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A variety of films and television programmes based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll have been created.
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Alice in Wonderland is a 1951 American animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass.
- Another Disney version came first. You may not realize that the 1951 version was not actually the first Disney version. Walt Disney was inspired by Carroll’s work and created the short Alice’s Wonderland in 1923 which combined live action and animation, something very impressive at the time.
- 30 original songs were created for the film but ultimately scrapped. There was a lot of work that went into Alice in Wonderland that never made the cut including some original songs.
- Live actors performed the scenes for animators. In many Disney animated films, the voice actors perform live for animators so that they can get the energy of the characters just right.
- One creepy scene from the book almost made it into the movie. If you’ve ever read the book, you might remember the scene where Alice meets an ugly duchess and has a baby who turns into a pig.
Alice in Wonderland: Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney. With Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway. Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has her way.
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Alice in Wonderland, American animated musical film, released in 1951, that was a madcap family classic based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (1865) and included elements of his later sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871). It was produced by Walt Disney.
The film centres on the adventures of young Alice, a dreamy, distractable girl who nevertheless proves very practical when necessary. One day, finding herself bored by her older sister’s history lesson, she notices a rabbit running by in a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch. Curious, she follows him down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland, a bizarre, nonsensical world filled with strange characters, from a disappearing Cheshire Cat to a tea-loving Mad Hatter to the cruel Queen of Hearts, who orders Alice’s execution. Realizing that her trip to Wonderland is a dream, Alice escapes the queen by waking herself up.
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•Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
•Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske
•Writers: Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi, William Cottrell, Del Connell, Ted Sears, Erdman Penner, Milt Banta, Dick Kelsey, Dick Huemer, Tom Oreb, Joe Grant, and John Walbridge
•Music: Oliver Wallace
•Songs: Mack David, Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston, Don Raye, and Gene De Paul
•Running time: 72 minutes
•Kathryn Beaumont (Alice)
•Ed Wynn (Mad Hatter)
•Richard Haydn (Caterpillar)
•Sterling Holloway (Cheshire Cat)
•Jerry Colonna (March Hare)
•Verna Felton (Queen of Hearts)
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Mar 5, 2010 · Alice in Wonderland: Directed by Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway. Nineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
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Alice in Wonderland, or simply Alice, is a Disney media franchise, commencing in 1951 with the theatrical release of the animated film Alice in Wonderland. The film is an adaptation of the books by Lewis Carroll, the 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking-Glass, which featured his character Alice.
