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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Screen Media
Salesrank: 14023
Released: December 28, 2004 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
This all-star musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic tale will delight children and adults alike. Employing virtually every prominent British performer of its time, from pre-Bond girl Fiona Fullerton as Alice and pre-Phantom Michael Crawford as the White Rabbit, to comic luminaries Peter Sellers and Dudley Moore, this magical and intoxicating version explores Alice's dizzying adventures in the rabbit hole both faithfully and metaphorically as coming of age story.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Reviews:
Wonderful Reward 
2009-04-27 - I bought this as a reward for my daughter who read the entire chapter book, but the whole family enjoyed watching it. The movie was in great shape considering the years since it was made. It was also nice to look again at the White Rabbit and Mad Hatter. I would recommend this to any parent who would like to spend some quality time with their children.
Poor quality media yet one of the best renditions of Alice
2008-12-01 - Alice and her sisters are on a picnic with Charles Dodgson where she gets board. As she is told a story, and soon following a white rabbit finds herself underground. There she has many adventures.
The actors do not overwhelm but enhances our favorite characters from this timeless tale by Lewis Carroll. Most are very famous or popular British actors of whom some are:
Fiona Fullerton ... Alice (Born: 10 October 1956)
Michael Jayston ... Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson)
Hywel Bennett ... Duckworth
Michael Crawford ... White Rabbit
Davy Kaye ... Mouse
William Ellis ... Dodo
Freddie Earlle ... Guinea Pig Pat
Julian Chagrin ... Bill the Lizard
Mike Elles ... Guinea Pig Two
Ralph Richardson ... The Caterpillar
Freddie Cox... Tweedledum
Frank Cox ... Tweedledee
Peter O'Farrell ... Fish Footman
Peter Trigger¹ ... Frog Footman
Peter Bull ... Duchess
Patsy Rowlands ... Cook
Roy Kinnear ... Cheshire Cat
Robert Helpmann ... The Mad Hatter
Peter Sellers ... The March Hare
Dudley Moore ... Dormouse
Dennis Waterman ... 2 of Spades
Ray Brooks ... 5 of Spades
Richard Warwick ... 7 of Spades
Dennis Price ... King of Hearts
Flora Robson ... Queen of Hearts
Rodney Bewes ... Knave of Hearts
Spike Milligan ... Gryphon
Michael Hordern ... Mock Turtle (they make Mock Turtle soup)
Victoria Shallard ... Lorina
Pippa Vickers ... Edith
Ray Edwards ... Eagle
Stanley Bates ... Monkey
Melita Manger ... Squirrel
Angela Morgan ... Lory
June Kidd ... Magpie
Michael Reardon ... Frog
Brian Tripping ... Duck
The story has lots of depth and original meant to be a play on words (where was the Magna Carta sighed? At the bottom) soon becomes entertainment with song and dance. We leave the subliminal and enter the sublime.
Hopefully one day this will be remastered and Blu-rayed
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition
Better than given credit for
2007-03-10 - I feel some of the other reviews here are unjust and over exagerated. There were two places in the film that in total lasted maybe about five minutes where the sound was distorted, but not badly since you could still understand the characters clearly (ex. one area had a warpy vhs noise and the second had a bit of low static). The costumes were well selected, but I felt a better job could have been done on the rats and the lizard (you can see a gap where the costume ends on his face). This version follows the book well, though it left out a favorite qoute about the taste of the liquid in the first scene that she drinks from the "drink me" bottle. I also felt that the British accents in the movie enhanced the film. I recomend this to fans and people who aren't overly critical of films.
I couldn't even finish it 
2006-12-20 - I love Alice, and I love low-budget works full of heart, but this production was so relentlessly mediocre that I just couldn't bear to finish it. The songs are lifeless and as poorly paced as the rest of the performance, and the script lacks any spirit; overall this production adds nothing new to the story, yet fails to convey the charm of the book (or, for that matter, nearly any other production I've seen). As another reviewer mentioned, the DVD itself is unimpressive - the chapters are, as near as I could tell, either random or simply timed, without regard to content. If this production is a familiar favorite from your childhood, it may be worth something (unless the DVD transfer is as disappointing as it seemed to me); if you're looking for something new, look elsewhere.
Interesting all-star British adaptation, but DVD transfer is unwatchable
2006-09-30 - This is a very interesting adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, featuring a plethora of major British actors from the time this movie was made. Note that today's younger audience, weened on an MTV diet of rapid cuts and incredible CGI, may find this slow. But if one can get beyond that, it's most definitely worth a watch.
That said, this DVD transfer is basically UNWATCHABLE. It's not clear what source they used for the transfer, but there are TERRIBLE audio pitch problems throughout the movie, with wow and flutter horribly apparent. This is particularly problematic for a movie like this with a significant orchestral and vocal score. If you have any sense of pitch, you'll find yourself pulling your hair out listening to the off-key strings! The video quality is pretty horrible, as well--worse than standard cable. A real travesty.
