Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Alice (Tina Majorino) falls down a rabbit hole, and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.

Director:

Nick Willing

Writers:

Lewis Carroll (novel), Peter Barnes (teleplay)

Stars:

Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Robbie Coltrane

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 8 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robbie Coltrane	...	Ned Tweedledum
Whoopi Goldberg	...	Cheshire Cat
Ben Kingsley	...	Major Caterpillar
Christopher Lloyd	...	White Knight
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Carpenter
Miranda Richardson	...	Queen of Hearts / Society Woman
Martin Short	...	Mad Hatter / Chinless Idiot
Peter Ustinov	...	Walrus
George Wendt	...	Fred Tweedledee
Gene Wilder	...	Mock Turtle
Tina Majorino	...	Alice
Ken Dodd	...	Mr Mouse
Jason Flemyng	...	Sir Jack, the Knave of Hearts / Cad
Sheila Hancock	...	Cook
Simon Russell Beale	...	King Cedric of Hearts / Society Man

Storyline

Alice (Tina Majorino) follows a white rabbit (Kiran Shah) down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg), the clumsy White Knight (Christopher Lloyd), the rude Major Caterpillar (Sir Ben Kingsley), and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts (Miranda Richardson), and can grow ten feet tall, or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?

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Plot Keywords:

alice character | caterpillar character | the mad hatter character | queen of hearts character | march hare character | 

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Taglines:

A Masterpiece of Imagination. . .

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

UK Germany USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 February 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alice in Wonderland

Filming Locations:

Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$21,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Babelsberg International Film Produktion, Hallmark Entertainment, NBC Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

65 min (2 episodes) 129 min (video) 131 min (TV) (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Miranda Richardson and Robbie Coltrane are associated with the Harry Potter film franchise. Richardson played Daily Prophet reporter Rita Skeeter and Coltrane played Rubeus Hagrid the keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts.

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Goofs

When Alice is enlarged from the bottle, her arm keeps changing from halfway out the window to her entire arm out the window.

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Quotes

White Knight: I see you're admiring my box. It's my own invention, to keep sandwiches in. You see, I carry it upside-down so they don't get wet when it rains.
Alice: ...But they can drop out. The lid is open.
White Knight: So, THAT's what happened to my sandwiches.

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Alternate Versions

In subsequent reruns, this film has been trimmed to 100 minutes so that it can be shown in two hours instead of three.

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Connections

Version of Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)

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Soundtracks

Twinkle Twinkle
Music by Richard Hartley
Lyrics by Lewis Carroll
Performed by Martin Short

User Reviews

GREAT FILM

I have seen the film it was shown over the easter weekend here and it's great i have seen many of the different versions when I was a child but this one is great the puppets and special effects in just two hours they managed to get two books in and it wasn't that much different to the version made in the 1970's except that one was musical,but it's just the same except for the new bits added on to the story.