Alice in Wonderland (1985 film)
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| Genre | Adventure Family Fantasy Musical |
| Based on |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll |
| Written by |
Lewis Carroll Paul Zindel |
| Directed by | Harry Harris |
| Starring |
Natalie Gregory Red Buttons Anthony Newley Jayne Meadows Carol Channing Roddy McDowall Ann Jillian Pat Morita Robert Morley |
| Theme music composer |
Stephen Deutsch Morton Stevens |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Irwin Allen George E. Swink (associate producer) |
| Location(s) | 880 La Loma Rd., Pasadena, California Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California |
| Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
| Editor(s) | Richard E. Rabjohn |
| Running time | 187 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Irwin Allen Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | December 9–10, 1985 |
Alice in Wonderland is a 1985 two-part made-for-television film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. An Irwin Allen production, it used a huge all-star cast of notable actors and actresses. The title role was played by Natalie Gregory, who wore a blonde wig for this miniseries. Alice in Wonderland was first telecast December 9, 1985, (part one) and December 10, 1985 (part two), at 8:00pm EST on CBS.
It was filmed in Los Angeles at the MGM Studios (now known as Sony Pictures Studios) in Culver City over a 55-day period from March 12, 1985 to May 28 of that same year. Additional filming took place at Malibu Beach for the oysters scene, and establishing shots of Alice's house took place at the S. S. Hinds Estate, also in the Los Angeles area.
The first part opens with Alice helping Mother set the table for tea time. Although thankful for her daughter's help, Mother tells Alice that she is still not grown-up enough to join the adults at tea. Alice goes outside to see her sister (played by Natalie's real-life older sister Sharee Gregory), but gets bored of reading a book with no pictures. Her sister tells her that she will understand when she grows up, but Alice thinks she is already grown up (after all, she's seven and a half). While playing with her kitten, Dinah, the White Rabbit comes running by, saying he's late. Wondering where he is going, Alice follows him and tumbles into his rabbit hole. (Unlike the book and most movie versions, this rabbit hole appears to be dark and spooky.)
Alice finds herself in a hall with many doors, and all of them locked. On a table is a key which she can use to open one small door. Yet the door is far too small to even fit her head in. A small bottle appears labeled "Drink Me". She comes back to the table and puts it to her lips. Doing this, she shrinks to the right size for the door, but can no longer reach the key to open it. She then sees a small box which she opens and finds a little cake with the words "Eat Me" on it. She then grows to over nine feet tall. Frustrated with the thought of being stuck at nine feet tall, she begins to cry. Her tears fall on the floor and flow under the cracks. The White Rabbit appears, but frightened of the giant Alice runs away dropping his fan and gloves. Using the fan makes Alice shrink again to a size small enough to crawl into one of the cracks, which takes her diving in her pool of tears.
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