Alice in Wonderland

Early on in Walt Disney's career, he had wanted to tell the story of Alice in Wonderland. As early as 1923 he had begun a series of short films , which featured a young girl in the role of Alice and integrated her live-action performance with animation. So it's no surprise that he wished to make a full-length film based upon Lewis Carroll's classic stories . What is a surprise is that, in 1951 when the film was finally released, Walt Disney was extremely disappointed. He felt that the film lacked an emotional center and that the characters were weak and unmemorable. Perhaps his discontentment was caused by his high expectations or maybe Walt simply didn't understand that the film was a masterpiece, but whatever the reason for his disliking the film, it has gone on to become a classic (of all of the films made while Walt Disney was alive this, Fantasia , Cinderella , Sleeping Beauty , and 101 Dalmatians are my favorites). The story, which combines elements from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Saw There , was unfairly criticized for deviating from Lewis Carroll's original text. But of all the film adaptations inspired by the Alice books, this is one of the most faithful to the spirit and essence of the books despite the many changes to chronology and the deletion of many sequences. Disney's Alice in Wonderland is a delightful, song-filled and beautifully animated adventure into a world of nonsense and absurdity. The story begins with Alice, who's grown tired of her lessons in history, daydreaming of a world of her own; a world where flowers talk, where animals behave like people and people behave like fools, a world where the laws of physics wouldn't apply. Suddenly her fantasy is intruded upon by a white rabbit, dressed in his finest and carrying an umbrella and pocket watch, who frantically intones, "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" Intrigued, for she has never met a talking rabbit before, Alice runs after the White Rabbit and crawls into his rabbit hole. Within the dark confines of the hole, Alice blindly progresses until she finds herself plummeting into a dark abyss. She falls and falls and falls, all the while taking notice of her strange surroundings. When she finally lands she continues her pursuit of the White Rabbit until she comes to a door. The Doorknob insists that Alice is much too big to fit through such a tiny door, so he suggests that she drink from the bottle on the table, which appears out of nowhere, and then will change size. Alice drinks from the bottle and shrinks until she's just the right height to fit through the door when the Doorknob tells her that he is locked and that the key is on the table far above them. This is remedied when a box of cookies magically appear and when Alice takes a bite she grows taller than ever before. Though she can now reach the key, she's no longer able to fit through the door and thus she begins to cry. Soon her tears form an ocean and when Alice drinks from the bottle and shrinks again, she lands in this ocean where she is eventually carried to shore. Now her adventures really begin as she meets one bizarre character after another. First she meets the sea captain, Dodo Bird and then the mischievous brothers Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Soon she catches up to the White Rabbit only to face greater obstacles. She encounters talking flowers who think she's a common weed, an erudite caterpillar that gives her lessons in grammar, and she meets the mysterious Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. She discovers a kingdom of playing cards that are ruled over by the cruel Queen of Hearts, who demands obedience or else threatens beheading. Alice's Wonderland becomes a surreal nightmare and she barely manages to escape the only way she knows how, by waking up. This DVD contains a glorious restoration of the film as well as numerous bonus features including a Virtual Wonderland Party, two Sing Along Songs, Adventures in Wonderland set-top game, a newly discovered Cheshire Cat song, and the classic Mickey Mouse cartoon, Thru the Mirror. Also included is Walt Disney's first televised program One Hour in Wonderland, two theatrical trailers, two television introductions by Walt Disney, a behind the scenes featurette, an excerpt from the Fred Waring Show, deleted songs and storyboard sequence, and an art gallery. With all of these features this DVD deserves a place on your shelf of Disney favorites. However Walt Disney Home Entertainment has discontinued this wonderful 2-disc Masterpiece Edition of Alice in Wonderland so if you are fortunate enough to come across a copy, I would urge you to buy it as this will in all likelihood be the final DVD release of the film. The future versions will be in the Blu-ray format.

This is my favorite movie! It is so cute and sweet. It is the best!

I just love this movie, and I consider it to be the best Disney cartoon of all time. It is colourful, and its tone is warm, but the most of the characters are not too friendly to Alice - and it is such a wonderful contrast. And so many great, beautiful songs! I love the Queen, the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit and all the rest of them. I love the Tulgey Wood scenes, for they are suddenly so dark, the sad song about a very good advice that Alice sings is so wonderful. Of course, the tea party scene is so great too! And the Queen of Hearts is so funny. The story of the Walrus and the Carpenter is, maybe, a little too long, but it is worthy anyway because of the acting and the dancing of the Walrus. Wonderful, just wonderful cartoon. I heard that Walt Disney himself said that he didn't like it - and if it's true, I really don't know why. So much wonderful work was put into this film. "Alice in Wonderland Where is the path to Wonderland? Over the hill or here or there? I wonder where..." On the DVD the picture quality is great, and the remastered audio track sounds very good to me - especially the songs. There is also the original mono audio track for the film available on this DVD. Some of the bonus materials are really good, but some are not. My favourite additional materials are: 1. "From Wonderland To Never Land", in which a very beautiful song called "Beyond the Laughing Sky" is featured 2. "Operation Wonderland" - a behind-the-scenes video 3. "The Fred Waring Show" - live action play of Alice in Wonderland featuring appearences of Kathryn Beaumont and Sterling Holloway in their original roles from the cartoon But there are a few disappointments among the bonus materials. First, the Virtual Wonderland Party is just awful. It has simple none of the spirit of Alice in Wonderland film. And also there is a "set top game" - it is clearly made with much effort, but the game itself, sadly, is not interesting at all.

Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" finally comes to Blu-ray & the wait is well worth it. "Alice in Wonderland" is a film that was just begging for a high-definition home transfer & now that it has been released in Blu-ray, you can see that this is true. I don't think there is another animated Disney movie that uses colors quite like Alice does. And on Blu-ray, the colors are the star of this film. So bright, so sharp, so...perfect! The colors are perfect, but the film itself is also pristine. Not a speck of dust or grain appears in the entire film. I was totally blow away by this release. Normally, when watching a high-definition picture, my first impression (if the picture is good) is "Wow!" & then as the film goes on, my brain settles in & I don't notice the high-def anymore. But with Alice, this wasn't the case. For the entire movie, I was blown away. I noticed how great the backgrounds are in the film. Check them out in the real world at the beginning of the film. Just fantastic! Then check out how they change when Alice enters Wonderland. Angles change. They're sharp & just like Wonderland itself, crazy! I must recommend highly to add this film to your Blu-ray collection. Besides the movie itself, there is tons of bonus material, including a running video commentary that runs along-side the film, which tells the story of the making of the film, as well as the making of the book. As with the other 1:33 to 1 Disney movies that have been released on Blu-ray before Alice, this disc has the absolutely useless feature of "Disney View", which adds annoying, out-of-place artwork on the sides of film to needlessly fill in your wide-screen TV. Does anyone really use Disney View? Anyway, the bottom line is this is the best looking Blu-ray I've ever seen & you owe it to yourself to own it.

This is not quite as I remember it from TV, but very good. Some sequences go on longer, some are brief. The Victorian prelude is shorter than for Peter Pan, and the art style is different. But a terrific adaptation, one of the best!

My kids and grandkids love it

This is the Disney version of the movie I'm reviewing; the one with Katherine Beaumont playing the voice of the curious, energetic, dinner-bell-shaped, delightfully-pedantic character of Alice. I'm just going to say this up front; it has little to teach anyone morally or religiously, but in spite of this, I think this is one of the most fun movies I've ever watched. In retrospect, in fact, there are a couple of really good ways to watch this film; both of which are very enjoyable. Way number one is to look for the symbolism in the story, and believe me when I say that it is there. The original Alice in Wonderland books were brilliantly-disguised pieces of social and political sattire, with the behaviors of the various characters poking fun at a number of trends which existed at the time, and much the same thing can be found here. You can easily see corrupt, greedy elitists in the Walrus, hardworking, but still rather selfish ordinary people in the Carpenter, Dodo could be a parody of every foolish figure in public office who tries to solve problems by making them worse, and seems utterly oblivious to the cares of those he's hurting, etc... Then, of course, the symbolism found in characters like the stuck-up, in-crowdy flower patch, the beatnik caterpillar and the Queen of Hearts are so easy to decypher as to be laughable. On the other hand, you could just watch it the way that I nearly always watch it; laugh in delight as Alice uses her apparently-magic skirt to parachute down into Wonderland, grows and shrinks incessantly, and meets all manner of ridiculous things and people in the process. In short, you could watch the movie just for fun; as a welcome escape from the world of men. My favorite animated Disney movies of all time are Fantasia, Beauty and the Beast, and this movie. Each plays a special role and each does something different. Fantasia tells no single, concrete story. Beauty and the Beast tells a very definite story. Alice in Wonderland is middle-of-the-roadish, in that it tells a series of mini-stories which last only a short time, and are rather disconnected from one another. Weird things happen, the main character moves on, and more weird things happen. This is the element of the movie that every child loves. However, as an adult, I find something more in Alice than I do in Wonderland. To be perfectly honest, I think the personality of Alice is as much of a draw for me as the land she explores. Alice is very curious and brave; daring and bold, but not obnoxious. Perhaps most distinctively, Alice distinguishes herself from other cartoon heroines in that she seems to have a raging obsession with formality, dignity and politeness, which I still find one of the most charming traits any protagonist could possibly have. Speaking personally, I never saw Alice as an everyman type, or an avatar for the viewer. Of all the amazing things in Wonderland, she, a child who's truly concerned with being polite, may be one of the most amazing. Children may relate to her confusion at seeing so many strange things in the world, and her sense of wonder when she encounters them, but I think it would be too much to suggest that there is any child quite like her. Any problems that I might have with this film stem entirely from its lack of any clear message or moral, and that's merely a personal bias of mine. I also would have liked it to be longer, but I think that about most of the movies I really enjoy. If you like odd characters, strange behaviors, weird situations, bizarre creatures, and just plain unusualness all around, seen with the eyes of a protagonist who's as dignified and polite as the world is strange, then what you're looking for can probably be found in Wonderland. In fact, in a way, all of this is reminiscent of our own desired destiny; a journey onwards into a world of great wonders and fewer limits in terms of what is and isn't possible.

One of my favorite movies that I knew, since I was a kid.

voila un dvd tout particulierement fantastique!un dvd vraiment peu cher pour tous ce qu'il contient avec des bonus inédit et le dessin animé toujours aussi beau, on ne s'en lasse pas! a avoir chez soit!

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