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Alice In Wonderland [1966] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Jonathan Miller Actors: Anne-Marie Mallik, Freda Dowie, Jo Maxwell Muller, Wilfrid Brambell, Alan Bennett Studio: Bfi Video Category: DVD Buy New: £20.90 as of 23/11/2009 20:25 GMT details New (8) Used (4) from £19.00 Seller: ought74 Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 22838 Format: Black White, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 72 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5035673005194 ASIN: B00008WQ58 Theatrical Release Date: 1966 Release Date: April 28, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » All in the golden afternoon... March 16, 2004 Dennis E. Sisterson (London, United Kingdom) 28 out of 28 found this review helpful This remarkable film almost defies description; it's so completely unlike any other film or any other adaptation of Carroll's book. Watching it is like gazing through a crystal ball at someone's confused, faded, half-dreamed memories of childhood in another life and another age, when summers were long and lazy and hot and the world was severe and confusing. Little of Carroll's text is preserved intact; his ingenious wordplay is mainly given second place to atmosphere, so for all its wonderful qualities this can't really be considered the definitive adaptation - perhaps such a thing is impossible - but it does capture aspects of the original that no other version comes close to. Director Jonathan Miller gives a fascinating, entertaining commentary and you can't help but wonder what we would have had if the BBC hadn't insisted on trimming thirty minutes out of it before transmission... though we shouldn't complain too much about that; today, such a fascinating and individual piece of work would probably never get commissioned in the first place, by the BBC or anyone else. The Real Alice March 8, 2004 16 out of 17 found this review helpful For Alice aficionados Miller#8217;s 1966 film really is the best version there is. It blurs the boundaries of reality (Lewis Carroll#8217;s world of Oxford University dons) and fantasy in a way that no other version could hope to match. Although this film is not really considered a #8216;children#8217;s#8217; film I would definitely recommend that children watch this version rather than the artificially sweetened Disney version. Don't be fooled by technicolor singalongs, what children and adults alike really want is originality, magic, and absurdity. Millers vision has it all. It's altogether darker, funnier, and truer to the original book.pThis is the sort of classic that rarely appears on DVD/home video #8211; get it while you can!pIf you#8217;re interested in an alternative and challenging vision of Carroll#8217;s classic, see also Jan Svankmajer#8217;s animated #8216;Alice#8217;, for superb surreality and a more gothic flavour. 40 years on, still modern July 12, 2005 11 out of 12 found this review helpful The comment I want to make is on just how modern this version of Alice in Wonderland appears some 40 years later. Perhaps it's the timeless effect of the black and white, but it's quite easy to imagine this being made today, using guest stars like Vic Reeves and David Walliams in place of stars Peter Cooke and Leo McKern. brThe drug fuelled aspect is alluded to often - Alice looks 'out of it' more than once, clearly by design, and the sense of being inside an LSD trip is conveyed subtly but clearly. Again, this allows the play to retain a modernity - if Miller (or Carroll) had shown any actual use of drugs, this work would have been censored and probably banned - but by using Carroll's device of bottles and cakes marked 'eat me' and 'drink me' he pretty much gets away with making you feel like you just spent an endless summer day tripped out at woodstock without risking any censorship.brQuite an experience. pVery connected to the psychedelic movement that was as it's height then too - I half expected John Lennon to appear, but sadly he didn't. Beatles fans will recognise the warped victoriana throughout the play. TRIPPY ALICE IN WONDERLAND - 60's version! July 7, 2003 Jn Johansson (Sweden) 9 out of 11 found this review helpful At last this CLASSIC BBC TV-film from 1966 is available to a wider audience. SUPERBLY Directed by Jonathan Miller, giving it a "Pre-'67 Psych" feel, when looking on it now, and with an armada of SUBLIME Brit actors, i.e. Sir John Gielgud, Leo McKern, Peter Sellers etc etc AND Peter Cook as the Mad Hatter is nothing short of BRILLIANT! + Anne-Marie Mallik is superb as Alice. Jonathan M. version captures the dreamlike feel of Lewis Carroll's fantasy, with his MAGIC WAND, which makes it a movie experience, extraordinare. Ravi Shankar's(!) specially composed music is highly original and fits perfectly! INVEST!! "Life, what is it but a dream?" April 1, 2008 J. Scott (Co. Down United Kingdom) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful This is certainly one of the weirder takes on the Alice story. br / br /Don't expect to see any actors in tacky animal outfits or jazzy settings of the songs. br / br /Instead... well, imagine a young girl in the late 1800's who has just read ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Then she falls asleep. This film could be her dream. Instead of caterpillars and griffins, you get the various crusty academics, ecclesiastics, maids and governesses who inhabit her waking life. br /(Played, incidentally, by a superb cast). br / br /AS a lifelong fan of Lewis Carroll, part of me feels that I should passionately hate this interpretation - but oddly, I think it's my favourite of all the screen versions. br / br /Everything is disjointed and dreamlike. In most of the scenes, Alice is facing or staring away from what's happening. This sullen, wild-haired girl goes through the story in what looks like a state of total disinterest. When she speaks, it's in a sulky flat-toned voice. br / br /If you're a fan of the Alice story, I don't think you'll feel neutral about this film. You may hate it, or you may love it (perhaps, like me, you may love it without quite knowing why!) br / br /In any case, it's something you should really see at least once. br / br /Personally, I rented it, thought about it for a few days, then decided that I had to have my own copy br / br /"Life, what is it but a dream?" This version of ALICE captures that feeling more than any other I've yet seen. I think, ultimately, that's why it works for me. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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