Alice in Wonderland (2010)
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| German title | Alice in Wonderland |
| Original title | Alice in Wonderland |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 109 minutes |
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| Director | Tim Burton |
| script | Linda Woolverton |
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Richard D. Zanuck Joe Roth Suzanne Todd Jennifer Todd |
| music | Danny Elfman |
| camera | Dariusz Wolski |
| cut | Chris Lebenzon |
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Alice in Wonderland is an American 3D - Fantasy film by director Tim Burton from 2010 on motives of novels Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll , which Disney in 1951 an animated film adapted was. The title role is played by Australian newcomer Mia Wasikowska .
The world premiere of the film took place on February 25, 2010 as "Royal Premiere" in the Odeon Leicester Square cinema in London . The event was broadcast as a live event in selected cinemas in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Nuremberg.
In Germany, the film was released on March 4, 2010. According to the list of the world's most successful films, it is number 44 (as of August 8, 2020)
action
The grown up, now 20-year-old Alice Kingsleigh has long forgotten her adventures in Wonderland, but still dreams of the experiences 13 years ago. She and her mother go to a Victorian garden party hosted by Lord and Lady Ascot, which turns out to be an engagement party: in front of everyone present, the boring Hamish, son of the Ascots, Alice asks for her hand. However, she sees a white rabbit with a vest and pocket watch standing on the edge of the festivities and follows him, asking for time to think about the marriage proposal.
She gets to the hole in a rabbit hole and falls into it. Alice ends up in a round room with several locked doors. Only a tiny gate can be opened with a key. She drinks a potion that makes her shrink, but now she can no longer get the key to the gate because she put it back on the table. She then eats a tart that makes her grow. After taking the key, she drinks the shrink potion again. The whole time she is watched by the white rabbit, but also by the dormouse and Diedeldum and Diedeldei, who promptly begin to doubt their quality as "real Alice". She must know how to get through the door, having seen everything 13 years ago. Alice finally gets through the gate and suddenly finds herself in the fantastic Unterland, which she misunderstood as a child and called "Wonderland". After the dormouse in particular is convinced that the white rabbit brought the wrong Alice to the Unterland, everyone goes to the wise caterpillar Absolem, who can only say that Alice is not the right one in all respects. According to the prophecy, the real Alice will defeat Jabberwocky with the White Queen's sword on Flower Day .
Before the further course of action can be discussed, the group of warriors of the Red Queen is attacked - their leader, the Jack of Hearts Ilosovic Stayne, adopts the prophecy - and Alice is chased and wounded by her creature Bandersnatch . Only when the dormouse manages to stab the Bandersnatch's eye is Alice safe. The Cheshire Cat advises her to visit the mad hatter . She is eagerly awaited by him and here she also meets the crazy March hare. Shortly afterwards, the Red Queen's troops appear in search of Alice. They are led by Ilosovic Stayne; the bloodhound Bayard, whose wife and puppies are being held captive by the Red Queen and who is therefore involuntarily in her service, followed Alice's trail to the hatter. Alice shrinks and hides her in a teapot, and the loyal Bayard does not reveal her hiding place.
The hatter and the tiny Alice make their way to the White Queen. The mad hatter is captured and taken to the Red Queen's castle. Contrary to the prophecy, which actually dictates every step Alice takes, she goes to the castle of the Red Queen with Bayard's help. As a tiny creature, she enters the castle courtyard through a crack in the brickwork and receives a wax tart from the white rabbit, who is in the service of the Red Queen. Because she eats too much, she takes on an oversized size and is discovered by the Red Queen. Alice pretends to be "Em" from "Outrage" and the queen, who is enthusiastic about her big head, welcomes her to her court. At the court she also meets the captured Diedeldum and Diedeldei as well as the dormouse, from which she takes the eye of the Bandersnatch. In a hut he guards the sword of the White Queen, which Alice needs for the fulfillment of the prophecy. While the mad hatter tries to escape execution by making hats for the oversized head of the Red Queen, Alice manages to take the sword after she has given the Bandersnatch his eye back. Because Alice has rejected the Jack of Hearts, who she adores because of her size, he, insulted, wants to arrest her for attempted seduction, and the dormouse accidentally reveals Alice's identity. Alice manages to escape to the White Queen's castle on the back of the Bandersnatch. She shrinks to her normal size and asks her to kill the Jabberwocky on the upcoming flower day, as predicted in the prophecy. But Alice refuses because she doesn't want to kill anyone.
In the castle of the Red Queen, the mad hatter's execution goes wrong due to the interference of the Cheshire Cat. In the general chaos that follows, the mad hatter, Diedeldum and Diedeldei, the dormouse and Bayard's family escape and go to the White Queen.
The flower day begins, and Alice decides to fight the Jabberwocky, as only people like the crazy hatter, Diedeldum and Diedeldei and the dormouse had reported in their place and Absolem revived her memories of the first visit. The armies of the Red Queen and the White Queen meet on a checkerboard field. The Jabberwocky and Alice begin the duel. When the mad hatter interferes, both armies begin the fight against each other. Alice finally manages to behead the Jabberwocky. The Cheshire Cat takes the crown from the head of the Red Queen and puts it on the White Queen, who in turn banishes the Red Queen and her power-hungry favorite Jack of Hearts into exile. With the blood of the Jabberwocky, Alice returns to the garden party. Here she rejects Hamish's marriage proposal and announces that she wants to live independently in the future. She wants to expand the trading empire of her near-father-in-law Ascot through trade agreements with China. On her first voyage, she meets a blue butterfly on board, which flies onto her shoulder. She recognizes him as a former blue caterpillar and greets him with "Hello Absolem".
production
Joe Roth developed Alice in Wonderland for Walt Disney Pictures in April 2007 with screenwriter Linda Woolverton . Woolverton added a socio-political backdrop to the story. In November 2007, Tim Burton signed a contract with Disney to direct two films, including Alice in Wonderland . He explained that the goal for him was to create a captivating film with a soul that, despite the new momentum, remains true to the classic material. Burton never felt connected to previous films, as for him it was always just a girl who walks from one crazy character to the next. Therefore he tries to give the whole thing a framework with emotional depth to make a story out of Alice and not a series of strange events. He also said that 3D is a good implementation for the locations. The film was originally scheduled to be released in 2009. The date was then postponed to spring 2010.
Robert Stromberg's production design and Colleen Atwood's costumes are based on John Tenniel's original illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and Alice Behind the Looking Glass . The German illustrator Michael Kutsche was also involved in the design of the figures.
Shooting only began in September 2008 and ended in December 2008 after just 40 days of shooting. For the scenes in the Victorian era was filmed from September 1 to October 14, 2008 in Torpoint and Plymouth , for which 250 local extras were hired. Show locations were among others Charlestown in Cornwall , Barbican and Antony House in Torpoint. From the beginning of October, the film was only shot in the Sony Pictures Studios and Culver Studios in Culver City , California . Burton announced at the time that he was not using motion capture on his actors for the mix of real shots and animations , as was the case with The Legend of Beowulf . He also noted that it was his first time working with only greenscreen .
Seven visual effects companies (including Sony Pictures Imageworks , CaféFX , Matte World Digital , In-Three Inc. , Sasoon Film Design , Asylum Visual Effects and Framestore ) are responsible for the visual effects. Burton and producer Zanuck opted for traditional 2D cameras when filming because 3D cameras would have been too expensive and cumbersome to do their job. The material was digitally calculated on 3D. According to their own statements, the producers saw no difference between converted film material and film material shot directly in 3D format.
At the Comic Con in Las Vegas in July 2009 , the film caused a lot of interest and a sensation and turned out to be the event's surprise hit. In a survey by MTV about the most longed-for film, Alice in Wonderland was the winner with a 70% majority and even outshone the sequel to New Moon - Bite at Noon , which only won 15% of the audience.
Due to the close timing of the screening of the film Avatar - Departure for Pandora , there were bottlenecks on the screen for 3D films at the screenings of Alice in Wonderland . In the weeks that followed, the film competed directly worldwide with Clash of the Titans and How To Train Your Dragon for available venues.
Relationship to the literature
characters
Almost all of the characters that appear in Wonderland come from the literary source of Lewis Carroll , namely either Alice in Wonderland (the Dodo, the Cheshire Cat, the Hatter, the March Hare and the Dormouse or Dormouse, as well as the White Rabbit, the Jack of Hearts and the Caterpillar Absolem, which has no name there) or its continuation Alice behind the mirrors (Diedeldum and Diedeldei, the White Queen and the Red Queen as well as the Bandersnatch, the Jubjub-Vogel, the Jabberwocky and the Snapdragon - not described in detail by Lewis Carroll - To fly).
The only exception to this is the dog Bayard, which is not based on a direct template (however, in Alice in Wonderland there is a nameless puppy who cannot speak).
The Red Queen is also a mixture of the Queen of Hearts from the first book ( Alice in Wonderland ) and the Red Chess Queen from the second book ( Alice behind the mirrors ). Her court is recruited from frog and fish loafers as well as from playing card soldiers (like that of the Queen of Hearts in the first book), and pigs and monkeys were also invented as valets (or 'furniture'). The army of the White Queen consists (as in the second book) of chess pieces.
Overall, the staff from the Wunderland is greatly reduced compared to the literary source and also compared to other film adaptations; Among other things, the talking egg Humpty Dumpty , the false green turtle, the griffin, the cook and the duchess, as well as the walrus and the carpenter are missing as typical inhabitants of Wunderland . However, portraits of the false green turtle and the walrus hang in the hatter's study. The griffin can also be seen briefly on a wall painting in the throne room of the Red Queen, on which he is fighting the Jabberwocky. The King of Hearts is also missing in the plot, but his absence is explained by the fact that the Queen of Hearts has cut off his head.
Framework story
With the exception of Alice's mother and sister, all of the characters in the plot are included in the film; Alice's cat, in turn, is missing from the literature, which especially in the second book ("Alice Behind the Mirrors") has a strong influence on the plot. However, the framework plot continues the original narrative insofar as it takes place in Victorian England, i.e. in the late 19th century (which also corresponds to the time of origin of the original literature).
The transition from the framework story to the wonderland world is also based heavily on the narrative: Alice sees the white rabbit, pursues it to the rabbit hole, into which she finally falls and after a long fall finds herself in a room full of closed doors. Only after she has gained access to the actual wonderland with a key and a shrink potion does the actual, sovereign action of the film begin.
action
Although the dialogues between Alice and the residents of Wunderland are partly borrowed from the original dialogues, the nonsense small talk typical of Carroll has been greatly simplified and replaced by dialogues that drive the plot forward. The lyrical elements of the narrative are also missing, so that the film appears more epic and prosaic (and therefore also more coherent and stringent) than this.
The plot is therefore not borrowed from the original literature, but continues every thirteen years when the little girl Alice has already become a young woman. Her clothing could be seen as a symbol for this, which (as in the novel) does not shrink or grow with Alice's body, but instead maintains its size, which creates embarrassing situations, and Alice is repeatedly forced to cover up her nakedness. Just as she is about to get married, the wonderland has also lost its childlike side and transformed into a country devastated by wars and inhabited by warring parties (whose respective leaders are the White and Red Queen).
Overall, the entire main plot takes on strong traits of a typical fantasy epic: It's about a heroine who has to master various tasks before she goes to the final showdown.
Film technology
The film was released in 35 mm ( anamorphic ), 70 mm (two-strip, IMAX-3D ), 70 mm ( IMAX ) and D-Cinema ( 3D ). When filming, the producers opted for conventional 2D cameras. The conception of the film was geared towards 3D from the start. The material was later converted digitally as a 3D film.
Soundtracks
Two soundtracks were released for the film on March 2, 2010:
- The official soundtrack CD Alice in Wonderland contains 24 mainly instrumental compositions by Danny Elfman .
- The Almost Alice CD contains 16 tracks by various artists who were inspired by the film. In addition to contributions from All-American Rejects and Tokio Hotel featuring Kerli , the album also features the title Alice by Avril Lavigne . This is the only contribution from the album Almost Alice to be heard in the credits.
Voice actor
The German dubbing was based on a dialogue book by Axel Malzacher under his dialogue direction on behalf of Film- & Fernseh-Synchron in Berlin .
Awards
The film was given the rating of particularly valuable by the Wiesbaden film evaluation office . Mia Wasikowska received a Teen Choice Award for Best Fight .
When the nominations for the 68th Golden Globe Awards were announced on January 16, 2011, the film received three nominations (best film - comedy / musical; best leading actor - Johnny Depp; best film music).
Alice in Wonderland won the coveted award in the categories Best Costumes ( Colleen Atwood ) and Best Production Design ( Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara) at the 2011 Academy Awards . The film was also nominated in the visual effects category. In the category Best Make-up , the film only made it to the preliminary round, but was not nominated.
The film won the Saturn Award in the categories of Best Fantasy Film and Best Costumes . He was also nominated for Best Make-Up , Best Visual Effects and Best Production Design .
criticism
The verdict of the Lexicon of International Films sees positive and negative aspects in this film version:
"Free film adaptation of the" Alice "novels by Lewis Carroll, which enchants with the imaginative design of scenes and characters. On the other hand, the narrative fantasy, which interweaves the motifs of Carroll's carnivalesque, rambling, erratic story into a conventional fantasy fable, cannot really convince. "
Video game
Disney Interactive Studios released a video game for Wii , Nintendo DS and Windows PC on March 4, 2010 .
Other publications
The DVD and Blu-ray launch of Alice in Wonderland was on July 22, 2010. The film was released in three different versions: as a DVD edition, Blu-ray with only one disc, 2-disc Blu-ray edition and Limited Edition Blu-ray with 3 discs, the third disc being the film on DVD.
On February 10, 2011, the film was also released as a 3D Blu-ray.
continuation
In December 2013, the production of a sequel to Alice in Wonderland was announced. Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and other actors from the first part took up their roles from the first part. Directed by James Bobin, based on a script by Linda Woolverton , filming began at Shepperton Studios on August 4, 2014 and ended on October 31, 2014. The sequel, titled Alice in Wonderland: Behind the Looking Glass, was released on August 27 , 2014 . In theaters May 2016 in the United States; in Germany on May 26, 2016.
Web links
- Alice in Wonderland in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Alice in Wonderland in the online movie database
- Alice in Wonderland at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Reviews of Alice in Wonderland on Moviepilot
- Alice in Wonderland, movie trailer. Pirate Media GbR, accessed February 2, 2010 .
- Alice in Wonderland Image Gallery. cinemablend.com, accessed February 3, 2010 . Picture gallery
- Susan Wloszczyna: First look: What a weird 'Wonderland' Burton's made. USA Today , June 26, 2009; accessed February 17, 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Alice in Wonderland . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2010 (PDF; test number: 121 639 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Alice in Wonderland . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ Experience the world premiere of Alice in Wonderland. moviepilot GmbH, February 17, 2010, accessed on February 22, 2010 .
- ↑ World premiere - ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D. ASTOR Film Lounge, Berlin, archived from the original on February 21, 2010 ; Retrieved February 20, 2010 .
- ^ Start dates for Alice in Wonderland (2010). IMDb, accessed February 3, 2010 .
- ↑ Top Lifetime big things. Box Office Mojo, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Short biography of Michael Kutsche. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010 ; accessed on May 18, 2020 .
- ^ Sophie Albers: rear-end collision in a 3D cinema, "Avatar" hinders "Alice in Wonderland". stern.de, March 4, 2010, accessed March 5, 2010 .
- ↑ cf. z. B. Kim Masters, Renee Montagne: Coming To A Screen Near You: A 3-D Clash , March 24, 2010, npr.org .
- ↑ cf. z. B. Richard Verrier, Ben Fritz: 'How to Train Your Dragon', 'Clash of the Titans' clash for 3-D screens , March 21, 2010, npr.org .
- ↑ a b Alice in Wonderland. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on September 21, 2012 .
- ↑ Alice in Wonderland, FBW press release. German Film and Media Assessment (FBW), accessed on February 22, 2010 .
- ↑ Winners of "Teen Choice 2010" announced ( Memento from March 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) TeenChoiceAwards.com
- ↑ http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2011/20110110a.html
- ↑ Alice in Wonderland. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Disney's Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass Starts Filming! . ComingSoon.net. August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
- ↑ On the Set for 11/3/14: Keanu Reeves Starts Daughter of God, Magic Mike XXL & Ant-Man Wrap . In: ssninsider.com . Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2020.