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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Illustration by Sean McCabe for TIME; Photofest (4)

Not the new Tim Burton-Johnny Depp Alice (though it has its own weird wonders) but Jonathan Miller's 1966 BBC version, with Peter Sellers as the King of Hearts, Leo McKern as the Duchess and Peter Cook as the Mad Hatter — nearly every Brit comic royal in a scrumptious Carrollian custard.

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