Abby in Wonderland
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| Directed by | Kevin Clash |
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| Written by | Christine Ferraro |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol |
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Running time | 45 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Abby in Wonderland is a Sesame Street direct-to-DVD film that adapts Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland with the Muppets of Sesame Street. Abby Cadabby stars in the "Alice" role.[1] The feature-length adventure was released on DVD by Genius Products on September 30, 2008.[2] In addition to receiving a DVD release, the film received a limited theatrical run in September 2008 through the Kidtoons family matinee series,[3] and was aired on PBS Kids Feast of Favorites during the week of Thanksgiving 2008.[4] It was aired again on December 29, 2008 on local PBS stations.
Say It
Abby is such fun to joy adventure to helps growing this and have fun. Follow Abby drugged in a rabbit down the hole. Elmo is rushed away to late helps this pocketwatch.
Starring All Your Characters
- Leslie Carrara as Abby Cadabby as Alice
- Kevin Clash as Elmo as the Red Rabbit
- Jerry Nelson as Count von Count as the Counter-pillar
- Caroll Spinney as Oscar the Grouch as the Grouch of Hearts
- David Rudman as Cookie Monster as the Cheshire Cookie Cat
- Fran Brill as Zoe as Mousey the Hatter Helper
- Tyler Bunch as Bottle
- Eric Jacobson as Grover as the Mad Hatter / Bert as Tweedle Dee
- Carmen Osbahr as Rosita as Little Rose
- Steve Whitmire as Ernie as Tweedle Dum
Additional Muppets performed by Pam Arciero, John Kennedy, Peter Linz, Paul McGinnis, Martin P. Robinson, David Stephens, and Matt Vogel.
Reception
DVD Verdict gave the film a positive review, noting that while the original Alice in Wonderland story "kooky and fanciful, but also a little creepy", the Sesame Street version was sanitized for its target audience by polishing the original's "rough edges" and "removing any real sense of danger." They further noted that there is a place for some scary children's tales, but not on Sesame Street. While the film is targeted to a very young audience, some of the jokes are for adults. An example given is on how Ernie explains to Bert "that, despite popular misconception," the characters of Tweedledum and Tweedledee are "not actually in this story". It was noted that while the songs written by Mark Radice are bright and fun, "they don't quite live up to the best tunes Sesame Street has to offer." It was concluded "There are a lot of bad remakes of Alice in Wonderland. This isn't one of them."[1]
References
- 1 2 Asperschlager, Erich (March 3, 2010). "review: Sesame Street: Abby In Wonderland". DVD Verdict. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ↑ Sesame Street DVDs Coming Your Way!
- ↑ "Abby in Wonderland" Comes to the Big Screen!
- ↑ This Thanksgiving, Save Some Room For PBS KIDS...