Louise
Gold worked, as one of the additional puppeteers, film for TV made by The
Creature Shop for NBC, 1999 (well according to the IMDB, Production began 10
August 1998, and it was first broadcast on Sunday 23 April 2000)
Cast
Actors
Ned Tweedledum Robbie Coltrane
White Knight Christopher Lloyd
Carpenter Peter Postlewaite
Queen Of Hearts/Society Woman Miranda Richardson
Mad Hatter/Chinless Idiot Martin Short
Fred Tweedledee George Wendt
Alice Tina Majorino
Sir Jack, the Knave of Hearts / Cad Jason Flemyng
Cook Sheila Hancock
King Of Hearts / Society Man Simon Russell-Beale
Miss Lory Liz Smith
Duchess Elizabeth Spriggs
Pat the Gardener - Jason Byrne
Bill the Assistant Gardener Paddy Joyce
Ace Of Clubs/Chief Executioner Murray Melvin
Mother Janine Eser
Father Jeremy Brudenell
Nanny Mary Healey
Governess Dilys Laye
1st Soldier/Three Of Hearts Tim Potter
2nd Soldier/Four Of Hearts Angus Barnett
Six of Hearts / Soldier Richard Strange
Eight of Hearts / Soldier Toby Ross-Bryant
Mr. Two/ Royal Gardener #1 Jonathan Broadbent
Mr. Five / Royal Gardener #3 Chris Ryan
Frogface Footman / Waiter Peter Eyre
Fishface Footman / Waiter - Hugh Lloyd
Red Bishop John Owens
Red Knight Gerad Naprous
Puppeteers
Richard Coombes The White Rabbit
Kiran Shah The White Rabbit
Francis Wright The March Hare
Adrian Getley The March Hare, and, The Gryphon
Robert Tygner The March Hare, and, The Gryphon
David Barclay The Dormouse, and, The Gryphon
Additional Puppeteers Susan
Dacre, Louise
Gold, Rebecca Nagan,
and,
Voice-Artistes
Cheshire Cat Whoopi Goldberg
Major Caterpillar Ben Kingsley
Walrus Peter Ustinov
Mock Turtle Gene Wilder
Mr Mouse Ken Dodd
The Gryphon (voice) Donald Sindon
Tiger Lily (voice) Joanna Lumley
Mr Dodo - Peter Bayliss
Mr Eaglet - Heathcote Williams
Mr Duck - Ken Campbell
David Barclay is sometimes known as David Alan Barclay, Robert Tygner
as Rob Tygner,
Chris Ryan as Christopher Ryan, Susan Dacre as Sue Dacre, and, Kirah Shah as Kirin Shaw
Production Team
Directed By Nick Willing
Book Lewis Carroll
Teleplay Peter Barnes
Produced by
Executive Producers Robert Halmi Jr, and, Robert Halmi Sr
Producer Dyson Lovell
Line Producer Chris Thompson
Original Music by Richard Hartley
Cinematography by Giles Nuttgens
Film Editing by Alex Mackie
Casting by Joyce Gallie, and, Lynn Kressel
Production Design by Roger Hall
Art Direction by Gary Freeman, and, Rosalind Shingleton
Set Decoration by Karen Brookes
Costume Design by Charles Knode
Make Up Department Stuart Bray, Nuala Conway, Mark Coulier, Louise Fisher, Neill Gorton, Barrie Gower, Duncan Jarman, James Kell, Sandra Shephard, Anne Spiers, and, Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Post Production Manager Dee DOrazio
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director Tamana Bleasdale
Second Unit Director Matthew Cope
Second Assistant Director Action Unit Simon Emanuel
Third Assistant Director Second Unit Fiona Gosden
First Assistant Director Second Unit Toby Hefferman
First Assistant Director Gareth Tandy
Second Assistant Director Rebecca Tucker
Art Department
Draughtsperson Edward Ambrose, and. Margaret Horsppol
Supervising Plasterer Ken Barley
Storyboard Artist Adam Brockbank, and, Julian Caldow
Stand-by Construction - Steve Challis, Michael Hersey, Dave Philpott, and, Len Serpant
Props
Model Maker Jamie Courtier
Assistant Construction Manager Robert Devine
Supervising Carpenter Peter Duffy, and, Arthur Holland
Scenic Artist James Gemmill
Construction Manager Geoff Kingsley
Assistant Set Decorator Sonja Klaus
Art Department Assistant Kate Lovejoy
Property Master John Mills
Supervising Rigger Ronald Newvell
Conceptual Artist Dermot Power
Supervising Painter Michael Sotheran
Supervising Art Director Alan Tomkins
Decor Artist Bob Walker
Sound Department
Supervising Sound Editor Nick Adams
Sound Maintenance Gethin Aldous
Dialogue Adr Editor Gordon Brown
Dialogue Editor Jason Canovas, and, Jonathan Cronin
Adr Engineer Mark DeSimone
Boom Operator Richard Finney
Music Editor Andy Glen
Foley Artist Diane Greaves, and, Jason Swanscott
Sound Mixer Mark Holding
Sound Effects Editor Srdjan Kurpjel, and, Zivi Ronen
Sound Re-Recording Mixer Mike Prestwood-Smith, and, Adrian Rhodes
Sound Engineer Dave Tinsley
Foley Editor & Sound Editor Paul Wrightson
Special Effects
Special Effects Technician Terry Brindle, Terry Palmer, Stephen Paton, David Watson, and, Nigel Wilkinson
Special Effects Supervisor Richard Conway, and, Bob Hollow
Animatronics Supervisor Jamie Courtier
Key Animatronics Designer Mark Hunter
Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Artist Avtar Bains, William Bartlett, Nick Bennett, Oliver Bersey, William Burdis, Murray Butler, Ben Cronin, Adam Gascoyne, Dan Glass, Jamie Isles, Linda Johnson, Lucy Killick, Christian Manz, Martin Parsons, Steffan Perry, George Roper, Pedro Sabrossa, Asa Shoul, Angus Wilson, and, Will Yarrow
Model Workshop Supervisor Nigel Blake
Visual Effects Supervisor David Booth
CGI Lead Animator Andy Lomas
Research Development Alex Parkinson
Visual Effects Producer Fiona Walkinshaw
Stunts
Stunt Double Bradley Farmer
Stunt Coordinator Terry Walsh
Title Designer Chris Allies
Wardrobe Mistress Jill Avery
Orchestra Conductor Howard Ball
Unit Nurse Patricia Barr
Orchestrator John Bell, and, Arthur Kempel
Production Coordinator Erica Bensly
Electrician Sam Bloor, Paul Kemp, and, Terry Townsend
Video Operator Bob Bridges
Video Assistant Stuart
Bridges
Location Manager Chris Brock
Wardrobe Supervisor Graham Churchyard
Clapper Loader Ian Coffey, and, Ed Rutherford
Trainee Assistant Anya Dillon
Assistant Accountant Tina Ellis, Rita Kozma, and, Tina McConnell
Post Production Coordinator Bryon Fear
Assistant To Producer Ben Fogg
Choreographer Pat Garrett
Focus Puller Merritt Gold, and, Aleksander Kaufmann
Transportation Captain Gerry Gore
Camera Operator Steven Hall
Project Manager Piers Hampton
Financial Controller Andy Hennigan
Floor Runner Nathan Holmes
Utility Stand In Amanda Kernot, Joe Lacey, Sarah Lester, and, Joanne Palmer
Wardrobe Assistant Joe Kowalewski
Lighting Cameraman Stefan Lange
Production Coordinator,
Casting Assistant Oded Levy
Continuity, Second Unit Eth Ibrahim Maynard
Production Assistant Caroline Moore
Production Runner Debbie Moseley
Key Grip Peter Myslowski
Horse Master Gerad Naprous
Casting Coordinator
Assistant To Director Jonathan Pilcher
Best Boy Dave Ridout
Creative Supervisor Ray Scott
Wardrobe Master Adrian Simmons
Gaffer David Smith
First Assistant Editor Dominic Strevens
Stedicam Operator Alf Tramontin
Still Photographer Oliver Upton
Location Assistant Nick Waldron
Key Stedicam Operator John Ward
Animatronic Engineer Simon Williams
Script Supervisor Annie Wotton
Stand In Neil Morphew
Puppet Builders Jamie Courtier, Mark Hunter, Nigel Blake, and, Simon Williams
Sandra Shephard is sometimes known as Sandra Shepherd, Stanley Cook as Stan Cook,
Robert Devine as Bob Devine, Ronald Newvell as Ron Newvell, Michael Sotheran as Mike Sotheran, and, Andy Glen as Andrew Glen
Although
for the purposes of this website, I have listed all the puppeteers as Cast, in actual fact in the Internet Movie Database several of the
puppeteers, including Louise Gold,
are actually listed under Crew.
Surely one of the few, if not the only time in her career that Louise Gold managed to get herself
credited as a member of the Crew
rather than the Cast.
The Creature Shop also provided the puppets for Animal Farm; whose voice artistes included; Peter Postlethwaite,
and, Peter Ustinov, and the
production team also included Robert Halmi Sr.
Robbie Coltrane had previously appeared
in Laugh...? I Nearly Paid My
Licence Fee, and in the archive footage on A Kick Up The
Eighties.
Sheila Hancock, and, Peter Ustinov
may have previously appeared in Comedy Tonight.
Dilys
Laye
may have previously appeared (alongside Louise
Gold) in Will-Aid.
Dilys
Laye
had previously appeared in a concert staging of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring
redheaded puppeteer Louise Gold.
Chris Ryan took parr in Comic Relif 1986, his
recording credits include Utterly
Utterly Live Comic Relief.
Chris Ryan had previously appeared on television
in Rachel And The
Roarettes.
Chris Ryan went on to appear on stage (alongside
puppeteer Louise Gold) in Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang.
Richard Coombes, Francis
Wright,
Kiran Shah, and, Louise Gold
had previously puppeteered on The Great Muppet Caper, in which Peter Ustinov acted.
Kiran Shah, David
Barclay, and, Louise Gold had
previously puppeteered on The Creature Shops first
film The Dark Crystal; which production crew
also included Gareth Tandy.
Richard Coombs, Susan
Dacre, Louise
Gold,
Louise Gold, and, Nigel Plaskitt went on to puppeteer on The Secret Life Of
Toys, and, That Puppet Game Show,
appear in the documentary Best Ever
Spitting Image; and to work on Five Minutes
More, and, the pilot of Space Sprogs. They
appeared at Muppets And Puppets (Kaleidoscope Event).
Louise Gold,
Richard Coombs, Louise
Gold, and,
David Barclay, and, Louise Gold had previously puppeteered on the UK Co-Production of Fraggle Rock, and puppeteered in an item about The Dark Crystal on Blue Peter.
Louise Gold, and, Richard Coombs had previously puppeteered on The Ghost Of Faffner
Hall, which also used some puppets build by The Creature Shop.
Jamie Courtier appeared on the television documentary The Wonderful World Of Puppets.
Pat
Garrett had previously been originally scheduled to choreograph the British
premier of the musical Angry Housewives (but in the end did not do so).
Sue Dacre and Louise Gold went on to appear as panellists at the Labyrinth 25th Anniversary
Screening.
Simon Williams appeared on ITVs 50 Greatest Shows.
Critics Comments
Links about
Internet Movie Database Entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164993/combined
New York Times Movie Guide Entry: http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=178299
All Movie Guide Entry: http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:178299
VICDIR entry: http://mv.en.vicdir.com/movie-23327-0-alice-wonderland.htm
Hollywood Reporter.com entry: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/imdb/imdb_frame.jsp?pagetype=title&page=/title/tt0164993/
Spun.com, entry: http://www.spun.com/movies/product-detail.jsp?id=1011712
Agency Licensing Campaign (article in The Stage): http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/31022/theatre-stars-back-campaign-for-talent-agency,
and Online Petition (which anyone
who supports it can sign): http://www.gopetition.com/petition/41085.html , seeing as Pat Garrett,