Alex in Wonderland is a 1970 feature-length black comedy film directed by Paul Mazursky, starring Donald Sutherland and Ellen Burstyn. Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire where topics and events normally treated seriously â death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, etc. ... Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and film director. ... Donald Sutherland Donald McNicol Sutherland, OC (born July 17, 1935) is a Canadian film actor perhaps best known for his role in military and horror films in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Ellen Burstyn (born December 7, 1932 as Edna Rae Gilhooley in Detroit, Michigan) is an Irish-American actress. ...
Mazursky plays a small role in the film, which also features cameo appearances by Federico Fellini and Jeanne Moreau. Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from Taxi Driver, the first scene in which Cybill Shepherd appears. ... Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 â October 31, 1993) was an Italian film-maker and director and one of the key film auteurs of the second half of the twentieth century. ... Jeanne Moreau (born January 23, 1928 in Paris, France) is a French actress. ...
Alex was clearly not enjoying the show, and since there's really only one valid reason to be in the Magic Kingdom -- so your children can have fun -- Alex's parents broke off from the larger family group and whisked Alex to the relative quiet of Liberty Square.
Alex had the most fun on Tom Sawyer Island, walking through the woods, climbing on the playground equipment, and exploring a recreation of an old fort.
Alex actually found peace and quiet on Tom Sawyer Island, and in Disney's Magic Kingdom, that is the most elusive commodity of all.