Great Version of Alice in Wonderland
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I Love this Version of Alice in Wonderland was so happy when I found it here on Amazon. I grew up watching this one when I would visit my Grandma as a kid and was sad when one of my cousins had ruined the tape when I went to borrow to show my little girl. this version is definitely the best even better then the cartoon!!
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I first encountered this version of ALICE IN WONDERLAND back in the early 1960s when I was home from school recovering from a bad cold. In those days your local TV station would show morning movies before the game shows started. I only saw it that one time until many years later but I never forgot some of the imagery. It may not be Lewis Carroll's ALICE (no movie ever is) but it does create a world of its own which is its strongest selling point. It actually plays better today than in 1933 for with few exceptions (W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper), no one remembers the other stars (aside from Charlotte Henry best known as Bo-Peep in Laurel & Hardy's BABES IN TOYLAND) and so they can be viewed as characters not stars under heavy make-up. The adaptation by Joseph L. Mankiewicz retains most of Carroll's original dialogue and is more THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS than ALICE. It flows very nicely between the two books and at 77 minutes seems just right. As has been noted elsewhere the film was originally 90 minutes but the missing footage deals with the real world so it probably isn't missed too badly. The question is why was it cut.

For reasons that have never been fully explained or understood, the film has been out of circulation for years (even from TV showings) and was never officially released until now to cash in on the Tim Burton adaptation (just as Sherlock Holmes movies have reappeared in time for Robert Downey Jr's version). That's how the game is played. The cover has even been colorized to hide the fact from most people that the film is in black & white. The production design by the legendary William Cameron Menzies uses black and white to good advantage as does Bert Glennon's photography so fortunately no attempt was made to colorize the film for this release. In fact Universal, who now owns the rights to the film, has made no attempt to do much of anything with this release which is a real shame. I'm sure there are copyright issues involved but it would have been nice to have the Betty Boop cartoon BETTY IN BLUNDERLAND as an added bonus as well as production stills or commentary from someone who admires the film. Although not a perfect transfer, it is light years away from the bootleg and gray market copies available until now and for that I am thankful. Maybe someday it will get the royal treatment it deserves.
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Excellent copy and great source of all things Alice. A great collection to add to his Nightmare!!!
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The first is "Alice in Wonderland".
I love this movie!
Grab it now,you know it will go out of print again.
Great job with the transfer.
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This Alice in Wonderland music by Alec Wilder was transcribed in part from a 1958 recording.  Very charming, and music was only written for parts that Lewis Carroll specifically said were songs.  Lobster Quadrille is quite fun.  Flute parts are written in small print which could be tricky to prepare for performance, I don't know if separate flute parts are available.
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I really enjoy this version of the story.  Good acting and great songs.  Lead actors are very likeable.  Although the actors are not professional singers, they do a good job with the songs.  And although the storyline is quite different from the original, the message remains the same and is a good alternative to the Disney version.
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Ever since I was little I have loved Alice in Wonderland. I have seen and read just about every make of Alice in Wonderland. I got this because it's my favorite book. I've read it several times. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves to read about silly fantasy worlds where cats smile and flowers talk.
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Several wonderful activities included in the book.  A real hit with the Alice in Wonderland fan in the house!!
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I know that as a twelve-year old, when I saw this on TV in 1985, I really liked it. It was never on as frequently as the
animated version was, but there was a time later on it appeared again. My mother laughed and laughed until she just hurt.
She liked this version as well. This one is the one that brings back the memories, for my mother is no longer alive now.
Since the last time I watched this film with my mother, until last year, when we purchased this, I had nearly forgotten
about it. Now with a small family of my own, it is all the more special to me. (My daughter views this one nearly three
times per week.) This is still one of the best Alice films to see.

Alice is the right age and size. So far this area is failing in other versions, excluding the animated one. It stays really
close to the book. The characters are interesting and fascinating, even after all of the years that elapsed in between seeing it last, until owning it on dvd. Nearly everything is following the book. All of the characters are here. A lot of the poems
are included as songs, which is not bothersome to me, because this is one of the first Alice films I recall viewing. I have
to remind myself, that this film is in the 1980's, and for that time I feel that a lot of attention was given to the details.
The poem "Jabberwocky" was given by Alice in part, and then the "Jabberwock with eyes of flame" appeared and "burbled as it
came." Many other such events are here as well. A must for those with children or if you remember this one from the past.
From beginning to ending it is great.
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Alyssa Gardners family is cursed. Her great grandmother was the original Alice that went down into Wonderland and ever since then all of the women in the family have been cursed with madness. As her mothers mental stability worsens and more extreme measures are on the horizon to control her affliction, Alyssa takes matters into her own hands and heads back to Wonderland to try and undo her familys past mistakes.

This is a wonderfully scary retelling/new perspective on the Alice in Wonderland Adventures by Lewis Carroll. I love how the author is able to incorporate all of the curse elements and how they ties in so well with the past story. I did find myself skimming through some of the parts but overall greatly enjoyed the book as a whole.

I would recommend this to people that love Alice in Wonderland and wanted a darker side to the story.
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Tales from Wonderland volumes 1 to 3 are basically an introduction to every character in the Wonderland story.
In this first volume we are dealing with the story of Queen of Hearts . How she got trapped into Wonderland, together with her ''ugly'' sister. How she becomes a Queen ( since she gets in Wonderland as a little young girl ) , remains a mystery and the author doesn't explain that one. Second chapter is about the Mad Hatter, but , not really about him , but more about his victim. Third chapter is the story of Alice. The volume contains also a story called ''The Experiment'' and how the portal to Wonderland has been opened through the mirror. This has to be my favorite.
The artwork is great.  There's blood, there's sexy girls, there's horror and there's a beautiful twist on the classic Wonderland.
I really do enjoy this volume and it's great for any Wonderland ( from Zenescope ) fan.
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I teach online classes and have a class coming up that features a pet bunny. Naturally, I wanted to read The Tale of Peter Rabbit, but needed it abridged to level 1 vocabulary. This is a great version of the story and I love the format of the reading comprehension puzzles at the end.
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A different twist on Alice in Wonderland.  Any fan of Alice in Wonderland should defiantly get this, if they don't mind things going a bit dark.
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A lot of research and passion for the original Alice in Wonderland obviously went into this book and it was most definitely worth it! The characters were fun, the story kept moving (there were no points of just yawning and wanting to skip over a page or two) and it made me excited about reading Alice in Wonderland to my kids again.

Sadly, I am super picky when it comes to books these days but thats what makes me extra thrilled to have another book recommendation Ill be passing on to my friends!
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Lewis Carroll does a fine job quenching the bizarre psychosis that is the human mind and life in general through his two novels, "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" and "Through The Looking Glass." The two images that cross our mind the quickest with this series is the 1951 Disney film and the 2010 film with Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter. There is far more to this series than these two images, though these images only intrigue us to dig for more.

Much of the basic structure of the original story is true, only Alice actually comes across more than is mentioned. In "Wonderland," she meets several types of creatures and people, such as clueless Dodos that run around in circles deciding who would be "the leader," a Cheshire Cat that growls when its happy and wags its tail when its mad, she attends a tea party and engages in a ridiculous discussion with the Hatter, plays croquet with the queen (with flamingos and hedgehogs), meets the Mock Turtle, and attends a trial that's over a stolen tart.

"Through The Looking Glass" is often overlooked or few elements are combined with "Wonderland." As the original bears a theme of cards, "Looking Glass" bears a theme of chess. Here, Alice meets Tweedledee and Tweedledum and listens to their poem, a king that sleeps, and Humpty Dumpty, who likes to celebrate his "un-birthday." The queen in this game is just as nasty as the one in "Wonderland," only without the interest of beheading anyone that makes her angry.

There seems to be two mindsets to these novels. The first is a satire of the British government, such as the Mad Hatter being a subject of mercury poisoning to the head. The second is how life may just be a dream and that while their lives may not make sense, what leads us to believe that ours is much more normal? There are hints that this whole story may be all in the sleeping king's head.

This is one of these novels that I need to read again and again in order to quench the meaning. It's just something else. Definitely check this out and enter the bizarre world and bizarre way of thinking. You have nothing to lose!
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I love this version of the Nutcracker.  Back in the 1970's and 1980's PBS would play it on Christmas Eve.  Every year I looked forward to watching this. Unfortunately probably due to it's age this version is not on PBS anymore, I think.  I have missed it quite a bit and was very pleased to find it on Amazon.  Watching this takes me back to the feeling of Christmas I would experience as a little girl.
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I collect versions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and I have to say I love this one, it is beautifully put together. A nice edition, meant for grown ups. Love the pattern design of the back cover.