Alice in Wonderland (1966)

Directed by

Jonathan Miller

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 12m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl named Alice follows a white rabbit into a strange world where she meets odd characters. The story shows her trying to make sense of confusing adults and illogical situations.

whimsicaldreamlikerestrainedintimatethoughtfuleccentricquietdisorienting

What happens

Alice in Wonderland is a 1966 BBC television play, shot on film, based on Lewis Carroll's 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It was adapted, produced and directed by Jonathan Miller, then best known for his appearance in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe. Miller's production is unique among live-action Alice films in that he consciously avoided the standard Tenniel-inspired costume design and "florid" production values. Most of the Wonderland characters are played by actors in standard Victorian dress, with a real cat used to represent the Cheshire Cat. Miller justified his approach as an attempt to return to what he perceived as the essence of the story: "Once you take the animal heads off, you begin to see what it's all about. A small child, surrounded by hurrying, worried people, thinking 'Is that what being grown up is like?'" Unlike many 1960s BBC productions, the play survived destruction, and was issued on DVD by both the BFI and the BBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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