Afaithful & delightful rendition of Lewis Carroll's famous Alice book. This film is the tale of a young, British girl who falls down a rabbit hole and ends up in the bizarre & enthralling Wonderland This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:DVD
Language:English
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:Digiview Productions
Starring:Michael Crawford, Fiona Fullerton, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, Ralph Richardson, Spike Milligan, Flora Robson, Robert Helpman, Lewis Carroll, John Barry
Number of Disks:1
Other Video Info:Multiple Formats; Full Screen; NTSC
Inferior quality media yet one of the best renditions of Alice
Published by bernie4444 , 6 months ago
Alice and her sisters are on a picnic with Charles Dodgson, where she gets bored. As she is told a story, and soon following, a white rabbit finds herself underground. There she has many adventures.
The actors do not overwhelm but enhance our favorite characters from this timeless tale by Lewis Carroll. Most are famous or popular British actors, among whom are some:
Fiona Fullerton ... Alice (Born: 10 October 1956)
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
Freddie Cox... Tweedledum
Frank Cox ... Tweedledee
Peter O'Farrell ... Fish Footman
Peter Trigger ... Frog Footman
Peter Bull ... Duchess
Patsy Rowlands ... Cook.
Roy Kinnear ... Cheshire Cat
Robert Helpmann ... The Mad Hatter
Peter Sellers ... The March Hare
Dudley Moore ... Dormouse
Dennis Waterman ... two of Spades
Ray Brooks ... five of Spades
Richard Warwick ... seven of Spades
Dennis Price ... King of Hearts
Flora Robson ... Queen of Hearts
Rodney Bewes ... Knave of Hearts
Spike Milligan ... Gryphon
Michael Hordern ... Mock Turtle (they make Mock Turtle soup)
Victoria Shallard ... Lorina
Pippa Vickers ... Edith
Ray Edwards ... Eagle
Stanley Bates ... Monkey
Melita Manger ... Squirrel
Angela Morgan ... Lory
June Kidd ... Magpie
Michael Reardon ... Frog
Brian Tripping ... Duck
The story has lots of depth and was originally meant to be a play on words (where was the Magna Carta signed? At the bottom), and soon becomes entertainment with song and dance. We leave the subliminal and enter the sublime.
Hopefully, one day this will be remastered and Blu-rayed
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