Alice in Wonderland

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Alice in Wonderland

film by Geronimi, Jackson, and Luske [1951]

Written by Lee Pfeiffer

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Alice in Wonderland, American animated musical film, released in 1951, that was a madcap family classic based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (1865) and included elements of his later sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871). It was produced by Walt Disney. The film centres on the adventures of young Alice, a dreamy, distractable girl who nevertheless proves very practical when necessary. One day, finding herself bored by her older sister’s history lesson, she notices a rabbit running by in a waistcoat and carrying a pocket watch. Curious, she follows him down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland, a bizarre, nonsensical ...(100 of 290 words)

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