| Alice of Wonderland in Paris | |
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 Original U.S. film poster | |
| Directed by | Gene Deitch |
| Produced by | William L. Snyder |
| Starring | Norma MacMillan Carl Reiner Howard Morris Allen Swift |
| Music by | Paul Alter Václav Lidl |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Childhood Productions |
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Running time | 52 minutes |
| Countries | Czechoslovakia United States |
| Language | English |
Alice of Wonderland in Paris orAlice in a New Wonderland is a 1966animated film directed byGene Deitch and produced byWilliam L. Snyder in extremelimited animation.[1]
Young Alice, having become a celebrity for her adventures in Wonderland, is in her bedroom. She is dreaming about visitingParis and sharing adventures with the storybook girlMadeline. While no comment is made as to where this Alice comes from or what time the film is set in, Alice seems to be American, as she likescheeseburgers and is having a great deal of trouble when it comes to getting to France. As Alice points out, “Getting to Wonderland was easy – all I had to do was fall down the rabbit hole. But let’s face it – it takes money to get to Paris!”.
As Alice dreams in her bedroom, a talking mouse named Francois rides a bicycle into Alice's bedroom and wants to conduct a survey about her favorite cheeses. Alice wants to join Francois in his native Paris, so Francois uses a cheese that his company makes, which uses the same magical mushroom she ate in Wonderland as an ingredient, to shrink Alice to the size of a rodent. Together, they ride through Paris, where Francois narrates a series of Parisian themed short stories.
The film includes brief adaptations of five short stories:
In the end, when Alice finally meets her, it just so turns out that Madeline dreams of being Alice in Wonderland.
Alice of Wonderland in Paris was created by the team of Gene Deitch and William L. Snyder, who had previously collaborated onMunro, which won theAcademy Award for Animated Short Film in 1961. The filmmakers (along withRembrandt Films) were also responsible for producing the 1960–1962Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoons forMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer and also were one of the producers of thePopeye animated TV series forKing Features Syndicate, aired in syndication between 1960 and 1963.
Attracted to the economy and beauty of Prague, Deitch and Snyder produced cartoons for both cinema release and cartoons based on short stories for schooleducational film use. Five of these stories were placed in the feature with new Alice sequences to be released as a feature film in the West.[2]
ActorsCarl Reiner,Howard Morris andAllen Swift provided the voice performances, and Canadian actressNorma MacMillan provided the voice of Alice.[3]
Alice of Wonderland in Paris runs 52 minutes, which is somewhat short for a feature film release, and it was presented for its 1966 U.S. theatrical distribution on a bill with theshort filmWhite Mane. It was originally distributed in the U.S. theaters by a company called Childhood Productions;Paramount Pictures re-released it in 1975 asAlice in a New Wonderland, andWhite Mane was also part of the bill.
