| k "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by way of | | | | has become to her no more than a dream she's |
| the British writer, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson | | | | got from night to night. Will she recall her friends? |
| (more often known by his pen name, Lewis | | | | Will she aid them as they face the Red Queen |
| Carroll) happens to be a beloved book for many | | | | and her ferocious minions, the Bandersnatch and |
| generations. The story of a little girl Alice falling | | | | the Jabberwocky, as they try to restore the |
| down the rabbit hole into a land of illusions filled | | | | White Queen to the throne? Of course she will! |
| with very unusual creatures has a timeless appeal. | | | | But that story is only half the enjoyment of this |
| It has inspired plays, games, books, and more | | | | movie, thanks for the creative team behind it. |
| than 20 film productions, going all the way back | | | | The movie marks the 6th collaboration of director |
| toward the earliest years of movies (the first film | | | | Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp; and the |
| was made in 1903!). The story is experiencing yet | | | | movie is exactly the sort of visual feast you |
| another resurgence in popularity this year, as it | | | | would expect when you have seen any of their |
| returns to the big screen in another Disney | | | | prior movies. They are joined by Colleen Atwood, |
| live-action production. With all the excitement | | | | one of the best costume designers in Hollywood, |
| surrounding the novel film, the wonderland | | | | who has worked with Burton even more often |
| costume theme will be very popular this year for | | | | than Depp has. Combine Tim Burton's strong |
| Halloween. | | | | visual style, Atwood's fabulous skill with costumes, |
| This year's Alice in Wonderland movie is a | | | | and Depp's passion for outrageous characters. It |
| different take on the story, more inspired by the | | | | is easy to imagine what these three will come up |
| first books than a traditionalistic film adaptation of | | | | with when working with something like |
| those stories. All of the familiar characters are | | | | Wonderland and the Mad Hatter as their material, |
| there, but Alice herself has stopped being a little | | | | but you may bet it will look astounding! Any |
| girl. The film imagines what would happen if Alice | | | | wonderland costume based on this film will likely |
| returned to Wonderland as a young woman, with | | | | be distinctive, fair, and very much out of the |
| only hazy memories of her prior visit, a visit that | | | | ordinary. |