Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)

Alice in Wonderland is a television film first broadcast in 1999 on NBC and then shown on British television on Channel 4. It is based upon Lewis Carrolls books Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the LookingGlass.

The film follows the storyline of the book closely, save for adding some scenes from Through the LookingGlass. It also changes the opening real world scene from Alice and her sister sitting at a riverbank to Alice in her bedroom, reluctantly practicing the song Cherry Ripe, which she is expected to perform at a garden party. The party guests are played by the same actors as the Wonderland characters, and are shown as resembling them in appearance and personality, in a similar manner to the MGM version of The Wizard of Oz. The toys in Alices room also reflect the residents of Wonderland. Thanks to stage fright, and constant nagging from her confident governess Dilys Laye, Alice runs out of the house and hides herself in the woods nearby until the party has ended. However, an apple floats down from the tree and seems to hover in Alices face. She is suddenly distracted by a humansized White Rabbit voiced by Richard Coombs rushing by. Curious, Alice follows the White Rabbit, falling down his rabbit hole and ending up in Wonderland.Alice travels throughout Wonderland, meeting a large number of bizarre people and challenges. Alice first has problems keeping her size the same while attempting to go through a small door leading to a beautiful garden, eventually she grows massively tall and floods the room she is in with her tears before shrinking to the size of a mouse. She then meets Mr. Mouse Ken Dodd and his avian friends who participate in a Caucus Race, where everyone wins. Alice encounters the White Rabbit again who directs her to his house. There, Alice comes across a bottle of liquid that makes her enormous and trapped in the house. The White Rabbit and his gardeners Pat played by Irish comedian Jason Byrne and Bill attempt to remove Alice by going down the chimney, but Alice shrinks again. Wandering in a forest, she encounters Major Caterpillar Ben Kingsley who advices her to not be afraid before transforming into a butterfly. Alice grows back to normal size by ea

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