Alice in Wonderland (1951)
1h 15m | PG-13
On a golden afternoon, wildly curious young Alice tumbles into the burrow and enters the merry, madcap world of Wonderland full of whimsical escapades.
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Studio: Walt Disney Productions
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Video: 720p
Cast
Kathryn Beaumont
as Alice (voice)
Ed Wynn
as Mad Hatter (voice)
Richard Haydn
as Caterpillar (voice)
Sterling Holloway
as Cheshire Cat (voice)
Jerry Colonna
as March Hare (voice)
Verna Felton
as Queen of Hearts (voice)
Reviews
Lewis Carroll really did provide Walt Disney with a veritable Aladdin's cave of delights to work from with for this hugely entertaining and colourful adaptation of his "The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" stories. From the start with the "White Rabbit" she has adventures, mishaps and an a-maze-ing time meeting the "Mad Hatter" the centipede; talking roses; the mischievous "Cheshire Cat"; a truly surreal tea party, and of course the "Queen of Hearts" as bonkers and over-the-top as ever the author could have imagined - you sure wouldn't want to be a flamingo at her court! The whole thing makes no sense at all, really - so don't go looking for any logical structure or story narrative - there isn't one. Oliver Wallace's cracking score lost out for the Oscar to "An American in Paris" but is still, every inch, a winner...
I loved this movie when I was a kid. Not so much any more for some reason.