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Alice's wonder record

Updated on: 11 March,2010 11:37 AM IST |
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Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland has broken Avatar's record to become the highest grossing 3D film ever by raking in $116.3 million in its first weekend opening in North America. CS tells you more about this new fantasy film:

>>In the film, Alice is now 19 and accidentally returns to Underland, a place she previously visited 13 years ago. She is told that she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwocky, a dragon controlled by the Red Queen. Burton said the original Wonderland story was always about a girl wandering around from one character to another and he never felt a connection emotionally, so he wanted to make it feel more like a story than a series of events.
>>This marks the third time Michael Gough has come out of retirement to appear in a film by Tim Burton.
>>Casting auditions for 250 extras were held in August 2008. Requirements were for people with a 'Victorian look' and for applicants to have no visible tattoos, piercings or dyed hair.
>>In the trailer, it is visible that the Mad Hatter has mismatched pupils. The right one is dilated and the left one is not. Medically speaking, that implies serious brain injury.
>>The name of Alice's father in the movie, Charles, is an homage to the author of the books Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll.

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