Overview
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film directed by Australian filmmaker William Sterling, based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel of the same name and its 1871 sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. It had a distinguished ensemble cast and a musical score composed by John Barry with lyrics written by Don Black. In addition, make-up artist Stuart Freeborn created film visuals based on the original drawings by John Tenniel from the first edition of the novel.
At the 26th British Academy Film Awards, the film won both of its nominated categories, including Best Cinematography (Geoffrey Unsworth) and Best Costume Design (Anthony Mendleson).
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
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).