Dreamchild

Dreamchild

94 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Oct. 4, 1985

Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll's classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell (the book's inspiration) as an old woman who is haunted by the characters she was once so amused by. As she thinks back on it, she starts to see her relationship with the shy author/professor in a new way and realizes the vast change between the young Alice and the old.

Dreamchild

94 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Oct. 4, 1985

Dreamchild
Exploring the somewhat darker and more mysterious side of the Lewis Carroll's classic book, the movie follows Alice Liddell (the book's inspiration) as an old woman who is haunted by the characters she was once so amused by. As she thinks back on it, she starts to see her relationship with the shy author/professor in a new way and realizes the vast change between the young Alice and the old.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Thorn EMI, PfH Ltd.
Original title Dreamchild
Directors Gavin Millar
Writers Dennis Potter

Cast

Coral Browne

as Alice Hargreaves

Ian Holm

as Reverend Charles L. Dodgson / Lewis Carroll

Peter Gallagher

as Jack Dolan

Caris Corfman

as Sally Mackeson

Nicola Cowper

as Lucy

Jane Asher

as Mrs. Liddell

Amelia Shankley

as Little Alice

Imogen Boorman

as Lorina

Rupert Wainwright

as Hargreaves

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

as Mr. Duckworth

James Wilby

as Baker

Shane Rimmer

as Mr. Marl

William Hootkins

as 1st Radio Actor

Alan Shearman

as 1st Reporter

Sam Douglas

as 4th Reporter

Ron Berglas

as 3rd Editor

Steve Whitmire

as Mock Turtle/Caterpillar

Fulton Mackay

as Gryphon (voice)

Alan Bennett

as Mock Turtle (voice)

Julie Walters

as Dormouse (voice)

Tony Haygarth

as Mad Hatter (voice)

Frank Middlemass

as Caterpillar (voice)

Ken Campbell

as Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)