dreamchild mad hatter

It must have been a rare moment. If you're lucky to have the VHS tape, guard it with your life, mine was destroyed and I can only pray this film will be transfered to DVD. When left alone in their hotel room, she begins to hallucinate and sees Mr. Dodgson (Via flashbacks, it is insinuated that Dodgson had an infatuation with the young Alice Liddell (Potter based his script on a real incident where Alice went to New York to collect an honorary degree.

Dreamchild (1985) Full Cast & Crew. Made entirely in England and yet not available in England, this film seems to lead us into dark corners only for the sun to shine brightly at the end, beautifully and carefully paced and with many very talented actors, especially the young Alice. Was this review helpful? Was this review helpful? Very moody and stylish movie - whose plot switches between three venues - the 1860s when Lewis Carroll introduced the Wonderland tales to young Alice and her sisters - the 1930s when the aged Alice visited the U.S. months before her death - and the surreal world of the Alice in Wonderland stories with story characters portrayed by wickedly designed Jim Henson puppets Amelia Shankley is also excellent as the young Alice, seen in flashbacks and "dream" sequences involving characters from the book.

2 out of 3 found this helpful. In the dream sequences, the creatures begin by continuing their overbearing influence over Alice but she gradually comes to question their power and their very existence as the circumstances unfold which cause her to evaluate her own life, until, in the final dream sequence, she ultimately rejects them completely, thus releasing herself to live out the rest of her days free of their restrictions and of the constraints of her whole past life.

The phrase " mad as a hatter " pre-dates Carroll's works. Simply marvelous! In order to fully appreciate this movie a knowledge of both Alice Liddell and Lewis Carroll is recommended. "Dreamchild" is a dark yet beautiful tale of an elderly woman haunted by the famous author who adored her as a child.

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Truly an exceptional movie. This is symbolised most vividly in the dream sequences in which she interacts with some of the characters from the "Alice" stories.

The only real impropriety from the Victorian viewpoint was that Dodgson wasn't considered the social equal of the Liddell family. Coral Browne: This Effing Lady. Watched this again tonight. An honest and pure statement of inspiration, satisfaction, frustration, and restraint against wisdom.

The movement between Alice in old age, youth and fantasy is seemless. This movie has its ups and its down, but, at the end of the day, it's one of the best I've seen. A must see companion piece to Labyrinth. A downfall for this film was adding the fictional character Sally to the story and her useless storyline however it was a pleasure to see Coral Browne play a good role as Alice Liddell and Ian Holm's role was well played. I saw it over ten years ago and still remember specific scenes vividly. 11 out of 13 found this helpful. Trek fans can note that Cheryl (Gates) McFadden (TNG Dr Crusher) also choreographed puppet movement for this movie. St. Martin's Press 1999. The central story is excellent. Was this review helpful?

Coral Browne as the aged Alice Hargreaves, nee Liddell, is marvelous; she puts so much soul into it, I begin to wonder if we are really seeing Browne as Browne, or Browne as Mrs. Hargreaves. can't remember which is which). Gradually, she starts to question and, ultimately, to reject her past and all the values implicit in it. This is both a beautiful and disturbing film. Enjoy!

Was this review helpful? I am not a member of the camp that thinks Dodgeson had a unnatural love for little children I find it preposterous and slanderous to say the least. Perhaps ironically, it is the "present day" scenes that give the low points of the film.

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