Alice in Wonderland
Directed by	Nick Willing
Produced by	Dyson Lovell
Written by	Lewis Carroll (novel) Peter Barnes (screenplay)
Starring	Tina Majorino Whoopi Goldberg Ben Kingsley Christopher Lloyd Peter Ustinov Ken Dodd Robbie Coltrane Miranda Richardson George Wendt Gene Wilder Martin Short Liz Smith
Music by	Richard Hartley
Cinematography	Stefan Lange Giles Nuttgens
Editing by	Alex Mackie
Distributed by	Hallmark Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 28, 1999
Running time	129 minutes
Language	English
Budget	US$21,000,000
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Alice in Wonderland was a television movie first broadcast in 1999 on NBC based upon Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Dyson Lovell is a film producer and actor born on the 28 August 1940. ... The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Peter Barnes, (January 10, 1931–July 1, 2004), was an English playwright and screenwriter. ... Majorino in Napoleon Dynamite, 2004 Tina Marie Majorino[1] (born February 7, 1985) is an American film and television actress. ... Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio presenter, host, and author. ... Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. ... For other persons named Christopher Lloyd, see Christopher Lloyd (disambiguation). ... Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: ; April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. ... Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (born 8 November 1927, in Knotty Ash, Liverpool), better known as Ken Dodd, is a veteran English comedian and singer, famous for selling over 100 million records, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or tickling stick), and his catchphrases, often playing on the tickled motif... For the jazz saxophonist, see Ravi Coltrane. ... Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award nominated English actress. ... George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers. ... Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his four movies with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil... Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. ... Elizabeth Liz Smith (born 11 December 1921) is a BAFTA-Award winning English actress best known for her roles in the sitcoms The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family, and who also appeared in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ... Richard Hartley (born July 28, 1944) is a British composer. ... Giles Nuttgens is a British cinematographer and member of the British Society of Cinematographers (BSC). ... Hallmark Cards, a privately owned company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... USD redirects here. ... “Telefilm” redirects here. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... This article is about the television network. ... The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Alice in Wonderland redirects here. ... Through the Looking Glass redirects here. ...

Tina Majorino played the lead role of Alice, and a number of well-known performers portrayed the eccentric characters whom Alice meets during the course of the story, including Ben Kingsley, Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Peter Ustinov, Gene Wilder, and Miranda Richardson (who played the Queen of Hearts and who coincidently one of her most famous roles was of Queen of Elizabeth in Blackadder, whose catch phrase was also "off with their head"). Majorino in Napoleon Dynamite, 2004 Tina Marie Majorino[1] (born February 7, 1985) is an American film and television actress. ... John Tenniel illustrated the first editions of the Alice books. ... Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. ... Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. ... Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio presenter, host, and author. ... Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: ; April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. ... Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his four movies with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil... Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award nominated English actress. ... For other uses, see Blackadder (disambiguation). ...

The film won four Emmy Awards in the categories of costume design, makeup, music composition, and visual effects. An Emmy Award. ...

Synopsis

The film follows the storyline of the book closely, save for adding some scenes from Through the Looking Glass. It also changes the opening "real world" scene from Alice and her sister sitting at a riverbank to Alice in her bedroom, reluctantly practicing the song "Cherry Ripe", which she is expected to perform at a garden party. (The party guests are played by the same actors as the Wonderland characters, and are shown as resembling them in appearance and personality, in a similar manner to the MGM version of The Wizard of Oz. The toys in Alice's room also reflect the residents of Wonderland). Thanks to stage fright, and constant nagging from her confident music teacher, Alice runs out of the house and hides herself in the woods nearby until the party has ended. However, an apple floats down from the tree and seems to hover in Alice's face. She is suddenly distracted by a human-sized White Rabbit (voiced by Richard Coombs) rushing by. Curious, Alice follows the White Rabbit, falling down his rabbit hole and ending up in Wonderland. 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. ... Cherry Ripe is an Australian chocolate bar manufactured by Cadbury Australia Pty. ... The Wizard of Oz (film) redirects here. ... For other uses, see Stage fright (disambiguation). ... The White Rabbit, as seen in Lewis Carrolls book Alice in Wonderland The White Rabbit is a fictional character in Lewis Carrolls book Alice in Wonderland. ...

Alice travels throughout Wonderland, meeting a large number of bizarre people and challenges. Alice first has problems keeping her size the same while attempting to go through a small door leading to a beautiful garden, eventually she grows massively tall and floods the room she is in with her tears before shrinking to the size of a mouse. She then meets a Mr. Mouse (Ken Dodd) and his avian friends who participate in a Caucas Race, where everyone wins. Alice encounters the White Rabbit again who directs her to his house. There, Alice comes across a bottle of liquid that makes her enormous and trapped in the house. The White Rabbit and his gardeners Pat and Bill attempt to remove Alice by going down the chimney, but Alice shrinks again. Wandering in a forest, she encounters Major Caterpillar (Ben Kingsley) who advices her to not be afraid before transforming into a butterfly. Alice grows back to normal size by eating part of a mushroom. She ventures to a nearby manorhouse where she meets the musical Duchess, her pig-like baby, her pepper-obsessed plate-throwing cook, and the Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg). The baby is left in Alice's care but it turns into a pig and is released. The Cheshire Cat advices Alice to visit the Mad Hatter and his friends the March Hare and Mr. Dormouse. Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (born 8 November 1927, in Knotty Ash, Liverpool), better known as Ken Dodd, is a veteran English comedian and singer, famous for selling over 100 million records, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or tickling stick), and his catchphrases, often playing on the tickled motif... Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. ... Superfamilies and families Superfamily Hedyloidea: Hedylidae Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio presenter, host, and author. ... For the Batman supervillain, see Mad Hatter (comics). ...

Meeting the trio at a tea party, Alice is given rather odd advice on how to avoid stagefright, the Mad Hatter leaping onto the table to do his performance he previously did at a concert of the Queen of Hearts. Alice eventually leaves when the Mad Hatter and March Hare begins smashing cups and plates. She comes across the small door and using her intelligence, succeeds in getting through it into the garden which is actually the labyrinth maze belonging to the Queen. The Queen of Hearts (Miranda Richardson) invites her to a bizarre game of croquet, but her love for decapitating people annoys Alice. The Cheshire Cat's head appears in the sky and is ordered to be executed, but reasoning from Alice stops the Queen. The Duchess arrives to answer the King's question of who the Cat's owner is, but the Cat has vanished. Alice leaves the croquet game, meeting the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle (Gene Wilder). The two sing with Alice, giving her great encouragement. Alice then wanders into a darker area of Wonderland, meeting a White Knight (Christopher Lloyd) who encourages her to be brave. Queen of Hearts is the name of: one of the four Queens in several card games. ... Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award nominated English actress. ... The Mock Turtle and The Gryphon The Mock Turtle is a fictional character devised by Lewis Carroll from his popular book Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ... Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his four movies with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil... For other persons named Christopher Lloyd, see Christopher Lloyd (disambiguation). ...

Alice then meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee who have some antics with her before getting into a fight over a dropped rattle. Alice is then taken to the royal court where the Knave of Hearts is put on trial for apparently stealing the Queen's jam tarts. The Mad Hatter and his companions appear as witnesses but he is accused of stealing someone else's hat and is recognised by the Queen for singing at her concert, prompting him to sing his Twinkle Song. Alice is then called to the stand but she uses some mushroom pieces to grow to great heights. She sees the jam tarts have been untouched and the trial is pointless. She openly criticizes the Queen, the King and Wonderland. The White Rabbit, who is present at the court, reveals he deliberately lured Alice into Wonderland to conquer her fears. He then sends her back home using the same hovering apple that brought her there in the first place.

Awakening back home, Alice courageously sings in front of her parents and their guests, but instead of singing Cherry Ripe, she sings the Lobster Quadrillde. The audience enjoy her performance and applaude. Alice spots the Cheshire Cat in the audience who smiles at her in a term of congratulations.

Cast

• A mouse, played by Ken Dodd
• Major Caterpillar (Sir Ben Kingsley)
• The Duchess (Elizabeth Spriggs)
• Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg)
• The Mad Hatter (Martin Short)
• The Queen (Miranda Richardson)
• The Gryphon (voiced by Donald Sinden)
• The Mock Turtle (Gene Wilder)
• A White Knight (Christopher Lloyd)
• Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Robbie Coltrane and George Wendt)
• The Walrus and the Carpenter (with Peter Ustinov and Pete Postlethwaite as the titular characters)

Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (born 8 November 1927, in Knotty Ash, Liverpool), better known as Ken Dodd, is a veteran English comedian and singer, famous for selling over 100 million records, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or tickling stick), and his catchphrases, often playing on the tickled motif... Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji on December 31, 1943) is an English actor of Indian (Gujarati) and Russian-Jewish descent. ... Elizabeth Spriggs (born 1929 in Buxton, England) is a British actress. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio presenter, host, and author. ... For the Batman supervillain, see Mad Hatter (comics). ... Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian/American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. ... Miranda Jane Richardson (born 3 March 1958) is an Academy Award nominated English actress. ... Gryphon may refer to: Gryphon, a legendary creature with the head, talons, and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. ... Sir Donald Alfred Sinden, CBE (born Plymouth, 9 October 1923) is an English stage and film actor. ... The Mock Turtle and The Gryphon The Mock Turtle is a fictional character devised by Lewis Carroll from his popular book Alices Adventures in Wonderland. ... Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Willy Wonka, his collaborations with Mel Brooks in Blazing Saddles, The Producers, and Young Frankenstein, and his four movies with Richard Pryor: Silver Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil... For other persons named Christopher Lloyd, see Christopher Lloyd (disambiguation). ... Tweedledum and Tweedledee are characters in Lewis Carrolls Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There and in a nursery rhyme by an anonymous author. ... For the jazz saxophonist, see Ravi Coltrane. ... George Robert Wendt (born October 17, 1948) is an American actor best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the television show Cheers. ... The Walrus and the Carpenter speaking to the Oysters, as portrayed by illustrator John Tenniel The Walrus and the Carpenter is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appeared in his book Through the Looking-Glass, published in December 1871. ... Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov, CBE (IPA: ; April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004), born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov, was an Academy Award-winning English actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur of French, Italian, Swiss, Russian, German and Ethiopian ancestry. ... Peter William Postlethwaite OBE (born February 7, 1945)[1] is an English actor. ...

External links

• Alice in Wonderland at the Internet Movie Database