Abby in Wonderland

Movie
Original title	Abby in Wonderland
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2008
length	41 minutes
Rod
Director	Kevin Clash
script	Christine Ferraro
production	Tim Carter
music	Mark Radice
occupation
Leslie Carrara : Abby / Alice Kevin Clash : Elmo / Rabbit Jerry Nelson : Count Count / Counter-pillar Caroll Spinney : Oscar the Grouch / Grouch of Hearts David Rudman : Cookie Monster / Cheshire Cat Fran Brill : Zoe / Mouse Tyler Bunch : Bottle Eric Jacobson : Grover / Hutmacher / Bert / Tweedle Dee Carmen Osbahr : Rosita / Little Rose Steve Whitmire : Ernie / Tweedle Dum

Abby in Wonderland is a direct-to-DVD produced puppet animation - short film from 2008. The plot is Lewis Carroll's children's book Alice in Wonderland inspired, the characters are puppets from Sesame Street embodies.

action

In the setting of Sesame Street, Elmo Abby tells the story of Alice in Wonderland . Abby falls asleep and dreams the plot of the children's book, which is recreated with characters from Sesame Street:

Abby / Alice follows the red rabbit (Elmo) through a tunnel into the wonderland. Here she meets Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum ( Ernie and Bert ) and takes part in the mad hatter's ( Grover ) tea party . Her way through wonderland takes her to the king's castle ( Oscar ). When Abby is sad and believes that she cannot return home, the red rabbit reminds her that she is only dreaming.

In the Sesame Street setting, Elmo wakes Abby, who realizes that she only dreamed everything. They both decide to go outside to play.

publication

The film was released on DVD on September 30, 2008. In the run-up to the DVD release, it was shown in selected cinemas in September 2008 as part of the Kidtoons family matinee series . It was first broadcast on US television in the week before Thanksgiving 2008 on PBS .

Others

In one scene, Ernie and Bert appear as Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum. Bert asks if this is her scene, to which Ernie replies that the two do not appear in the story, this is just a common mistake. This is an allusion to the fact that Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum are often interpreted into the story Alice in Wonderland , for example in many film adaptations. In reality, the characters only appear in the sequel Alice behind the mirrors .

Web links

• Abby in Wonderland in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Abby in Wonderland in the All Movie Guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sesame Street DVDs Coming Your Way! ( Memento of May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ "Abby in Wonderland" Comes to the Big Screen! ( Memento from June 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ This Thanksgiving, Save Some Room For PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS GO! Sm . pbs.org. Retrieved June 2, 2011.