| 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[]
Cast[]
Live-Action/CGI roles[]
- Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh
- Mairi Ella Challen as 6-year-old Alice
- Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter
- David 'Elsewhere' Bernal as Hatter Futterwacken Dance Double
- 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
- 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
- Chris Grabher as Hightopp Hat Juggler
- Hilary Morris as Maypole Dancer
- Jacqueline Tribble as White Queen Loyalist
- Dancers
- Caroline Royce
- Bonnie Parker
- Simone Sault
- Leigh Daniels
- Carl Walker
- Matt Dempsey
- Chris Grierson
- Dale Mercer
- Musicians
- David Lale
- John Bass
- Nicholas Levy
- Patrick Roberts
- Phillip Granell
- Stephen Giles
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,The Fish servants,The Frog servants,the flamingos,10 of hearts and The horse
- Frank Welker Made Additional Vocal Effects for the Bandersnatch,The Jabberwocky,The Jub Jub bird,the flamingos,the Dodo,the horses, the dogs,the hedgehog, the pig, the frogs and the monkeys.
Uncredited[]
- people at Ascot mansion
- Scott Alexander
- Francesca Bennett
- Sophie-Anna Brough
- Paul A. Brown
- Paul Burt
- Thomas Chope
- Lawrence Clements
- Katherine Denkinson
- Greg Fellows
- Geoffrey Gould
- Amber O'Shea
- James Radford
- Evelyn Rei
- Laurence Richardson
- James Rimmer
- Chloe Robinson
- Tessa Skola
- Roy Spencer
- Ellie Stadden
- Jessica Uren
- Hollie Winser
- Jennifer Zorbalas
- people at Salazen Grum
- Randall Archer
- Jasi Cotton Lanier
- Alicia Vela-Bailey
- Tania L. Pearson
- Eris Rentschler
- Alex Chansky
- Wayne Dalglish
- Hightopp Clan
- Amy Bailey
- Annalise Basso
- Austin James Wolff
- Kyla Warren
- Paul Anthony Scott
- Aimee Bell
- Thomas Robinson
- Troy Lindsay Brown
- Savannah McReynolds
- Stacey Carino
- Parker Contreras
- Regan Licciardello
- Evan Lake Schelton
- Ashli Dowling
- Brighid Fleming
- Ryan Gray
- Jack Kalvan
- Vladimir Kubr
- courtiers of the Red Queen
- Libby Brien
- Nick Thomas-Webster
- Gary Sievers
- Xavier Declie
- Larry Eudene
- Eric Feliciano
- Lindsay Lane
- Cortney Palm
- Chris Sanders
- Keith Roenke
- Jessica Starr Folger
- Janaya Logan
- Jessica Godber
- Dave Johnson
- courtiers of the White Queen
- Brooke Forbes
- Jinny Lee Story
- Danielle Van Beest
- Janaya Sultze
- Nikki Pelley
- Erin Sharkey
- David Knijnenburg
- Red Queen's Stable Hand
- Paul A. Brown
- David Matthiessen
- Daniel Hepner as Servant to Red Queen
- Matisse Mazur as Red Queen Henchman
- Arick Salmea as Red Queen Nobleman
- Drew Early as Lt. Commander
- Danny Emes as Jubbawokkie
- Jacqui Connell as Dockside Seller
- David Rumble as Docker
Trailers[]
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.[1]
- 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.[2][3]
- 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.[4][5][6]
- 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.[7][8]
- 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.[9][10]
References
- ā Disney mad for 'Alice in Wonderland' sequel
- ā James Bobin in Early Talks to Direct āAlice in Wonderlandā Sequel (EXCLUSIVE)
- ā James Bobin Eyes Alice in Wonderland Sequel
- ā Johnny Depp Nearly Set for Alice in Wonderland Sequel
- ā Johnny Depp Moves Production Company to Disney (EXCLUSIVE)
- ā Johnny Depp Finalizing āAlice In Wonderland 2ā²
- ā 'Alice in Wonderland 2' and 'The Jungle Book' snag release dates
- ā Disney Sets Release Dates for Alice in Wonderland 2 and The Jungle Book
- ā Sacha Baron Cohen Eyes āWonderlandā Sequel āThrough the Looking Glassā (EXCLUSIVE)
- ā Sacha Baron Cohen Eyes Villain Role in Alice in the Wonderland Sequel





















