Alice (TV miniseries)
| Alice | |
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Alice's intertitle.
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| Genre |
Miniseries Science fiction Fantasy Romance |
| Created by | Nick Willing |
| Written by | Nick Willing |
| Directed by | Nick Willing |
| Starring |
Caterina Scorsone Kathy Bates Andrew-Lee Potts Matt Frewer Harry Dean Stanton Colm Meaney Tim Curry Philip Winchester |
| Theme music composer | Ben Mink |
| Country of origin | Canada United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Michael O'Connor |
| Editor(s) |
Allan Lee Peter Forslund |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Reunion Pictures Alice Productions Studio Eight Productions RHI Entertainment |
| Release | |
| Original network | Showcase |
| Original release | December 6 – December 7, 2009 |
Alice is a 2009 television miniseries that was originally broadcast on Canadian cable television channel Showcase and an hour later on American cable television channel Syfy. The miniseries is a reimagining of the classic Lewis Carroll stories Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, taking place about 150 years later with science fiction and additional fantasy elements added. The miniseries, produced by Reunion Pictures is three hours long, split into two parts, which premiered on Sunday, December 6, 2009, and Monday, December 7, 2009, respectively.Writer and director Nick Willing previously directed a 1999 adaptation of the books that followed the story more closely; however, Alice is intended to be a modern interpretation, imagining how Wonderland might have evolved over the last 143 years. The mini-series was partially shot in the Kamloops, B.C., Canada area.
Alice Hamilton is a judo sensei living with her mother Carol. Her father disappeared when she was ten, and she has spent much of her life looking for him. She invites her new boyfriend Jack Chase to dinner, but is shocked when he gives her a valuable-looking ring as a gift. Jack abruptly leaves, Alice following only to witness Jack being abducted by several men. A man (the White Rabbit) appears and finds out that Alice is in possession of the ring because he hears the click of the mechanical box that contains the ring opening behind her back. He manages to take the box from her, thinking the ring is still in it, but Alice had already quickly taken it out and resealed the box. The White Rabbit runs away and Alice chases him to find out where they had taken Jack, but falls through a giant looking glass and lands in Wonderland, which has evolved over the past 150 years. Mary Heart, the Queen of Hearts rules over Wonderland from the Happy Hearts Casino, where people from Alice's world ("Oysters") are taken to, sedated and play games in the casino, their positive emotions drained from them and turned into drug-like substances for the people of Wonderland to digest, keeping them under the Queen's control.
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