The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland
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| Directed by | Raymond Jafelice |
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Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith |
| Written by | Peter Sauder |
| Screenplay by | Susan Snooks John de Klein |
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| Music by | Patricia Cullen |
| Edited by | Evan Landis |
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| Distributed by | Cineplex Odeon Films |
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78 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | US$5 million (adjusted by inflation$:10540422) |
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North America: US$2,608,000 (adjusted by inflation$:5497884) Worldwide: US$6,000,000 (adjusted by inflation$:12648506) |
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (also known as The Care Bears Movie III: An Adventure in Wonderland) is the third theatrically released film in the Care Bears animated franchise. It was released in the United States and Canada on August 7, 1987, by Cineplex Odeon Films, and is based on Lewis Carroll's Alice stories. The fourth feature film made at Toronto's Nelvana studio, it was directed by staff member Raymond Jafelice and produced by the firm's founders (Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith). It starred the voices of Keith Knight, Bob Dermer, Jim Henshaw, Tracey Moore and Elizabeth Hanna.
In the third film to feature the title characters, the Care Bears must rescue the Princess of Wonderland from the Evil Wizard and his assistants, Dim and Dumb. After the White Rabbit shows them her photo, the Bears and Cousins search around the Earth for her before enlisting a most unlikely replacement—an ordinary girl named Alice—to save her true look-alike. Venturing into Wonderland, the group encounters a host of strange characters, among them a rapping Cheshire Cat and the Jabberwocky.
Adventure in Wonderland was produced and self-financed by Nelvana, after a consortium of U.S. companies helped them with the first two films. Animation was handled by the Toronto studio and Taiwan's Wang Film Productions. The film featured a music score by Patricia Cullen, along with songs by pop musicians John Sebastian and Natalie Cole. Upon its North American release, the film opened weakly to mixed reviews, and ended up with a US$2.6 million gross; worldwide, it barely made back its US$5 million cost. In the years since it opened, Wonderland has received many VHS and DVD releases in various countries; a North American Region 1 premiere has yet to occur.
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