Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film based on the Lewis Carroll
novel of the same name
. It had an all star cast, and John Barry
composed the score.
In 1973, the film won the BAFTA Film Award at the BAFTA Awards Ceremony for Best Cinematography, won by Geoffrey Unsworth, and Best Costume Design, won by Anthony Mendleson.
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson , better known by the pseudonym Lewis Carroll , was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the...
novel of the same name
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures...
. It had an all star cast, and John Barry
John Barry (composer)
John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
composed the score.
In 1973, the film won the BAFTA Film Award at the BAFTA Awards Ceremony for Best Cinematography, won by Geoffrey Unsworth, and Best Costume Design, won by Anthony Mendleson.
Cast
- Fiona FullertonFiona FullertonFiona Elizabeth Fullerton is a Nigerian-born British actress.She is perhaps best known for her role as KGB spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill and as Alice in the 1972 film Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.Fullerton made her film debut in 1969 with a role in Run Wild, Run...
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- Mouse - William Ellis - Dodo
- Freddie Earlle - Guinea Pig Pat
- Julian Chagrin - Bill the Lizard
- Mike Elles - Guinea Pig Two
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- Mock Turtle - Victoria Shallard - Lorina
- Pippa Vickers - Edith
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- Monkey - Melita Manger - Squirrel
- Angela Morgan - Lory
- June Kidd - Magpie
- Michael Reardon - Frog
- Brian Tripping - Duck
- Megan Moore - Alice (singing) (uncredited)
Soundtrack
- "The Duchess Is Waiting"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Michael Crawford
- "Curiouser And Curiouser"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Megan Moore
- "You've Got To Know When To Stop"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Davy Kaye
- "The Royal Processions"
- Music by John Barry
- "The Last Word Is Mine"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Michael Crawford and Megan Moore
- "Digging For Apples"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Freddie Earlle
- "There Goes Bill"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Freddie Earlle and Mike Elles
- "How Doth The Little Busy Bee"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Megan Moore
- "Dum And Dee Dance (Nursery Rhyme)"
- Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Megan Moore
- "From The Queen, An Invitation For The Duchess To Play Croquet"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Peter O'Farrell and Ian Trigger
- "The Duchess's Lullaby"
- Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Peter Bull and Patsy Rowlands
- "It's More Like A Pig Than A Baby"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Megan Moore
- "I See What I Eat"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore and Fiona Fullerton
- "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers
- "The Pun Song"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore and Fiona Fullerton
- "Off With Their Heads"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Flora Robson
- "The Croquet Game"
- Music by John Barry
- "Off With Their Heads (Reprise)"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Flora Robson
- "I've Never Been This Far Before"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Michael Crawford and Megan Moore
- "The Moral Song"
- Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Peter Bull
- "The Me I Never Knew"
- Lyrics by Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Megan Moore
- "The Lobster Quadrille (The Mock Turtle's Song)"
- Music by John Barry
- "Will You Walk A Little Faster, Said A Whiting To A Snail"
- Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Michael Hordern and Spike Milligan
- "They Told Me (Evidence Read At The Trial Of The Knave Of Hearts)"
- Lyrics by Lewis Carroll and Don Black
- Music by John Barry
- Performed by Michael Crawford