Alice
in wonderland
Alice
in Wonderland It’s an extension of Lewis Carroll's novels Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland and Through
the Looking-Glass. The film uses a technique of combining
live action and animation. It premiered in London at the Odeon
Leicester Square on February 25, 2010, and was released in Australia on
March 4, 2010, and the United States and the United Kingdom on March
5, 2010, through IMAX 3D and Disney Digital 3D, as well as in
traditional theaters.
In the film, Alice is now nineteen years old and accidentally returns
to Underland (misheard by Alice and believed to be called Wonderland),
a place she visited thirteen years previously. She is told that she is
the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon-like creature
controlled by the Red Queen who terrorizes Underland's inhabitants. The
film stars familiar face like Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena
Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen
Fry.
This film was originally set to be released in 2009, but was pushed
back to March 5, 2010. Principal photography was scheduled for May 2008,
but did not begin until September and concluded in three months.
Scenes set in the Victorian era were shot at Torpoint and Plymouth from
September 1 to October 14. Two hundred and fifty local extras were
chosen in early August. Locations included Antony House in Torpoint,
Charlestown, Cornwall and the Barbican, however, no footage from the
Barbican was used. Motion capture filming began in early October at
Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, though the footage
was later discarded. Alice in Wonderland opened at number one
with over $41 million in North America, setting a new March opening-day
record. Alice made an estimated $116.1 million in its opening
weekend, handily topping the previous record held by 300 with
$70 million. It is the sixth highest grossing opening weekend of all
time, and the highest opening weekend for a non-sequel, taking the
record from Spider-Man.