Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Alice in Wonderland (2010)
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Directed by	Tim Burton
Produced by	Richard D. Zanuck Joe Roth Suzanne Todd Jennifer Todd
Written by	Richard D. Zanuck
Starring	Mia Wasikowska Johnny Depp
Release date	February 25, 2010 (London) March 5, 2010
Length	109 minutes
Country	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
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Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 British-American film that is loosely based on the books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was directed by Tim Burton that was released on March 5, 2010, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 1, 2010. This film is followed up by the sequel, Alice through the looking glass.

Plot

The story begins in London with Charles Kingsleigh trying to sell his project to some men. His talk is interrupted by 6-year-old Alice who had that nightmare again. She tells her father she saw many strange creatures including a dodo bird, a white rabbit wearing a waistcoat, a smiling cat, and a blue caterpillar. Alice wonders if she has gone mad, which Charles responds she is. He tells her that all the best people are mad.

Thirteen years later, after losing her beloved father, Alice is a melancholy 19-year-old who doesn't really fit in with her upper-class privileged United Kingdom lifestyle in a world of high society. She has no friends, is unmotivated and depressed. To much of her mothers concern, and despite her character flaws, Alice is mature, intelligent, a strong-willed girl who always speaks her mind, and has an independent personality which is frowned upon in young ladies of her time. She truly wants to make her own choices in life instead of having everything chosen for her, such as picking out her own husband and not being forced in an arranged and loveless marriage. After running away from an British garden party that goes terribly wrong, Alice falls down into the rabbit hole and is brought back to Wonderland to slay the Jabberwocky. Due to her lack of remembrance towards the place, at the beginning, the characters are not sure if she is the same Alice that came to Underland several years ago. Throughout the film, Alice reunites with old unfamiliar friends such as Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, the Mad Hatter and even comes across new individuals such the White Queen, (the younger and much more beautiful good sister of the Red Queen.) During her escapes. Alice is shown by the friends, a prophecy stating that she will be the one to slay the Jabberwocky. Still confused if the Alice on the prophecy is actually her, they all try and fulfill the prophecy. However, the Red Queen grows aware of this prophecy and tries to stop it from coming true. Later in the film, Alice comes to the queen's castle to rescue the mad hatter who was captured by them, and while doing so, she takes a bite of the Upelkuchen cake (cake that makes the consumer increase in size). She accidentally eats too much and grows taller than the hedges, revealing that she is there. However, the queen doesn't recognize Alice and welcomes her into the castle. When the queen asks Alice her name and Alice hesitates and says "Um" the queen continues to call Alice, Um. Soon, Mallymkun accidentally calls her Alice in front of Stain (the queen's knave) and they must run from the castle. Alice insists that she is simply just trapped within her own mind again and everything around her is just another one of her bizarre and surreal recurring dreams or Nightmares (As she refered to them as a little girl when her father was still alive.) Alice has had dreams of Wonderland since childhood so she believes her feelings of doubt that none of her surroundings actually exist are correct. Towards the end of her adventure in Wonderland she slowly begins to realize and see that the dream and delusions she's experiencing are really repressed memories and that everything is in fact real. Alice finally remembers her first trip to Wonderland all those years ago. (which come to found out she incorrectly called as the land is actually named Underland.) Alice accepts that she was/is indeed the right girl who made a long lasting infamous impression on Wonderland and all its illogical people and creatures who inhabit it. As everyone keeps going on about who she really is, Alice's return becomes a rite of passage as she discovers herself and faces her fears head-on to not only save Wonderland and fulfill it's long awaited prophecy, but also to save herself. While finding her true calling and way in life, Alice will learn to believe in the impossible. In this dark coming of age fantasy film.

Promotional Images

Alice

The Mad Hatter

The White Queen

Tweedledee & Tweedledum

The Red Queen

Bandersnatch

Jubjub Bird

Cheshire Cat

Knave of Hearts

White Rabbit

Jabberwock and Gryphon

Jabberwocky

Cast

Live-Action/CGI roles

• Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh
• Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter
• Anne Hathaway as Mirana
• Helena Bonham Carter as Iracebeth
• Crispin Glover as Stayne
• Matt Lucas as Tweedledee & Tweedledum
• Marton Csokas as Charles Kingsleigh
• Tim Pigott-Smith as Lord Ascott
• Geraldine James as Lady Ascott
• Lindsay Duncan as Helen Kingsleigh
• Leo Bill as Hamish Ascott
• Frances de la Tour as Aunt Imogene
• Jemma Powell as Margaret Kingsleigh
• John Hopkins as Lowell Manchester
• Eleanor Gecks as Faith Chattaway
• Eleanor Tomlinson as Fiona Chattaway
• Mairi Ella Challen as 6-year-old Alice
• Holly Hawkins as Woman with Large Nose
• Lucy Davenport as Woman with Big Ears
• Joel Swetow as Man with Large Belly
• Jessica Oyelowo as Woman with Large Poitrine
• Ethan Cohn as Man with Large Chin
• Richard Alonzo as Man with Big Forehead
• Harry Taylor as Ship Captain
• John Surman as Colleague #1
• Peter Mattinson as Colleague #2
• Rebecca Crookshank as Strange Woman Kisser

Voice cast

• Michael Sheen as McTwisp
• Stephen Fry as Cheshire Cat
• Alan Rickman as Absolom
• Barbara Windsor as Malymkun
• Paul Whitehouse as Thackery
• Timothy Spall as Bayard
• Michael Gough as Dodo Bird
• Imelda Staunton as Tall Flower Faces
• Christopher Lee as Jabberwocky
• Jim Carter as Executioner

Trailers

Alice in Wonderland Teaser 1

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Alice in Wonderland Official Trailer 2

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Trivia

• Johnny Depp and Crispin Glover appear together in this movie, and their characters even fight each other at the end. Johnny Depp portrayed Willy Wonka in the Tim Burton film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Crispin Glover portrayed him in the spoof movie, Epic Movie, who is almost identical to the Johnny Depp Willy Wonka.

Script

View the whole script for the movie here

Sequel

• On December 7, 2012, Variety announced the development of a sequel to Alice in Wonderland, with Linda Woolverton returning to write a screenplay.
• On May 30, 2013, it was announced that James Bobin is in talks to be the director, with the working title Into the Looking Glass.
• On July 12, 2013, it was stated that Johnny Depp is close to signing on to reprise his role as Mad Hatter, as his production company, Infinitum Nihil, is planning a move from Warner Bros. Pictures to Disney.
• On November 22, 2013, it was announced that the sequel would be released on May 27, 2016 and that Bobin would direct the film, along with Mia Wasikowska to return as Alice.
• On January 21, 2014, there was talk that Sacha Baron Cohen would play the villain role in the sequel, now titled Through the Looking Glass.