Alice in Wonderland (1999)

Country of Origin: UK/USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 1999
Number of Seasons: N/A
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 129 mins
Format: colour
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Hallmark Entertainment, produced for Babelsberg International Filmproduktion
Copyright: © 1999 Babelsberg International Filmproduktion Gmbh & Co, Betriebs KG and Hallmark Entertainment Distribution Company
Executive Producers: Robert Halmi Sr, Robert Halmi Jr
Produced by: Dyson Lovell
Line Producer: Chris Thompson
Production Co-Ordinator: Erica Bensley

SCRIPT
Written for Television by: Peter Barnes
Based on the Book by: Lewis Carroll

DIRECTION
Directed by: Nick Willing
2nd Unit Director: Matthew Cope
1st Assistant Director: Gareth Tandy
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Toby Hefferman
2nd Assistant Director: Rebecca Tucker
3rd Assistant Director: Tamana Bleasdale
2nd Unit 3rd Assistant Director: Fiona Gosden

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Giles Nuttgens
2nd Unit Lighting Cameraman: Stefan Lange
Camera Operator: Stephen Hall
Steadicam Operator: Alf Tramontin
Clapper Loader: Ian Coffey
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Ed Rutherford
Focus Puller: Aleks Kaufmann
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Merritt Gold
Gaffer: David Smith
Best Boy: Dave Ridout
Electricians: Paul Kemp, Sam Bloor, Terry Townsend
Grip: Peter Myslowski
Video Operator: Bob Bridges
Stills Photographer: Oliver Upton

EDITING
Edited by: Alex Mackie
First Assistant Editor: Dominic Stevens
Trainee Assistant Editor: Anya Dillon
Post-Production Co-Ordinator: Bryon Fear

MUSIC
Music by: Richard Hartley
Music Orchestrated by: Arthur Kemple, John Bell
Music Recorded by: Howard Ball
Music Editor: Andy Glen

SOUND
Production Sound Mixer: Mark Holding
Boom Operator: Richie Finney
Sound Maintenance: Gethin Aldous
Supervising Sound Editor: Nick Adams
Dialogue Editors: Jason Canovas, Jonathan Cronin
Sound Effects Editor: Zivi Ronen
Foley Artists: Dianne Greaves, Jason Swanscott
Foley Editor: Paul Wrightson
Re-Recording Mixers: Adrian Rhodes, Mike Prestwood Smith

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Charles Knode
Make Up & Hair Designer: Anne Spiers
Make Up & Hair: James Kell, Louise Fisher, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgio, Nula Conway
Wardrobe Supervisor: Graham Churchyard
Wardrobe Master: Adrian Simmons
Wardrobe Mistress: Jill Avery
Wardrobe Assistant: Joseph Kowalewski

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Creature Effects: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Additional Puppeteers: Susan Dacre, Louise Gold, Rebecca Negan, Victoria Willing

Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Model Maker: Jamie Courtier
Project Manager: Piers Hampton
Creative Supervisor: Ray Scott

Special Effects Supervisors: Richard Conway, Bob Hollow
Special Effects Technicians: Stephen Paton, Dave Watson, Terry Bridle

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisor: David Booth
Visual Effects Producer: Fiona Walkinshaw
Digital Video Effects: Framestore (London) Ltd, Pedro Sabrosa, George Roper, Angus Wilson, Oliver Bersey, Murray Butler, Nick Bennett, William Bartlett, Adam Gascoyne, Avtar Bains, Lucy Killick, Andy Lomas, Martin Parsons, Linda Johnson, Jamie Isles, William Burdis, Ben Cronin, Steffan Perry, Asa Shoul, Will Yarrow
Titles: Chris Allies

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designed by: Roger Hall
Supervising Art Director: Alan Tomkins
Assistant Art Director: Gary Freeman
Draughtpersons: Margaret Horspool, Edward Ambrose
Set Decorator: Karen Brookes
Assistant Set Decorator: Sonja Klaus
Property Master: John Mills
Props Department: Stanley Cook, Michael Mills, Terry Woods, Mickey Swift, Graham 'Gus' Lupton
Construction Manager: Geoffrey Kingsley
Assistant Construction Manager: Robert Devine
Standby Construction: David Philpott, Len Serpant, Steven Challis, Michael Hersey
Supervising Carpenters: Arthur Holland, Peter Duffy
Supervising Plasterer: Ken Barley
Supervising Rigger: Ronald Newvell
Supervising Painter: Michael Sotheran
Scenic Artist: James Gemmill
Conceptual Artist: Dermot Power
Storyboard Artists: Julian Caldow, Adam Brockbank
Decor Artist: Robert Walker
Art Department Assistant: Kate Lovejoy

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Annie Wotton
2nd Unit Continuity: Eth Ibrahim-Maynard
Financial Controller: Andy Hennigan
Assistant Accountants: Rita Kozma, Tina McConnell
Production Assistant: Caroline Moore
Assistant to Dyson Lovell: Ben Fogg
Assistant to Nick Willing: Jonathan Pilcher
Choreographer: Pat Garrett
Horse Master: Gerard Naprous
Production Runner: Debbie Moseley
Floor Runner: Nathan Holmes
Transport Captain: Gerry Gore
Unit Nurse: Pat Barr

LOCATIONS
Filmed on location in England and at Shepperton Studios, London, UK
Location Manager: Chris Brock
Location Assistant: Nick Waldron

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to The Corporation of London

STUNTS
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Terry Walsh

CASTING
Casting by: Lynn Kressel
Casting (U.K.) by: Joyce Gallie
Casting (U.K.) Co-Ordinator: Sally Osoba
Casting Assistant: Oded Levy

CAST
Robbie Coltrane (Tweedledum)
Whoopi Goldberg (Cheshire Cat)
Ben Kingsley (Major Caterpillar)
Christopher Lloyd (White Knight)
Pete Postlethwaite (Carpenter)
Miranda Richardson (Queen of Hearts)
Martin Short (Mad Hatter)
Peter Ustinov (Walrus)
George Wendt (Tweedledee)
Gene Wilder (Mock Turtle)

and
Tina Majorino as Alice

Also starring
Ken Dodd (Mr Mouse)
Jason Flemyng (Sir Jack, the Knave of Hearts)
Sheila Hancock (Cook)
Simon Russell Beale (King of Hearts)
Liz Smith (Miss Lory)
Elizabeth Spriggs (Duchess)

Donald Sinden as the voice of the Gryphon
Joanna Lumley as the voice of Tiger Lily

Richard Coombs, Kiran Shah (The White Rabbit)
Francis Wright, Adrian Getley, Robert Tygner (The March Hare)
Nigel Plaskitt, Dave Barclay (the dormouse)
Robert Tygner, Adrian Getley, Dave Barclay (the Gryphon)
Peter Bayliss (Mr Dodo)
Heathcote Williams (Mr Eaglet)
Ken Campbell (Mr Duck)
Jason Byrne (Pat the gardener)
Paddy Joyce (Bill the gardener)
Murray Melvin (Chief Executioner)
Janine Eser (mother)
Jeremy Brudenell (father)
Mary Healey (nanny)
Dilys Laye (governess)
Tim Potter (Three of Hearts)
Angus Barnett (Four of Hearts)
Richard Strange (Six of Hearts)
Toby Ross-Bryant (Eight of Hearts)
Jonathan Broadbent (Royal Gardener 1)
Matthew Sim (Royal Gardener 2)
Chris Ryan (Royal Gardener 3)
Peter Eyre (frogface footman)
Hugh Lloyd (fishface footman)
John Owens (Red Bishop)
Christopher Greet (White Castle)
Gerard Naprous (Red Knight (uncredited))

STAND INS
Utility Stand-Ins: Joanne Palmer, Amanda Kernot, Joe Lacey, Sarah Lester

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in the strange and bewildering world of Wonderland. There she has tea with the Mad Hatter, grows and shrinks, meets lots of eccentric characters and is menaced by the volatile Queen of Hearts.

USA
Television Distributor: Artisan Entertainment/Hallmark Entertainment/National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Video Distributor: NBC Home Video

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: PG

1999
February
28: USA - television broadcast (on NBC)

May
2: Portugal - television broadcast
23: Germany - television broadcast

August
13: Australia - television broadcast

December
24: France - television broadcast

2000
April
23: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

2001
December
24: UK - television broadcast (on Channel Four)

2006
December
17: UK - television broadcast (on E4)

Alice im Wunderland - German title

SEE ALSO
Alice in Wonderland (1903)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1910)
Alice in Wonderland (1915)
Alice in Wonderland (1931)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Alice in Wonderland (1950)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
Alice in Wonderland (1967)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
Alice in Wonderland (1976)
Big Apple Birthday (1978)
Alice at the Palace (1981)
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1982)
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, The (1987)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Neco z Alenky (1988)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1991)
Fairy Tales On Ice: Alice Through the Looking Glass (1996)

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly no.472 /473 (19 February 1999) pp.116-117
illustrated review ('Twas Brillig by Ken Tucker)

Eyepiece vol.19 no. (December/January 1998/1999 p.8 (UK)
production notes

Filmovy Prehled no.7 (2000) pp.5-6 (Czech Republic)
credits, synopsis, review

Film Score Monthly vol.4 no.6 (July 1999) p.45 (USA)
article

Music From the Movies no.24 (Summer 1999) p.30 (UK)
soundtrack review

TV Guide vol.47 no.2 (9 January 1999) p.6 (USA)
illustrated interview

TV Guide vol.47 no.9 (27 February 1999) pp.18-22 (USA)
illustrated article, production notes, review

Variety no.374 (22 February 1999) pp.88
illustrated credits, review (by Ray Richmond)

KEYWORDS

alice in wonderland; book into film