Fiona Fullerton ... Alice Michael Jayston ... Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) Hywel Bennett ... Duckworth
Michael Crawford ... White Rabbit Davy Kaye ... Mouse William Ellis ... Dodo Freddie Earlle ... Guinea Pig Pat Julian Chagrin ... Bill the Lizard
Mike Elles ... Guinea Pig Two Ralph Richardson ... The Caterpillar Fred Cox ... Tweedledum (as Freddie Cox) Frank Cox ... Tweedledee Peter O'Farrell ... Fish Footman Ian Trigger ... Frog Footman (as Peter Trigger) Peter Bull ... Duchess Patsy Rowlands ... Cook Roy Kinnear ... Cheshire Cat Robert Helpmann ... The Mad Hatter
Peter Sellers ... The March Hare
Dudley Moore ... Dormouse Dennis Waterman ... 2 of Spades Ray Brooks ... 5 of Spades Richard Warwick ... 7 of Spades Dennis Price ... King of Hearts Flora Robson ... Queen of Hearts Rodney Bewes ... Knave of Hearts Spike Milligan ... Gryphon Michael Hordern ... Mock Turtle Victoria Shallard ... Lorina Pippa Vickers ... Edith Ray Edwards ... Eagle Stanley Bates ... Monkey Melita Manger ... Squirrel Angela Morgan ... Lory June Kidd ... Magpie Michael Reardon ... Frog Brian Tripping ... Duck
One of the only true to the book adaptations. The dialogue is near enough word for word from the book itself and the storyline has no tweaks to enhance it to film. every part of the story in in there including some of the original illustrations - meaning, the way the characters are played, the effects of the film, the background scenery is exactly how you see it in the book from the illustrations.
A star-studded cast highlights this musical adaptation of the classic fantasy tales of Lewis Carroll. One day young Alice (Fiona Fullerton) takes a nasty spill down the rabbit-hole and finds herself in the bizarre kingdom of Wonderland, where she encounters a number of strange and enchanted characters, including the playful White Rabbit (Michael Crawford), the manic March Hare (Peter Sellers), the mysterious Caterpillar (Ralph Richardson), the Doormouse (Dudley Moore), the imperious Queen of Hearts (Flora Robson), and the quizzical Mad Hatter (Robert Helpmann). The cast also includes Spike Milligan, Peter Bull, Roy Kinnear, and Michael Jayston as Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland won two prizes at the 1973 British Academy of Film and Theatre Awards -- for Georfrey Unsworth's photography and Anthony Mendelson's costume design. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
This adaptation of Lewis Carroll's weird and wonderful book tries hard to do justice to its source, but doesn't quite get there. The music by John Barry is saccharine and unmemorable for the most part; although things do pick up when the Mock Turtle and Gryphon (Michael Hordern and Spike Milligan, inspired casting!) lead Alice in a mad dance.
Overall, you can pick up on the very few bad points of this version of the film but it is overall out weighed by the good overall. For the time, the effects and the costumes were very good indeed and the imagination and use of colour in it can be classed as excellent for the time. If you must compare this toe anything done now, so be it, but you will then see it in a bad point of view. Ignore how things are done now, this film was made in 1972 and was deemed an excellent piece of work for its time.
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I totally agree with you. The film boasts beautiful sets and is by far the closest of capturing the vision of Wonderland as dremed up by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson).
Great review. Enjoyed that.
Best Wishes
Ian
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