There are just a rediculous number of versions of alice in wonderland out there, and it was revealed last night at family dinner that my sister has never seen any of them. The disney animated one seems to be the most common, it was made back in 1951. But when I thought about it, the one that I remember seeing first was the one with Sammy Davis Jr. as the caterpillar. That one was made for TV in 1985, and as far as I can tell was never released on DVD!!! I’m semi-tempted to rent the SIX versions that netflix has on stock to watch and compare, but I’m affraid none of them would live up to the one I’m remembering…
I have searched for the 1985 Alice in Wonderland for many years. Finally, I ran across a beaten up copy at my local movie store and rented it. My daughter loved it, and I love it as much as I remembered I did. I did an Internet search to try to obtain a copy and I found alibris.com, they have a two disc DVD brand new of the 1985 Alice in Wonderland. So I hope this helps anyone else