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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The Executioner in the film is, appropriately for a card-based character, the ace of spades.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
The Mad Hatter knows Alice's name without being told what it is. This may have been deliberately included to suggest that he is part of Alice's subconscious.
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Quotes
Alice:
Why is a raven like a writing table... you know, I think I can guess that one...
March Hare:
You mean you think you know the answer? Alice:
Yes.
March Hare:
Well, then, you should say what you mean! Alice:
I do - I mean, I mean what I say - it's the same thing... Mad Hatter:
It's not the same thing at all! You might as well say "I eat what I see" is the same as "I see what I eat!"
[a pie sprouts crab legs and crawls across the table]
March Hare:
[eying the pie, picking up a fly swatter]
You might as well say "I like what I get" is the same as "I get what I like!"
[whacks the pie]
The Dormouse:
[talking in his sleep]
You might as well say "I breathe when I sleep" is the same as "I sleep when I breathe."
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