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Writers:
Lewis Carroll (novel) and
William Sterling (written by)
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Release Date:
22 April 1973 (UK) more
Tagline:
Made in Wonderland, the most magical musical of all!
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Awards:
Won 2 BAFTA Film Awards. more
NewsDesk:
(18 articles)
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Lewis Carroll's classic comes to life! more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Fiona Fullerton ... Alice
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
Fred Cox ... Tweedledum (as Freddie Cox)
Frank Cox ... Tweedledee
Peter O'Farrell ... Fish Footman
Ian Trigger ... Frog Footman (as Peter Trigger)
Peter Bull ... Duchess
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Australia)
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Runtime:
101 min | USA:95 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Hywel Bennett has no dialogue in the movie. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Alice lands in the leaves after falling down the hole, she then gets up and runs down a "stone" to follow the white rabbit. The stone is clearly made of foam, as it squishes under Alice's feet. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Alice: Please, Mr. Dodgson. Just once more.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in College (2008) more
Soundtrack:
The Duchess' Lullaby more

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9 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Lewis Carroll's classic comes to life!, 25 November 2003
Author: krzykra from Dallas, Tx

This is perhaps the most faithful version of Alice in Wonderland. The dialogue is practically verbatim and the visuals are made to resemble the original illustrations drawn by John Tenniel. Composer John Barry provides the story with a collection of beautifully enchanting songs, many of which are straight out of the book.

The cast is more like a convention of every popular British performer known at that time, including a pre-Phantom Michael Crawford as the White Rabbit, Peter Sellers as a hilariously insane March Hare, Dudley Moore as the Dormouse, Robert Helpmann as the Mad Hatter (aka the Child Catcher for moviegoers, aka Royal Ballet for ballet-goers), and humorist Spike Milligan as the Gryphon. Fiona Fullerton plays a delightfully impressionable Alice, despite the fact that she is much older than the Alice of the book.

This movie is perfect for children and adults who want to see a literal translation of the book, made back in the days when moviemakers truly cared about entertaining audiences (and it's fun to wonder how they made Alice grow and shrink when they didn't have the aid of computer effects)!

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