Dreamchild Summary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gavin Millar
Genres: Drama
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Irreverent British writer Dennis_Potter speaks aloud what many literary historians have only postulated in whispers in Dreamchild. The film is set in 1932, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of -Alice in Wonderland creator Lewis_Carroll. The guest of honor at the New York-based celebration is 80-year-old Alice Liddell (Coral_Browne), who as a child inspired Carroll's whimsical novels. Amidst the cajoling of both devoted fans and fast-buck hustlers, the grim-faced Alice tries to remain calm and dignified. What none of the idolaters suspect is that Alice harbors a long-suppressed secret concerning her "very special" relationship with Carroll -- a secret revealed in an extremely tasteful fashion during a flashback sequence, featuring Amelia_Shankley as young Alice and Ian_Holm as Charles_Dodgson, the virginal, child-obsessed clergyman whom the world knew as Lewis_Carroll. The darkness of Dennis_Potter's vision is lightened by Muppeteer Jim_Henson's marvelous three-dimensional renditions of the -Wonderland and -Looking Glass characters. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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