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1999 - KATE BECKINSALE IN 'ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS'

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Made for TV film (UK)
released 1999 by the Channel Four Television Corporation

Directed by
John Henderson
Alice played by
Kate Beckinsale

Additional cast members include Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, Gary Olsen, Marc Warren, and Penelope Wilton.

The special effects were created by Soho 601 Digital Productions.

Kate Beckinsale plays a grown-up Alice, who is transported through the looking glass while reading the story to her daughter.
The film was financed by Channel 4 Films, who also brought us Four Weddings and a Funeral and Trainspotting, and shot on England's Isle of Man during the months of August and September 1998.

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Large volumes of green screen compositing were required for flying shots and minaturization sequences featuring the White King and Queen - played by Geoffrey Palmer and Penelope Wilton - as well as creative work on scenes such as Humpty Dumpty's downfall, Looking Glass Land, and Alice's garden.
The heroine's transitions through the mirror, and from square to square were handled in Flame, and 601's 3D department had fun in constructing a 3D Jabberwock!

While this version has been shown widely on TV around the world, dramatically it's deemed to be less than successful, although, as ever, it depends on your point of view. Some people love it, others don't. Watch it yourself and make up your own mind.

Kate Beckinsale on location with director John Henderson

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Available on DVD from January 2005. With an excellent combination of live-action, animation, and special effects, it tells of Alice as she returns to Wonderland, stepping through a magical mirror and being transported from the real world into an enchanted one of talking insects, nonsensical questions, and reversals of logic. Beckinsale's Alice is a believable blend of curiosity, poise, and impertinence and her presence in nearly every scene carries the film.
You can pre-order the DVD by clicking it's picture (left). This is a region 1 disc (USA/Canada) but will play elsewhere if you have a region-free player or download a hack from the internet.

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

TV to video release 1996
Alice played by
NANCY KERRIGAN
Directed by RON GRANT. Musical score by
MARVIN HAMLISCH.
USA ice ballet under the title "Fairy Tales On Ice".

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USA/Canada VHS format only.
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