Dreamchild | Classic Romance Movie | Ian Holm | Drama | English | Fantasy
Romance Movie in Full Length: Dreamchild - Ian Holm is children's author Lewis Carroll in this poignant fantasy-drama set in 1930s New York and populated by the fabulous special effects creatures of Muppet master Jim Henson. In HD.
Dreamchild (1985)
Director: Gavin Millar
Writers: Dennis Potter
Stars: Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: 4 October 1985 (USA)
Duration: 90 min
Filming Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Storyline:
Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of Lewis Carroll's classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell Hargreaves (Coral Browne) (the book's inspiration) as an old woman who is haunted by the characters, by whom she was once so amused. As she thinks back on it, she starts to see her relationship with Reverend Charles L. Dodgson/Lewis Carroll (Sir Ian Holm) in a new way, and realizes the vast change between the young Alice and the old.
Reviews:
"This is a stunning film, there have been all kinds of rumors and stories about the Rev. Charles Dodgeson and just who he was. This film lovingly and sadly portrays a what-if tale about Alice Liddell, the real Alice, of his famous books and what Victorian society did to her memories of this delightful man. I am not a member of the camp that thinks Dodgeson had a unnatural love for little children I find it preposterous and slanderous to say the least. This movie portrays him brilliantly and Ian Holm is such a superb actor you really feel sad for the lonely man with no wife and children of his own who writes these wonderful tales only to be suspected of unacceptable feelings for the little girl. This movie gives us all that with some wonderfully creepy Wonderland sequences by Hensen's creature shop. Simply marvelous!"-Written by drkjedi1-2 on IMDb
"I absolutely fell in love with this film when I saw it in Denmark in 1988. I can add nothing to the praise already given on this board, but the story behind the film is equally amazing. Apparently, the producers, Thorn-EMI, shelved this gem due to a palace revolution in the company. It was tied up in a package with some films nobody would buy, to the mortification of director Gavin Millar, writer Dennis Potter, and star Coral Browne. It ran for a very short time in Shaftesbury Av., London, where Danish Carsten Brandt from Posthusteatret in Copenhagen saw it, secured a copy - upon which the film ran for four straight years, every evening in his theatre.
I saw it some ten times during that run, and I suppose I shall never tire of it.
It's alarming how easy it is to keep a good film down for years if it's not promoted properly. Luckily, it has found its way to both movie theatres and TV since."-Written by kaaber-2 on IMDb
Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Dreamchild
Australia Dreamchild
Brazil No Mundo dos Sonhos
Denmark Dreamchild
Finland Ihmelapsi
Finland Ihmemaan lapsi
France Dream Child: De l'autre côté du miroir
Germany Das wahre Leben der Alice im Wunderland
Hungary Álomgyermek
Japan (Japanese title) ドリームチャイルド
Poland Dziecko z marzeń
Portugal Sonhos de criança
Soviet Union (Russian title) Сказочный ребенок
Sweden (theatrical title) Alice i nya underlandet
UK Dreamchild
USA Dreamchild
West Germany (TV title) Das wahre Leben der Alice im Wunderland
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