I haven't gotten a chance to see this version all the way through. It does exist on DVD but the cheapest copy costs $39.90 at the present. However a less expensive version is supposed to be out in 2010.
It was directed by Jonathan Miller for the BBC in 1966 and starred a list of well known British actor of that time which included Peter Cook as the Mad Hatter.
What also intrigues me about this production is that the characters like the March Hare and the White Rabbit are not played in animal costumes.
Mind you, this was also the beginning of the psychedelic era in the 1960's. So, films were beginning to take on this very surreal approach to the way many things were presented. Including Alice in Wonderland.
I think Peter Cook is very well cast as the Mad Hatter. He's not quite kooky wacky as some other versions have portrayed him. But he puts on one of those silly Peter Cook voices that just seems to fit the character well.
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