It . Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered . [182] Johnny Depp returned as The Hatter, Mia Wasikowska reprised the role of Alice, and Helena Bonham Carter returned as the Red Queen. The Queens gather their armies on a chessboard-like battlefield and send Alice and the Jabberwocky to decide the battle in single combat. A live-action adaptation and re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's works, the film follows Alice Kingsleigh, a nineteen-year-old who accidentally falls down a rabbit hole, returns to Wonderland and alongside the Mad Hatter, helps restore the White Queen to her throne by fighting against the Red Queen and her Jabberwocky, a dragon that terrorizes Wonderlands inhabitants. [171] The company also released Cruella, a live-action spin-off of One Hundred and One Dalmatians, and has plans for live-action spin-offs of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Peter Pan along with a live-action prequel to Aladdin. Fairy and Fairytale. 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The surprised Alice follows him down a rabbit hole, which sends her down a lengthy plummet but to a safe landing. Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 American period adventure fantasy film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay written by Linda Woolverton and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Outside North America, Alice is the thirteenth-highest-grossing film,[126] the highest-grossing 2010 film,[127] the fourth-highest-grossing Disney film, the second-highest-grossing film starring Johnny Depp[100] and the highest-grossing film directed by Tim Burton. When she returns to the gazebo at the garden party, she refuses Hamish's proposal and impresses Lord Ascot with her idea of establishing trade routes to Hong Kong, inspiring him to take her as his apprentice. It tells of a young girl named Alice, who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. An aimless gamer and his two friends find themselves in a parallel Tokyo, where they're forced to compete in a series of sadistic games to survive. When the Duchess ruminates on finding morals in everything around her, the Queen dismisses her on the threat of execution. 5.8. Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass had only a few adaptations before this movie; this adaptation solved the . It looks like a CGI head trip gone post apocalyptic. Alice learns that the vorpal sword, the only weapon capable of killing the Jabberwocky, is locked inside the Bandersnatch's den. She meets a Caterpillar seated on a mushroom and smoking a hookah. [5] Carroll published a sequel in 1871 entitled Through the Looking-Glass and a shortened version for young children, The Nursery "Alice" in 1890. Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898. She shrinks after drinking from a bottle labeled 'Drink Me' (called Pishsalver), allowing her to enter the forest of a fantastical place called Underland. [67] He managed publication details such as typesetting and engaged illustrators and translators. In 1952 Oliver G. Wallace was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture. She follows it down a rabbit hole and she eats a cake labeled 'Eat Me' (called Upelkuchen), she grows taller until she is a giantess. He felt Alice did not have any purpose in the story and that she was merely used as a "tool".[142]. [122][123] The ballet was based on the novel Wheeldon grew up reading as a child and is generally faithful to the original story, although some critics claimed it may have been too faithful. This is a reference to the art critic John Ruskin, who came once a week to the Liddell house to teach the children drawing, sketching, and painting in oils. Helena Bonham Carter - Red Queen (Alice in Wonderland) - Best Scene. [12], Carroll had known the Liddell children since around March 1856, when he befriended Harry Liddell. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics professor at Oxford University.It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. He panics at the mention of the word "cat . As the two armies battle, Alice beheads the Jabberwocky with the vorpal sword. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the book. The Cheshire Cat is a fictional character from the novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Brief Synopsis. But the real Alice lived her life in an above-ground wonderland, almost as amazing and often . First, is important to mention that Alice in Wonderland describes the creation of identity whereas Through the Looking Glass is a social . [62], The manuscript was illustrated by Carroll who added 37 illustrationsprinted in a facsimile edition in 1887. She has many wondrous, often bizarre adventures with thoroughly illogical and very strange creatures, often changing size unexpectedly (she grows as tall as a house and shrinks to 3 inches [7 cm]). Flipped shot. Early in the show, there's an arresting photo . [68] Due to the constant need for digital effects to distort the actors' physical appearances, such as the size of the Red Queen's head or Alice's height, visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston cited the film as being exhausting, saying it was "The biggest show I've ever done, [and] the most creatively involved I've ever been. When she finally lands, she is in a dark hallway, and the White Rabbit is nowhere to be seen. [76], A concept album titled Almost Alice is a collection of various artists' music inspired by the film. By May 22, 2011, it had sold 4,313,680 units ($76,413,043). This page was last edited on 13 April 2023, at 12:50. The small amount of time that Alice spends at the party shows things that were sadly commonplace during the time period: Nosy people who . [49], Mathematics and logic are central to Alice. Fill vases with white and red roses, and hide one or several brushes with red paint in them. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved . Her life takes a turn for the . These are the Liddell sisters: Elsie is L.C. [8], The journey began at Folly Bridge, Oxford, and ended 5 miles (8.0km) away in Godstow, Oxfordshire. is brought up. [86] Prior to the release, the film was premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on February 25, 2010, for the fundraiser The Prince's Foundation for Children and The Arts where the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall attended. [84] The Wii, DS, and PC versions were released on March 2, 2010. Because I'm not myself, you know." 11. Jemma Powell appears briefly as Alice's sister, Margaret, while Margaret's unfaithful husband Lowell is played by John Hopkins. It's just a simple kind of power to her that we really liked. [19], Carroll began writing the manuscript of the story the next day, although that earliest version is lost. Not flamboyant, not very showy, but just somebody that's got a lot of internal life to her. 9. [69] Carroll saw a specimen copy in May 1865. A young girl when she first visited magical Underland, Alice Kingsleigh (Mia Wasikowska) is now a teenager with no memory of the place -- except in her dreams. Appearing at a time when childrens literature generally was intended to teach moral lessons, the book at first baffled critics, who failed to appreciate the nonsense that so captivated its young readers. $26. Although Alice holds her own for a time, the card guards soon gang up and start to swarm all over her. Alice is then called as a witness in the trial of the Knave of Hearts, who is accused of having stolen the Queens tarts. [2] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been translated into 174languages.[83]. With Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway. The red knights seize the party and the Hatter saves Alice from capture by allowing himself to be seized. For more inspiration, take a look at these great Mad Tea Party decorations. A child in the mid-Victorian era, Alice unintentionally goes on an underground adventure after falling down a rabbit hole into Wonderland; in the sequel, she steps through a mirror into an alternative world. The sixth case, mure (ablative) is absent from Alice's recitation. Stuff a big Alice-like doll into a small doll-house. In Wonderland, Alice struggles with the importance and instability of personal identity. Mistaking Alice for his maidservant, the White Rabbit orders Alice to go into his house and retrieve them. "[137], Several reviews criticized the decision to turn Alice into a "colonialist entrepreneur" at the end of the film setting sail for China. [30], The Mock Turtle speaks of a drawling-master, "an old conger eel", who came once a week to teach "Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils". It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. - Alice, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. [6] It received three nominations at the 68th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Tenniel's illustrations of Alice do not portray the real Alice Liddell,[42] who had dark hair and a short fringe. Based on both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Papp and Swados had previously produced a version of it at the New York Shakespeare Festival. [21] On 26 November 1864, Carroll gave Alice the manuscript of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, with illustrations by Carroll, dedicating it as "A Christmas Gift to a Dear Child in Memory of a Summer's Day". While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. It was performed frequently in England and the US. The real Alice Liddell was the daughter of Henry Liddell, the dean of Christ Church college at Oxford University, where Dodgson taught mathematics. The Cheshire Cat uses his shapeshifting powers to save the Mad Hatter, who incites rebellion amongst the Queen's subjects before escaping. Marton Csokas makes a cameo appearance as Alice's deceased father in the film's opening scene and Alice's mother is played by Lindsay Duncan. While not the first such film in its genre, Alice in Wonderland is credited with starting a trend of live-action fairy tale and fantasy films being green-lit, particularly from Walt Disney Studios. And so, Alice in roped back into the world of fantasy/absurdity. The main characters in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are the following: In The Annotated Alice, Martin Gardner provides background information for the characters. It was notably illustrated by British artist John Tenniel. There she is greeted by the White Rabbit, a Dormouse, a Dodo, Talking Flowers, and identical twins Tweedledum and Tweedledee, who all apparently know her. [101] In the late 19th century, Walter Besant wrote that Alice in Wonderland "was a book of that extremely rare kind which will belong to all the generations to come until the language becomes obsolete".[102]. AliceThis line is the opening text of the story. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [22][23] The published version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is about twice the length of Alice's Adventures Under Ground and includes episodes, such as the Mad Tea-Party, that did not appear in the manuscript. Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) was a mathematician and logician who lectured at Oxford University. In 1871, 19-year-old Alice Kingsleigh is troubled by strange recurring dreams, mourning the death of her father, and fighting the stifling expectations of the society in which she lives. But Carroll understood how childrens minds worked, and the way he turned logic on its head appealed to their sense of the ridiculous. It also employs scenes with Carroll, a young Alice Liddell, and an adult Alice Liddell, to frame the story. [125], Characters from the book are depicted on the stained glass windows of Carroll's hometown church, All Saints', in Daresbury, Cheshire. Alice impetuously follows him down a rabbit hole that turns into a long tunnel. Its legacy covers adaptations for screen, radio, art, ballet, opera, musicals, theme parks, board games and video games. All of the actors and actresses by now are all long dead. FREE delivery Sat, Apr 22 on $25 of items shipped by Amazon. The 1976 movie was directed by Bud Townsend, starring Kristine De Bell as Alice with music by Jack Stern. Body-Stealing Alice is a short manga, with only 3 volumes and 16 chapters. Watch amazing Animated Fairy Tales playlist including Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, Alladdin and the Magic Lamp, Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs, Ra. It failed to crack the 2010 top ten DVDs list in terms of units sold, but reached 10th place on that chart in terms of sales revenue. [25], Bill the Lizard may be a play on the name of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Nope, she merely felt the urge to chase a rabbit who himself was seeking to fulfill a prophecy. The following day, the teaser trailer premiered at Comic-Con but the trailer shown was different from the one that leaked. An improved version is available at #28885 . Carroll first met Alexander Macmillan, a high-powered London publisher, on 19 October 1863. [94] In some confusion, a small number of copies were put on shelves a week before schedule in smaller stores, but were quickly removed, although a handful of copies were confirmed purchased ahead of schedule. Alice has provided a challenge for other illustrators, including those of 1907 by Charles Pears and the full series of colour plates and line-drawings by Harry Rountree published in the (inter-War) Children's Press (Glasgow) edition. [42], Beyond its refashioning of Carroll's everyday life, Cohen argues, Alice critiques Victorian ideals of childhood. "Oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal's feelings. This is Set 14 from a deck of 19th century playing cards "The new and diverting game of Alice In Wonderland", consisting of 48 playing cards with drawings faithfully copied by Miss E. Gertrude Thomson from original drawings by Sir John Tenniel, as they appeared in the 1896 edition of the book "Alice's . 'Lewis Carroll' is an pseudonym; the real name of the author was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Alice first encounters it at the Duchess's house in her kitchen, and then later outside on the branches of a tree, where it appears and disappears at will, engaging Alice in amusing but sometimes vexing conversation. Alice in Borderland. The ComicCon version didn't have the Mad Hatter's dialogue. Within the pool, Alice meets a variety of animals and birds, who convene on a bank and engage in a "Caucus Race" to dry themselves. The story was originally told by Carroll to Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell (the daughters of Henry George Liddell, dean of Christ Church, Oxford, where the author had studied and held a fellowship) on a picnic in July 1862. Alice in Wonderland (1955 TV Movie) 74 min | Family, Fantasy. "I don't see how he can ever finish, if he doesn't begin.". [73] He received the first copy of Clay's reprint on 9 November 1865. [75][77][78] It was released by Walt Disney under the Buena Vista Records imprint, the same day as the score album's release. Burton also stated that he does not see his version as either a sequel to any existing Alice film nor as a "re-imagining". [60] A new image of Alice was also released. This article is about the 1951 animated character. The Cheshire Cat appears to Alice and directs her toward the Hatter and March Hare before disappearing, leaving his grin behind. The tale plays with logic, giving the . In North America, Alice in Wonderland is the forty-fourth-highest-grossing film but out of the top 100 when adjusted for inflation. Alice asserts that she is dreaming, but learns from Absolem the Caterpillar that she is destined to slay the Jabberwocky and end the tyranny of the Red Queen. [112] Alice earned $116.1million on its opening weekend, breaking the record for the largest opening weekend in March (previously held by 300),[113] the record for the largest opening weekend during springtime (previously held by Fast & Furious), the largest opening weekend for a non-sequel (previously held by Spider-Man)[114] and the highest one for the non-holiday, non-summer period. [75][76] A new edition, released in December 1865 for the Christmas market but carrying an 1866 date, was quickly printed. The ending credits have flowers going from dead to blooming, a sun rising and setting, and vines moving around. Disney Enterprises Inc. We are drawn back to the book by the first-rate banter between Alice . The English composer Joseph Horovitz composed an Alice in Wonderland ballet commissioned by the London Festival Ballet in 1953. [29] The Dormouse tells a story about three little sisters named Elsie, Lacie, and Tillie. The story centres on Alice, a young girl who falls asleep in a meadow and dreams that she follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. After the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?," the Hatter claims that Alice might as well say, "I see what I eatI eat what I see" and so the riddle's solution, put forward by Boe Birns, could be that "A raven eats worms; a writing desk is worm-eaten"; this idea of food encapsulates idea of life feeding on life itself, for the worm is being eaten and then becomes the eatera horrific image of mortality. The teaser was also planned to premiere along with a trailer of Robert Zemeckis' film adaptation of A Christmas Carol on July 24, 2009, for G-Force. The Duck refers to Robinson Duckworth, and the Lory and Eaglet to Alice Liddell's sisters Lorina and Edith. [2], The entire print run sold out quickly. Helena Bonham Carter as the Queen of Hearts in Tim Burton's 2010 film version of Alice in Wonderland. This film was originally set to be released on March 19, 2010 but was moved up to March 5, 2010. Other significant illustrators include: Arthur Rackham (1907), Willy Pogany (1929), Mervyn Peake (1946), Ralph Steadman (1967), Salvador Dal (1969), Graham Overden (1969), Max Ernst (1970), Peter Blake (1970), Tove Jansson (1977), Anthony Browne (1988), Helen Oxenbury (1999),[66] and Lisbeth Zwerger (1999). With its fantastical tales and riddles, it became one of the most popular works of English-language fiction. Alice then awakes and gets out of the rabbit hole, dirty and scratched from her fall. "[1] The protagonist of the story, Alice, has been recognised as a cultural icon. "[69], Sony Pictures Imageworks designed the visual effects sequences. [87], On February 12, 2010, major UK theater chains, Odeon, Vue, and Cineworld, had planned to boycott the film because of a reduction of the interval between cinema and DVD release from the usual seventeen-week period to twelve. [88] However, exhibitors protested that Alice would be less threatened by the World Cup than other titles. The book has never been out of print and has been translated into 174 languages. Alice in Wonderland. Rotten Tomatoes, which classified it as "rotten", summarized the critical consensus as criticizing the film's "narrative coherence" but praising its visuals. 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[118] The cast also included Debbie Allen, Michael Jeter, and Mark Linn-Baker. The Duchess's baby, whom she hands to Alice, transforms into a piglet, which Alice releases into the woods. Corrections? The film premiered in London at the Odeon Leicester Square on February 25, 2010, and was released in the United Kingdom and the United States through the Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats as well as in conventional theaters on March 5, 2010. According to Wilfrid Scott-Giles, the rose motif in Alice alludes to the English Wars of the Roses: red roses symbolised the House of Lancaster, while white roses symbolise their rival House of York. The leaked version was originally to be shown to one of the three Facebook groups used to promote the film that had the most members. [79], On June 22, 2009, the first pictures of the film were released, showing Depp as the Mad Hatter, Hathaway as the White Queen, Bonham Carter as the Red Queen and Lucas as Tweedledee and Tweedledum. However, when the Queen demands that Alice be beheaded, Alice realizes that the characters are only a pack of cards, and she then awakens from her dream. The story centres on Alice, a young girl who falls asleep in a meadow and dreams that she follows the White Rabbit . [31][32] The Mock Turtle sings "Turtle Soup," which is a parody of a song called "Star of the Evening, Beautiful Star", which the Liddells sang for Carroll.[33][34]. [17] Carroll, an amateur photographer by the late 1850s,[18] produced many photographic portraits of the Liddell childrenbut none more than Alice, of whom 20 survive. In Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the cat and Alice have this exchange: "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. When Alice is riding Bayard towards the Red Queen's Castle, her Bandersnatch scratch is on her left arm, when it should be on her right. $18. 10 The text contains multiple jokes about death. [12] Burton and Zanuck chose to film with conventional cameras, and convert the footage into 3D during post-production; Zanuck explained 3D cameras were too expensive and "clumsy" to use, and they felt that there was no difference between converted footage and those shot in the format. The Queen finally commands Alice's beheading, but Alice scoffs that the Queen's guard is only a pack of cards. [80] In July, new photos emerged of Alice holding a white rabbit, the Mad Hatter with a hare, the Red Queen holding a pig, and the White Queen with a mouse. 10 Body-Stealing Alice By Ichi Kurage. No story in English literature has intrigued me more than Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The way it is written and the fantastic tales contained in it made it one of the most popular works of English literature. Alice in Wonderland is one of the most famous children's stories in the world. Following its release, the film drove about $1.6 billion in retail sales for Disney, including home video and merchandise sales. A weary creature that Alice meets swimming along in the pool of tears. Alice in Wonderland: Directed by Tim Burton. When the Cheshire Cat appears as only a head, the Queen orders his beheading, only to be told that such an act is impossible. Time is a magical being who sits on a black throne in a castle of eternity. "It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.". [144] The film received three nominations at the 68th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Johnny Depp, but did not win any. [95][96], Alice in Wonderland has grossed $334,191,110 in North America and $691,276,000 in other territories for a worldwide total of $1,025,467,110 against a budget of $200million. 19-year-old Alice returns to the whimsical world of her youth. Alice uses the fan for herself, which causes her to shrink once more and leaves her swimming in a pool of her own tears. Paul Schmidt wrote the play, with Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan writing the music. In Alice in Wonderland, the Tulgey Wood is a seemingly endless forest where Alice is easily lost and runs into bizarre creatures. The White Queen gives Alice a vial of the Jabberwocky's purple blood, which can fulfill one wish, and she decides to return to her world after saying farewell to her friends. The record was first overtaken by Deathly Hallows Part 2 ($15.2million). Bright and whimsical as the novel appears, it actually features a number of lines which suggest a grisly demise. [131] According to Metacritic, which calculated a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 based on 38 reviews, the film received "mixed or average reviews". Instead, it featured "Time to Pretend" by MGMT, and the clips shown were in a different order than in the leaked version. All the best people are. [53], Carina Garland notes how the world is "expressed via representations of food and appetite," naming Alice's frequent desire for consumption (of both food and words), her 'Curious Appetites. [72] The reprint cost 600, paid entirely by Carroll. [50] As Carroll was a mathematician at Christ Church, it has been suggested that there are many references and mathematical concepts in both this story and Through the Looking-Glass. Pseudonym. Disney's pretext for cutting short Alice's theatrical run, is possibly to avoid the release of the DVD clashing with the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [59], Wonderland is a rule-bound world, but its rules are not those of our world. Alice leaves her sister on the bank to imagine all the curious happenings for herself. Credits. As the success of Avatar has shown, there is currently a huge appetite for the 3D experience". [13] Scholars debate whether Carroll in fact came up with Alice during the "golden afternoon" or whether the story was developed over a longer period. After shrinking to an appropriate height, Alice arrives at the home of a Duchess, who owns a perpetually grinning Cheshire Cat. Alice in Wonderland: Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney. Arthur DiBianca and David Widger. The true history of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the life of Alice Liddell, and what remains in real life of these fantastical tales. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) or in Japan as Alice in the Country of Wonder, is an 1865 novel, and original Isekai, written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the penname Lewis Carroll.It tells the story of a very beautiful girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a very strange, Isekai-like, weird world called Wonderland . 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