Films and television programmes based on Alice in Wonderland

A variety of films and television programmes based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) by Lewis Carroll have been created. The following is a list of close adaptations, including sequels or original works set in the same universe:

Films

Theatrical films

Title Year Format Country Notes Reference
Alice in Wonderland1903Live-action short (Silent)United KingdomDirected by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow [1][2]
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland1910Live-action short (Silent)United StatesDirected by Edwin Stanton Porter [3]
Alice in Wonderland1915Live-action film (Silent)United StatesDirected by W. W. Young [3]
Alice Comedies1923–27Animated/Live-action short (Silent)United StatesDirected by Walt Disney, these were sold by Disney as animated shorts.
Alice in Wonderland1931Live-action filmUnited StatesDirected by Bud Pollard; first talkie [3]
Alice in Wonderland1933Live-action/Animated filmUnited StatesDirected by Norman Z. McLeod (Live-action), with the exception of Walrus and The Carpenter sequence, which was animated by Harman-Ising Studio.[4] [3]
Alice in Wonderland 1937 TV adaptation (2) Two productions directed by George More O'Ferrall [5]
Alice 1946 United Kingdom BBC production starring Vivian Pickles directed by George More O'Ferrall [5]
Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass 1948 TV broadcast United Kingdom BBC production [6]
Alice in Wonderland1949Live-action/Stop motionFranceDirected by Dallas Bower
Alice in Wonderland 1950 United States Televised on the CBS Ford Theatre, with Iris Mann as Alice, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Alice in Wonderland1951Animated filmUnited StatesWalt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. Note: a television promo (also Disney's first ever TV production) entitled One Hour in Wonderland was released the prior year [7]
Alice au pays des Merveilles 1951 TV film France TV broadcast of a stage version
Alice in Wonderland 1955 TV broadcast United States Live television adaptation of the 1932 Eva LeGallienne/Florida Friebus stage adaptation of the novel, directed for television by George Schaefer for the Hallmark Hall of Fame
Alice in Wonderland 1962 TV broadcast Australia Musical special, part of BP Super Show
Alice of Wonderland in Paris1966Animated filmUnited States-CzechChildhood Productions, directed by Gene Deitch
Alice in Wonderland 1966 Animated film United States Hanna-Barbera TV film starring Janet Waldo as Alice
Alice in Wonderland 1966 Television play United Kingdom BBC television play directed by Jonathan Miller
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland1972Live-action filmUnited KingdomMusical film [3]
Alice au pays des merveilles 1972 TV film France Directed by Jean-Christophe Averty
Nel mondo di Alice 1974 TV series Italy [8]
Alice in Wonderland1976Live-action filmUnited StatesErotic musical comed, directed by Bud Townsend
Alice or the Last Escapade1977Live-action filmFrenchFilm directed by Claude Chabrol
Alice in Wonderland1981Animated filmUSSRAlisa v Strane Chudes, animation, Kievnauchfilm,[9]
Alice Through the Looking Glass1982Animated filmUSSRAlisa v Zazerkale, animation, Kievnauchfilm[9]
Alice1982Live-action filmPoland
Dreamchild1985Live-action filmUnited KingdomDirected by Gavin Millar
Alice in Wonderland 1985 TV special United States Two-part made-for-TV special produced by Irwin Allen
Alice1988Live-action/Stop motionCzechDirected by Jan Švankmajer
Alice Underground1999Live-action shortUnited StatesWritten and directed by Robert E. Lee, US[10]
Malice in Wonderland 2009 Live-Action film United Kingdom Directed by Simon Fellows and written by Jayson Rothwell
Alice in Wonderland2010Live-action/Animated filmUnited StatesDirected by Tim Burton, stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter
Alice Through the Looking Glass2016Live-action/Animated filmUnited StatesSequel to the 2010 Tim Burton film, stars Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rhys Ifans, Richard Armitage and Helena Bonham Carter
Come Away2020Live-action filmUnited StatesDirected by Brenda Chapman

Direct-to-video

Title Year Format Country Notes
Alice Through the Looking Glass1987Animated DTV filmAustraliaBurbank Films Australia, directed by Andrea Bresciani and Richard Slapczynski
Alice in Wonderland1988Animated DTV filmAustraliaBurbank Films Australia
Sugar & Spice: Alice in Wonderland1991Animated short TV filmJapanwritten by Steve Kramer, Japan
Alice in Wonderland1995Animated TV filmUnited States-Japandirected by Toshiyuki Hiruma and Takashi Masunaga, Japan, US

Television

Title Year Format Country Notes
Alice in Wonderland1937Live-action TV shortUnited Kingdomdirected by George More O'Ferrall[11]
Alice1946Live-action TV shortUnited Kingdomon BBC, starring Vivian Pickles directed by George More O'Ferrall, UK[12]
Alice in Wonderland1950Live-action TV filmUnited StatesBroadcast on the CBS Ford Theatre, starring Iris Mann as Alice, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.[13]
Alice in Wonderland1955Live-action TV filmUnited Statesa live television adaptation of the 1932 Broadway version of the novel, co-written by Eva LeGallienne and directed by George Schaefer for the Hallmark Hall of Fame[14]
Alice in Wonderland1962Live-action TV filmAustraliaIt was a pantomime and aired as part of the BP Super Show.
Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?)1966Animated television filmUnited Statesanimated by Hanna-Barbera, with Janet Waldo as Alice
Alice in Wonderland1966Live-action TV filmUnited KingdomBBC television play directed by Jonathan Miller, UK
Alice Through the Looking Glass1966Live-action TV filmUnited StatesMade-for-television musical directed by Alan Handley
Alice in Wonderland1973Animated TV episodesUnited StatesEpisode 14 of Festival of Family Classics, produced by Rankin/Bass
Alice Through the Looking Glass1973Live-action TV filmUnited KingdomBBC adaptation starring Sarah Sutton
Alice in Wonderland1982Live-action TV filmUnited Statesdirected by John Clark Donahue and John Driver, US[15]
Alice at the Palace1982Live-action TV filmUnited Statesfilm of Elizabeth Swados's 1981 Alice in Concert with Meryl Streep[16]
Alice in Wonderland1983Live-action TV filmUnited Stateson PBS's Great Performances, based on the 1982 Broadway 1932 revival
Alice in Wonderland1983Animated TV seriesJapanFushigi no Kuni no Arisu, anime, Nippon Animation, Japan
Alice in Wonderland1985Live-action TV seriesUnited Kingdomon Anglia, puppetry by Stephen Mottram, UK[17]
Alice in Wonderland1985Live-action TV filmUnited Stateson CBS, directed by Harry Harris
Alice in Wonderland1986Live-action TV seriesUnited Kingdomfour 30-minute episodes on BBC, written and directed by Barry Letts[18]
Adventures in Wonderland1992–95Live-action/Puppet TV seriesUnited StatesProduced by The Walt Disney Company.
Alice Through the Looking Glass1998Live-action TV filmUnited Kingdomdirected by John Henderson, with Kate Beckinsale as Alice, UK[19]
Alice in Wonderland1999Live-action TV filmUnited Kingdom & United Statesdirected by Nick Willing, stars Ben Kingsley, Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, UK\US
Alice (miniseries)2009Live-action TV miniseriesUnited Kingdom & CanadaDirected by Nick Willing, Canada, UK
Hat Trick (Once Upon a Time)2012Live-action TV episodeUnited StatesCo-written by Vladimir Cvetko and David H. Goodman, and directed by Ralph Hemecker
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland2013–2014Live-action TV seriesUnited StatesABC Studios American fantasy-drama series created by Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Zack Estrin, and Jane Espenson
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland2014BalletCanadaThe Royal Ballet A co-production with The National Ballet of Canada
CBeebies Alice in Wonderland2015Television filmUnited KingdomBBC CBeebies Christmas Show for children tx BBC1 18 December 2015
Alice & Lewis2020Animation TVFranceTF1
Alice's Wonderland Bakery2022Animation TVUnited StatesDisney Junior

See also

References

  1. Groth, Helen (2013). Moving Images: Nineteenth-Century Reading and Screen Practices. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 188–192. ISBN 978-0-7486-6949-3. OCLC 861080345.
  2. Guiliano 1976, "The Film Collector's Alice: An Essay and Checklist" by David H. Schaefer, p. 204.
  3. Tibbetts & Welsh 1998, pp. 10–13.
  4. "Harman-Ising's Alice". Michael Sporn Animation. September 30, 2010. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  5. Marill 1993, p. 83.
  6. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass". British Universities Film & Video Council. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  7. Edera, Bruno (1977). Full Length Animated Feature Films. New York: Hastings House. pp. 167. ISBN 0-8038-2317-7. OCLC 3045436.
  8. Pensa, Carlo Maria (14 September 1974). "Quando un matematico frusta la fantasia". Radiocorriere (in Italian). pp. 84–86.
  9. Galperina, Marina. "Alice In Wonderland, Perfected in 1981". Russia! magazine. Archived from the original on 22 April 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  10. Alice Underground (1999) at IMDb
  11. Alice in Wonderland (TV 1937) at IMDb
  12. Alice (TV 1946) at IMDb
  13. The Ford Theatre Hour: Season 3, Episode 8. Alice in Wonderland (15 Dec. 1950) at IMDb
  14. Alice in Wonderland (TV 1955) at IMDb
  15. Alice in Wonderland (TV 1982) at IMDb
  16. Alice at the Palace (TV 1982) at IMDb
  17. Alice in Wonderland (TV Series 1985) at IMDb
  18. Alice in Wonderland (TV 1986) at IMDb
  19. Alice Through the Looking Glass (TV 1998) at IMDb

Works cited

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