Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3-D

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Teazle

The "dark" interpretation of Alice probably begins with the famous 1982 edition featuring wood engravings by Barry Moser. Here's his Mad Hatter:

Actually, also dates back to Walt Disney disgruntedly disowning his animated version because of its disappointing box-office returns in 1951 (mostly due to purist complaints, and the stylistic cartoon liberties being a bit...odd for first time audiences)--

As a result, being one of Disney's, quote-fingers, "flops", it was frequently pawned off on cheap independent theatrical-runs and kiddie matinees...
Where it was discovered by college students (and Jefferson Airplane songwriters) in the 60's, who went there to giggle "Huhuh--'Mushrooms', get it?...Hey, look, like the bug-guy's smokin' a bong, that's funny... ", and it spent the next twenty theatrical years being sold to the same "trip" college/grindhouse revival theaters with fellow Walt-disowned "flop" Fantasia--
Disney's Alice stayed in the cheap public-domain ghetto all the way through the 80's and up into the mid-90's--When all of a sudden, the fact that it'd been one of the only Disney movies available on VHS had raised a new generation of kids on the "safe" version of the story, and the DVD-edition purity of Ms. A's reputation was saved by corporate marketing.