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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1972
Running Times: 95 mins (USA)     101 mins
Format:
colour     Todd-AO 35     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Shaftel/American National Enterprises/Twentieth Century Fox
Executive Producer: Josef Shaftel
Producer: Derek Horne
Associate Producer: René Dupont
Production Manager: Jack Causey

SCRIPT
Screenplay: William Sterling
Books: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll (rn:
Charles Dodgson)

DIRECTION
Director: William Sterling
Assistant Director: Bert Batt

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Camera Operator: Peter MacDonald
Labs: Rank Film Labs

EDITING
Editor: Peter Weatherley
2nd Editor: Lawes Shields
Assistant Editor: Peter Culverwell

MUSIC
Music: John Barry
Lyrics: Don Black
Music Recording: CTS-Studios, London
Music Editor: Michael Clifford
Choreographer: Terry Gilbert

SOUND
Sound Recording: Bob Jones, Ken Ritchoe (Ritchie?)
Sound Engineer: John Richards
Sound Editor: James Shields

MAKE-UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Stuart Freeborn
Hair: Biddy Crystal
Costume Designer: Anthony Mendleson
Wardrobe Master: Ron Beck?
Wardrobe Mistress: Dorothy Edwards

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ted Samuels, Doug Ferris, Roy Whybrow

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Michael Stringer
Art Director: Norman Dorme
Construction Manager: Dick Frift (Prift?)

OTHER CREW
Continuity: Maggie Unsworth

LOCATIONS
Locations: Shepperton Studios

CAST
Fiona Fullerton (Alice)
Michael Crawford (White Rabbit)
Ralph Richardson (The Caterpillar)
Peter Sellers (The March Hare)
Flora Robson (Queen of Hearts)
Robert Helpmann (The Mad Hatter)
Dudley Moore (Dormouse)
Spike Milligan (Gryphon)
Michael Jayston (Lewis Carroll)
Stanley Bates (Monkey)
Hywel Bennett (Duckworth)
Rodney Bewes (Knave of Hearts)
Ray Brooks (5 of Spades)
Peter Bull (Duchess)
Freddie Chargrin (Bill the Lizard)
Frank Cox (Tweedledee)
Fred Cox (Tweedledum)
Freddie Cox (Tweedledum)
Freddie Earlle (guinea pig Pat)
Ray Edwards (Eagle)
Mike Elles (guinea pig two)
William Ellis (Dodo)
Michael Hordern (Mock Turtle)
Davy Kaye (Mouse)
June Kidd (Magpie)
Roy Kinnear (Cheshire Cat)
Melita Manger (Squirrel)
Angela Morgan (Lory)
Peter O'Farrell (fish footman)
Dennis Price (King of Hearts)
Michael Reardon (Frog)
Patsy Rowlands (cook)
Victoria Shallard (Lorina)
Peter Trigger (frog footman)
Brian Tripping (duck)
Pippa Vickers (Edith)
Richard Warwick (7 of Spades)
Dennis Waterman (2 of Spades)

PLOT SUMMARY

When Alice falls asleep she dreams of chasing a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in the weird world of Wonderland.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributor: American National Enterprises
Video Distributors: Children's Video Library; Impulse Video; Rentertainment Video; Vestron Video

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: G

TIMELINE

1978
December

Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

1984
May

Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast (on BBC1)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Adventures in Wonderland - early title
Le Avventure di Alice nel paese delle meraviglie - Italian title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Alice at the Palace (1981)
Alice in Wonderland (1903)
Alice in Wonderland (1915)
Alice in Wonderland (1931)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Alice in Wonderland (1950)
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Alice in Wonderland (1967)
Alice in Wonderland (1976)
Alice in Wonderland (1983)
Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1991)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1910)
Big Apple Birthday (1978)
Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, The (1987)
Fairy Tales On Ice: Alice Through the Looking Glass (1996)
Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1982)
Neco z Alenky (1988)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.4 no.4 (Winter 1976) p.30 (USA)
review

CinemaTV Today no.9978 (29 April 1972) p.15 (UK)
credits

CinemaTV Today no.10010 (9 December 1972) p.29 (UK)
review

Film Making vol.10 no.12 (December 1972) pp.22-25 (UK)
illustrated article (Live Action versus Cartoon Techniques by Del Ross)

Films and Filming vol.19 no.8 (May 1973) pp.53-54 (UK)
review

Focus on Film no.13 Special 1973 pp.9-10 (UK)
review

Hollywood Reporter vol.221 no.36 (12 June 1972) p.3 (USA)
credits

Hollywood Reporter vol.223 no.43 (14 November 1972) p.3 (USA)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.40 no.468 (January 1973) p.3 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.40 no.478 (November 1973) p.239 (UK)
note

Photoplay vol.23 no.12 (December 1972) pp.50-51, 54 (UK)
interview

Variety 15 November 1972 p.24 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

The A-Z of Science Fiction and Fantasy Films p.14
credits, review, synopsis

Elliott's Guide to Home Entertainment (4th Edition) p.13
credits, short review, UK video data

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.9
credits

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

birds, cats, children, fish, guinea pigs, mice, other worlds, playing cards, rabbits, royalty, wonderland

 


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