Alice sings "All in the Golden Afternoon" with a garden of flowers in this scene from Walt Disney's 1951 animated feature Alice in Wonderland.

Alice in Wonderland is the thirteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released to theaters on July 28, 1951 by RKO Radio Pictures. Lewis Carroll's surreal books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have been frequently adapted for film; this adaptation solved the problems of the setting by using animation. The film uses the voices of Kathryn Beaumont as Alice and Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter. Still under the supervision of Walt Disney himself, this film and its animation are often regarded as some of the finest work in Disney studio history. Alice in Alice in Wonderland, among the talking flowers This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Alice in Alice in Wonderland, among the talking flowers This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Part of a garden in Bristol, England A flower bed in the gardens of Bristol Zoo, England. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive organ of those plants classified as angiosperms ( flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Walt Disney Walter Elias Walt Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966), was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Animation refers to the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... This is a list of animated feature films produced by Walt Disney Productions/The Walt Disney Company: Official canon The following is a list of the forty-four feature films officially part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) canon. ... Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... A cow on a pole. ... A book is a collection of leaves of paper, parchment or other material, bound together along one edge within covers. ... John Tenniels illustration for A Mad Tea-Party, 1865 Alices Adventures in Wonderland is a work of childrens literature by the British mathematician and author Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. ... Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of childrens literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), and is the sequel to Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ... Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Ed Wynn (November 9, 1886 - June 19, 1966) was a popular United States entertainer, born Isaiah Edward Leopold in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Walt Disney Feature Animation (WDFA) is the animation studio that makes up a key element of The Walt Disney Company. ...

Walt Disney had been interested in the novels and had tried adapting the first of the Alice books during the late 1930s and early 1940s, yet World War II caused the project to be shelved. After the war, Disney thought of making Alice in Wonderland as a mix of live action and animation (as in Disney's early Alice shorts, which featured a live-action Alice in an animated setting, or the feature Song of the South), yet this idea eventually grew into a fully animated musical. Upon its release, the film was panned by critics and failed at the box office. Disney later said he despised the film, and it was not reissued theatrically the way that other Disney films were. Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented First atom was split with a particle accelerator Golden Age of radio begins in U.S. Disney adopts a three-color Technicolor process for cartoons First Kit Kat in UK The photocopier is invented by Carlson Air mail service across the Atlantic Science... Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the V1 flying bomb and the first ballistic missile, the... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Song of the South is also a hit single by American couhrty band Alabama. ...

However, the surreal elements in the film sparked a revival of the film in the psychedelic generation, which led to theatrical reissues in 1974 and 1981. It was released on video in 1981 and 1986, staying in general release ever since. It was released on DVD in Region 2 in 1999 and in Region 1 in 2000, and on a fully restored two disc edition in 2004. Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the unconscious. ... This entry pertains to the word psychedelic, its origin and uses. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Alice in Wonderland (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043274/) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Alice in Wonderland (http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=29&cartoon=Alice%20in%20Wonderland)
• Lenny's Alice in Wonderland site (http://www.alice-in-wonderland.net) contains background info, trivia and pictures.