Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV)

Director:

Harry Harris

Writers:

Lewis Carroll (novels)
Paul Zindel (teleplay)

Release Date:

9 December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

The Stunning Adaptation Of A Family Classic!

Plot:

Alice is in Looking Glass land, where she meets many Looking Glass creatures and attempts to avoid the Jabberwocky, a monster that appears due to her being afraid.

Plot Keywords:

Rabbit | Monster | Animal | Girl | Chess

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Natalie Gregory	...	Alice
Sheila Allen	...	Alice's Mother
Sharee Gregory	...	Sister
Red Buttons	...	The White Rabbit
Sherman Hemsley	...	Mouse
Donald O'Connor	...	The Lory Bird
Charles Dougherty	...	The Duck
Shelley Winters	...	The Dodo Bird
Billy Braver	...	The Eaglet
Scott Baio	...	Pat - The Pig
Ernie F. Orsatti	...	Bill (The Lizard) (as Ernie Orsatti)
Sammy Davis Jr.	...	The Caterpillar / 'Father William'
Scotch Byerly	...	Fish Footman (as Scotch Byerley)
Robert Axelrod	...	Frog Footman
Martha Raye	...	The Duchess
Imogene Coca	...	The Cook
Telly Savalas	...	The Cheshire Cat
Anthony Newley	...	The Mad Hatter
Roddy McDowall	...	The March Hare
Arte Johnson	...	The Dormouse
Jordan Troy	...	Black Cat
Michael Chieffo	...	Two of Spades
Jeffrey Winner	...	Five of Spades
John Walter Davis	...	Seven of Spades
Jayne Meadows	...	The Queen of Hearts
Robert Morley	...	The King of Hearts
James Joseph Galante	...	The Knave of Hearts
Selma Archerd	...	The Queen of Diamonds
George Savalas	...	The Courtier
Candace Savalas	...	The Lady in Waiting
Sid Caesar	...	The Gryphon
Ringo Starr	...	The Mock Turtle
Tom McLoughlin	...	The Jabberwocky
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barbi Alison	...	Oyster
Steve Allen	...	Gentleman in the Paper Suit
Ernest Borgnine	...	Lion
Dee Brantlinger	...	Lady of the Court
Beau Bridges	...	Unicorn
Lloyd Bridges	...	White Knight
Laura Carlson	...	Daisy
Carol Channing	...	White Queen
Patrick Culliton	...	Red King
Dana Daniels	...	Court Jester
Patrick Duffy	...	Goat
George Gobel	...	Gnat
Eydie Gormé	...	Tweedledee
Merv Griffin	...	Conductor
Ann Jillian	...	Red Queen
Harvey Korman	...	White King
Steve Lawrence	...	Tweedledum
Kristi Lynes	...	Oyster
Douglas Maida	...	Courtier
Karl Malden	...	Walrus
Don Matheson	...	Horseman
Donna Mills	...	The Rose
Pat Morita	...	Horse
Louis Nye	...	Carpenter
John Stamos	...	Messenger
Sally Struthers	...	Tiger Lily
Desiree Szabo	...	Oyster
Janie Walton	...	Oyster
Jack Warden	...	Owl
Jonathan Winters	...	Humpty Dumpty

Directed by
Harry Harris

Writing credits
Lewis Carroll		(novels "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There")
Paul Zindel		(teleplay)

Produced by
Irwin Allen	....	producer
George E. Swink	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Stephen Deutsch
Morton Stevens

Cinematography by
Fred J. Koenekamp

Film Editing by
James W. Miller
Richard E. Rabjohn

Casting by
Jerold Franks		(as Jerry Franks)
Al Onorato

Production Design by
Philip M. Jefferies		(as Phillip M. Jefferies)

Art Direction by
Ross Bellah
Hub Braden

Set Decoration by
Audrey A. Blasdel		(as Audrey Blasdel-Goddard)
Robert De Vestel		(as Robert de Vestel)

Costume Design by
John Peacock
Paul Zastupnevich

Makeup Department
Adam Hill	....	suit fabricatior: Jabberwocky crew, Burman Studios
Werner Keppler	....	makeup artist
Leo Lotito Jr.	....	makeup supervisor (as Leo L. Lotito Jr.)
Josée Normand	....	hair stylist (as Josee Normand)
Terry Smith	....	makeup artist
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist
Jo Thomas	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Bill Carroll	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Davies	....	second assistant director
James Griffin	....	second assistant director
Wesley J. McAfee	....	first assistant director (as Wes McAfee)

Art Department
Craig Edgar	....	assistant art director
Craig Edgar	....	set designer
Joseph V. Falcetti	....	property master (as Joe Falcetti)
Martin A. Kline	....	production illustrator (as Marty Kline)
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator
James F. Orendorff	....	construction coordinator (as Jim Orendorf)
Jesse Silver	....	production illustrator
Hank Stonecipher	....	supervising construction coordinator

Sound Department
Doug Botnick	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Douglas Botnick)
Walter Goss	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joseph Melody	....	sound editor
Don Rush	....	sound mixer
Rex Slinkard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dino Dimuro	....	sound editor (uncredited)
David R. Elliott	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Mark Friedgen	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Anthony Ippolito	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Larry Kemp	....	sound editor (uncredited)
John Kline	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Joseph A. Mayer	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Sean Rush	....	cable person (uncredited)
Greg Schorer	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Rusty Tinsley	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Scott A. Tinsley	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Stanley Amborn	....	special effects (as Stan Amborn)
Joseph A. Unsinn	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
John Dykstra	....	special visual effects
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	visual effects still photographer (uncredited)
Joseph Yanuzzi	....	assistant editor: Apogee, Inc. (uncredited)

Stunts
Vincent Mazella Jr.	....	stunt performer
Joe Murphy	....	utility stunts
Paul Stader	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Bo Miller	....	key grip
Edward Morey III	....	camera operator (as Ed Morey Jr.)
Sal Orefice	....	chief lighting technician
Serge Poupis	....	assistant camera: "b" camera
Serge Poupis	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Meryl O'Loughlin	....	casting supervisor

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lucia De Martino	....	wardrobe supervisor
Thomas E. Johnson	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Tom Johnson)

Music Department
Steve Allen	....	lyricist
Gillian Lynne	....	musical staging
Erma E. Levin	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Pat Desmond	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Joyce Doran	....	assistant to producer
Al Gail	....	production executive
Alan Greedy	....	script supervisor
Tony Habeeb	....	publicist
Steven Marlo	....	dialogue coach (as Steve Marlo)
Miriam Nelson	....	choreographer: "The Caucus Race", "I Hate Dogs and Cats", "Off With Their Heads", "There's Something to Say for Hatred", "The Royal Procession", and "I Didn't, You Did"
Phill Norman	....	title designer: main titles
Betty Petitt	....	production coordinator
Heidi Trotta	....	publicist
Ralph Horn	....	set cleaner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Irwin Allen Productions
• Columbia Pictures Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1985) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Americana Entertainment
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (worldwide) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Apogee Productions (uncredited)

Other Companies

• Noteworthy  music editing (as Noteworthy, Inc.)
• Echo Film Services  sound editing
• Freeze Frame  optical effects

Also Known As:

"Alice Through the Looking Glass" - USA (video title (second part title))

Runtime:

187 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | South Korea:All | Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

880 La Loma Rd., Pasadena, California, USA

Company:

Irwin Allen Productions

Trivia:

The Checker Board clearing was created on the right of the forest area, with backings rented from JC Backings, located on the MGM lot. Brown paper was taped to the bottoms of the landscape drops, painted to tie into the checkerboard main ground cover. The checkerboard pattern was planned in a false perspective grid pattern for the distant checkerboard ground rows to become smaller in scale. This allowed the painted checkerboard scale on the backings to become smaller, as well. The miniature train cars were built by an independent train hobby company, using the train car design provided by the art director Hub Braden. The full scale train compartment was located on the edge of the set for the scene to be filmed. The miniature train track was set up inside this main set filming separately. Upon looking at the exterior of the full scale compartment car, Irwin ordered the exterior to be finished. This had not been planned. Construction and paint finished the exterior prior to filming the scene. The windows and doorway in the compartment interior looked out onto the checkerboard landscape.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): A portrait of Queen Victoria on the wall of Alice's house implies that the movie has an English setting just like the book, yet the family have American accents.

Quotes:

Unicorn:You dumb-dumb!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Resident Evil (2002)

Soundtrack:

Off With Their Heads

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat, How I wonder where you're at...

Wonderfully amazing portrayal of Alice in Wonderland. The cast was superb and the story telling was excellent. Of course it doesn't hurt that the Mock Turtle is played by none other than Ringo Starr. The only copy of this film that I have owned until recently was a tapped off T.V. version that was jumpy and horribly, tapped. But I can guarantee you that it has been watched countless times none the less. This film is great for all ages and is good fun for the whole family. Children of all ages will delight in this fun-filled adventure, from the crying baby that turns into a pig to Sally Struthers playing a loud mouthed Flower, it can't get any better. The First half of the 3 hour plus film, is the best part, but the giant chess board and underlying story in the second half is just as delightful. This film is sure to become a classic of my generation.