The wizards behind "Merlin" and "The Odyssey" combine Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" into a three-hour special that just gets curiouser and curiouser.
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
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In Sir John Tenniel's illustrations for the Alice in Wonderland book, and most other movie adaptations, the Mock Turtle is a cow in a turtle's shell. This was because mock turtle soup (for those who couldn't afford to have real turtle soup) was generally made from veal. In this version the Mock Turtle is portrayed as a man in a turtle's shell, rendering the name meaningless.
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
During her visit with the White Knight, footage of Alice nodding is used twice.
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Quotes
Alice:
[falling down the rabbit hole]
I wonder what latitude or longitude I've gotten to? I've no idea what latitude or longitude are, but they're grand words. Longitude, latitude... See more »