Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) - Blu-ray Forum

jaredofmo · 10-02-2013, 05:12 AM

If any of the film adaptations of Lewis Carroll's nonsense classic deserved a Blu-Ray remaster, it's certainly William Sterling's musical film adaptation from 1972 featuring future Bond girl Fiona Fullerton as Alice, future Phantom of the Opera Michael Crawford as the White Rabbit, along with Dudley Moore, Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers, Davy Kaye, Ralph Richardson, Spike Milligan, Michael Horden, Peter Bull, Roy Kinnear, and Flora Robson as the Queen of Hearts.

Every home video release in the US has been a cropped and sometimes dirty fullscreen version, available on budget DVDs and Hulu and Amazon Instant. In the UK and other countries, a widescreen version has been made available on DVD, but it's matted. It is not anamorphic, a major shame due to its wide aspect ratio (2.35:1). The small picture size causes a flickering effect and as can be expected, when blown up (I've tried), the image only looks worse and worse.

The movie took a different take on the visuals of Wonderland. Rather than going for a "trippy" look, the movie based its look quite faithfully on John Tenniel's illustrations. It won two BAFTAs in 1973 for its cinematography and costume design. The makeup was by Stuart Freeborn, who would soon go work on Star Wars.

It also boasts a score by John Barry and songs with original lyrics by Don Black in addition to many of the Carroll poems being sung.

A clean transfer of the film, if not a full restoration, would probably look very nice on Blu-Ray.

10-02-2013, 05:12 AM	#1
jaredofmo Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Sep 2013 4K collection:23 Blu-ray collection:819 DVD collection:245 Digital collection:5 Blu-ray reviews: 8 Trading Score:10	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972) If any of the film adaptations of Lewis Carroll's nonsense classic deserved a Blu-Ray remaster, it's certainly William Sterling's musical film adaptation from 1972 featuring future Bond girl Fiona Fullerton as Alice, future Phantom of the Opera Michael Crawford as the White Rabbit, along with Dudley Moore, Robert Helpmann, Peter Sellers, Davy Kaye, Ralph Richardson, Spike Milligan, Michael Horden, Peter Bull, Roy Kinnear, and Flora Robson as the Queen of Hearts. Every home video release in the US has been a cropped and sometimes dirty fullscreen version, available on budget DVDs and Hulu and Amazon Instant. In the UK and other countries, a widescreen version has been made available on DVD, but it's matted. It is not anamorphic, a major shame due to its wide aspect ratio (2.35:1). The small picture size causes a flickering effect and as can be expected, when blown up (I've tried), the image only looks worse and worse. The movie took a different take on the visuals of Wonderland. Rather than going for a "trippy" look, the movie based its look quite faithfully on John Tenniel's illustrations. It won two BAFTAs in 1973 for its cinematography and costume design. The makeup was by Stuart Freeborn, who would soon go work on Star Wars. It also boasts a score by John Barry and songs with original lyrics by Don Black in addition to many of the Carroll poems being sung. A clean transfer of the film, if not a full restoration, would probably look very nice on Blu-Ray.

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