Directed by:
Gavin MillarScreenplay:
Dennis PotterCinematography:
Billy WilliamsComposer:
Stanley MyersCast:
Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Jane Asher, Imogen Boorman, Rupert Wainwright, James Wilby, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ken Campbell, Julie Walters, William Hootkins (more)Plots(1)
Dreamchild is a 1985 British drama film written by Dennis Potter, directed by Gavin Millar and produced by Rick McCallum and Kenith Trodd. It stars Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Nicola Cowper and Amelia Shankley and is a fictionalised account of Alice Liddell, the child who inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Featuring the work of legendary puppet master Jim Henson. In 1932, Alice Liddell Hargreaves, age 80, travels to New York to attend a celebration of Lewis Carroll's centenary. Confused by American culture and unable to understand the huge popularity of the Alice books, Mrs. Hargreaves begins to remember details of the childhood events that led to the writing of the stories. Was shy Carroll actually in love with her? (101 Films)
(more)Cast
![Ian Holm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267498_be829e.jpg)
Ian Holm
UK
Best movies:
![Peter Gallagher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/022/167022620_143670.png)
Peter Gallagher
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Short Cuts (1993)
![Jane Asher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/399/161399970_b299df.jpg)
Jane Asher
UK
Best movies:
Mandy (1952)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Death at a Funeral (2007)
![Imogen Boorman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271230_645a57.jpg)
Imogen Boorman
UK
Best movies:
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Dreamchild (1985)
![Rupert Wainwright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270154_6bd37e.jpg)
Rupert Wainwright
UK
Best movies:
Another Country (1984)
Dreamchild (1985)
![James Wilby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/893/162893091_30a2a3.jpg)
James Wilby
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Roger Ashton-Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/549/161549253_2932e7.png)
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Brazil (1985)
Shadowlands (1993)
![Ken Campbell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/379/161379284_22fb11.jpg)
Ken Campbell
UK
Best movies:
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
![Julie Walters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544389_3cd1b9.jpg)
Julie Walters
UK
Best movies:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![William Hootkins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505340_ebf81c.jpg)
William Hootkins
USA
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Batman (1989)
![Shane Rimmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/509/161509528_1b217c.jpg)
Shane Rimmer
Canada
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Batman Begins (2005)
Gandhi (1982)
![Tony Haygarth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381947_446c17.jpg)
Tony Haygarth
UK
Best movies:
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Hornblower: Duty (2003) (TV movie)
Chicken Run (2000)
![Coral Browne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886932_a2f2b8.jpg)
Coral Browne
Australia
Best movies:
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
Ron Berglas
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Messiah (2001) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
Alan Shearman
USA
Best movies:
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997)
Police Story 4: First Strike (1996)
A Christmas Carol (1997)
Nicola Cowper
UK
Best movies:
Lionheart (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
Dreamchild (1985)
Scott Hoxby
USA
Best movies:
Cliffhanger (1993)
The Living Daylights (1987)
My Fellow Americans (1996)
![Danny Brainin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/623/162623466_cb901c.jpg)
Danny Brainin
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
Street Smart (1987)
Dreamchild (1985)
Mick Walter
Best movies:
Green Wing (2004) (series)
Dreamchild (1985)
Get Santa (2014)
Thomasine Heiner
USA
Best movies:
Deceptions (1985) (TV movie)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
French Kiss (1995)