Alice Through the Looking Glass is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed by James Bobin, written by Linda Woolverton and produced by Tim Burton, Joe Roth, Suzanne Todd, and Jennier Todd.
Synopsis[]
Alice Kingsleigh has spent the past three years following her father's footsteps and sailing the high seas. Upon her return to London from China, she learns that her ex-fiancé, Hamish Ascot, has taken over his deceased father's company and plans to have Alice sign over her father's ship in exchange for her family home. Alice follows a butterfly she recognizes as the Caterpillar and returns to Wonderland through a mirror. Alice is greeted by the White Queen, the White Rabbit, the Tweedles, the Dormouse, the March Hare, the Bloodhound and the Cheshire Cat. They inform her that the Mad Hatter is acting madder than usual because his family is missing.
Alice tries to console him, but he remains certain that his family survived the attack of the Jabberwocky. The White Queen, believing that finding the Hatter's family is the only way to restore his health, sends Alice to consult Time and convince him to save the Hatter's family in the past. The White Queen warns Alice that history will be destroyed if a person's past and present selves meet. Upon entering the Castle of Eternity, Alice finds the Chronosphere, an object that controls all of time in Wonderland. After Time tells Alice that altering the past is impossible, she steals the Chronosphere and travels back in time, shortly after finding the exiled Red Queen in Time's care. The Red Queen orders Time to pursue Alice, who accidentally travels to the Red Queen's coronation. There, a younger Mad Hatter mocks the Red Queen when the royal crown does not fit her abnormal head. When her crown breaks, the Red Queen throws a tantrum that causes her head to swell. Her father deems her unfit to rule and passes the title of queen to her younger sister, the White Queen.
Alice learns of an event in both the Queens' pasts that causes friction between the two, and she travels back in time again, hoping to change the Red Queen's character and cease the Jabberwocky from killing the Hatter's family. The young White Queen steals a tart from her mother and eats it. When confronted by their mother, she lies about eating the tart, which gets her sister accused and causes her to run out of the castle in a fit. Alice sees her about to run into a clock and believes this to be the event that deforms her head and personality. She manages to move the clock out of the way, but fails to change the past as the Red Queen stumbles and hits her head anyway. Alice is confronted by a weakened Time, who berates her for putting all of time in danger. She runs into a nearby mirror back into the real world, where she wakes up in a mental hospital, diagnosed with female hysteria. With the help of her mother, she returns to Wonderland, where she travels to the Jabberwocky attack and discovers that the Hatter's family did not die, but were captured by the Red Queen's Red Knights.
Returning to the present, Alice discovers the Mad Hatter at the brink of death. After Alice tearfully says that she believes him, the Hatter awakens and reforms back to his normal self. The Wonderlanders go to the Red Queen's castle and find the Hatter's family shrunk and trapped in an ant farm. The Red Queen apprehends them and steals the Chronosphere from Alice, taking her sister back to the day she lied about the tart. By the time Alice and Hatter get there, the Red Queen and her past self see each other. This creates a time paradox, and Wonderland quickly turns to rust. Using the Chronosphere, Alice and the Hatter race back to the present, where Alice is able to place the Chronosphere back in its original place. With the Chronosphere stabilized, Wonderland reverts to normal. The Mad Hatter reunites with his family. The White Queen apologizes to her sister for lying, and both of them make amends. Alice bids her friends farewell and returns to the real world where her mother refuses to turn Alice's ship over to Hamish, and the two set to travel the world on behalf of their own company.
Cast[]
- Johnny Depp as Tarrant Hightopp
- Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh
- Helena Bonham Carter as Iracebeth
- Anne Hathaway as Mirana
- Sacha Baron Cohen as Time
- Rhys Ifans as Zanik Hightopp
- Matt Lucas as Tweedledee/Tweedledum
- Lindsay Duncan as Helen Kingsleigh
- Leo Bill as Hamish
- Geraldine James as Lady Ascot
- Andrew Scott as Dr. Addison Bennet
- Richard Armitage as King Oleron
- Ed Speleers as James Harcourt
- Alan Rickman as Absolem (voice)
- Timothy Spall as Bayard (voice)
- Paul Whitehouse as Thackery (voice)
- Stephen Fry as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- Barbara Windsor as Mallymkun (voice)
- Michael Sheen as McTwisp (voice)
- Matt Vogel as Wilkins (voice)
- Paul Hunter as Chess King (voice)
- Wally Wingert as Humpty Dumpty (voice)
- Meera Syal as Nobody (voice)
- Hattie Morahan as Queen Elsemere
- Louis Ashbourne Serkis as Young Hatter (as Louis Serkis)
- Joanna Bobin as Alexandra
- Amelia Crouch as Young Mirana
- Leilah de Meza as Young Iracebeth
- Simone Kirby as Tyva Hightopp
- Joe Hurst as Bim Hightopp
- Siobhan Redmond as Bumalig Hightopp
- Oliver Hawkes as Young Bim Hightopp
- Frederick Warder as Poomally Hightopp
- Eve Hedderwick Turner as Paloo Hightopp
- Tom Godwin as Pimlick Hightopp
- Daniel Hoffmann-Gill as Boatswain
- Jamie Baughan as First Mate
- Matt Wilman as Helmsman
- Siobhán McSweeney as Witzender (as Siobhan McSweeney)
- Owain Rhys Davies as Delivery Frog (voice)
- Edward Petherbridge as Gentleman Fish (voice)
- Richard Syms as Board Member
- Neil Edmond as Footman
- Bill Thomas as Driver
- Carol Been as Dancer
- Ross Carpenter as Dancer
- Melissa Collier as Dancer
- Heather Craig as Dancer
- Janine Craig as Dancer
- Leigh Daniels as Dancer
- Jules Davison as Dancer
- Matt Dempsey as Dancer
- Nikki Dunsford as Dancer
- Stephanie Elstob as Dancer
- Steve Fortune as Dancer
- Jane Fowler as Dancer
- Adam Galbraith as Dancer
- Chris Grierson as Dancer
- Dale Mercer as Dancer
- William Mowat as Dancer
- Cris Penfold as Dancer
- Kraig Thornber as Dancer
- Carl Walker as Dancer
- Claire Winsper as Dancer (as Clair Winsper)
Uncredited[]
- Esther Adams as Asylum Nurse
- Zak Adams as Townsboy
- Mohammed Ali as Maharaja's Keeper
- Freddie Andrews as Ascot Male
- Isaac Andrews as Second Mate Tom
- Lasco Atkins as Sailor (HK)
- Lauren Beacham as Lord Ascot's Maid
- Alexander Bracq as Vendor/Witzender
- Katie Bradley as CGI Animal
- Austin Burrows as Blue Man
- Adam Burton as Goat
- Sarah Butterworth as Lady Ascot's Maid
- Yue Ting Cheng as Hong Kong Citizen
- Frances de la Tour as Aunt Imogene
- Angela Dee as Tick-Tock (voice)
- Shane Ely-Whitworth as Ascot Footman
- Karl Farrer as Royal Guard
- Wayne Gibbon as Ship's Porter
- Ross Green as Unicorn
- Jacob Greener-Tofts as Townsboy
- Kyle Hebert as Young Bayard (voice)
- Libby Hill as Coronation Child
- Matt Hookings as The Hour
- Mark Jury as Stevedore
- Minouche Kaftel as Maid
- Stefan Kalipha as Maharaja
- Jane Leaney as Ewe
- Martyn Mayger as Gentleman
- Shaun Yusuf McKee as Wolf
- Matt Millard as Unicorn
- Claudio Encarnacion Montero as Boddy
- Alida Pantone as Coronation Aristocratic
- Andrew Paxton-Gray as Butler
- Logan Powner as Townsboy
- Alexander James Rodriguez as Townsboy
- Julio Romeo as Townsman
- Andrew Sachs as Mantel Clock
- Steve Saunders as Brilliam Hinkle
- Sarah May Scotti as Party Guest
- Mike Simmrin as Fisherman
- Bomber Hurley Smith as Royal Guard
- Johanna Smitz as Village Girl
- Karol Steele as Asylum Patient
- Peter Theobalds as Coronation Guest/Villager
- Amanda Troop as Additional Voices (voice)
- Daniel Westwood as Townsman
- Tom Whelehan as Ascot Male
- Christian Wolf-La'Moy as European Gent in Rickshaw
- Charlotte Worwood as Townswoman
Production[]
Development[]
The film was announced via Variety in December 2012. Bobin was first approached about the project while doing post-production work on Disney's Muppets Most Wanted. Of being asked, Bobin has said that "I just couldn't pass it up", as he has a passion for the works of Lewis Carroll as well as history in general. On January 21, 2014, the film was again retitled to Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass.
Filming[]
Principal photography began on August 4, 2014, at Shepperton Studios. In August 2014, filming took place in Gloucester Docks, which included the use of at least four historic ships: Kathleen and May, Irene, Excelsior, and the Earl of Pembroke, the last of which was renamed The Wonder for filming. Principal photography ended on October 31, 2014.
Music[]
- Main article: Alice Through the Looking Glass (soundtrack)
Reception[]
This film received mixed reviews among critics and fans. Despite this the film did well at the Box Office and the song Just like Fire by P!NK was a huge hit on the charts.
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- Even though Tim Burton directed Alice in Wonderland, he only produced this film, the reason behind this was because he was directing another film at the time.
External links[]
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