Legendary animated film maker Max Fleisher almost made film history with his full-length cartoon of Gulliver’s Travels. Released in 1939, it just missed being the first full-length animated feature to be released in theaters, a feat Walt Disney achieved when he released Snow White. Still, the charm of Fleisher’s work is well worth seeing, as are the seven spin-off cartoons made with Gabby, the pint-sized comic relief of his Gulliver’s Travels. The 1902 film by George Melies added to the disc is a curiosity, but at just 4 minutes running time hardly worth the effort. The 1965 anime of Gulliver’s Travels Beyond the Moon is fun, but probably for anime fans only.
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