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NBC ’s The 10th Kingdom was a cult-classic fantasy miniseries that aired in 2000 .
The show was based on Gulliver 's Travels , a collaboration between Hallmark Entertainment and NBC .
The series had a lot going for it, including a cast full of big names.
The 10th Kingdom is one of the last bastions of an idyllic, pre-9/11 fantasy.
The show circles from bad all the way back around to good again, the way most objects of nostalgia do (or should) Rutger Hauer , Ann-Margret , Camryn Manheim , Lucy Punch and Warwick Davis round out the cast.
The 10th Kingdom , like so many other misunderstood or ill-appreciated works of film and TV, has become a card-carrying member of the club of cult classics.
Despite the big names and the money and the whimsy, despite the show’s somewhat sizable premiere ratings, it couldn’t stick.
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