Gulliver's Travels Page #3

Synopsis: Lemuel Gulliver has been working in the mail room of a New York daily newspaper for the past ten years. Afraid to put himself out there, he considers himself a loser, as do all his peers. One day, after having finally had enough, he decides to declare his flame to the beautiful Darcy Silverman, the newspaper's travel editor and one of Gulliver's only friends...only to chicken out at the last minute and instead tell her that he'd like to try his hand at writing a column. Darcy accepts and sends him on an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle. There, Gulliver becomes shipwrecked and ends up on the island of Liliput, where he is twelve taller than the tallest man. For the first time, Gulliver has people looking up to him...
Director(s): Rob Letterman
Production: 20th Century Fox
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.9
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
PG
Year:
2010
85 min
$42,776,259
Website
3,288 Views


Does that translate here?

Is that a joke here?

Flood on aisle two?

Thanks, you guys.

The king requests the honor

of your company...

at a banquet this evening.

Do you accept?

Yeah.

On one condition.

You free my friend, Horatio,

and allow me to bring him as my plus one.

He is jailed for... unlawful courting.

He must return.

That's my condish!

One moment, if you will.

Why are you doing this for me?

Because you're my buddy.

I'm not gonna go to this thing without you.

I'm not gonna know anybody there.

You have to come.

Play it cool.

The king requests the honor of your...

and Horatio the Glovier's company at a

royal banquet this evening. Do you accept?

Yes, indeed.

- I can make it.

- Oh, God.

Oh, my God.

I'm forever indebted to you.

It's not necessary.

Instead, let's just do this.

What is that?

You pound it with your fist!

Come on, don't leave me hanging.

Yeah!

Now let's go party!

Is anyone gonna...

I'm just gonna go ahead and get this.

So, since you're not...

from Blefuscia...

where are you from...

beast?

Once again, totally cool

to be just called Gulliver.

Some people believe you've come

from the Island Where We Dare Not Go.

Is there any truth to this rumor?

No. Where's the

Island Where We Dare Not Go?

There...

beyond the fog bank.

I didn't come through a fog bank.

I'm from the island of Manhattan...

between the islands of...

Staten and Long.

This island of Manhattan,

what sort of kingdom is it?

I'm not from a kingdom.

I'm actually from a democracy.

You see, we elect a president

every four years.

You are so honorable...

and courageous.

Were you the president?

Of course, he was, Mother.

Look at him.

He is the most powerful

gentleman in all the land.

I'm so sorry if Mother

embarrassed you.

No, it's a common mistake

to not think I was president.

Were you a victorious president?

Yeah. I was pretty victorious.

Noble, as well?

Yeah, I was super noble.

I was actually known

as "President the Awesome."

"President the Awesome."

Pretty unlikely title.

When do you return home,

noble and awesome Gulliver?

Pretty soon, I suppose. Yes?

I should imagine they're

falling apart without you...

their greatest hero.

Without my boat,

looks like I'm stuck here.

Don't worry.

My army will find your boat.

In the meantime,

we could find you accommodations.

Like some hay to sleep on?

- Anything.

- Anything?

We are the finest builders in all the land.

We can build you anything.

Seriously, we are ridiculously

good builders.

And we are your servants,

awesome Gulliver.

I don't wanna take advantage, but...

It's day seven

of my stay here in Lilliput.

At first, me and the little guys

got off on the wrong foot...

but turns out they're

a pretty solid group of dudes.

They're building me

a temporary place to live.

They threw me an awesome party

just for releasing myself...

and the king sent out

a search party to find my boat.

In the meantime...

I'm roughing it.

That is a good cup of joe.

Good morning!

Morning, Gulliver.

- Morning!

- Morning!

Top of the morning to you, fellas.

Gulliver...

your media room is ready.

Obi-Wan never told you

what happened to your father.

He told me enough. He told me...

you killed him!

No, Gulliver.

I am your father.

No way.

This is an impossibility!

Yet somehow,

it seems completely inevitable.

Gulliver, you truly have

lived a thousand lives.

King Theodore, it is time to perform

our bi-weekly military exercises.

Just one moment.

We're watching the stories...

of Gulliver's life.

We have not missed a military

exercise in over three hundred years.

Dude!

Get out of the way.

We cannot see the screen!

Move! Move!

The Titanic is sinking!

But it was meant to be unsinkable.

I love you, Gulliver.

No, don't do that.

You're gonna make lots of babies

and die in a warm bed...

in old age.

I'm cold.

And also...

I'm king of the world!

Oh, Gulliver.

Bravo!

Encore!

Wait!

I'm sorry.

You mean to say that you actually died

in this shipwreck?

Yeah, I died.

You actually died.

But I was resuscitated.

It's preposterous.

No, but then I survived.

It's ridiculous.

- You have to see the seq...

- But you're okay now!

It's silly.

Just silly, silly stories.

So, let me get this straight.

After you were brought back

to life as an avatar...

that's when you met your princess,

Darcy Silverman of Manhattan?

Yeah. Can't wait to get back to her.

I noticed you had a little

eye contact with the princess.

- How is it going?

- Good, yeah!

I think if things go well,

within two to four years...

she may deign to speak to me.

Hold your horses.

Thank God.

Now, you can't woo a lady

by hoping she'll deign...

to speak to you.

To land a princess, you got to employ

some grade-A court-age.

Could you teach me?

This court-age that you speak.

Yeah, I could teach you

some of my moves.

Yes!

Thank you.

If you beat me back home.

- I need a head start.

- On you mark, get set, go!

I'm not ready to race you!

Princess! Oh, Princess!

Wherefore art thou, Princess?

Hello! Who calls?

It is I, Horatio.

Why are you so far away?

I don't want to invoke

the ire of thy father.

But I must be honest...

And tell ye...

And tell ye...

Tell me what, Horatio?

You don't have to be rich

to be my girl.

Say it!

You don't have to be rich

to be my girl.

You don't have to be cool

to rule my world.

You don't have to be cool

to rule my world.

Horatio, these passionate words

could get us into trouble.

There's no particular sign

I'm more compatible with.

There's no particular sign

that I'm more compatible with.

I just want your extra time and your...

...kiss.

Kiss.

What beauty emanates from your lips!

Think I'm gonna dance now.

I think I'd better dance now.

Think I'm gonna dance now!

Put more mustard on it, baby.

Feel it. Move your hips.

I don't think it's working.

You're not dancing good. Shake it!

I've never been wooed

with such unique passion.

It's working!

Did I tell you?

Yes!

I hear someone coming!

Till the morrow.

It worked! I did it!

Let's go.

Yes!

To whom were you speaking,

my darling?

No one.

Me. I was... I was speaking to me.

Myself.

What are you doing in my chambers?

I have come to court you...

as I always do...

at this time of day.

Or have you already forgotten

who is your one true eternal love?

No, no. Of course, I remember.

Remember what?

That you are my one true...

...eternal love.

It's just that I was talking...

with the giant and lost track of time.

I trust not this beast.

Seems trustworthy to me.

- He's very nice.

- You've done sewing.

Sewing. Yes.

An embroidery.

It's my grandmother's doily

and I'm trying to present...

I captured a hawk today.

Did you?

He lay in a field. I came behind him

and captured him with my bare hand.

This is impressive, also.

Fun.

Fun courtship...

you and I have.

It is over now.

Must go.

Those villagers shan't

pillage themselves.

We must alert General Edward

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Joe Stillman

Joseph "Joe" Stillman (born August 1, 1959) is an American television and movie writer, producer and director. Before becoming a screenwriter he worked for several TV shows like Beavis and Butt-head, King of the Hill, Doug and The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Stillman's first screen credits were on Joseph: King of Dreams and his second on Shrek, both for DreamWorks. His most recent credits are on Planet 51 for TriStar and Gulliver's Travels for 20th Century Fox. more…

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