Alice in Wonderland Quote by the Red Queen

Oh my ears and whiskers! 

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Alice in Wonderland already on DVD/ Blu-Ray

The time has flown so fast and 12 weeks from the opening of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland on big screens has gone by. And now we can enjoy the fascinating story on our home screens. 

The DVD and Blu-Ray discs are already available. Even the price isn't that bad at least if you get it from Amazon:  Alice in Wonderland (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) 

This amazing 3 Disc Combo is only $25 and there are so many  extras which are exclusive to Blu-ray that I'm seriously contemplating on going to buy the Blu-ray player!

Bountiful extras include the creation of the Red Queen, stunts, how Alice shrank and grew, and the making of the cakes. And of course the extravagant Futterwacken Dance by the Mad Hatter.

USA TODAY's Claudia Puig gives: * * *1/2 out of four for Alice in Wonderland 2010. 

"Burton's distinctive cinematic style makes this eclectic fantasy — infused with both dark and light — a dynamic marriage of original material and modern filmmaker."

By the way, we love it!

Helena Bonham Carter Reveals The Red Queen's Subtle Anger

Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' movie has kept a top position in cinemas for 2 weeks in a row now, and it is clearly on the way of becoming the highest grossing Burton film!

 

Meanwhile Burton's partner and the villain star of Wonderland, Helena Bonham Carter has been talking about her role as the Red Queen in an interview with Ian Spelling for New York Times Syndicate. See the video:

 

This is what Bonham Carter said about her getting the role in this production.

"No, no, no, I just assume that I'm not going to be a part of it unless he [Tim Burton] asks. And he asked me quite late in the day about 'Alice in Wonderland.' I remember that he phoned up, because I was working away, I was doing 'Terminator' in New Mexico. He phoned up and wondered if I would ever possibly think I'd want to play the Red Queen."

It's very low-status, the way he asks. I'd never read the script, so I didn't know what he was talking about. Then,when I read it, I read her character description. Her name is Iracebeth of Crims. 

 

It said Iracebeth ie. the Red Queen enters. She has a huge, oversized head and is very, very angry. I thought, Well, that's interesting, how he sees me now.

He said, Well, I did draw you. That's what often happens is that he sort of trusts his unconscious, and he said that his early drawings of the character looked like me. I wouldn't say that it's completely me, but the drawings have definitely got my angry eyebrows.

Tim Burton gave specific instructions for Helena to capture his idea of the Red Queen: He likes, always, to have a quieter take. He doesn't like big acting. 

 

It's funny - the more outrageous you are or the more unreal, the more real he wants you to pull back.

 

He gave me two notes. He wanted me to watch 'Mommie Dearest' (1981) and Bette Davis' Elizabeth I in 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex' (1939) with Errol Flynn.

 

Faye Dunaway doing the hanger scene in 'Mommie Dearest' basically it's a person who's about to erupt, somebody who's on the edge of anger all the time.

It was quite hard because it was unreal. It was like with Mrs. Lovett, he said. Look, you're already singing, that's unreal, so I want you to be as small in your acting as possible.

 

Here he said:

 

"We're in Wonderland, or Underland, so you have to compensate for that."

Underland In Shock - Mia Wasikowska As Alice Loses Her Dress

The habitants of Wonderland, or Underland as Tim Burton calls it, are up for a shock when Alice -Mia Wasikowska- grows to a size of a church tower and her dress is ripped off at the process. Alice hides behind tall bushes when she's discovered by the feared ruler Iracebeth, the Red Queen. 

Luckily Iracebeth notices a similarity between herself and this huge newcomer to the 'Queendom' - they both have a huge head - and she shows some compassion by ordering the servants to sew some clothes for the poor giant.
 
The White Rabbit, called McTwisp, is behind this misfortune of Alice, because he feeds Alice a cake that makes her grow - too much.

Executives at Odeon, which owns 107 cinemas in the U.K. and Ireland, have decided to boycott Burton's 3-D film after plans were announced to launch the movie on DVD just three months after it hits theaters. 

The Dutch film lovers are also going to miss out because many movie theatre owners in Holland are going to boycott Alice in Wonderland if the early release of the film to DVD goes ahead.  

Australians instead are going to get special treatment, because the film hits the movie screens early - Thursday March 4, 2010! 

Life in Wonderland isn't fair, is it?

Movie Stills And Quotes From Alice In Wonderland

24 Days To Go until Alice in Wonderland hits the cinemas in the US!

Here are a few movie still to keep the anticipation up:

They look very promising, like the movie trailers we have seen.  Actually I saw the latest Alice in Wonderland trailer in 3D when I went to see Avatar.

While I loved Avatar and the 3D world in it, seeing the Alice trailer on big screen and through quality 3D glasses filled me with such excitement. It is going to be brilliant!

Anyway, here are some great movie quotations of the characters from the original Alice books.

The Mad Hatter - Johnny Depp

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"If you knew Time as well as I do, you wouldn't talk about wasting it." -The Mad Hatter

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Mallymkum, The Dormouse - Barbara Windsor

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 Dormouse: "You've got no right to grow here."

Alice: "Don't talk nonsense. You know you're growing too."

Dormouse: "Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,

not in that ridiculous fashion."

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Iracebeth, The Red Queen - Helena Bonham Carter

*****

Red Queen: "I don't know what you mean by YOUR way? All the

ways about here belong to ME!"

*****
 

Ilosovic Stayne, the Knave of Hearts - Crispin Clover

*****

"The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

All on a summer day:

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

And took them quite away!"

*****

 

The Caterpillar - Alan Rickman

*****

Caterpillar: "Keep your temper!"

"One side will make you grow taller and the other side will make you grow shorter."

*****

 

[Image credits: The Walt Disney Company 2010] 

 

Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland Movie Trailer

At last we get to preview more of the anticipated Alice in Wonderland movie!

Here is the second official movie trailer. It really gives us the feel of the movie and makes us wish the time ran faster, faster. Today there's still 46 more days until the release on the big screens on March 5, 2010. Who can wait?

Alice In Wonderland Movie Trailer

Mia Wasikowska as Alice looks so worried in most of the shots that one must wonder how is the Mad Hatter, expertly played by Johnny Depp, so certain that she is the only person capable of helping to get rid of the fearsome Jabberwocky, the guard of the Queen's castle. 

Big expectations for a tiny Alice, I'd say, but also the White Rabbit is determinned that Alice will turn over the reign of Wonderland from the cruel Red Queen (Helena Bonham-Carter) to her more peaceful sister, the White Queen, played serenely by Anne Hathaway.

Before you see the movie I would recommend that you'd read the book:

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The Casting List of Alice in Wonderland Movie with Pictures

Here we have Mia Wasikowska as tiny Alice with a cup and a saucer:

Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter:


The gorgeous Anne Hathaway as The White Queen with red lips and dark eye brows:

The sexy Helena Bonham Carter as even sexier Red Queen:

Here we have Matt Lucas in person:

...and here he is the twin characters Tweedledee and Tweedledum:

Here we have the official casting list:

Mia Wasikowska -Alice Kingsley
Johnny Depp -Mad Hatter
Michael Sheen -White Rabbit
Anne Hathaway -White Queen
Helena Bonham Carter -Red Queen
Stephen Fry -Cheshire Cat
Alan Rickman -Caterpillar
Crispin Glover -Knave of Hearts
Matt Lucas -Tweedledee / Tweedledum
Christopher Lee -The Jabberwock
Noah Taylor -March Hare
Barbara Windsor -Dormouse
 

... and a bit more casting:

Timothy Spall -The Bloodhound
Marton Csokas -Charles Kingsley
Eleanor Tomlinson -Fiona Chataway
Annalise Basso -The May Pole Dancer
Jemma Powell -Margaret Manchester
Frances de la Tour -Aunt Imogene
John Hopkins -Lowell Manchester
Austin James Wolff -The May Pole Dancer
Lindsay Duncan -Helen Kingsley
Eleanor Gecks -Faith Chataway
Tim Pigott-Smith -Lord Ascot
Geraldine James -Lady Ascot
Leo Bill -Hamish Ascot

The photos are from USA Today (Photo: AP Photo/Disney).

[Image credits: The Walt Disney Company 2009]