History Trivia / AliceInWonderland

** Burton's usual suspects in their usual roles -- including his [[UglyGuyHotWife partner]] [[Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet Mrs. Lovett]] as the [[AxeCrazy Red Queen]] and EdwardScissorhands as the Mad Hatter -- but also some new faces like [[ThePrincessDiaries Anne Hathaway]] as the White Queen and one of the ''LittleBritain'' actors as the Tweedle Twins. Alice's {{maiden aunt}} is [[Film/HarryPotter Madame Maxime]]. [[Series/DoctorWho Adelaide Brooke (from ''The Waters of Mars'')]] is Alice's mother.
** [[BackToTheFuture George McFly]] plays the Knave of Hearts. [[LordOfTheRings Celeborn]] is Alice's dad and [[VForVendetta Peter Creedy]] is Lord Ascot.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Film/HarryPotter Snape]] is the Caterpillar; [[LordOfTheRings Saruman]] is the Jabberwock; [[{{Underworld}} Lucian]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Aro]] is the White Rabbit; and [[{{Blackadder}} General]] [[StephenFry Melchett]] is the Cheshire Cat. [[Film/HarryPotter Wormtail]] is Bayard the Bloodhound, [[Film/{{Batman}} Alfred]] [[BatmanReturns Pennyworth]] is the Dodo, and [[EastEnders Peggy Mitchell]] is the Dormouse. Don't forget Dolores Umbridge as the flowers when Alice meets up with the White Rabbit and the Tweedles.

** And in the Italian dub? The Jabberwock is... well, you can choose: {{Terminator}}, {{Robocop}}, [[{{Futurama}} Zapp Brannigan]], [[DeathNote Ryuk]], [[TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Optimus Prime]]... the list is long.

** [[Disney/PeterPan Kathryn Beaumont]] as Alice, and [[{{Dumbo}} Sterling]] [[Disney/TheJungleBook frickin']] [[WinnieThePooh Holloway]] as the Cheshire Cat.

** And in the Italian dub? The Jabberwock is... well, you can choose: {{Terminator}}, {{Robocop}}, [[{{Futurama}} Zapp Brannigan]], [[DeathNote Ryuk]], [[TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen Optimus Prime]]... the list is long.

** If you're wondering, this leaves five members of the cast. Of the five, one has an OBE for her acting, one was in ''TheIllusionist'', one was in ''28 Days Later'', and one graduated from Oxford Drama School. Only one member of the cast is not ''at least'' recognizable or otherwise awesome.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Film/HarryPotter Snape]] is the Caterpillar; [[LordOfTheRings Saruman]] is the Jabberwock; [[{{Underworld}} Lucian]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Aro]] is the White Rabbit; and StephenFry is the Cheshire Cat. [[Film/HarryPotter Wormtail]] is Bayard the Bloodhound, [[Film/{{Batman}} Alfred]] [[BatmanReturns Pennyworth]] is the Dodo, and [[EastEnders Peggy Mitchell]] is the Dormouse. Don't forget Dolores Umbridge as the flowers when Alice meets up with the White Rabbit and the Tweedles.

* CreatorBacklash: WaltDisney disliked how the final film turned out and was glad that it failed at the box office, feeling that the film had "no heart." He never lived to see the film be VindicatedByHistory.

* CreatorBacklash: WaltDisney disliked how the final film turned out and was glad that it failed at the box office, feeling that the film had "no heart."

!The 1951 Disney Film

!The 2010 Film

** Burton's usual suspects in their usual roles -- including his [[UglyGuyHotWife partner]] [[SweeneyTodd Mrs. Lovett]] as the [[AxeCrazy Red Queen]] and EdwardScissorhands as the Mad Hatter -- but also some new faces like [[ThePrincessDiaries Anne Hathaway]] as the White Queen and one of the ''LittleBritain'' actors as the Tweedle Twins. Alice's {{maiden aunt}} is [[Film/HarryPotter Madame Maxime]]. [[Series/DoctorWho Adelaide Brooke (from ''The Waters of Mars'')]] is Alice's mother.

* CreatorBacklash: WaltDisney allegedly disliked how the final film turned out and was glad that it failed at the box office, feeling that the film had "no heart."

** An earlier adaptation was planned for the thirties. The storyboards were done by the talented British artist David Hall. It was a bit closer to the book. It was, once again rejected for being [[{{Understatement}} too]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel scary]].Amongst the concepts from this version was the Mad Hatter and March hare chasing Alice [[PrimalFear with a knife and scissors,]] the Cheshire Cat [[SlasherSmile with hundreds of sharp teeth,]] and Alice nearly beheaded by a grinding gear. See the ending [[http://lukefarookhi.blogspot.com/2008/08/david-hall-and-alice-in-wonderland.html here]]

** An earlier adaptation was planned for the thirties. The storyboards were done by the talented British artist David Hall. It was a bit closer to the book. It was, once again rejected for being [[{{Understatement}} too]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel scary]].Amongst the concepts from this version was the Mad Hatter and March hare chasing Alice [[PrimalFear with a knife and scissors,]] the Cheshire Cat [[SlasherSmile with hundreds of sharp teeth,]] and Alice nearly beheaded by a grinding gear.

** Burton's usual suspects in their usual roles -- including his [[UglyGuyHotWife partner]] [[SweeneyTodd Mrs. Lovett]] as the [[AxeCrazy Red Queen]] and EdwardScissorhands as the Mad Hatter -- but also some new faces like [[ThePrincessDiaries Anne Hathaway]] as the White Queen and one of the ''LittleBritain'' actors as the Tweedle Twins. Alice's {{maiden aunt}} is [[Film/HarryPotter Madam Maxime]]. [[Series/DoctorWho Adelaide Brooke (from ''The Waters of Mars'')]] is Alice's mother.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[HarryPotter Snape]] is the Caterpillar; [[LordOfTheRings Saruman]] is the Jabberwock; [[{{Underworld}} Lucian]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Aro]] is the White Rabbit; and StephenFry is the Cheshire Cat. [[HarryPotter Wormtail]] is Bayard the Bloodhound, [[Film/{{Batman}} Alfred]] [[BatmanReturns Pennyworth]] is the Dodo, and [[EastEnders Peggy Mitchell]] is the Dormouse. Don't forget Dolores Umbridge as the flowers when Alice meets up with the White Rabbit and the Tweedles.

** An earlier adaptation was planned for the thirties. The storyboards were done by the talented British artist David Hall. It was a bit closer to the book. It was, once again rejected for being [[{{Understatement}} too scary]].Amongst the concepts from this version was the Mad Hatter and March hare chasing Alice [[PrimalFear with a knife and scissors,]] the Cheshire Cat [[SlasherSmile with hundreds of sharp teeth,]] and Alice nearly beheaded by a grinding gear.

** There were a ''ton'' of cut songs composed for this film (over thirty according to some sources). A few were reworked into songs for other projects. For example "Second Star to the Right" from Disney/PeterPan was going to be "Beyond the Laughing Sky", sung by Alice.

** Burton's usual suspects in their usual roles -- including his [[UglyGuyHotWife partner]] [[SweeneyTodd Mrs. Lovett]] as the [[AxeCrazy Red Queen]] and EdwardScissorhands as the Mad Hatter -- but also some new faces like [[ThePrincessDiaries Anne Hathaway]] as the White Queen and one of the ''LittleBritain'' actors as the Tweedle Twins. Alice's {{maiden aunt}} is [[Film/HarryPotter Madam Maxime]]. [[DoctorWho Adelaide Brooke (from ''The Waters of Mars'')]] is Alice's mother.

** An earlier adaptation was planned for the thirties. The storyboards were done by the talented British artist David Hall. It was a bit closer to the book. It was, once again rejected for being [[{{Understatement}} too scary]].Amongst the concepts from this version was the Mad Hatter and March hare chasing Alice [[PrimalFear with a knife and scissors]].

** An earlier adaptation was planned for the thirties. The storyboards were done by the talented British artist David Hall. It was a bit closer to the book. It was, once again rejected for being [[{{Understatement}} too scary]].Amongst the concepts from this version was the Mad Hatter and March hare chasing Alice with a knife and scissors.

** An earlier adaptation was planned for the thirties. The storyboards were done by David Hall and very grotesque and quite dark.

** There were a ''ton'' of cut songs composed for this film (over thirty according to some sources). A few were reworked into songs for other projects. For example "You Can Fly" from Disney/PeterPan was going to be "Beyond the Laughing Sky", sung by Alice.

** Some of the early artwork of the Cheshire Cat shows him with an UnSmile or even SlasherSmile rather than his usual CheshireCatGrin.

** Janet Waldo, best known as [[TheJetsons Judy Jetson]], was considered at one point to voice Alice. She would later voice Alice in {{Hanna-Barbera}}'s own version of ''Alice in Wonderland'', televised in 1966 over {{ABC}}.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqnJAXJ8CyA The Gryphon and the Mock Turtle]].

** Apparently, the Cheshire Cat's recitation of the opening lines of "Jabberwocky" was to give way to an actual encounter with the Jabberwoc itself, voiced by either Stan Freberg or Thurl Ravenscroft. It was trashed for evidently being too scary.

** Janet Waldo, best know as [[TheJetsons Judy Jetson]], was considered at one point to voice Alice. She would later voice Alice in {{Hanna-Barbera}}'s own version of ''Alice in Wonderland'', televised in 1966 over {{ABC}}.