Malice in Wonderland (2009)

Director:

Simon Fellows

Writer:

Jayson Rothwell (written by)

Release Date:

30 December 2010 (South Korea)

Genre:

Fantasy

Tagline:

Out of time...out of mind.

Plot:

A modern take on the classic fairytale, Alice in Wonderland, set in the North East of England.

Plot Keywords:

Amnesia | Underworld | England | Alice In Wonderland | Mother Daughter Relationship

Cast

Maggie Grace	...	Alice
Danny Dyer	...	Whitey
Matt King	...	Gonzo
Nathaniel Parker	...	Harry
Bronagh Gallagher	...	Hattie
Anthony Higgins	...	Rex
Steve Haze	...	Midge
Christian Patterson	...	Dean / Dom
Dave Lynn	...	Jack / Jacqui
Gary Beadle	...	Felix Chester
Amanda Boxer	...	Bag Lady
Paul Kaye	...	Caterpillar
Matthew Stirling	...	Eyre
Alan McKenna	...	Griffin
Fiona O'Shaughnessy	...	Hooker
Steve Furst	...	Mo
Pam Ferris	...	Doochey
Garrick Hagon	...	Louis Dodgson
Sandra Dickinson	...	Mother
Lin Blakley	...	Mrs. Jones
William Tapley	...	Newsreader
David Blakeley	...	Hitman
Alice Blake Lee	...	Hot girl in Phone Box
Bo Bonsu	...	Rastaman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Darren Luckin	...	Party guest
Paul Claydon	...	Head butt trucker (uncredited)
Henrietta Darcy	...	Prostitute No. 6 (uncredited)
Paul T.T. Easter	...	Trucker (uncredited)
David Frost	...	One Ball Barry (uncredited)
Elizabeth Goram-Smith	...	Nightclub Dancer / Party Girl (uncredited)
Jimi James	...	Trucker 1 (uncredited)
Ricky Knight	...	Himself (uncredited)
Deborah Landis	...	Woman at formal dinner (uncredited)
Earl Ling	...	Two Guns Tony (uncredited)
Mark Margason	...	Party Guy (uncredited)
Boy Prevos	...	John (uncredited)
Nick Shaw	...	Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Mike Waters	...	Himself (uncredited)
Katia Winter	...	Swede (uncredited)
Ann-Marie Woodyatt	...	Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Simon Fellows

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jayson Rothwell		written by

Produced by
Elisa Alvares	....	associate producer
Carola Ash	....	executive producer
Steffen Aumueller	....	executive producer
Nicole Carmen-Davis	....	executive producer
Claus Clausen	....	executive producer
Larry Collins	....	co-producer
Sheryl Crown	....	executive producer
Laurie Hayward	....	executive producer
Stephen Margolis	....	executive producer
Albert Martinez Martin	....	producer
Charles Salmon	....	co-producer
Glenn M. Stewart	....	executive producer (as Glenn Stewart)
Georgia Vestakis	....	associate producer
Mark Williams	....	producer

Original Music by
Christian Henson
Joe Henson

Cinematography by
Christopher Ross

Film Editing by
Justin Krish

Casting by
Alex Johnson

Production Design by
Lisa Hall

Art Direction by
Luke Stevens

Set Decoration by
Claire Levinson

Costume Design by
Alice Wolfbauer

Makeup Department
Chris Lyons	....	special effects teeth
Laura Schiavo	....	hair designer
Laura Schiavo	....	makeup designer
Sian Wilson	....	makeup artist
Wakana Yoshihara	....	hair stylist
Wakana Yoshihara	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jessica Reavis	....	production manager
John Watson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Byles	....	third assistant director
Sarah Crisp	....	second assistant director
Paul Desira	....	additional third assistant director: dailies
Richard Duffy	....	second assistant director
Ralph Eisenmann	....	first assistant director
Janine Frank	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Prue Howard	....	production buyer
Esther Jenkins	....	assistant art director
Nick Pelham	....	storyboard artist
Amy Simons	....	stand-by art director

Sound Department
Christopher Atkinson	....	boom operator (as Chris Atkinson)
Julian Bale	....	sound assistant
Rodney Berling	....	supervising sound editor
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Frederic Gibert	....	audio post supervisor
Gareth John	....	sound recordist
Richard Lewis	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martin Oswin	....	foley mixer
Steven Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Simon Price	....	dialogue editor
Ben Whitver	....	adr mixer

Special Effects by
Jason Troughton	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
William Chetwynd	....	visual effects artist
Paddy Eason	....	visual effects co-supervisor: Stranger
David Emeny	....	digital compositor: Stranger
Björn Fredriksson	....	digital compositor: Stranger
Sascha Fromeyer	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Harris	....	digital compositor: Stranger
Jonathan Hills	....	visual effects producer
Laura M. Kettle	....	visual effects editor
Hugh Macdonald	....	digital compositor: Stranger
Adam Rowland	....	digital compositor: Stranger
Sally Spencer	....	visual effects producer: Stranger
David Wahlberg	....	visual effects co-supervisor: Stranger
Christopher Watson-Wood	....	visual effects
Martin Wells	....	digital colourist

Stunts
Dani Biernat	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Kennington	....	stunt double
Kim McGarrity	....	stunt double
Gordon Seed	....	stunt double
Matthew Stirling	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Allen	....	best boy
Shaun Cobley	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Warwick Drucker	....	key grip
Ben Fordesman	....	electrician
Danny Gagatt	....	assistant camera
Cary Gallagher	....	first assistant camera
Christian Hayes	....	electrician
John Hembrough	....	steadicam operator
Andy McBrearty	....	gaffer
Tom Mitchell	....	camera trainee
Jonathan Yates	....	electrician

Casting Department
Hazel Cripps	....	extras casting
Emily Payne	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katarina Borosova	....	costume supervisor
Libby Guy	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Jon Bruce	....	conform editor
William Chetwynd	....	on-line editor
Lisa Clifford-Owen	....	assistant editor
Alex Gascoigne	....	digital intermediate assistant
Joe Jackson	....	making-of editor
Laura M. Kettle	....	assistant editor
Simon Smith	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Samuel Karl Bohn	....	assistant to composer
Samuel Karl Bohn	....	composer: source music
Goetz Botzenhardt	....	score mixer
Mikael Carlsson	....	soundtrack producer
Ben Foskett	....	orchestrator
Hilary Skewes	....	musician contractor
Alison Wright	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Guy Adams	....	location manager
Emily Blickem	....	assistant production coordinator
Pablo Carrera	....	production finance executive
Shoky Carter	....	runner
Alice Clough	....	head of business affairs
Robin Green	....	production accountant
Jarone Macklin-Page	....	stand in/double
Hemant R. Patel	....	payroll accountant
Charlie Salmon	....	floor runner
Natalie Sloan	....	script supervisor
Anna-Maria Tuckey	....	location assistant trainee
Charlotte Walters	....	location assistant
Jennifer Whiting	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• 6 Sales (presents)
• Mark Williams Films (co-production)
• 2B Pictures (co-production)
• Sherazade Film Development (in association with)
• Screen East (in association with)
• Future Films (in association with)
• UK Film Council

Distributors

• Quality Films (2010) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Shooting Stars (2010) (United Arab Emirates) (theatrical)
• D Productions (2010) (Turkey) (all media)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Paradise Group (2010) (Russia) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Agog Special Effects
• Nvizible (visual effects) (as Stranger)

Other Companies

• ARRI Media  Arriflex D-21 camera provided by
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• HireWorks  final cut Pro HD hire
• MJ Knights Military Effects  armourer
• Monkeyland Audio  ADR Facility
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• PS-PostScript  post-production scripts
• Pepper Post Production  post-production
• Salon  Avid equipment rental
• Screen East  funding

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexual content, drug use and brief violence

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK | Spain | USA | Bahrain

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45953) | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:M | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

Company:

6 Sales

Trivia:

The film's budget had to be recalculated after funding from a film group in north-east England was denied, the reason being that they only finance local talent.

Quotes:

Bag Lady:What has no conditions but one condition?
Alice:Love.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Angela and Friends: Episode #1.54" (2010)

Soundtrack:

The Titty Song

It's a cockney Alice in Wonderland!

Malice in Wonderland kind of intrigued me because the idea and the thought of making a cockney-gangster version of the Alice in Wonderland story was a clever approach as I haven't heard of a version like it so it's unique. It could have went either way, it could have been something original yet different or it could have been a laughable idea that isn't interesting enough. Malice in Wonderland is pretty much the first. The story is clever yet average, it's clever the way they twisted the known tale of Alice but it didn't grip you in the first fifteen minutes, it took me about twenty minutes to actually get into the movie and no movie should take that long to get your attention. Even though it started quite slow, as time went on, it picked up the pace and started to get better. The acting is average, Danny Dyer plays Whitey (which is, as you've probably guessed, the equivalent to the White Rabbit) and yet again Danny Dyer is basically playing himself, as his character is the same as the other characters he's ever played in movies. However, Malice in Wonderland is the best he's ever been. The talent that shines throughout is the gorgeous Maggie Grace who plays the troubled twenty-year-old Alice. The characters were created cleverly to twist the characters in the story and added a hint of personality from the real world. The direction is done well and the cinematography is okay and it's clever the way they did it. I also loved how they borrowed some of the lines from the old movie and added them for the characters and I liked how it stuck to the original Alice in Wonderland plot and twisted it.

Overall, I was on and off about it before watching but after watching, I ended up liking it. It's an above-average movie and I enjoyed it. It's such a brilliant translation and you would like this movie if you liked Alice in Wonderland.

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