by foreverlurk » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:49 pm
For those of you won't don't know, a few months before the release of Tim Burton's Alice (10 years ago, already!), the full draft version of the script was leaked online. A lot of people thought it was a fake, but once the movie was released, the whole thing was confirmed as legit since most of the script was used, almost verbatim, in the final version of the movie. Sadly, some SW scenes didn't make the final cut, some were changed, and I can only imagine what those would have looked like on the big screen.
I've included a zip file with the PDF of the script for anyone interested. There's a few scenes I really would have like to see.
#1- Alice doesn't want to shrink
The first one is during the tea party scene, Alice doesn't want to shrink again, and they have to force her to drink. I think it's great because it makes Alice less "passive" in her reaction to being shrunk, ie. here she doesn't like it, in the final movie she barely seems to care at all.
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Hatter takes a small bottle from his pocket.
MAD HATTER
Drink this.
ALICE
No !
They throw her down onto the table and force the liquid down
her throat. She gags and coughs then shrinks to three inches
high. They stuff her forceably into a teapot and cram her now
extremely over-large clothes in behind her. They cram and
cram.
ALICE
(muffled)
Stop!
They stop. Alice's head emerges from the pot.
ALICE
You're suffocating me with my dress.
#2- More handheld time and Alice wants her normal size back
The next scene is when she emerges from the teapot, the pacing is a bit slower with more dialogue and thus she stays a bit longer in the palm of the Hatter's hand. Also, Alice asks right away for some cake to be normal sized, again highlighting the fact that she doesn't want to stay three inches tall.
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He helps Alice out of the teapot. She can see he's bleeding.
The Dormouse spits water, half-drowned.
The March Hare coughs and rubs his neck.
Alice feels oddly responsible.
ALICE
I wish I could help you. But
I'm not who you think I am.
The Hatter lifts Tiny Alice in his palm.
MAD HATTER
You'll speak to Absolem. He'll
know who you are.
ALICE
But can he tell me how to get home?
MARCH HARE
He's wise. He's absolute. He's
Absolem.
Hatter puts her down on the table.
ALICE
Do you have any of that cake
that made me grow before?
THE DORMOUSE
Do you mean... upelkuchen?
Do we have any, Thackery?
The March Hare looks under the table, shakes his head.
THE DORMOUSE
Sorry, no upelkuchen.
#3- Alice the mouse
This scene was fully cut from the movie, it involes a scared, tiny Alice being chased by cats, I understand plot-wise why it was cut, but from a SW fan this is dissapointing.
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He takes off the Hat and puts it on a small café table.
He goes to speak to the cat. Alice hears LOUD PURRING and sees
a very thin, very hungry feral CAT looking up at her from
below.
ALICE
Hello, kitty.
FERAL CAT #1
Hello, mouse.
ALICE
I'm, actually, not a mouse.
The cat is joined by another equally hungry cat. Alice glances
over at the Hatter who's conversing quietly in Outlandish with
his friend.
FERAL CAT #1
I saw it first.
The second cat leaps onto the table.
ALICE
As you can see, I'm not a mouse at all.
FERAL CAT #2 slinks toward her. Alice takes a step back as
FERAL CAT #1 leaps onto the table.
FERAL CAT #1
It's mine.
Alice moves back to the edge of the table as a THIRD cat lands
on the table. Alice looks at the Hatter who has his back to
her.
WEAN! She's hit by a FURRY PAW which knocks her sideways where
she's hit by another FURRY PAW, knocking her the other way.
The CATS toy with her, amusing themselves as they bat her
between them. Alice stumbles to the edge of the table and
falls, landing on the chair. She tries to get the Hatter's
attention.
ALICE
Hatter !
A cat lands on the chair. Alice jumps to the floor. She lands
hard with the cat right behind, followed by the other two. She
turns to face them as they stalk her.
FERAL CAT #3
Run, mouse.
FERAL CAT #2
We like it when they run.
Alice runs. She dives behind table and chair legs. The cats
enjoy the chase, catching her and batting her between them.
She finally breaks free and runs toward the Hatter.
ALICE
Hatter !
But a paw lands on her dragging dress tail, stopping her. She
struggles to pull free as another cat stalks her from the
front. And another from the side. She yells.
ALICE
TARRANT HIGHTOPP !
She can't get away. The cats move in for the kill, all
playfulness gone.
MAD HATTER
SSSSSSTT!
The Hatter's foot kicks a cat away. He stomps at the others.
They hiss and back off. He picks Tiny Alice up. She's fuming.
ALICE
There are starving cats here! I'm
the size of a mouse! What did you
think would happen?
#4- Shrinking to escape the Queen
This last scene is where the draft and final script diverge the most. From the "Off with her head!" scenes in the Queen's castle, she sentences (the now giant) Alice to "Uglification". They discuss cutting off her nose, etc. Alice tricks them into shrinking her back down (to 2 feet tall). I won't post everything but look it up in the script, she spends way more time shrunk. The court then ridicule her about her new size.
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ALICE (cont.)
You can do anything to me, just
not the shrinking. I cannot bear
to be shrunk.
The woman smiles evilly. She whispers to BIG BELLY who reaches
for a vial of liquid.
ALICE (cont.)
Is that pishsalver? No please
anything but that!
Alice struggles against her bonds dramatically. They grab her
head and force her mouth open.
BIG BELLY MAN
DRINK!
They pour the whole vial down her throat. Alice coughs and
gags. And in a moment, she SHRINKS...down to two feet again.
ALICE
(tragically)
Why? Why did you do it?
BIG NOSE WOMAN
Take her to Derision.
The Guards take SMALL ALICE to another room.
CUT TO:
INT. THE COURT OF DERISION - LATER
Small Alice stands in the center of a court room. The Queen
and all the Courtiers sit in tiers above her. They all point and laugh as they ridicule her.
LADY LONG EARS
Look at her...the little ugliness.
BIG BELLY MAN
She's a gnome.
LADY THREE CHINS
A runt.
MAN WITH HUGE FEET
A nothing!
BIG-LIPPED WOMAN
Meager and meaningless!
LONG NECK MAN
Less than dirt!
LADY LARGE ASS
A little knotgrass of
insignificance.
While I did like the movie, I was kinda bummed that all those scenes didn't make it. Maybe next time, if they ever do another version.
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For those of you won't don't know, a few months before the release of Tim Burton's Alice (10 years ago, already!), the full draft version of the script was leaked online. A lot of people thought it was a fake, but once the movie was released, the whole thing was confirmed as legit since most of the script was used, almost verbatim, in the final version of the movie. Sadly, some SW scenes didn't make the final cut, some were changed, and I can only imagine what those would have looked like on the big screen.
I've included a zip file with the PDF of the script for anyone interested. There's a few scenes I really would have like to see.
[b]#1- Alice doesn't want to shrink[/b]
The first one is during the tea party scene, Alice doesn't want to shrink again, and they have to force her to drink. I think it's great because it makes Alice less "passive" in her reaction to being shrunk, ie. here she doesn't like it, in the final movie she barely seems to care at all.
[code]
Hatter takes a small bottle from his pocket.
MAD HATTER
Drink this.
ALICE
No !
They throw her down onto the table and force the liquid down
her throat. She gags and coughs then shrinks to three inches
high. They stuff her forceably into a teapot and cram her now
extremely over-large clothes in behind her. They cram and
cram.
ALICE
(muffled)
Stop!
They stop. Alice's head emerges from the pot.
ALICE
You're suffocating me with my dress.
[/code]
[b]#2- More handheld time and Alice wants her normal size back[/b]
The next scene is when she emerges from the teapot, the pacing is a bit slower with more dialogue and thus she stays a bit longer in the palm of the Hatter's hand. Also, Alice asks right away for some cake to be normal sized, again highlighting the fact that she doesn't want to stay three inches tall.
[code]
He helps Alice out of the teapot. She can see he's bleeding.
The Dormouse spits water, half-drowned.
The March Hare coughs and rubs his neck.
Alice feels oddly responsible.
ALICE
I wish I could help you. But
I'm not who you think I am.
The Hatter lifts Tiny Alice in his palm.
MAD HATTER
You'll speak to Absolem. He'll
know who you are.
ALICE
But can he tell me how to get home?
MARCH HARE
He's wise. He's absolute. He's
Absolem.
Hatter puts her down on the table.
ALICE
Do you have any of that cake
that made me grow before?
THE DORMOUSE
Do you mean... upelkuchen?
Do we have any, Thackery?
The March Hare looks under the table, shakes his head.
THE DORMOUSE
Sorry, no upelkuchen.
[/code]
[b]#3- Alice the mouse[/b]
This scene was fully cut from the movie, it involes a scared, tiny Alice being chased by cats, I understand plot-wise why it was cut, but from a SW fan this is dissapointing.
[code]
He takes off the Hat and puts it on a small café table.
He goes to speak to the cat. Alice hears LOUD PURRING and sees
a very thin, very hungry feral CAT looking up at her from
below.
ALICE
Hello, kitty.
FERAL CAT #1
Hello, mouse.
ALICE
I'm, actually, not a mouse.
The cat is joined by another equally hungry cat. Alice glances
over at the Hatter who's conversing quietly in Outlandish with
his friend.
FERAL CAT #1
I saw it first.
The second cat leaps onto the table.
ALICE
As you can see, I'm not a mouse at all.
FERAL CAT #2 slinks toward her. Alice takes a step back as
FERAL CAT #1 leaps onto the table.
FERAL CAT #1
It's mine.
Alice moves back to the edge of the table as a THIRD cat lands
on the table. Alice looks at the Hatter who has his back to
her.
WEAN! She's hit by a FURRY PAW which knocks her sideways where
she's hit by another FURRY PAW, knocking her the other way.
The CATS toy with her, amusing themselves as they bat her
between them. Alice stumbles to the edge of the table and
falls, landing on the chair. She tries to get the Hatter's
attention.
ALICE
Hatter !
A cat lands on the chair. Alice jumps to the floor. She lands
hard with the cat right behind, followed by the other two. She
turns to face them as they stalk her.
FERAL CAT #3
Run, mouse.
FERAL CAT #2
We like it when they run.
Alice runs. She dives behind table and chair legs. The cats
enjoy the chase, catching her and batting her between them.
She finally breaks free and runs toward the Hatter.
ALICE
Hatter !
But a paw lands on her dragging dress tail, stopping her. She
struggles to pull free as another cat stalks her from the
front. And another from the side. She yells.
ALICE
TARRANT HIGHTOPP !
She can't get away. The cats move in for the kill, all
playfulness gone.
MAD HATTER
SSSSSSTT!
The Hatter's foot kicks a cat away. He stomps at the others.
They hiss and back off. He picks Tiny Alice up. She's fuming.
ALICE
There are starving cats here! I'm
the size of a mouse! What did you
think would happen?
[/code]
[b]#4- Shrinking to escape the Queen[/b]
This last scene is where the draft and final script diverge the most. From the "Off with her head!" scenes in the Queen's castle, she sentences (the now giant) Alice to "Uglification". They discuss cutting off her nose, etc. Alice tricks them into shrinking her back down (to 2 feet tall). I won't post everything but look it up in the script, she spends way more time shrunk. The court then ridicule her about her new size.
[code]
ALICE (cont.)
You can do anything to me, just
not the shrinking. I cannot bear
to be shrunk.
The woman smiles evilly. She whispers to BIG BELLY who reaches
for a vial of liquid.
ALICE (cont.)
Is that pishsalver? No please
anything but that!
Alice struggles against her bonds dramatically. They grab her
head and force her mouth open.
BIG BELLY MAN
DRINK!
They pour the whole vial down her throat. Alice coughs and
gags. And in a moment, she SHRINKS...down to two feet again.
ALICE
(tragically)
Why? Why did you do it?
BIG NOSE WOMAN
Take her to Derision.
The Guards take SMALL ALICE to another room.
CUT TO:
INT. THE COURT OF DERISION - LATER
Small Alice stands in the center of a court room. The Queen
and all the Courtiers sit in tiers above her. They all point and laugh as they ridicule her.
LADY LONG EARS
Look at her...the little ugliness.
BIG BELLY MAN
She's a gnome.
LADY THREE CHINS
A runt.
MAN WITH HUGE FEET
A nothing!
BIG-LIPPED WOMAN
Meager and meaningless!
LONG NECK MAN
Less than dirt!
LADY LARGE ASS
A little knotgrass of
insignificance.
[/code]
While I did like the movie, I was kinda bummed that all those scenes didn't make it. Maybe next time, if they ever do another version.