Friday, May 16, 2008

"Alice in Wonderland" (feature) starring Ringo Starr - **

First released: 1985

Semi-lame adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic, but it was by Irwin Allen ("Lost in Space"), so what did you expect? The only redeeming quality of this production is that it is the first movie adaptation to my knowledge to treat "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" as separate stories. Ringo appears as the mock turtle and sings a song called "Nonsense". There was a "soundtrack" album released, but it was really a children's storyteller album, and although Ringo's voice is heard on the soundtrack, "Nonsense" is not included and as such remains unreleased to record or CD, though the film was released to VHS in 1994 and DVD in 2006.

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