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Alice in Wonderland
Director: Tim Burton
Release Date: March 5, 2010
Starring: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Crispin Glover, Mia Wasikowska, Stephen Fry, Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Timothy Spall, Michael Gough
Language: English
Country: United States
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Alice in Wonderland is an 2010 fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton. It is an extension to the Lewis Carroll novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film will use a technique combining live action and motion capture technology. Mia Wasikowska plays the role of Alice, alongside Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, and Crispin Glover as The Knave of Hearts. The film is due for release on March 5, 2010 and the film will be released in Disney Digital 3-D and IMAX 3-D, as well as in regular theatres.
An extension on Lewis Carroll’s original stories, Alice Kingsley, now 19, attends a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to by a rich suitor in front of hundreds of snooty society types. She runs off, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland, a place she visited many years before, yet she doesn’t remember. The White Rabbit claims to have come back for Alice because she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwock, the beast who guards the Red Queen’s empire.
Alice remains completely unaware of why she is in Wonderland, and is confused about the fact that she had once visited Wonderland years before. She then embarks big and small on an adventure of self discovery and to save Wonderland from the Red Queen’s reign of terror with the help of her Wonderland friends.
Cast and characters:
- Mia Wasikowska as Alice. Alice Kingsley is a 19-year-old young lady “who doesn’t quite fit into Victorian society and structure.” Her return to Wonderland “becomes a rite of passage as she discovers her voice and herself.” Alice will evolve over the course of the new film into a more empowered heroine than in previous incarnations.
- Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. Tim Burton explained that Depp “tried to find a grounding to the character, something that you feel, as opposed to just being mad. In a lot of versions it’s a very one-note kind of character and you know his goal was to try and bring out a human side to the strangeness of the character.” The orange hair is an allusion to the mercury poisoning suffered by many hatters who used mercury to cure felt. According to Depp: “I think he was poisoned, very, very poisoned, and it was coming out through his hair, through his fingernails and eyes.” The Mad Hatter is Alice’s ally. Wasikowska says: “They have an understanding about each other. They both feel like outsiders and feel alone in their separate worlds, and have a special bond and friendship.”
- Helena Bonham Carter as Mirandathe Red Queen. Bonham Carter’s head will be increased in size by three times on screen. Her character is a combination of the Red Queen and the Queen of Hearts.
- Anne Hathaway as the White Queen. Her character does not require digital manipulation. Hathaway summed up her character with a caption on a magnet of Happy Bunny holding a knife; “Cute but psycho. Things even out.” Her character also doesn’t walk, but instead floats. She is very eccentric and dramatic.
- Michael Sheen as the White Rabbit. Sheen stated, “The White Rabbit is such an iconic character that I didn’t feel like I should break the mold too much.”
- Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar. Rickman was filmed while recording his voice in a studio, but his face won’t be composited onto the character’s face as originally planned.
- Stephen Fry as the Cheshire Cat.
- Matt Lucas as Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Lucas’ face was digitally inserted for both characters, while the body was computer-generated.
- Christopher Lee as the Jabberwock. An item in the film called “The Oraculum” suggests that John Tenniel’s original design for the Jabberwock will be used in the film.
- Paul Whitehouse as the March Hare. The March Hare will be computer animated.
- Barbara Windsor as the Dormouse. The Dormouse will also be computer animated.
- Timothy Spall as the Bloodhound
- Crispin Glover as the Knave of Hearts
- Michael Gough as the Dodo
- Eleanor Tomlinson as Fiona Chataway, an unfriendly girl Alice knows before she falls down the rabbit hole.
- Jemma Powell as Margaret Manchester
- John Hopkins as Lowell Manchester
- Lindsay Duncan as Helen Kingsley
- Marton Csokas as Charles Kingsley
- Frances de la Tour as Aunt Imogene
- Leo Bill as Hamish Ascot
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Lord Ascot
- Geraldine James as Lady Ascot
- Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter’s children will have cameos in the film.
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