A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.A girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and wanders into the strange Wonderland.
Jo Maxwell Muller
- Alice's Sister
- (as Jo Maxwell-Muller)
Michael Redgrave
- Caterpillar
- (as Sir Michael Redgrave)
Anthony Trent
- Fish Footman
- (as Tony Trent)
- …
Wilfrid Lawson
- Dormouse
- (as Wilfred Lawson)
- Director
- Writers
- Lewis Carroll
- Jonathan Miller(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaWriter, Producer, and Director Jonathan Miller explained that the reason that none of the actors or actresses (even those playing non-human characters) wore costumes aside from Victorian period dress, was that he thought it was ridiculous to get big name stars to play parts (as he did in this movie and MGM had done in Alice in Wonderland (1933)) and then cover them up in big costume animal heads so they were unrecognizable.
- GoofsIn the scenes with the Mock Turtle, his legs are crossed in all the long shots, but in close-up shots, his legs are in a completely different position; without there being enough time to have changed them from one shot and another.
- Crazy creditsThe "cast in order of appearance" is slightly incorrect. The cast lists the Mock Turtle (Sir John Gielgud), the Gryphon (Malcolm Muggeridge) and the Executioner (David Battley) in that order. In fact the Executioner appears first in the scenes with the King and Queen of Hearts, and then the Gryphon appears in order to take Alice to the Mock Turtle, who appears last.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Worlds of Fantasy: The Child Within (2008)
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A surreal BBC "Wednesday Play"
This is an experimental TV-movie from the BBC's "Wednesday Play" anthology. That series was always willing to risk trying something different, and this ambitious, low-budget "Alice" is certainly different. I don't exactly *enjoy* this film, but it's certainly fascinating.
I appreciate it as an experiment in what television could do. I admire the cast of iconic and talented Britons who wouldn't normally coincide in the same project: Peter Sellers, John Gielgud, Leo McKern (in drag as the Duchess), Michael Redgrave, Peter Cook, Wilfrid Brambell, Alan Bennett, Malcolm Muggeridge, etc.
I also admire the creativity it took to imagine this quintessentially British tale accompanied by Ravi Shankar music.
Some viewers may find the film too creepy and surreal, but the original book is pretty disturbing to begin with. This film is fairly incoherent, but then so is the book, which follows the ever-shifting logic of a dream.
The biggest problem (aside from pacing that now seems too leisurely) is that Miller's production assumes you already know what's going on. For instance, it assumes you know that the two men dressed as... um... men are actually the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle.
In other words, this is an "Alice" for people who are already overdosed on adaptations of "Alice," and who might appreciate a weirdly different take on the familiar story. Or to narrow that audience a bit, people age 12 and up who might appreciate a different take on the story.
I appreciate it as an experiment in what television could do. I admire the cast of iconic and talented Britons who wouldn't normally coincide in the same project: Peter Sellers, John Gielgud, Leo McKern (in drag as the Duchess), Michael Redgrave, Peter Cook, Wilfrid Brambell, Alan Bennett, Malcolm Muggeridge, etc.
I also admire the creativity it took to imagine this quintessentially British tale accompanied by Ravi Shankar music.
Some viewers may find the film too creepy and surreal, but the original book is pretty disturbing to begin with. This film is fairly incoherent, but then so is the book, which follows the ever-shifting logic of a dream.
The biggest problem (aside from pacing that now seems too leisurely) is that Miller's production assumes you already know what's going on. For instance, it assumes you know that the two men dressed as... um... men are actually the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle.
In other words, this is an "Alice" for people who are already overdosed on adaptations of "Alice," and who might appreciate a weirdly different take on the familiar story. Or to narrow that audience a bit, people age 12 and up who might appreciate a different take on the story.
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- StevenCapsuto
- Aug 14, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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