Photos: ‘Alice in Wonderland’
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Johnny Depp plays The Mad Hatter in the 3-D remake of "Alice in Wonderland." With his outrageous appearance, the character could be a cousin to Depp's Willy Wonka and his Sweeney Todd.
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Anne Hathaway is shown as The White Queen. After playing a princess twice in “The Princess Diaries” films, Hathaway finally graduates to playing a queen. This is the actress's first time working with director Tim Burton.
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Helena Bonham Carter is shown as The Red Queen. Tim Burton's girlfriend is no stranger to extreme makeup. From her ape makeover for "Planet of the Apes" to her role as the meat-pie making Mrs. Lovett in "Sweeney Todd," Bonham Carter has come a long way since her early roles in period films such as "A Room With A View."
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British actor Matt Lucas portrays Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The odd twins are the first people that Alice meets on her Wonderland journey.
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Mia Wasikowska is shown as Alice. In Burton's film, a teenage Alice falls back down the rabbit hole into the world she visited as a child and has forgotten for a decade.
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Depp, left, and Burton, photographed in 2007, have worked on seven films together, including "Edward Scissorhands," "Ed Wood," "Sleepy Hollow" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
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Director Tim Burton has been behind the camera since his childhood in Burbank, Calif., when he would make short films in his back yard.
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Burton works with Mia Wasikowska on a scene. The Australian-born actress was chosen for the role of Alice after a lengthy search.
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Producer Richard Zanuck and Wasikowska on the set. Most of the film was shot in the cities of Plymouth and Torpoint, England.
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Actor Alan Rickman provided the voice of Absolem, the caterpillar, but his face wasn't composited onto the character.
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If the castle in "Alice in Wonderland" looks a little like Cinderella's castle at Disneyland, don't be surprised. The film is a Walt Disney production.
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Depp's Mad Hatter has orange hair, an allusion to mercury poisoning suffered by many real hatmakers, who used mercury to cure felt.
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Alice learns she is the only one who can slay the Jabberwock, the dragon who terrorizes Wonderland, and must prepare for battle.
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Hathaway drew inspiration from singer Blondie and actress Greta Garbo, among others, as she prepared to play the White Queen.
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The Red Queen, whose character also includes the Queen of Hearts from the "Alice" books, rules Wonderland with an iron fist, and an army.
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Crispin Glover's Knave of Hearts is the only one who can calm the Red Queen. He's seven-and-a-half feet tall and wears a heart-shaped patch over one eye on his battle-scarred face.
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The Dodo, the Dormouse, and the White Rabbit join Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Wonderland. The White Rabbit is voiced by Michael Sheen, well-known for playing Tony Blair in "The Queen."
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