I was thinking about a cast for an imaginary Alice in Wonderland film made in 1973 and Through The Looking glass the following Year (don't look for this film it's just fantasy). It would stick to the book Pretty Much To the letter because I think the Original story is plenty exciting in and of itself. I tried to Pick comedians for most of the roles because serious actors would make it fall under the heading a dream or a Nightmare as most versions do.
Jodie foster plays Alice because although Alice is Innocent she also is either tough enough to survive the wonderland or imaginative enough to dream it up. Jodie Foster also proved to be a great dramatic actor later which is important in the role of Alice especially since the other actors are comedians. She could make her sympathetic enough that we care about her but not so sympathetic that we're too worried about her to enjoy the movie. She is American but she could do a British accent even then and she actually can sing. If you don't believe me YouTube Jodie Foster Sing
Here is a sample of The Alice In Wonderland Cast:
In the Mad Tea Party Peter Cook is the Mad Hatter, Peter Sellers is the March Hare, and Dudley Moore Is the Dormouse. In the scene with the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle the Gryphon is Spike Milligan and the Mock Turtle is Ringo Starr. The Cheshire Cat is Tim Curry before he was a star. Peter Sellers also Plays The Queen of Hearts along With Mollie Sugdeon as the Duchess. The Knave of hearts is David Jason and Father William is Donald Adams.
Here is a sample of the Through the Looking Glass cast
Ronnie Corbet and Arte Johnson are Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum because they look so alike, and both look just like those characters. Mollie Sugden is the white Queen and Judi Dench Is the Red Queen. John Young is The Aged Man, Woody Allen appears near the end as the Pudding and the Voice Announcing Queen Alice is John Ferrante
The pythons and Muppet Performers also appear in both made up films
The Pythons: John Cleese is The Red Knight the Frog Footman and The King of Hearts
Ghrahm Chapman Is the The White Rabbit The White King The White Knight and Louis Carroll
Eric Idle is The Ace of Spades the Cook
Michael Palin is the Door the Father and the seven
Terry Jones as The Five and The pigeon
Terry Gilliam as the Fish Footman The baby and The Red King
Connie booth as Alice's Sister
The Muppets: Jim Henson is the Carpenter the Lizard Chimney sweep The sun and The panther
Frank Oz is The Walrus The dodo and Humpty Dumpty The moon and The Lobster
Put Jerry Nelson as The Lion the Owl and One of the Oyster Ghosts the Jabberwock
Richard Hunt as The Unicorn the sheep the Eldest Oyster The frog and The mutton Leg
Fran Brill as the Other Oyster Ghost and The Snail
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Alice in wonderland fantasy cast
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