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Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998) (TV)

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User Rating: 5.4/10 (420 votes)
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Overview

Director:
John Henderson
Writers:
Lewis Carroll (novel) and
Nick Vivian (screenplay)
Release Date:
December 1998 (UK) more view trailer
Genre:
Fantasy | Family more
Plot:
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Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
A missed opportunity that could probably never be taken. more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)

Kate Beckinsale ... Alice

Ian Holm ... White Knight
Penelope Wilton ... White Queen
Siân Phillips ... Red Queen
Geoffrey Palmer ... White King

Steve Coogan ... Gnat
Gary Olsen ... Tweedle-Dum
Greg Wise ... Red Knight
Desmond Barrit ... Humpty Dumpty
Ian Richardson ... Wasp
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Bailey ... Lewis
John Cashen ... Carpenter
Charlotte Curley ... Little Alice
Brian Gilks ... Walrus
Jasper Holmes ... Man in Paper Suit
Tania Luternauer ... Daisy 2
Michael Medwin ... Red King
Rebecca R. Palmer ... Rose
Louise J. Taylor ... Tiger Lily
John Tordoff ... Railway Guard
Marc Warren ... Tweedle-Dee
Paulette Williams ... Daisy 1
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Israel:83 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Filming Locations:
Isle of Man
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Movie Connections:
Version of Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966) (TV) more

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10 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
A missed opportunity that could probably never be taken., 26 January 2000
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Author: Darragh O' Donoghue (hitch1899_@hotmail.com) from Dublin, Ireland

Without infringing on the IMDb guidelines, can I just suggest that this film is a disappointing visualisation of the greatest book ever written? Lewis Carroll's masterpiece is too mercurial to depict - taken out of its literary context, its ideas, incidents and characters simply don't make sense. Its humour and traumas are literary and philosophical. The filmmakers fail to adapt forms, instead relying on swathes of dialogue.

Different film styles are used to try and disrupt normality, a la Carroll, but the incoherent script, uncertain acting and muffled diction only grate. There is no sense of narrative momentum (even if only to be subverted), and targets are missed because it is unclear what they are. Changing the book's view from that of a child to a woman renders the whole exercise redundant. Graver still is the unwillingness to trust the audience - the dream/reality ambiguity, crucial to the book's meaning, is too clearcut. The colours and set design can be extremely beautiful though.

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