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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)

January 11, 2023

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel of the same name and its 1871 sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, directed by Australian television producer-director William Sterling. It had a distinguished ensemble cast with a musical score by John Barry and lyrics by Don Black.[3]

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Sterling
Written byWilliam Sterling
Don Black (lyrics)
Lewis Carroll (novel)
Based onAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
by Lewis Carroll
Produced byDerek Horne
StarringFiona Fullerton
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byPeter Weatherley
Music byJohn Barry
Production
company
Josef Shaftel Productions
Distributed byFox-Rank Distributors
Release dates
  • 20 November 1972 (20 November 1972)
(United States)
  • 4 December 1972 (4 December 1972)
(United Kingdom)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£700,000[1] or $1.5 million[2]

In 1973, the film won the BAFTA Film Award at the BAFTA Awards Ceremony for Best Cinematography, won by Geoffrey Unsworth, and Best Costume Design, won by Anthony Mendleson. Stuart Freeborn created make-up for the film based closely on the original John Tenniel drawings in the first edition of the novel.

Plot

Alice lives in England, when suddenly a white rabbit appears, Alice follows the rabbit and ends up getting swept away in a rabbit hole to a place called Wonderland. Alice finds a door and realizes it’s too small for her, She finds a bottle that says “Drink Me”. She drinks and changes to small size. The youngster Alice won’t be able without the key. Alice finds a cookie that reads “Eat Me”. As she eats it, she changes super big, and starts singing about how big she is and starts crying, she floods the room and changes into small size back. Alice finds curious little animals and people like the Cheshire Cat and the White Rabbit and more. Alice ends up at the rabbit’s house, She drinks a bottle for her size. Alice ends up being really big for the White Rabbit, Alice changes to normal amount, With the characters all mad, she joins a tea party, with characters named the Mad Hatter, Alice gets fed up with the people and returns home.

Cast

Production

Casting

It was originally intended to cast an actress who was close to the age of Alice in the original book. They began their search looking for girls who were between seven and ten years old. This concept was later scrapped when they realized that most girls of that age "lose their teeth, lisp a great deal, and have short attention spans."[4]

When the decision was made to audition older actresses, the director, William Sterling, orchestrated a nationwide search across Great Britain for an unknown young actress to play the title role of Alice. Over 2,000[5] girls between the ages of thirteen to seventeen auditioned for this highly sought after role. This search had been considered to be one of the biggest in the UK since Franco Zeffirelli's search for the roles of Romeo and Juliet six years earlier.

Some actresses who auditioned for the role of Alice included Lynne Frederick, Rosalyn Landor, Karen Dotrice, Deborah Makepeace, and Chloe Franks. Landor,[6] who had just turned thirteen at the time, impressed everyone at her audition and was asked back a few times, but the producers and director ultimately decided that she was too young. Frederick[7] was nearly eighteen at the time of her audition, and after doing a few screen tests was deemed too sophisticated and mature for the part. Landor and Frederick were later cast in the Lionel Jeffries film The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), which came out the same year as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972).

Fifteen year old Fiona Fullerton was ultimately cast as Alice. For the role of Alice, Fullerton had her long hip length brown hair dyed chestnut blonde. Fullerton would later star on stage in London's West End in the musicals Camelot and Nymph Errant, singing on both productions' cast recordings.[8][9]

Possible Deleted Scenes

Two songs appear on the film's soundtrack but are not in the final cut of the film: "I've Never Been This Far Before" performed by Alice when she enters the garden outside the Queen of Heart's palace, and "The Moral Song" sung by the Duchess to Alice during the Croquet Game.[10] A dialogue scene was filmed between Alice and the Cheshire Cat, with the latter perched in a tree. Although some stills survive, the footage itself was cut from the final print and may no longer exist.[11]

Soundtrack

The Duchess Is Waiting
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Michael Crawford
Curiouser And Curiouser
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Fiona Fullerton
You've Got To Know When To Stop
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Davy Kaye
The Royal Processions
Music by John Barry
The Last Word Is Mine
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Michael Crawford and Fiona Fullerton
Digging For Apples
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Freddie Earlle
There Goes Bill
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Freddie Earlle and Mike Elles
How Doth The Little Crocodile
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Fiona Fullerton
Dum And Dee Dance (Nursery Rhyme)
Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Fiona Fullerton
From The Queen, An Invitation for the Duchess To Play Croquet
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Peter O'Farrell and Ian Trigger
The Duchess's Lullaby
Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Peter Bull and Patsy Rowlands
It's More Like A Pig Than A Baby
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Fiona Fullerton
I See What I Eat
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore and Fiona Fullerton
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers
The Pun Song
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore and Fiona Fullerton
Off With Their Heads
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Flora Robson
The Croquet Game
Music by John Barry
Off With Their Heads (Reprise)
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Flora Robson
I've Never Been This Far Before
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Fiona Fullerton
The Moral Song
Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Peter Bull
The Me I Never Knew
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Fiona Fullerton
The Lobster Quadrille (The Mock Turtle's Song)
Music by John Barry
Will You Walk A Little Faster, Said A Whiting to a Snail
Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Michael Hordern and Spike Milligan
They Told Me (Evidence Read at the Trial of the Knave of Hearts)
Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
Music by John Barry
Performed by Michael Crawford

Home media

The film has been released on VHS and DVD several times.

References

  1. ^ Alexander Walker, National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties, Harrap, 1985 p 126
  2. ^ "The summer visitors". The Bulletin. 6 January 1973. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland(1972)". Yahoo movies. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. ^ Scott, Vernon (26 December 1972). "What would Lewis Carroll think? Alice's musical wonderland". Detroit News.
  5. ^ Scott, Vernon (26 December 1972). "What would Lewis Carroll think? Alice's musical wonderland". Detroit News.
  6. ^ "The Amazing Mr Blunden: Interview: Rosalyn Landor". Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy & Horror!.
  7. ^ Edwards, Jonathan (1 January 2020). "Lynne Frederick Remembered » We Are Cult". We Are Cult. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Jay Records - Camelot".
  9. ^ https://www.loc.gov/item/smor.19331006/[dead link]
  10. ^ "Alice's in Wonderland Original Motion Picture Soundtrack re-released by FSM Silver Age Classics, liner notes by Jon Burlingame
  11. ^ "Las aventuras de Alicia (1972)". IMDb.

External links

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at IMDb
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Miscellaneous sites for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • External reviews for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

January 11, 2023
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Alice s Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film based on Lewis Carroll s 1865 novel of the same name and its 1871 sequel Through the Looking Glass directed by Australian television producer director William Sterling It had a distinguished ensemble cast with a musical score by John Barry and lyrics by Don Black 3 Alice s Adventures in WonderlandTheatrical release posterDirected byWilliam SterlingWritten byWilliam SterlingDon Black lyrics Lewis Carroll novel Based onAlice s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glassby Lewis CarrollProduced byDerek HorneStarringFiona FullertonCinematographyGeoffrey UnsworthEdited byPeter WeatherleyMusic byJohn BarryProductioncompanyJosef Shaftel ProductionsDistributed byFox Rank DistributorsRelease dates20 November 1972 20 November 1972 United States 4 December 1972 4 December 1972 United Kingdom Running time101 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget 700 000 1 or 1 5 million 2 In 1973 the film won the BAFTA Film Award at the BAFTA Awards Ceremony for Best Cinematography won by Geoffrey Unsworth and Best Costume Design won by Anthony Mendleson Stuart Freeborn created make up for the film based closely on the original John Tenniel drawings in the first edition of the novel Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Casting 4 Possible Deleted Scenes 5 Soundtrack 6 Home media 7 References 8 External linksPlot EditAlice lives in England when suddenly a white rabbit appears Alice follows the rabbit and ends up getting swept away in a rabbit hole to a place called Wonderland Alice finds a door and realizes it s too small for her She finds a bottle that says Drink Me She drinks and changes to small size The youngster Alice won t be able without the key Alice finds a cookie that reads Eat Me As she eats it she changes super big and starts singing about how big she is and starts crying she floods the room and changes into small size back Alice finds curious little animals and people like the Cheshire Cat and the White Rabbit and more Alice ends up at the rabbit s house She drinks a bottle for her size Alice ends up being really big for the White Rabbit Alice changes to normal amount With the characters all mad she joins a tea party with characters named the Mad Hatter Alice gets fed up with the people and returns home Cast EditFiona Fullerton Alice Hywel Bennett Duckworth Michael Crawford White Rabbit Robert Helpmann Mad Hatter Michael Hordern Mock Turtle Michael Jayston Dodgson Davy Kaye Mouse Roy Kinnear Cheshire Cat Spike Milligan Gryphon Dudley Moore Dormouse Dennis Price King of Hearts Ralph Richardson Caterpillar Flora Robson Queen of Hearts Peter Sellers March Hare Rodney Bewes Knave of Hearts Ray Brooks 5 of Spades Richard Warwick 7 of Spades Dennis Waterman 2 of Spades Julian Chagrin Bill the Lizard Peter Bull Duchess Patsy Rowlands Cook Freddie Earlle Guinea Pig Pat Freddie and Frank Cox Tweedledum and Tweedledee William Ellis Dodo Mike Elles Guinea Pig Two Peter O Farrell Fish Footman Ian Trigger Frog Footman Victoria Shallard Lorina Pippa Vickers Edith Ray Edwards Eagle Stanley Bates Monkey Melita Manger Squirrel Angela Morgan Lory June Kidd Magpie Michael Reardon Frog Brian Tipping DuckProduction EditCasting Edit It was originally intended to cast an actress who was close to the age of Alice in the original book They began their search looking for girls who were between seven and ten years old This concept was later scrapped when they realized that most girls of that age lose their teeth lisp a great deal and have short attention spans 4 When the decision was made to audition older actresses the director William Sterling orchestrated a nationwide search across Great Britain for an unknown young actress to play the title role of Alice Over 2 000 5 girls between the ages of thirteen to seventeen auditioned for this highly sought after role This search had been considered to be one of the biggest in the UK since Franco Zeffirelli s search for the roles of Romeo and Juliet six years earlier Some actresses who auditioned for the role of Alice included Lynne Frederick Rosalyn Landor Karen Dotrice Deborah Makepeace and Chloe Franks Landor 6 who had just turned thirteen at the time impressed everyone at her audition and was asked back a few times but the producers and director ultimately decided that she was too young Frederick 7 was nearly eighteen at the time of her audition and after doing a few screen tests was deemed too sophisticated and mature for the part Landor and Frederick were later cast in the Lionel Jeffries film The Amazing Mr Blunden 1972 which came out the same year as Alice s Adventures in Wonderland 1972 Fifteen year old Fiona Fullerton was ultimately cast as Alice For the role of Alice Fullerton had her long hip length brown hair dyed chestnut blonde Fullerton would later star on stage in London s West End in the musicals Camelot and Nymph Errant singing on both productions cast recordings 8 9 Possible Deleted Scenes EditTwo songs appear on the film s soundtrack but are not in the final cut of the film I ve Never Been This Far Before performed by Alice when she enters the garden outside the Queen of Heart s palace and The Moral Song sung by the Duchess to Alice during the Croquet Game 10 A dialogue scene was filmed between Alice and the Cheshire Cat with the latter perched in a tree Although some stills survive the footage itself was cut from the final print and may no longer exist 11 Soundtrack EditThe Duchess Is Waiting Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Michael CrawfordCuriouser And Curiouser Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Fiona FullertonYou ve Got To Know When To Stop Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Davy KayeThe Royal Processions Music by John BarryThe Last Word Is Mine Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Michael Crawford and Fiona FullertonDigging For Apples Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Freddie EarlleThere Goes Bill Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Freddie Earlle and Mike EllesHow Doth The Little Crocodile Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Fiona FullertonDum And Dee Dance Nursery Rhyme Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Fiona FullertonFrom The Queen An Invitation for the Duchess To Play Croquet Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Peter O Farrell and Ian TriggerThe Duchess s Lullaby Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Peter Bull and Patsy RowlandsIt s More Like A Pig Than A Baby Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Fiona FullertonI See What I Eat Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Robert Helpmann Peter Sellers Dudley Moore and Fiona FullertonTwinkle Twinkle Little Bat Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Robert Helpmann Peter SellersThe Pun Song Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Robert Helpmann Peter Sellers Dudley Moore and Fiona FullertonOff With Their Heads Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Flora RobsonThe Croquet Game Music by John BarryOff With Their Heads Reprise Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Flora RobsonI ve Never Been This Far Before Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Fiona FullertonThe Moral Song Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Peter BullThe Me I Never Knew Lyrics by Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Fiona FullertonThe Lobster Quadrille The Mock Turtle s Song Music by John BarryWill You Walk A Little Faster Said A Whiting to a Snail Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Michael Hordern and Spike MilliganThey Told Me Evidence Read at the Trial of the Knave of Hearts Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black Music by John Barry Performed by Michael CrawfordHome media EditThe film has been released on VHS and DVD several times References Edit Alexander Walker National Heroes British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties Harrap 1985 p 126 The summer visitors The Bulletin 6 January 1973 p 24 Alice s Adventures in Wonderland 1972 Yahoo movies Retrieved 29 May 2012 Scott Vernon 26 December 1972 What would Lewis Carroll think Alice s musical wonderland Detroit News Scott Vernon 26 December 1972 What would Lewis Carroll think Alice s musical wonderland Detroit News The Amazing Mr Blunden Interview Rosalyn Landor Sci Fi Bulletin Exploring the Universes of SF Fantasy amp Horror Edwards Jonathan 1 January 2020 Lynne Frederick Remembered We Are Cult We Are Cult Retrieved 4 January 2020 Jay Records Camelot https www loc gov item smor 19331006 dead link Alice s in Wonderland Original Motion Picture Soundtrack re released by FSM Silver Age Classics liner notes by Jon Burlingame Las aventuras de Alicia 1972 IMDb External links EditAlice s Adventures in Wonderland at IMDb Alice s Adventures in Wonderland at 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