Alex in Wonderland (1970)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Paul Mazursky

Writers:

Paul Mazursky (written by) &
Larry Tucker (written by)

Release Date:

February 1971 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

After his first film is a hit, a young director is caught in the classic bind between art and commerce--he...

Plot Keywords:

Director | Nudity | Hollywood | Vietnam War | Hippie

Cast

Donald Sutherland	...	Alex Morrison
Ellen Burstyn	...	Beth Morrison
Meg Mazursky	...	Amy
Glenna Sargent	...	Nancy
Viola Spolin	...	Mother
Andre Philippe	...	Andre
Michael Lerner	...	Leo
Joan Delaney	...	Jane
Neil Nephew	...	Norman (as Neil Burstyn)
Leon Frederick	...	Lewis
Carol O'Leary	...	Marlene
Tox Drohar	...	Tox
Sophia Krischer	...	Sophia
Gene Krischer	...	Gene
Paul Mazursky	...	Hal Stern

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Company:

Coriander

Movie Connections:

References Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

it's that simple: great movie

Alex in Wonderland is a great movie. As usual there are users on IMDb who are dissing this movie, telling: ooh, this is the worst D. Sutherland movie, it's so boring, this is not actually a movie (sic!)more short scenes bla bla bla...that's normal. They have a different taste, they've expected something else, who knows....some familiar people were dissing lot of other great directors, you know the ones which were categorized as unconventional, as if movies should been made conventional and well structured including dramaturgish suspense romance and being thrilling also and having "well written screenplayed executived characters"...or: they're knowledge in movies could fill a regular bean halfway....

Alex in Wonderland is a near to life movie. I've found myself in some scenes or better, my thoughts. D. Sutherland is bombing in his role playing really deep. He is a long-haired, bearded, free -soul director, who's trying to find a subject for his next movie...and then a lot of funny & strange things are taking place...(what a plot description)

It's a movie for your brain & eyes, it's colorful and chilling and warm and intimate and surreal and sad...and it also leaves room for your own thoughts.

For all you cine-dudes and D. Sutherland fans give this gem a try. (You can also catch it on TCM)

And don't give this dumb user any importance who was saying "And what's with the "pedofile" scene at the beginning of the movie"...What a jerking doh-doh! In this particularly scene Alex Morrison takes a bath with his child. Which loving father or mother on this holy earth wouldn't take a bath with their own beloved child...If you call that a "pedofile" scene, then there is no hope for you fella, you're just sick & rotten....you're head is empty.