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Wonderland (1999)

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Release Date
• USA: Jul 28, 2000
• UK: 14 Jan 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Feb 27, 2001

MPAA Rating
Rated R for some strong sexuality, and for language.

Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes

Country UK

Studio BBC, Kismet Film Company, Polygram, Revolution Studios

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• Wonderland
• Snarl Up (1998)
• Untitled Love Story (1998)



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Genre: Drama, Love, Urban, Marriage

Tagline: Everybody's looking for something.

Plot: Michael Winterbottom’s WONDERLAND is a grittily realistic drama that follows the members of one South London family over the course of a four day period. The parents, Eileen (Kika Markham) and Bill (Jack Shepherd), are defeated, weary rivals whose relationship has all but disintegrated. Their children are not much better off: Debbie (Shirley Henderson) is a foul-mouthed hairdresser with an eleven-year-old son, Jack (Peter Marfleet); Molly (Molly Parker) is about to have a baby with Eddie (John Simm), who has just become unemployed; and Nadia (Gina McKee) is a lonely waitress who has stooped to meeting prospective mates through the personals. As the weekend unfolds, the sisters walk through the sad streets of London, waiting for happiness to return to their lives.

Winterbottom’s choice to film WONDERLAND on location in the pubs and streets of London in super-16mm, with a hand-held camera and natural lighting, gives the film a realism that is at once tragic and honest. Added to this is the entire cast, who embody their characters so completely that one might forget they’re even acting. Michael Nyman’s despondently blissful score appears under the sped up and slowed down images of a dreary London, boldly expressing the characters' inner melancholy, making WONDERLAND a film that

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 Directed by
Michael Winterbottom
24 Hour Party People, Jude, The Claim
 Written by
Laurence Coriat
Me Without You, Being Bad
 Cast
Shirley Henderson
Trainspotting, Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Molly Parker
Max, Sunshine, Waking the Dead
Stuart Townsend
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Queen of the Damned, Trapped
Gina McKee
Notting Hill, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Croupier
Ian Hart
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Finding Neverland, Enemy of the State
John Simm
24 Hour Party People, Human Traffic, Miranda
Kika Markham
Outland, Killing Me Softly, Deux anglaises et le continent, Les
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 Music By
Michael Nyman
Gattaca, The Piano, Ravenous



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