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Summary: Masterpeice
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An absolute all star cast Masterpiece. + its long too + by the end your brain will be melting :-) . A WONDERFUL experience :-)
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Summary: ALICE IN WONDERLAND!
Review: After having great success with lavish productions of "Merlin" and "The Odyssey," NBC followed up with this ambitious adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic! Tina Majorino stars as Alice with one of those star-studded casts we have come to expect when Hollywood visits Wonderland (remember Gary Cooper as the White Knight or the Smothers Brothers as Tweedledum and Tweedledee?)! This time around we have Whoppi Goldberg as the Chesire Cat, Martin Short as the Mad Hatter, Christopher Lloyd as the White Knight, Ben Kingsley as the Caterpiller and Miranda Richardson as the Red Queen! This is a fairly faithful adaptation of the beloved book and the framing device is simply a chance to give the cast a curtain call! Nothing wrong with that! They can remake "Alice in Wonderland" every decade as far as I am concerned!
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Summary: ALICE IN WONDERLAND!
Review: After having great success with lavish productions of "Merlin" and "The Odyssey," NBC followed up with this ambitious adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic! Tina Majorino stars as Alice with one of those star-studded casts we have come to expect when Hollywood visits Wonderland (remember Gary Cooper as the White Knight or the Smothers Brothers as Tweedledum and Tweedledee?)! This time around we have Whoppi Goldberg as the Chesire Cat, Martin Short as the Mad Hatter, Christopher Lloyd as the White Knight, Ben Kingsley as the Caterpiller and Miranda Richardson as the Red Queen! This is a fairly faithful adaptation of the beloved book and the framing device is simply a chance to give the cast a curtain call! Nothing wrong with that! They can remake "Alice in Wonderland" every decade as far as I am concerned!
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Summary: It was great, but you have pay attention understand it.
Review: Alice in Wonderland has been made into countless movies. This latest version is very nicely done with great effects and colorful characters. The Movie was alittle hard to follow though. The movie really combines the characters of Alice in Wonderland and the characters of Through the Looking Glass, a continuation of Alices adventures in Wonderland. Over all, I feel that the movie was very intertaining and perfect for watching over a spot of tea. I should know I was in it! MadHattr79
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Summary: A pleasnt movie that is easy to get absorbed into.
Review: Alice In Wonderland is a movie that is pleasnt and has real plot unlike other movies being made now. The actors in the movie are outstanding. Alice did a wonderful job. Everybody in the movie worked very hard. I loved it and I could never turn a chance down of seeing it.
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Summary: Good!!! Its good!!!
Review: Alice In Wonderland is the only story to truly challenge my imagination. The current movies with all their special effects do not have the poten- tial to amuse me
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Summary: "Everyone Here is Mad!"
Review: Alice in Wonderland takes us on a star studded trip down the rabbit hole for another classic interpritation of the land with zany locations and completly zany inhabitants.
Alice (Tina Majorino) is dreading her part in her parents tea party. She has to sing in front of everybody! "How do they expect me to sing in front of all these strangers?". Alice decides to hide in the back garden until the party ends. Just then, as an apple slowly falls from a nearby tree, Alice's spots a white rabbit running along yelling "Oh I'm so very LATE!". She pursues him all the way down his rabbit hole full of strange objects defying gravity, until she lands in an underground world known as Wonderland. She sets out to find a beautiful garden (She couldn't get to it because she was to big to fit through the door leading to it). She keeps changing sizes going up to 10 feet high then down to ten inches high. As she wonders through the land she meets the strangest people including: Major Catapillar (Ben Kingsley) who tends to smoke his hooka, and, to Alice's annoyance, talks in very short sentences; the Duchess (Elizebeth Spriggs) who manages to ignore the air in her house filled thick with pepper; the Chesire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg) who seems to be the sainest creature around; the Mad Hatter (Martain Short) who has a tendency to break into song when unexpected; the Queen of Hearts (Miranda Richardson) who owns the garden and has hobbys of playing Crouquet and screeching "Off with her head!"; the Mock Turtle (Gene Wilder) who sings, tells storys, and burst into tears regularly; the White Knight (Christopher Lloyd) who loves riding his horse even if he can't stay on it for long; and Tweedle Dee (George Wendt) and his brother Tweedle Dum (Robbie Coltrane) who love reciting poetry. All these characters and more help Alice to ultimatley gain confidence to sing her song, but now the question is, how will she escape this upsidown world?
This version of Alice is a magnificent feast for the eyes and ears. Originaly made as a three hour special for NBC in 1999, the transfer to DVD is magnificent, even if much can't be said for the special features. There are a few behind the scenes things to read over, cast bios, original drawings from the Lewis Carrol book, and a trailer for the video. That's really it though.
The effects in the movie, are however, amazing. Many of the odd creatures were created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop and they have used their talent to do an amazing job. Dyson Lovell, Robert Halmi, Sr., and Rober Halmi Jr. have done a wonderful job bringing the story to life with its chaotic yet storybook like settings and zany character looks.
Even though this version combines elements from both of Carrol's books (Alice in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There), and even though it strays a little from the original plot (Well, doesn't every version?) it is still a wonderful work of imagination and wonder and I would put it up there along with the Disney version.
So get you copy of Alice in Wonderland and enjoy your trip down the rabbit hole and through the looking-glass!
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Summary: As the Box Says: "A MASTERPIECE OF IMAGINATION!"
Review: All your favorite comedy and drama stars join together to bring you this remarkable adaption of the Lewis Carroll book. Tina Majorino makes a smart, sweet and brave young Alice trying to find the beautiful garden belonging to the Queen of Hearts (Miranda Richardson from Sleepy Hollow). On her way she meets new friends who convince Alice that there is nothing wrong with performing in which she hates.The special effects were no-dought the best effects of Alice in Wonderland movies. When she shrinks her feet ripple and when she grows her head is bigger than her body, and her hands grow as big as her head. This movie also includes silly songs and riddles, fun and games and even more memorable things to make an Alice in Wonderland as special as can be. This is probably the best Alice in Wonderland yet! I saw this movie in Feb. last year of 1999 on NBC, channel 15. I was informed when it was on by my Aunt Gina. So I decided to tape it because I love Alice in Wonderland so much. When it came on it looked so wonderful and enchanting to watch and I was so sure I wanted to tape. Even by looking at the adds for it made it look just spectacular to be seen. That is why I give this movie 5 stars! Thank you.
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Summary: ah, another great alice film!
Review: as an a.i.w. buff, I loved this film! though, I wish they would have added more elements from both wonderland and through the looking glass, I still enjoied the actors and many scenes not seen in disney's version. by far, this is my favorite version available. now if only hallmark will make hunting of the snark...
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Summary: This TV movie is one of the best!
Review: Before I saw this all I knew of, was the Disney version, I sometimes forgot it was based on a book. After I saw this I ran and read the book. The movie had perfect actors for the characters and the special effects were great. They did a wonderful job in createing scenes like the tea party and the trial of the knave of hearts. They stuck very closly to the book. You have to see this movie.
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