Alice in Wonderland

Early on in Walt Disney's career, he had wanted to tell the story of Alice in Wonderland. As early as 1923 he had begun a series of short films , which featured a young girl in the role of Alice and integrated her live-action performance with animation. So it's no surprise that he wished to make a full-length film based upon Lewis Carroll's classic stories . What is a surprise is that, in 1951 when the film was finally released, Walt Disney was extremely disappointed. He felt that the film lacked an emotional center and that the characters were weak and unmemorable. Perhaps his discontentment was caused by his high expectations or maybe Walt simply didn't understand that the film was a masterpiece, but whatever the reason for his disliking the film, it has gone on to become a classic (of all of the films made while Walt Disney was alive this, Fantasia , Cinderella , Sleeping Beauty , and 101 Dalmatians are my favorites). The story, which combines elements from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Saw There , was unfairly criticized for deviating from Lewis Carroll's original text. But of all the film adaptations inspired by the Alice books, this is one of the most faithful to the spirit and essence of the books despite the many changes to chronology and the deletion of many sequences. Disney's Alice in Wonderland is a delightful, song-filled and beautifully animated adventure into a world of nonsense and absurdity. The story begins with Alice, who's grown tired of her lessons in history, daydreaming of a world of her own; a world where flowers talk, where animals behave like people and people behave like fools, a world where the laws of physics wouldn't apply. Suddenly her fantasy is intruded upon by a white rabbit, dressed in his finest and carrying an umbrella and pocket watch, who frantically intones, "I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" Intrigued, for she has never met a talking rabbit before, Alice runs after the White Rabbit and crawls into his rabbit hole. Within the dark confines of the hole, Alice blindly progresses until she finds herself plummeting into a dark abyss. She falls and falls and falls, all the while taking notice of her strange surroundings. When she finally lands she continues her pursuit of the White Rabbit until she comes to a door. The Doorknob insists that Alice is much too big to fit through such a tiny door, so he suggests that she drink from the bottle on the table, which appears out of nowhere, and then will change size. Alice drinks from the bottle and shrinks until she's just the right height to fit through the door when the Doorknob tells her that he is locked and that the key is on the table far above them. This is remedied when a box of cookies magically appear and when Alice takes a bite she grows taller than ever before. Though she can now reach the key, she's no longer able to fit through the door and thus she begins to cry. Soon her tears form an ocean and when Alice drinks from the bottle and shrinks again, she lands in this ocean where she is eventually carried to shore. Now her adventures really begin as she meets one bizarre character after another. First she meets the sea captain, Dodo Bird and then the mischievous brothers Tweedledee and Tweedledum. Soon she catches up to the White Rabbit only to face greater obstacles. She encounters talking flowers who think she's a common weed, an erudite caterpillar that gives her lessons in grammar, and she meets the mysterious Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare. She discovers a kingdom of playing cards that are ruled over by the cruel Queen of Hearts, who demands obedience or else threatens beheading. Alice's Wonderland becomes a surreal nightmare and she barely manages to escape the only way she knows how, by waking up. This DVD contains a glorious restoration of the film as well as numerous bonus features including a Virtual Wonderland Party, two Sing Along Songs, Adventures in Wonderland set-top game, a newly discovered Cheshire Cat song, and the classic Mickey Mouse cartoon, Thru the Mirror. Also included is Walt Disney's first televised program One Hour in Wonderland, two theatrical trailers, two television introductions by Walt Disney, a behind the scenes featurette, an excerpt from the Fred Waring Show, deleted songs and storyboard sequence, and an art gallery. With all of these features this DVD deserves a place on your shelf of Disney favorites. However Walt Disney Home Entertainment has discontinued this wonderful 2-disc Masterpiece Edition of Alice in Wonderland so if you are fortunate enough to come across a copy, I would urge you to buy it as this will in all likelihood be the final DVD release of the film. The future versions will be in the Blu-ray format.

This is my favorite movie! It is so cute and sweet. It is the best!

I just love this movie, and I consider it to be the best Disney cartoon of all time. It is colourful, and its tone is warm, but the most of the characters are not too friendly to Alice - and it is such a wonderful contrast. And so many great, beautiful songs! I love the Queen, the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit and all the rest of them. I love the Tulgey Wood scenes, for they are suddenly so dark, the sad song about a very good advice that Alice sings is so wonderful. Of course, the tea party scene is so great too! And the Queen of Hearts is so funny. The story of the Walrus and the Carpenter is, maybe, a little too long, but it is worthy anyway because of the acting and the dancing of the Walrus. Wonderful, just wonderful cartoon. I heard that Walt Disney himself said that he didn't like it - and if it's true, I really don't know why. So much wonderful work was put into this film. "Alice in Wonderland Where is the path to Wonderland? Over the hill or here or there? I wonder where..." On the DVD the picture quality is great, and the remastered audio track sounds very good to me - especially the songs. There is also the original mono audio track for the film available on this DVD. Some of the bonus materials are really good, but some are not. My favourite additional materials are: 1. "From Wonderland To Never Land", in which a very beautiful song called "Beyond the Laughing Sky" is featured 2. "Operation Wonderland" - a behind-the-scenes video 3. "The Fred Waring Show" - live action play of Alice in Wonderland featuring appearences of Kathryn Beaumont and Sterling Holloway in their original roles from the cartoon But there are a few disappointments among the bonus materials. First, the Virtual Wonderland Party is just awful. It has simple none of the spirit of Alice in Wonderland film. And also there is a "set top game" - it is clearly made with much effort, but the game itself, sadly, is not interesting at all.

This is not quite as I remember it from TV, but very good. Some sequences go on longer, some are brief. The Victorian prelude is shorter than for Peter Pan, and the art style is different. But a terrific adaptation, one of the best!

This is the best version of Alice in Wonderland ever made.

Disney's Alice in Wonderland - I remember watching this when I was about 6 in the 60s. I even have the Alice in Wonderland watch with ceramic figurine it came on. I loved the story. Lots of great animation, music and voice talent. I watch it when I just need a brain break. Lots of fun sections. I miss my siamese cat that used to curl up next to me and watch too - lots of great memories for me. Good for all ages in my opinion. I purchase all my movies via stream anymore - watch when, where on what you want - no DVDs to store and carry a player for. win/win/win! Having said all of this, I never hesitate to update my reviews should new info seem useful. All of my reviews reflect my honest, personal experience with the reviewed item - your experience may be different. I am not influenced by any outside source. I receive/accept NO free products or discounts that are not available to all shoppers- ever. I am a verified purchaser - not a paid reviewer. I have been doing honest, trustworthy reviews for well over 25 years with Amazon - posting thousands and thousands of reviews. Those posts have been viewed over 8.2 million times to date, (proof of my thousands of reviews and status in years). BOTTOM LINE: I pay for all my stuff, just like you do - with hard earned dollars!

voila un dvd tout particulierement fantastique!un dvd vraiment peu cher pour tous ce qu'il contient avec des bonus inédit et le dessin animé toujours aussi beau, on ne s'en lasse pas! a avoir chez soit!

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Todo un clásico, llegó antes de la fecha prevista.

Good!! Delivery service they use though is very unreliable. DPD . I had to order it twice as DPD returned it the next day although they never came to my house!!

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