Alice of Wonderland in Paris
| Alice of Wonderland in Paris | |
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 Original U.S. movie poster |
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| Directed by | Gene Deitch |
| Produced by | William L. Snyder |
| Starring | Norma MacMillan Carl Reiner Howard Morris Allen Swift |
| Music by | Paul Alter Václav Lidl |
| Distributed by | Childhood Productions |
| Release date(s) | February 5, 1966 |
| Running time | 52 min. (USA) |
| Country | U.S. |
| Language | English |
Alice of Wonderland in Paris is a 1966 U.S. animated film directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder.
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[edit] Plot
Young Alice, having become a celebrity for her adventures in Wonderland, is in her bedroom dreaming about visiting Paris and sharing adventures with story book girl, Madeline. A talking mouse named François rides a bicycle into Alice’s bedroom and wants to conduct a survey about her favorite cheeses. Alice wants to join François in his native Paris, so François uses a magical mushroom to shrink Alice to rodent size. Together, they ride through Paris, where François narrates a series of short stories with a Parisian theme. In the end, when Alice finally meets her, it turns out that Madeline dreams of being Alice in wonderland.
[edit] Production
Alice of Wonderland in Paris was created by the team of Gene Deitch and William L. Snyder, who previously collaborated on Munro, which won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1961. The filmmakers were also briefly responsible for producing the Tom and Jerry and Popeye animated series.[1]
For this film, Deitch and Snyder reimagined the Lewis Carroll heroine as an American girl who is obsessed with visiting the French capital. After having a bad experience with her childhood friend who fell into a well and transformed into a puppy. [1] At one point, the film’s Alice remarks, “Getting to Wonderland was easy – all I had to do was fall down the rabbit hole. But let’s face it – it takes money to get to Paris!”[1] Aside from the passing mention of the Carroll book and the use of a magic mushroom to shrink Alice to mouse size, the film has no connection with the original Alice in Wonderland.
The film includes brief adaptations of five short stories: Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline and the Bad Hat and Madeline and the Gypsies, Eve Titus’ Anatole, Crockett Johnson’s The Frowning Prince and James Thurber’s Many Moons.[2] Actors Carl Reiner, Howard Morris and Allen Swift provided the voice performances, and Canadian actress Norma MacMillan provided the voice of Alice.[3]
Alice of Wonderland in Paris ran 52 minutes, which was somewhat short for a feature film release, and it was presented for its 1966 U.S. theatrical distribution on a bill with the short film White Mane. It was originally distributed in the U.S. theaters by a company called Childhood Productions; Paramount Pictures re-released it in the 1970s as Alice in a New Wonderland, and White Mane was also part of the bill.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Phil Hall (October 6, 2006). "The Bootleg Files:Alice of Wonderland in Paris". Film Threat. http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=features&Id=1816. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ Jerry Beck (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. p. 12. ISBN 1-55652-591-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=fTI1yeZd-tkC&dq=%22alice+of+wonderland+in+paris%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. 1997. p. 17. ISBN 0-520-20970-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=s1k1RsGvFwwC&dq=%22alice+of+wonderland+in+paris%22&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
[edit] External links
- Alice of Wonderland in Paris at the Internet Movie Database
- Alice of Wonderland in Paris is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
