Alice in Wonderland: Book vs. Movie

Tim Burton's 2010 film Alice in Wonderland draws on Lewis Carroll's Alice books, including Through the Looking-Glass. Mia Wasikowska plays a nineteen-year-old Alice returning to the world she visited as a child.

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About the book and the movie
Book
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland cover
Author
Lewis Carroll
Year
1865
Pages
106Buy book
Audiobook length
2 hr 37 minGet audiobook

Following a rabbit with a pocket watch, Alice tumbles into a place where food changes her size and ordinary questions lead to bewildering arguments. She tries to apply the lessons and manners she knows to creatures who follow rules of their own. A tea party, a disappearing cat, and the Queen of Hearts's court make finding her way through Wonderland increasingly difficult.

Movie
Alice in Wonderland poster
Director
Tim Burton
Writer
Linda Woolverton
Year
2010
Runtime
1 hr 49 minWatch on Amazon
Cast
Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway
Genre
cinematic fairy tale, Fantasy
IMDb
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Nineteen-year-old Alice escapes an unwelcome marriage proposal by following a white rabbit into a world she barely remembers. Its inhabitants insist she has returned to help end the Red Queen's rule, but Alice doubts that she is the person they expect. With the Mad Hatter in danger and a confrontation approaching, she must decide whether to accept a role others have chosen for her.

Other adaptations of this book

  1. Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland · Movie · 1951
    Details
    Alice in Wonderland poster
    Director
    Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
    Year
    1951
    Runtime
    1 hr 15 min
    Cast
    Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway

    Bored by her sister's lesson, Alice follows a hurried white rabbit into a land where size, language and good manners obey no familiar rules. Her attempts to find him lead through a frantic tea party and meetings with creatures who turn every question into an argument. When she reaches the Queen of Hearts' court, getting home becomes more urgent than satisfying her curiosity.

  2. Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland · Movie · 1999
    Details
    Alice in Wonderland poster
    Director
    Nick Willing
    Writer
    Peter Barnes
    Year
    1999
    Runtime
    2 hr 30 min
    Network
    NBC
    Cast
    Tina Majorino, Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Short, Miranda Richardson

    Expected to sing at her parents' garden party, Alice slips away rather than face the guests. Following a white rabbit takes her into a world of bewildering etiquette, hostile royalty and conversations that refuse to make sense. Encounters with its eccentric inhabitants repeatedly put her on the spot, challenging the timid girl to speak up before she can find her way home.

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