![]() ![]() Award-Bait Song: The song Alice sings with a baby deer she finds in the woods, which has no equivalent in the book, no bearing on the plot, and is a bit of a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment without being over-the-top.Animorphism: The White Queen randomly transforms into a sheep at one point, in one of the most bizarre points of the film.Dinah's kittens are also absent due to the story being adapted to take place directly after Alice's trip to Wonderland. The living foods whom Alice is introduced to at the banquet are absent too, perhaps because the writers needed more time for the sequence with the Jabberwocky. Adapted Out: In Through The Looking-Glass Alice is greeted by a frog after ringing the bell of her new palace when she becomes a queen.Adaptational Heroism: By the end of the second act, the Queen of Hearts shows a sympathetic side towards Alice (probably because Alice is a queen too by then) and even uses her famous command for good when the Jabberwocky attacks the party.Adaptational Attractiveness: Done with the Red Queen, the White Queen and the Queen of Hearts.Even her fall down the rabbit hole is changed from the book's whimsical scene into a darkly realistic fall with her shrieking in terror all the way down, and the Looking-Glass half of the film takes this trope even further by having the threat of the monstrous Jabberwocky loom over her journey. ![]() Alice's goal throughout all her adventures is to get back home and she repeatedly voices her homesickness, unlike in the books where she rarely thinks about going home and is a textbook Angst? What Angst? character. Adaptational Angst Upgrade: A mild example.The film adaptation provides examples of the following tropes: If you want to read the third draft of the screenplay, choose this link. Musical numbers aside, the adaptation goes on to follow both books fairly closely, aided with costumed actors. In the film, seven-year-old Alice isn't allowed to participate in tea parties because her parents don't believe she is grown-up enough, and this becomes a driving factor for Alice through her journey, with Alice trying to be more grown up as a theme throughout. as the Caterpillar, and Telly Savalas as the Cheshire Cat. There's no way om this strange land.Īlice in Wonderland is a 1985 two-part CBS Made-for-TV Movie adaptation of Lewis Carroll's books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.ĭirected by Harry Harris and produced by Irwin Allen, it stars Natalie Gregory as Alice and features an All-Star Cast of supporting players, including Red Buttons as the White Rabbit, Anthony Newley as the Mad Hatter, Jayne Meadows as the Queen of Hearts, Carol Channing as the White Queen, Roddy McDowall as the March Hare, Ann Jillian as The Red Queen, Robert Morley as the King of Hearts, Ringo Starr as the Mock Turtle, Sammy Davis Jr. ![]()
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