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Gulliver`s Travels   1996         TV, 188 min. Genre: Adventure Director: Charles Sturridge   Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox, Ned Beatty, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, John Standing, Alfre Woodard, Geraldine Chaplin, Peter O'Toole, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Phoebe Nicholls, Karyn Parsons, Edward Petherbridge, John Wells   An all-star cast, Jim Henson's special effects, and good performances make this made-for-TV miniseries a joy to watch and is probably the most faithful retelling of the Jonathan Swift social satire. Lemuel Gulliver (Ted Danson) returns home to Mary (Mary Steenburgen) after a long absence and acts out his wild adventures that include the tiny Lilliputians, the huge Brobdingnags, the Laputas (the no-common-sense scientists), and the intelligent horses surrounded by wild humans. Cast Ted Danson Lemuel Gulliver Mary Steenburgen Mary Gulliver James Fox Dr. Bates Ned Beatty Farmer Grultrud Edward Fox Gen. Limtoc Robert Hardy Dr. Parnell John Standing Adm. Bololam Alfre Woodard Queen of Brobdingnag Geraldine Chaplin Empress Munodi Peter O'Toole Emperor of Lilliput Nicholas Lyndhurst Clustril Phoebe Nicholls Empress of Lilliput Karyn Parsons Lady-in-Waiting Edward Petherbridge Dr. Pritchard John Wells Flimnap the Treasurer