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From: The Independent - London
Date: 19980330
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels have enchanted all ages, not least with Channel 4's recent adaptation with Ted Danson as Gulliver. Set in 1726, this extraordinary story charts Gulliver's incredible experiences during the time that he was lost at sea and marks the first time all four parts of Swift's novel have been put on film. Filmed on location in London and Portugal, Gulliver's adventures are interwoven with the story of his return to London where he struggles to prove his sanity and rescue his wife (Mary Steenburgh), and young son Tom (Thomas Sturridge) from the conniving Dr Bates ...
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