Returns is a 2021 computer-animated comedy film produced by 95 Animation Studio and Gulliver Films. Based on an original idea by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Borys and Serhiy Shefir, and Andriy Yakovlev; It is directed by Ilya Maksimov, with a screenplay by Michael Ryan. The film is a loose adaptation of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
The film premiered on 18 June 2021 at the 2021 Shanghai International Film Festival.[3] It was released in Ukraine on 19 August 2021.
Premise
World traveler and adventurer Gulliver is invited to return to Lilliput, the town he previously saved from the enemy fleet of the neighboring Blefuscu.
When he arrives, he only finds indignation, panic and a hopeless crowd, as the King of Lilliput made his people believe that the legendary Giant Gulliver was returning. Instead, they discover an ordinary man, when the whole town had been getting ready and building accommodation to welcome a giant. Disappointed, the King orders Gulliver's execution. Meanwhile, the invincible Blefuscu armada is at the gates of the city and threatening again.
Gulliver will prove that it is not necessary to be a giant to do great things, but that friendship and love can prevail... with a little bit of luck, a quirky mind and a disarming smile, a charismatic athletic body trained to be a master of swords...[4]
Voice Cast
- Wayne Grayson as Gulliver
- Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld as Marcy
- Scottie Ray as the General of Blefuscu
- Billy Bob Thompson as the King of Lilliput
- Marc Thompson as Peters
- HD Quinn as Frelok
- Yelisaveta Zinovenko as Squick
- Tom Wayland as Pablo and a sergeant
- Samuel Weintraub as Wesley
Production
Development
Gulliver Returns was originally submitted alongside a film sequel to Servant of the People by Kvartal 95 Studio at the 2016 pitching of the Ukrainian State Film Agency for state funding. However, following a controversy related to a Kvartal 95's performance in Jurmala where Volodymyr Zelenskyy –parodying the then-president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko– referred to the government of Ukraine as "a beggar", the studio withdrew both projects from the event the next day.[5]
According to producer Oleg Khodachuk, the final budget for the film was of $10 million USD, more than half of it coming from his own account.[6]
Animation
A team consisting of 35 Ukrainian animators and 30 foreign animators (from countries such as Germany, Brazil, United States, Canada and Australia) worked on the creation of the animated film, under the supervision of American animator Tony Bonilla.[7]
Release
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Critical reception
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References
- ^ British Board of Film Classification. "Gulliver Returns". Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Генеральний продюсер "Гуллівер повертається" Олег Ходачук: Ми продали цей мультфільм для половини світу" [General producer of "Gulliver Returns" Oleg Khodachuk: We sold this cartoon for half the world]. New Ukrainian Cinema (in Ukrainian). 13 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "24-ий Шанхайський міжнародний кінофестиваль" [24th Shanghai International Film Festival]. Consulate General of Ukraine in Shangai (in Ukrainian). 4 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Gulliver Returns". All Rights Entertainment. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Petrenko, Galina (15 September 2016). "Жарт "Кварталу 95" вартістю 50 млн грн., або Другий день пітчингу Держкіно" [Kvartal 95 joke worth UAH 50 million, or the second day of pitching of the State Cinema]. Detector Media. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Savchenko, Oksana. "Кроки Гуллівера. Хто і навіщо зібрав $10 млн для мультфільму, який придумав Зеленський" [Gulliver's steps. Who and why raised $ 10 million for a cartoon invented by Zelensky]. LIGA.net (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
- ^ Kvartal 95 Studio. "Перший повнометражний мультфільм Студії «Квартал 95» вийде на екрани 29 квітня 2021 року" [The first full-length cartoon of the Kvartal 95 Studio will be released on April 29, 2021]. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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