Published On Jul 28, 2022
Chapter 5: Advice from a Caterpillar
The Caterpillar scene from Alice in Wonderland!
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Of the 20 adaptations I watched, I used 16 to summarize Chapter 5:
1. 1931, USA: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Bud Pollard. 1st talkie.
2. 1933, USA; Alice in Wonderland, directed by Norman Z McLeod (live-action); animation sequence by Harman-Ising Studio. The only major live-action Hollywood theatrical production to adapt the original Alice in Wonderland stories.
3. 1949, France: Alice au Pays Des Merveilles, directed by Dallas Bower. French film with stop-motion animated puppets.
4. 1951, USA: Alice in Wonderland, Walt Disney Animation Studios. The animation everyone knows.
5. 1966, UK: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Jonathan Miller. A psychedelic adaptation made for adults.
6. 1972, UK: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, directed by William Sterling. A British musical.
7. 1981, USSR: Алиса в стране чудес, Alisa v Strane Chudes. A trippy Soviet animation.
8. 1982, USA: Alice at the Palace, directed by Emile Ardolino. A rather bizarre musical play starring Meryl Streep.
9. 1983, USA: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Kirk Browning. A Broadway stage musical with black-and-white papier-mache costumes.
10. 1985, UK: Dreamchild, directed by Gavin Millar. A drama, told from an adult Alice's point of view.
11. 1985, USA: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Harry Harris. A 2-part, made for TV musical with lots of cameos.
12. 1986, UK: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Barry Letts. A 4-part BBC musical.
13. 1988, Australia: Alice in Wonderland, Burbank Films Australia. A direct to video animation.
14. 1999, UK & USA: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Nick Willing. Another made-for-TV musical with lots of cameos.
15. 2010, USA: Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton. A sequel, set 12 years after the original Alice stories.
16. 2017, UK: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Royal Ballet. A film of the ballet, originally choreographed by Christopher Peter Wheeldon in 2011.
Based on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," written by Lewis Carroll in 1865
