“Disney version of Lewis Carroll’s Children’s story. Alice becomes bored and her mind starts to wander. She sees a white rabbit who appears to be in a hurry. She chases it into its burrow and then a most bizarre series of adventures begins. Written by Tim Pickett {quetzal@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au}”

• Release Date:
  28 July 1951 (USA)
• Run Time:
  75 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Animation , Adventure , Family , Fantasy , Musical

Tagline: A world of wonders in One Great Picture

Trivia: Walt Disney had considered doing a feature film of this story for years. During the very early part of his career, throughout the 1920s, he created a number of shorts with a live action Alice placed in an animated world. He continued to make this series, generally referred to as “The Alice Comedies”, which were all silent, right up to time he made Steamboat Willie (1928).

Goofs: Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Alice eats the cookie in the White Rabbit’s house and grows, she says, “Oh, no, no, not again!” Alice’s mouth does not move to these words.

“On a boring winter afternoon, Alice dreams, that she’s visiting the land behind the mirror. This turns out to be a surrealistic nightmare, with all sorts of strange things happening to her, like changing her size or playing croquet with flamingos. Written by Stephan Eichenberg {eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de}”

• Director: Norman Z. McLeod
• Release Date:
  22 December 1933 (USA)
• Run Time:
  76 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Adventure , Family , Fantasy

Tagline: The Entertainment Miracle Of All Times!

Trivia: Bing Crosby was originally sought for the role of the Mock Turtle but refused it because he felt the role was demeaning to his career.

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• Director: Usha Ganesarajah
• Release Date:
  26 July 2002 (USA)
• Run Time:
  79 min
• Country: India
• Genre: Adventure , Animation
• MPAA:
  Rated PG for some scary action, sensuality and thematic elements.

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• Director: Ferdinand Zecca
• Release Date:
  1 November 1902 (USA)
• Country: France
• Genre: Adventure , Short

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• Director: Homi Wadia
• Country: India
• Genre: Adventure

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• Release Date:
  25 February 1966 (East Germany)
• Run Time:
  68 min
• Country: East Germany
• Genre: Adventure , Comedy , Family

“An aimless Englishman finds he has a small inheritance on a Greek island. His joyless existence is disturbed when he meets Zorba, a middle aged Greek with a real lust for life. As he discovers the earthy pleasures of Greece, the Englishman finds his view on life changing. Written by John Vogel {jlvogel@comcast.net}”

• Director: Mihalis Kakogiannis
• Release Date:
  17 December 1964 (USA)
• Run Time:
  142 min
• Country: USA , UK , Greece
• Genre: Adventure , Drama

Tagline: Life. Lust. Love. Zorba.

Trivia: Cameo: [George P. Cosmatos]the disgruntled boy who writes down the illiterate Zorba’s thoughts for him.

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• Director: Hirokazu Yasuhara
• Country: Japan
• Genre: Adventure

“Robert Ryan and Brian Keith, vastly under-rated actors, take a B-potboiler and make it appear to actually be something more. Matt Baker (Robert Ryan), a nere-do-well adventurer, gets out of jail and skips/sails away on his boat without paying for the storage and repairs. Back in his hometown, he is hired by his old friend Jim Kimmerly (Brian Keith), head of the Salmon fishermen who have formed a canning cooperative, and are battling against an organized gang that rob the fishing traps regulary. Matt gets into a jam and needs money, so he joins the raiders, although his friend Jim, unaware of his duplicity, keeps covering for him among the other fishermen. The two men are also vying for the favors of Nicky (Jan Sterling.) Written by Les Adams {longhorn1939@suddenlink.net}”

• Director: Jerry Hopper
• Release Date:
  27 January 1954 (USA)
• Run Time:
  78 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama , Adventure

“When Haseem arrives at Aladdin’s home pretending to be his lost uncle, he brings the boy to a magical place which hides the entrance to a dangerous underground cave. There, Haseem asks of Aladdin to find but one simple oil lamp which contains a genie. As stubborn as he is, Aladdin refuses to come outside of the cave with the lamp and eventually discovers its secret. A genie inside the lamp then helps his life change and marry his true love. Written by Frederick Irizarry”

• Release Date:
  1993 (USA)
• Run Time:
  USA:49 min
• Country: Japan , USA
• Genre: Animation , Adventure , Comedy , Family , Fantasy

Tagline: The version children love!

Trivia: This is one of two of Golden Film’s second line of “animated classics” to make a reference to or feature the legendary Roc bird; the second one was Sinbad (1993) (V).

Goofs: Continuity: Just before Haseem traps Aladdin in the cave, he tosses his sword behind him. In the next cut, it is back in his sash.