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'''''Dreamchild''''' tells the semi-biographical story of Charles Dodgson (aka [[Lewis Carroll]]) and his relationship with young Alice Liddell. Caroll dedicated his books ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and ''Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There'' to Liddell, and her name was borrowed for the fictional Alice. The film focuses on an elderly Alice, now Mrs. Alice Hargreaves, visiting the United States for a Lewis Carroll centenary event, who flashes back to her friendship with Carroll, and is haunted by dreams of meeting the characters from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. |
'''''Dreamchild''''' tells the semi-biographical story of Charles Dodgson (aka [[Lewis Carroll]]) and his relationship with young Alice Liddell. Caroll dedicated his books ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' and ''Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There'' to Liddell, and her name was borrowed for the fictional Alice. The film focuses on an elderly Alice, now Mrs. Alice Hargreaves, visiting the United States for a Lewis Carroll centenary event, who flashes back to her friendship with Carroll, and is haunted by dreams of meeting the characters from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. |
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− | [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] was employed for the dream sequences, building lifelike puppets of characters like [[the Gryphon]], [[the Mock Turtle]], [[the Mad Hatter]], [[the Dormouse]], [[ |
+ | [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop]] was employed for the dream sequences, building lifelike puppets of characters like [[the Gryphon (Dreamchild)|the Gryphon]], [[the Mock Turtle]], [[the Mad Hatter]], [[the Dormouse]], [[the Caterpillar]], and [[the March Hare (Dreamchild)|the March Hare]]. |
''Dreamchild'' is notable for being the first film project the Creature Shop worked on outside of the [[Henson]] company. Early versions of cable controls were used, instead of the still early developmental animatronics. |
''Dreamchild'' is notable for being the first film project the Creature Shop worked on outside of the [[Henson]] company. Early versions of cable controls were used, instead of the still early developmental animatronics. |
Revision as of 15:36, 30 October 2006
Released | October 4, 1985 |
Duration | 94 minutes |
Director | Gavin Millar |
Written by | Dennis Potter |
Music | Max Harris, Stanley Myers |
Studio | EMI Films Ltd |
Rated | PG |
Dreamchild tells the semi-biographical story of Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) and his relationship with young Alice Liddell. Caroll dedicated his books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There to Liddell, and her name was borrowed for the fictional Alice. The film focuses on an elderly Alice, now Mrs. Alice Hargreaves, visiting the United States for a Lewis Carroll centenary event, who flashes back to her friendship with Carroll, and is haunted by dreams of meeting the characters from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Jim Henson's Creature Shop was employed for the dream sequences, building lifelike puppets of characters like the Gryphon, the Mock Turtle, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, and the March Hare.
Dreamchild is notable for being the first film project the Creature Shop worked on outside of the Henson company. Early versions of cable controls were used, instead of the still early developmental animatronics.
Cast
- Coral Browne as Alice Hargreaves
- Peter Gallagher as Jack Dolan
- Ian Holm as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson
- Jane Asher as Mrs. Liddell
- Nicola Cowper as Lucy
- Caris Corfman as Sally
- Amelia Shankley as Young Alice
Voice Cast
- Fulton MacKay: the Gryphon
- Alan Bennett: the Mock Turtle
- Julie Walters: the Dormouse
- Kenneth Campbell as the March Hare
- Tony Haygarth as the Mad Hatter
- Frank Middlemass as the Caterpillar
Puppeteers
- Ron Mueck as the Gryphon
- Steve Whitmire as the Mock Turtle / the Caterpillar
- Karen Prell as the Dormouse
- Big Mick as the Mad Hatter
- Michael Sundin as the March Hare
Cable Control Operators
- David Barclay, Lyle Conway, Sadie Corrie, Chris Eveleigh, Richard Jones, Lesja Liber, Michael Osborn, Chris Ostwald, Mike Quinn, Neal Scanlan, John Stephenson, Melissa Whitmire, Cas Willing
Reviews
- --Kevin Thomas. Los Angeles Times. October 18, 1985.
- --Julian Petley. Monthly Film Bulletin. January 1986.