One of my favorite Flesicher stories was when Walt Disney talked with director Richard Fleischer about directing the studio's first Live-Action film at their actual studio. Fleischer said he couldn't take the job without first consulting with his father Max, as Disney and Fleischer were fierce competitors and Dick didn't want to insult his dad. Instead, Max was gracious and told Dick, "Obviously, you should take the job. Do me a favor and send this message to Walt. Tell him he has excellent taste in directors."
Richard even said to Walt that "You do know who I am, don't you?" and Walt was like "Yes" Richard would then say "Why do you want me, of all people, to direct this big picture?" Walt would tell him how him how impressed he was with how he directed Bobby Driscoll in the film The Happy Time. Bobby had been in a few films prior to that, some in which Disney did like Song of the South, So Dear To My Heart, and Treasure Island (would go on to voice Peter in Peter Pan). Walt would tell him "If anyone can make an actor out of Bobby Driscoll has got to be a great director"
@@van8ryan I remember hearing that from the audio commentary, so I went back to it just so I could type this comment as it was said by Richard himself.
I’ll always have a soft spot for this movie. The only time I’ve seen it was projected onto a large wall in the cafeteria of my elementary school in 1977. It was quite an experience at the time! The school was torn town 20 years ago but the memories of that viewing are still fresh on the mind. Despite its flaws, I still love it and think kids should see it. ;)
Can I say that Atlantis The Lost Empire is one of Disney's most underrated films? Rather cool that you're covering it so soon after the Nostalgia Critic did too.
@@claytonrios1 Also, AniMat didn't speak too positively about it in the past. I don't think he'll give it the seal of garbage or anything, but I'm predicting at least a 6 or 7/10. Also, no offense but who actually takes the Nostalgia Critic seriously these days?
Actually, I saw this WELL before "Snow White", as this movie played regularly on T.V.. Was featured many, many times on the Family Film Festival (KTLA Channel 5) in Southern California. Max Fleischer's son, Richard , would go on and direct the live action "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" for Walt Disney!
The surface impression is that GULLIVER was Fleischer's "answer" to SNOW WHITE. The is a superficial conclusion and not entirely accurate. While Fleischer had the vision for animated features as early as 1934, Paramount vetoed them due to their financial struggles with a series of bankruptcies in the 1930s. They became financially stable under Barney Balaban, who turned the company around. While Fleischer pioneered the longer format animated cartoon in the two Popeye Specials in 1936 and 1937, It was when SNOW WHITE premiered in New York in February 1938 that Paramount reconsidered. After the one month box office report was made known, Paramount Head, Barney Balaban saw an open window for Christmas 1939 when there would be no competition with Disney and ordered an animated feature from Fleischer for release 18 months later. So it was Balaban who was really behind this, and Fleischer, who had wanted to do a feature for four years was eager to comply.
Say what you will about this movie's weak story, but in my opinion, the slapstick humor is pretty top notch. I find all of those gags so creative and funny, and I can't help but love the movie because of them. Also "What a rainy day" is a super catchy and fun song!
And I thought Antz was the 2nd feature length computer animated film, until I found out about a computer animated film named Cassiopeia that came out just a year after Toy Story.
Fun fact: this movie is featured in an episode of “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”, specifically, the season 3 episode, “The Incredible Shrinking Town“. in the episode Jimmy accidentally shrinks the whole town, and at one point while shrunk, his parents, Judy and Hugh go on a date to their own makeshift drive-in theater using a toy car and their TV. This movie was playing on their TV during their “drive in date”.
10:56 So true, I think, out of all the characters, Gulliver has the most depth. He actually tried to stop the violence and only pulled Blefescu's ships because they weren't listening to him, "Must I make you listen?!" 12:56 I don't think they get a say, most marriages between the Monarch's children is arranged for them. 14:50 Heigh Ho (I do get All's Well in my head while I'm at work sometimes). 15:00 Whistle While You Work 15:09 Silly Song 15:20 Someday My Prince Will Come (on a side note, I Hear A Dream would've had a bigger soft punch if someone was listening. Maybe if he had a kid in his lap...wait, how about Gabby in one of Gulliver's pockets?). 15:26 One Song ("Sing Faithful and Forever together as one song." There's a clue there). 17:53 Just at least to say that you've seen it.
Every time I watch any adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, it's always the Lilliput story. I'll admit my favorite Gulliver story is the one where he ends up on a floating island inhabited by mad scientists. I really enjoyed the absurdity of their research and inventions, making fun of the advancements in science at the time. Gulliver himself was starting to lose his mind at that point too. It was a delight to read.
I’m taking a class on animation history, and I found out that Walt Disney made “An Old Mill” for practice on doing dramatic scenery for “Snow White” in three years. Now the Fleischer Studios cartoons were still doing goofy cartoons before making this movie. They went into it without any practice of experience. But, it’s still a good looking movie
Considering the momentum built up by the two Popeye Specials, GULLIVER seems like a loss of energy by comparison, and aside from the Fleischer name, the audience may have felt a bit let down, even though it grossed $3 Million in its initial one month release, and made $1.5 Million in profit, off setting its final coast of $1.5 Million.
14:40 I was actually thinking more of that Simpsons song with these lyrics "Ho hi, ho hi, it's time to say goodbye. If Disney sues, we'll claim fair use. Ho hi, ho hi, ho hi, ho hi!
2:24 TBH, i think that it was renamed because it would be a huge dissapointment for viewers. Just imagine, you go to "Gulliver's travels" to see a familiar plot, but instead see a boy and a bunch of workers rebel against authorities (Though, what surprised me, is that despite King and his henchmen are portrayed negatively, they have more personality, than workers resembling clay figures)
I remember growing up with a handful of Gabby cartoons that my family had on VHS...it wasn't until I was all grown up that I learned the character Gabby was originally from this movie.
Found this in a bin at Shopko a few years before it went belly up. I remember watching this several times as a kid. It's a sentimental show to me as it's one of the first animations I watched and really loved.
Mom pointed this movie out to me when it was on a local channel. I was six, going on seven. I remember even crying along with Gabby and Snitch at the end. I've seen this movie many times since, and remains one of my favorites.
I remember this from my childhood! We had this on VHS-tape with finnish subtitles, and while little illiterate me had no idea what characters were actually talking about, the plot itself was easy to follow.
❤💖 To be honest, I admired the works of Fleischer Studios with their cartoons like Betty Boop and Popeye and their first two animated films Gulliver's Travels and Mr. Bug Goes to Town. I truly loved 😍 the animation because they do look beautiful 😍 with the human characters like the giant and the humans in Mr Bug do look and capture some realism and the other comedic characters have a subtle cartoony animation even by 2020's standards and it has aged very well and quite comparable to Disney's early 1930's animation. Flesicher Studios could've have some potential to become Disney's next first rival animated studio and wished they could've made more animated films before Don Bluth and DreamWorks were involved decades later if it wasn't for the management, creative differences between the two co founders and World War 2. They may not be the best animation studio but still delivered something unique and good in their own charm. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤
I agree with you. And I'm one of those fans who think they could have done a LOT more in the feature business if given the chance, just like Rankin/Bass. But they existed, and that's what matters.
3:00 I kinda want to contest that. While this part of the movie is indeed prolonged, both as a kid and today it's one of my favorite parts of the movie, just from the visual spectacle and the typical Fleisher 'Million little things happening on screen.' If anything I would call it one of the better examples of how to pad out a movie while still making it engaging.
Growing up, I used to watch this on b&w tv pretty frequently. I enjoyed it, and knew it much better than I did any of the Disney movies. Thanks for a fun and frank review of it.
While I’m aware that mr bug goes to town was major bomb in theaters and the Fleischer brothers were at odds during that time, I always wondered why Paramount never made another animated movie until 1973 Charlottes web. After they left, paramount formed Famous studios and made works like little lulu, Casper the friendly ghost, and more. When disney went back to feature films with Cinderella, it was a hit. I was surprised that nobody like Paramount, Warner bros, or mgm ever tried to make a movie of their own during that period. I felt they had a lot more talent and ambition as Disney did. Sure, they had their own cartoon franchises but It was shame we didn’t see any animated movie from them during that period.
Closest Warner Bros. got was The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Two Brothers from Texas and My Dream Is Yours, both with Bugs Bunny. Closest MGM got was Anchors Aweigh, Dangerous When Wet, Invitation to the Dance, and kinda Tom Thumb.
@@Smacgregor88 the reason Warner Bros never made an animated was because of budgets. Warners never had the extremely large budgets like Disney. MGM did have higher budgets than Warners. But I don’t know about MGM. Probably from budgets too
Probably because, back then, there was no Oscar for feature-length animated movies. So Warner Bros and MGM just stuck to churning out animated shorts, which are safer / less risky since you don't have to invest that much into them. If ten of them are really successful, it's okay if one flops.
@@brockpifer9929 MGM definitely had the budget to make an animated movie, but they choose not to because they found success in their cartoon shorts (Tom and Jerry won 7 Oscars out of the 11 it was nominated for). And Tom and Jerry is an absolute masterpiece, so honestly, I'm content with what they were able to put out.
@@generalgrievous3731 I always find it interesting that Warner Bros had always have budget issues. They still have to this day because they have an issue with over advertising everything. I feel like they spend more money on the marketing and advertising than the actual project itself. Like with Space Jam: A New Legacy. It had several merchandise. The movie itself was ALMOST a box office bomb. The box office money managed to increase and now it’s over the budget. Looney Tunes: Back In Action didn’t reach the budget reach on time with its release because the budget on Back In Action was 80 million. But the box office managed to only get 68.5 million. It never reached the budget deadline. Warners also had a problem with paying people. Like with Mel Blanc, as he was getting famous for being the man of 1000 voices, Warners had always wanted other people besides Mel to voice the characters. Because Warners didn’t want to pay Mel the money. It’s just I feel Warners is more greedy with their money
I do not think you got the origin story right, they had started making it before Snow White came out, they just wanted to see if Snow White was a success before finishing it.
For an 82 year old animated film this holds up incredibly well and has to be taken with a grain of salt. Snow White as well. Just the art of animation was enough to wow people back then. The early rotoscoping is just fantastic.
I’ve always loved Gulliver’s travels! I think one of its crutches is that it’s trying to be like snow white. You can see all of the dwarf inspired antics in the Lilliputian people. If only it had been more … Fleischer. (Betty Boop?) And we saw it happen again in the 90s when Disney was on top of its game, companies like Warner Bros. were trying to replicate the Disney formula. It’s not until later companies and successes like DreamWorks that we see studios finding unique and successful alternates.
Gotta be honest, I don't remember like a single song from Snow White other than "Hi-Ho" or whatever it's actually called while I remember every one from this one.
While loosely based on the first part of the book and treated more like a fairy tale than a satirical jab at England, its politics and 9 year feud with France like in the original novel, it’s still a better adaptation than the crappy Jack Black film. If you want an adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels that’s more faithful to the book and has all of his travels, I recommend checking out the 1996 miniseries starring Ted Danson as Gulliver and produced Hallmark Entertainment and Jim Henson Productions. It’s actually a really great miniseries.
You know which animated feature was a particular favorite among the '90s Disney animation staff (I had it from several horses' mouths)? "Gulliver's Travels." So there.
My grandmother bought this for me on VHS when I was little, watched the heck out of it, but mainly for the miniaturr naval battle and the ingenious mechanical design of the Liliputains
Ikr? Some animation studios weren’t so careful with renewing the copyright of their respective animated films and just neglected to do it. That’s how we got most of the Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes shorts in the Public Domain.
Matt, there's a tidbit you missed Max & Dave wanted to do all of the book (esp. the talking horses) but Paramount gave them very little time so the film was reduced to just Gilliver's adventures in Lilliput
I can tell the copy Animat used for this video is not just the restored HD copy, but also the version on TH-cam that keeps moving the screen at times, just to avoid stupid copyright claims.
And the same happened to Mr. Bug Goes To Town, with the moving screen effect crap just to avoid false copyright claims, which ain't happening anytime soon.
I may have not seen this movie, but I've heard about it for some time and I've actually seen some of the cartoons starring Gabby. At least they had one song from this film that I know pretty well. Can't wait to dive down to Atlantis next time.
Im suprissed that this film is NOT Exclusive to Paramount Plus, and instead free to watch on youtube, considering the fact that Paramount was the one who originaly released this film.
Glad you did a review for this film. 😁 This is my TOP favorite out of the two features Fleischer's had done; all the more special that sounds.... I think. Why I put the princess on my list of Official Non-Disney Princesses
Only the first part, aww man they don’t get to the horse people; or the part where he comes back crazy and spends all his time with horses. And wasn’t the Lilliputian conflict over which end of the egg to crack???
One of my guilty pressure movies I've enjoyed happens to be the 2010 movie adaptation of Gulliver's Travels (the 2010 one starting Jack Black), and I can't help it with my taste of movies (especially ones with Jack Black) and my sense of laugher or humor when watching a movie. Also your video is pretty awesome! Have a good day! :D
Yes at last Atlantis is next! now the only Disney movie that Animat has to a review that was directed by Kirk wise and Gary Truesdale is beauty and the beast.
I definitely agree. Beauty and the Beast’s 30th anniversary is in November. The timing couldn’t be any better. I’d also like to see him review the Broadway musical version. There’s 2 recordings of the show on TH-cam, one from the 1995 US Tour in Los Angeles and one from the 2001 US Tour.
Regarding the over-long gag sequences with little story, such as the scene where Gulliver is tied up and moved into town, it should be noted that Fleischer studios was still probably working in their usual headspace of 7 minute shorts, rather than full, cinematic experiences. The film then comes together more like a series of self-contained shorts and set-pieces, strung together by a very thin plot. Beautifully animated, but lacking the true cinematic cohesion of Snow White.
I was born in 91 and a lot of the films and cartoons I grew up with were ones that dad watched as a kid. This film is one of them. I barley remember what happens in the film as I was about 5 years old when I watched it. But I always remembered the song and scene where the giant Sings by the ocean, I think its called 'Home again'. It was my favourite song in the whole film.
I love the design of Lilliput. It might be intentionally disney-esque, but it's got the fairytale charm with its whimsical, not entirely realistic, yet believable architecture down perfectly. I love how there are barely any right angles. Everything is smooth, but twisty. And the geography is surprisibgly sound compared to the cartooniness of its inhabitants. You can instantly tell where on the island a scene takes place from the backgrounds alone. The settings are definutely the strong point of the Fleischer animated features, especially in Buggity Goes To Town where they tackle a modern settings, way before Disney dared to do the same in 101 Dalmatians. It's a shame the studio went down so early. Even w/o WW2 I dozbt they could've competed with Disney fir much longer, but it would've been nice to see at least 1 or 2 more of the worlds they might have created.
Totally different stories! I never thought to compare Gulliver and Snow White story wise. This whole video roasting an animated film from nearly 90 years ago is just sad. Think of the hours spent drawing each 'tedious ' scene. This dude isnt the right one to give a review on this. Reminds me of Rachel Zeigler. "Weird..weird.".
1. All's well = Heigh ho 2. Hap hap happy day = whistle while you work 3. Night owls in the daylight = The silly song 4. I hear a dream = Someday my prince will come 5. Faithful/ Forever = One song
Next time Animat is going to to the lost city of Atlantis to talk about one of the most Underrated Disney Films ever made just in time for it’s 20th anniversary
This is my favorite animated film ever! The animation is fantastic as Gulliver is very life like especially when he sang Sailor man by the beach. This is better than most movies today.
Also, I really wouldn't talk much on David and Glory not really having much of a say in their own wedding. After all, this is a medieval time setting where arranged marriages were both the norm and political chess moves. Also, marrying for love was something kinda new, only being around for about 150 years at the time.
Definitely check this out. Like AniMat said, it’s in the Public Domain so it’s easier to watch it on TH-cam. But if you want a more faithful adaptation to the novel that includes *all* of Gulliver’s travels, check out the 1996 miniseries.
One of my favorite Flesicher stories was when Walt Disney talked with director Richard Fleischer about directing the studio's first Live-Action film at their actual studio. Fleischer said he couldn't take the job without first consulting with his father Max, as Disney and Fleischer were fierce competitors and Dick didn't want to insult his dad. Instead, Max was gracious and told Dick, "Obviously, you should take the job. Do me a favor and send this message to Walt. Tell him he has excellent taste in directors."
Richard even said to Walt that "You do know who I am, don't you?" and Walt was like "Yes" Richard would then say "Why do you want me, of all people, to direct this big picture?" Walt would tell him how him how impressed he was with how he directed Bobby Driscoll in the film The Happy Time. Bobby had been in a few films prior to that, some in which Disney did like Song of the South, So Dear To My Heart, and Treasure Island (would go on to voice Peter in Peter Pan). Walt would tell him "If anyone can make an actor out of Bobby Driscoll has got to be a great director"
@@BlazeHeartPanther Yep, I heard that story too
@@van8ryan I remember hearing that from the audio commentary, so I went back to it just so I could type this comment as it was said by Richard himself.
@@BlazeHeartPanther Don't forget THE WINDOW for which Bobby Driscoll was loaned to RKO. He was nominated of a juvenile Oscar performance.
My grandma had a VHS of this that I used to watch a lot! So this is a huge nostalgia hit for me.
So did mine!!
I’ll always have a soft spot for this movie. The only time I’ve seen it was projected onto a large wall in the cafeteria of my elementary school in 1977. It was quite an experience at the time! The school was torn town 20 years ago but the memories of that viewing are still fresh on the mind. Despite its flaws, I still love it and think kids should see it. ;)
Can I say that Atlantis The Lost Empire is one of Disney's most underrated films? Rather cool that you're covering it so soon after the Nostalgia Critic did too.
Mixed reviews, box office flop, cult classic
@@davidcortina9898 It was a bomb at the box office too.
@@claytonrios1 Also, AniMat didn't speak too positively about it in the past.
I don't think he'll give it the seal of garbage or anything, but I'm predicting at least a 6 or 7/10.
Also, no offense but who actually takes the Nostalgia Critic seriously these days?
And a Cult Following too
@@disneyfan8719 I don't take him seriously. It's just an observation.
Actually, I saw this WELL before "Snow White", as this movie played regularly on T.V.. Was featured many, many times on the Family Film Festival (KTLA Channel 5) in Southern California. Max Fleischer's son, Richard , would go on and direct the live action "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" for Walt Disney!
The surface impression is that GULLIVER was Fleischer's "answer" to SNOW WHITE. The is a superficial conclusion and not entirely accurate. While Fleischer had the vision for animated features as early as 1934, Paramount vetoed them due to their financial struggles with a series of bankruptcies in the 1930s. They became financially stable under Barney Balaban, who turned the company around. While Fleischer pioneered the longer format animated cartoon in the two Popeye Specials in 1936 and 1937, It was when SNOW WHITE premiered in New York in February 1938 that Paramount reconsidered. After the one month box office report was made known, Paramount Head, Barney Balaban saw an open window for Christmas 1939 when there would be no competition with Disney and ordered an animated feature from Fleischer for release 18 months later. So it was Balaban who was really behind this, and Fleischer, who had wanted to do a feature for four years was eager to comply.
“Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to court we go!”
I’m dead 😂🤣😆
I laughed out loud the first time I saw that joke
Say what you will about this movie's weak story, but in my opinion, the slapstick humor is pretty top notch. I find all of those gags so creative and funny, and I can't help but love the movie because of them.
Also "What a rainy day" is a super catchy and fun song!
14:35-14:45 in my opinion, the funniest skit in any of his classic reviews
Agreed.
I really thought "Pinocchio" was the 2nd animated film, but it turn out that "Gulliver's Travel" WAS the 2nd animated film after Snow White.
at the very least, the 2nd animated film IN AMERICA!
And I thought Antz was the 2nd feature length computer animated film, until I found out about a computer animated film named Cassiopeia that came out just a year after Toy Story.
Wait, what?
@@profilepicture1847 I know. I was surprised as you when I first learned that Antz wasn’t the second feature-length computer animated film.
Where did you get this source? When I looked this movie up, all I got was a video game walkthrough.
Fun fact: this movie is featured in an episode of “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”, specifically, the season 3 episode, “The Incredible Shrinking Town“. in the episode Jimmy accidentally shrinks the whole town, and at one point while shrunk, his parents, Judy and Hugh go on a date to their own makeshift drive-in theater using a toy car and their TV. This movie was playing on their TV during their “drive in date”.
Next Review: Atlantis: The Lost Empire
This was one of my favorite tapes as a child! I'd watch it alllll the time, thanks for bringing it up
10:56 So true, I think, out of all the characters, Gulliver has the most depth. He actually tried to stop the violence and only pulled Blefescu's ships because they weren't listening to him, "Must I make you listen?!"
12:56 I don't think they get a say, most marriages between the Monarch's children is arranged for them.
14:50 Heigh Ho (I do get All's Well in my head while I'm at work sometimes).
15:00 Whistle While You Work
15:09 Silly Song
15:20 Someday My Prince Will Come (on a side note, I Hear A Dream would've had a bigger soft punch if someone was listening. Maybe if he had a kid in his lap...wait, how about Gabby in one of Gulliver's pockets?).
15:26 One Song ("Sing Faithful and Forever together as one song." There's a clue there).
17:53 Just at least to say that you've seen it.
Every time I watch any adaptation of Gulliver's Travels, it's always the Lilliput story. I'll admit my favorite Gulliver story is the one where he ends up on a floating island inhabited by mad scientists. I really enjoyed the absurdity of their research and inventions, making fun of the advancements in science at the time. Gulliver himself was starting to lose his mind at that point too. It was a delight to read.
I’m taking a class on animation history, and I found out that Walt Disney made “An Old Mill” for practice on doing dramatic scenery for “Snow White” in three years.
Now the Fleischer Studios cartoons were still doing goofy cartoons before making this movie. They went into it without any practice of experience.
But, it’s still a good looking movie
well they made three lavish Popeye "specials" in color.
Considering the momentum built up by the two Popeye Specials, GULLIVER seems like a loss of energy by comparison, and aside from the Fleischer name, the audience may have felt a bit let down, even though it grossed $3 Million in its initial one month release, and made $1.5 Million in profit, off setting its final coast of $1.5 Million.
My only connection to Gulliver's Travels is the parodies of it in Ice Age 2 and Goosebumps, just to name a few.
Also, Atlantis is next! YES!
What?
Know what? You need to elaborate some more than that, brother!
14:40 I was actually thinking more of that Simpsons song with these lyrics "Ho hi, ho hi, it's time to say goodbye. If Disney sues, we'll claim fair use. Ho hi, ho hi, ho hi, ho hi!
Ironic...
2:24 TBH, i think that it was renamed because it would be a huge dissapointment for viewers. Just imagine, you go to "Gulliver's travels" to see a familiar plot, but instead see a boy and a bunch of workers rebel against authorities (Though, what surprised me, is that despite King and his henchmen are portrayed negatively, they have more personality, than workers resembling clay figures)
Very true, good examination.👏
I remember growing up with a handful of Gabby cartoons that my family had on VHS...it wasn't until I was all grown up that I learned the character Gabby was originally from this movie.
Loved this as a kid. The way they melded the 2 songs together into one masterpiece at the end was just absolute genius.
You know something, the citizens of Lilliput look like they belonged to Popeye, while Gulliver looks like he's from the Superman shorts.
and both series were done by Fleischer, so that would make some sense.
Found this in a bin at Shopko a few years before it went belly up.
I remember watching this several times as a kid.
It's a sentimental show to me as it's one of the first animations I watched and really loved.
I remember watching this when I was little. I actually really liked it. I'm a huge Fleischer fan!
Yes. In fact, Max Fleischer's zodiac sign is Cancer ♋. Remember, Superman?
For a moment, I felt like the Rain Song would turn into Starman.
I don't know why, it just sounded like he was about to sing Starman.
Mom pointed this movie out to me when it was on a local channel. I was six, going on seven. I remember even crying along with Gabby and Snitch at the end. I've seen this movie many times since, and remains one of my favorites.
I remember this from my childhood! We had this on VHS-tape with finnish subtitles, and while little illiterate me had no idea what characters were actually talking about, the plot itself was easy to follow.
I recognize “It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day,” but only because I’ve seen Popeye singing it.
This song was used in different cartoons for years, but ut was first heard in Gulliver's Travels.
This movie is so nostalgic to me as I watched it at my Grandma's house on VHS
Pinocchio was Disney’s 2nd animated movie 🍿 after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
❤💖 To be honest, I admired the works of Fleischer Studios with their cartoons like Betty Boop and Popeye and their first two animated films Gulliver's Travels and Mr. Bug Goes to Town. I truly loved 😍 the animation because they do look beautiful 😍 with the human characters like the giant and the humans in Mr Bug do look and capture some realism and the other comedic characters have a subtle cartoony animation even by 2020's standards and it has aged very well and quite comparable to Disney's early 1930's animation.
Flesicher Studios could've have some potential to become Disney's next first rival animated studio and wished they could've made more animated films before Don Bluth and DreamWorks were involved decades later if it wasn't for the management, creative differences between the two co founders and World War 2. They may not be the best animation studio but still delivered something unique and good in their own charm. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤
I agree with you. And I'm one of those fans who think they could have done a LOT more in the feature business if given the chance, just like Rankin/Bass. But they existed, and that's what matters.
Fleischer already attempted Snow White as a Betty Boop short almost five years before the Disney version. It's wonderful.
the man who animated Betty also animated Snow White.....
3:00 I kinda want to contest that. While this part of the movie is indeed prolonged, both as a kid and today it's one of my favorite parts of the movie, just from the visual spectacle and the typical Fleisher 'Million little things happening on screen.' If anything I would call it one of the better examples of how to pad out a movie while still making it engaging.
Growing up, I used to watch this on b&w tv pretty frequently. I enjoyed it, and knew it much better than I did any of the Disney movies. Thanks for a fun and frank review of it.
While I’m aware that mr bug goes to town was major bomb in theaters and the Fleischer brothers were at odds during that time, I always wondered why Paramount never made another animated movie until 1973 Charlottes web. After they left, paramount formed Famous studios and made works like little lulu, Casper the friendly ghost, and more. When disney went back to feature films with Cinderella, it was a hit. I was surprised that nobody like Paramount, Warner bros, or mgm ever tried to make a movie of their own during that period. I felt they had a lot more talent and ambition as Disney did. Sure, they had their own cartoon franchises but It was shame we didn’t see any animated movie from them during that period.
Closest Warner Bros. got was The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Two Brothers from Texas and My Dream Is Yours, both with Bugs Bunny.
Closest MGM got was Anchors Aweigh, Dangerous When Wet, Invitation to the Dance, and kinda Tom Thumb.
@@Smacgregor88 the reason Warner Bros never made an animated was because of budgets. Warners never had the extremely large budgets like Disney. MGM did have higher budgets than Warners. But I don’t know about MGM. Probably from budgets too
Probably because, back then, there was no Oscar for feature-length animated movies. So Warner Bros and MGM just stuck to churning out animated shorts, which are safer / less risky since you don't have to invest that much into them. If ten of them are really successful, it's okay if one flops.
@@brockpifer9929 MGM definitely had the budget to make an animated movie, but they choose not to because they found success in their cartoon shorts (Tom and Jerry won 7 Oscars out of the 11 it was nominated for). And Tom and Jerry is an absolute masterpiece, so honestly, I'm content with what they were able to put out.
@@generalgrievous3731 I always find it interesting that Warner Bros had always have budget issues. They still have to this day because they have an issue with over advertising everything. I feel like they spend more money on the marketing and advertising than the actual project itself. Like with Space Jam: A New Legacy. It had several merchandise. The movie itself was ALMOST a box office bomb. The box office money managed to increase and now it’s over the budget. Looney Tunes: Back In Action didn’t reach the budget reach on time with its release because the budget on Back In Action was 80 million. But the box office managed to only get 68.5 million. It never reached the budget deadline. Warners also had a problem with paying people. Like with Mel Blanc, as he was getting famous for being the man of 1000 voices, Warners had always wanted other people besides Mel to voice the characters. Because Warners didn’t want to pay Mel the money. It’s just I feel Warners is more greedy with their money
I do not think you got the origin story right, they had started making it before Snow White came out, they just wanted to see if Snow White was a success before finishing it.
Loving these classic reviews. I remember watching this version of Gulliver's Travels on an old VHS as a kid.
For an 82 year old animated film this holds up incredibly well and has to be taken with a grain of salt. Snow White as well. Just the art of animation was enough to wow people back then. The early rotoscoping is just fantastic.
I remember watching his “Epic Mickey files” videos as a kid. I just came here to see how he was doing. Didn’t know he was still active.
I’ve always loved Gulliver’s travels! I think one of its crutches is that it’s trying to be like snow white. You can see all of the dwarf inspired antics in the Lilliputian people. If only it had been more … Fleischer. (Betty Boop?)
And we saw it happen again in the 90s when Disney was on top of its game, companies like Warner Bros. were trying to replicate the Disney formula. It’s not until later companies and successes like DreamWorks that we see studios finding unique and successful alternates.
Gotta be honest, I don't remember like a single song from Snow White other than "Hi-Ho" or whatever it's actually called while I remember every one from this one.
While loosely based on the first part of the book and treated more like a fairy tale than a satirical jab at England, its politics and 9 year feud with France like in the original novel, it’s still a better adaptation than the crappy Jack Black film. If you want an adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels that’s more faithful to the book and has all of his travels, I recommend checking out the 1996 miniseries starring Ted Danson as Gulliver and produced Hallmark Entertainment and Jim Henson Productions. It’s actually a really great miniseries.
I think I saw that miniseries when I was a kid.
@@Speedstreak That’s great. Just stick with that instead of the Jack Black film.
I hated the jack black version
Atleast the jack black retelling was an actual movie, this is just shit happening with wooden characters
@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario no
I did watch this movie when it aired once on TCM. Great animation even tho it can't top Disney's version of Snow White.
YES ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE IS NEXT
One of Disney’s underrated animated gems
@@Toontastic_Juju I agree
One of the only Disney films my ex-boyfriend loved.
I had this movie recorded of the tv when I was a child and watched it from time to time. Long long before I could even understand english
This movie is nostalgic for me. I still love it... oddly enough the scene where they were trying to get Gulliver off the beach was my favorite scene
me too
Oh. Flicking. Wow. That thumbnail by itself came with it a TORNADO or nostalgia. Haven't seen Gabby since I was a kid!!
Yay! Atlantis is next! Perfect for its 20th anniversary.
You know which animated feature was a particular favorite among the '90s Disney animation staff (I had it from several horses' mouths)? "Gulliver's Travels." So there.
My grandmother bought this for me on VHS when I was little, watched the heck out of it, but mainly for the miniaturr naval battle and the ingenious mechanical design of the Liliputains
I love when you said, 'Ignore Jack Black.'
no surprise that this animated movie (Gulliver's Travels) is in the public domain!
Ikr? Some animation studios weren’t so careful with renewing the copyright of their respective animated films and just neglected to do it. That’s how we got most of the Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes shorts in the Public Domain.
soon steamboat willie will be too
"Giant on the Beach! Giant on the Beach! There's a Giant, on the Beach!!" (*Heh* Miami Beach, that is. Fleischer Studios Miami, FL. circa 1939.)
Yes, before Jack Black and his Gulliver's Travels films, there was THIS film 😊
You know what they say: when there's success, there will be imitators.
I remember this movie a long time ago on VHS back then
Matt, there's a tidbit you missed
Max & Dave wanted to do all of the book (esp. the talking horses) but Paramount gave them very little time so the film was reduced to just Gilliver's adventures in Lilliput
Imagine if they'd got to Laputa and Miyazaki wasn't the first depiction in animated film
I can tell the copy Animat used for this video is not just the restored HD copy, but also the version on TH-cam that keeps moving the screen at times, just to avoid stupid copyright claims.
That makes no sense considering the film is in the public domain. So they don’t need to worry about copyrights.
@@hunterolaughlin I know right?
And the same happened to Mr. Bug Goes To Town, with the moving screen effect crap just to avoid false copyright claims, which ain't happening anytime soon.
I may have not seen this movie, but I've heard about it for some time and I've actually seen some of the cartoons starring Gabby. At least they had one song from this film that I know pretty well.
Can't wait to dive down to Atlantis next time.
Did you know that the Gabby character actually got a few animated shorts?
Wasn't there another animated adaptation fo Gullivers Travels featuring Richard Harris from 1976?
I had this on VHS and I watched it a lot.
Im suprissed that this film is NOT Exclusive to Paramount Plus, and instead free to watch on youtube, considering the fact that Paramount was the one who originaly released this film.
Then again, considering the film is in the Public Domain, the film pretty much belongs to everyone.
Glad you did a review for this film. 😁 This is my TOP favorite out of the two features Fleischer's had done; all the more special that sounds.... I think. Why I put the princess on my list of Official Non-Disney Princesses
I saw a clip of this film in an episode of Jimmy Neutron.
Only the first part, aww man they don’t get to the horse people; or the part where he comes back crazy and spends all his time with horses. And wasn’t the Lilliputian conflict over which end of the egg to crack???
I cannot wait until your Atlantis The Lost Empire review.
One of my guilty pressure movies I've enjoyed happens to be the 2010 movie adaptation of Gulliver's Travels (the 2010 one starting Jack Black), and I can't help it with my taste of movies (especially ones with Jack Black) and my sense of laugher or humor when watching a movie. Also your video is pretty awesome! Have a good day! :D
Yes at last Atlantis is next! now the only Disney movie that Animat has to a review that was directed by Kirk wise and Gary Truesdale is beauty and the beast.
I definitely agree. Beauty and the Beast’s 30th anniversary is in November. The timing couldn’t be any better. I’d also like to see him review the Broadway musical version. There’s 2 recordings of the show on TH-cam, one from the 1995 US Tour in Los Angeles and one from the 2001 US Tour.
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Much better than ANYTHING that The Simpsons did to reference Disney. Fight me.
Regarding the over-long gag sequences with little story, such as the scene where Gulliver is tied up and moved into town, it should be noted that Fleischer studios was still probably working in their usual headspace of 7 minute shorts, rather than full, cinematic experiences. The film then comes together more like a series of self-contained shorts and set-pieces, strung together by a very thin plot. Beautifully animated, but lacking the true cinematic cohesion of Snow White.
I have such a deep love for this movie as I grew up watching it.
Probably the easiest animated movie to access and watch because (echo) PUBLIC DOMAIN!!
I grew up with this movie 😊 So nice to see it get attention 😊
Every time I hear Gulliver's Travels, I also heard It's A Hap Hap Happy Day at the back of my mind. Because I watch it before but I enjoyed the song.
It helps that Paramount used the song in their shorts.
The Popeye cartoons, the Betty Boop cartoons, and the Superman cartoons were the best that Fleischer Studios has to offer.
The movie was used in a episode on jimmy neutron tv show the incredible town shrinking
0:03 is that Nicolas cage lol.
I was born in 91 and a lot of the films and cartoons I grew up with were ones that dad watched as a kid. This film is one of them. I barley remember what happens in the film as I was about 5 years old when I watched it. But I always remembered the song and scene where the giant Sings by the ocean, I think its called 'Home again'. It was my favourite song in the whole film.
I liked Faithful and Forever pretty good. Oh hell. *All the songs are great*
4:19 The last few minutes of online class on Friday in a nutshell
Paramount's 1st Animated Movie
I love the design of Lilliput. It might be intentionally disney-esque, but it's got the fairytale charm with its whimsical, not entirely realistic, yet believable architecture down perfectly. I love how there are barely any right angles. Everything is smooth, but twisty.
And the geography is surprisibgly sound compared to the cartooniness of its inhabitants. You can instantly tell where on the island a scene takes place from the backgrounds alone.
The settings are definutely the strong point of the Fleischer animated features, especially in Buggity Goes To Town where they tackle a modern settings, way before Disney dared to do the same in 101 Dalmatians.
It's a shame the studio went down so early. Even w/o WW2 I dozbt they could've competed with Disney fir much longer, but it would've been nice to see at least 1 or 2 more of the worlds they might have created.
You thought Gulliver's Travels wanted to be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, checkout Sleeping Beauty.
I think I remember watching this on a 50 Old Cartoons Pack - Wow, is this a Nostalgia bomb! O_O
I had this on VHS and used to watch it all the time!
Totally different stories! I never thought to compare Gulliver and Snow White story wise. This whole video roasting an animated film from nearly 90 years ago is just sad. Think of the hours spent drawing each 'tedious ' scene. This dude isnt the right one to give a review on this. Reminds me of Rachel Zeigler. "Weird..weird.".
1. All's well = Heigh ho
2. Hap hap happy day = whistle while you work
3. Night owls in the daylight = The silly song
4. I hear a dream = Someday my prince will come
5. Faithful/ Forever = One song
It lost to another movie , something about four friends . It's The Wizard of Oz .
Originally it was gonna star Popeye.
Gabby's song is based on the tune "The Merry Peasant" by Robert Schumann. It's his theme song in the Gabby cartoon shorts too.
14:40 “Hi ho ho! Hi ho ho! It’s off to court we go!”
ROFL!
YES! ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE IS NEXT!!! WOO!
YEAH!!!
"Hey, look, I made a bridge!"
12:22 Reminds me of the kings from Sleeping Beauty
Next time Animat is going to to the lost city of Atlantis to talk about one of the most Underrated Disney Films ever made just in time for it’s 20th anniversary
Sompote Sands: Claimed that he "owned" international rights of the first 6 Ultraman Series plus Jumborg Ace outside of Japan.
Tsuburaya: 14:40
This is my favorite animated film ever! The animation is fantastic as Gulliver is very life like especially when he sang Sailor man by the beach. This is better than most movies today.
Also, I really wouldn't talk much on David and Glory not really having much of a say in their own wedding.
After all, this is a medieval time setting where arranged marriages were both the norm and political chess moves.
Also, marrying for love was something kinda new, only being around for about 150 years at the time.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire is next
Gulliver's skin tone is too perfect. An Englishman living in the 17th-18th century would be most unlikely to enjoy such excellent health.
Atlantis the Lost empire is next? That's pretty cool, I always considered it a underrated Disney film.
I haven't seen it but it's probably still better than the Jack Black version.
Definitely check this out. Like AniMat said, it’s in the Public Domain so it’s easier to watch it on TH-cam. But if you want a more faithful adaptation to the novel that includes *all* of Gulliver’s travels, check out the 1996 miniseries.
Of course because that one is crap.
@@josephrowe849 Yes I know that one is crap, that was the point I was making.
@@hunterolaughlin I've seen the Ted Danson one now, it's great!