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Wonderland Sound And Vision Films
Wonderland may refer to: Places Roads, streets, and trails * Wonderland Avenue, a roadway in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles and the site of the 1981 Wonderland Murders (at 8763 Wonderland Avenue) * Wonderland Trail, a hiking trail that circumnavigates Mount Rainier in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, U.S. * Wonderland Road, a major north–south roadway in the city of London, Ontario, Canada Other places * Wonderland (Columbus, Ohio), a ghost town in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. * Wonderland Greyhound Park, a former greyhound racing track in Revere, Massachusetts * Wonderland station, a rapid transit station on the MBTA's Blue Line in Revere, Massachusetts, U.S. * Wonderland Village, a shopping center in Livonia, Michigan, U.S.; formerly known as Wonderland Mall and Wonderland Center Amusement parks * Canada's Wonderland, in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada * Dutch Wonderland, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania * Wonderland Amusement Park (other) * Wonderland Amusement Park (Beij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles
Laurel Canyon is a mountainous neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills region of the Santa Monica Mountains, within the Hollywood Hills West, Los Angeles, Hollywood Hills West district of Los Angeles, California. The main thoroughfare of Laurel Canyon Boulevard connects the neighborhood with the more urbanized parts of Los Angeles to the north and south, between Ventura Boulevard and Hollywood Boulevard. Originally inhabited by the Tongva people, by the early 20th century real estate developers situated a vacation site along the slope of neighboring Lookout Mountain; this formed the nucleus of what would become the Laurel Canyon neighborhood. It later developed into a celebrity enclave: the remote, rugged nature of the land and its proximity to many of the movie studios in nearby Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood made it an ideal location for many movie stars to site their homes, especially during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Raymond Chandler's first novel ''The Big Sleep'' sets l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland Sydney
Wonderland Sydney (originally known as Australia's Wonderland) was an amusement park in Eastern Creek, Sydney, Australia. Officially opened in December 1985 by the Premier of New South Wales, Neville Wran, the park was the largest in the southern hemisphere. It remained open for over 18 years and was the premier theme park in New South Wales for much of its life until its closure in 2004. History Wonderland Sydney, then known as Australia's Wonderland opened amid much media attention and publicity on 7 December 1985 with financial backing from the New South Wales State Superannuation Board, James Hardie, Leighton Holdings and Taft Broadcasting (through Kings Entertainment Company) at Eastern Creek on the junction of Wallgrove Road and the M4 Motorway. The developers sought to provide an alternative to the troubled Luna Park Sydney, which had opened and closed multiple times in its recent history. The area would also see the opening of Eastern Creek Raceway in 1990 as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (fictional Country)
Wonderland is the setting for Lewis Carroll's 1865 children's novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. Geography Wonderland, the Surrealism, surreal and whimsical setting of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' by Lewis Carroll, is a place where conventional geography and logic are turned upside down. Alice enters this bizarre world through a rabbit hole, leading her to a hall of doors, each offering passage to different, unpredictable parts of Wonderland. This dreamlike landscape includes a beautiful but initially inaccessible garden, a pool formed by Alice's own tears, and a magical mushroom with the power to Size change in fiction, alter her size. The geography further unravels with scenes like the Mad Hatter's perpetual tea party, set at an endlessly long table outdoors, and the Queen of Hearts (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Queen of Hearts’ croquet ground, where flamingos serve as mallets and hedgehogs as balls. The courtroom, where Alice witnesses an absurd tria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland Online
''Wonderland Online'' () is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by the Taiwanese company Chinese Gamer International. The North American version of the game was published by IGG Inc., which ran from 2008 to 2019. The game was developed and published in Taiwan by Chinese Gamer International on December 14, 2005. The game was later published in Hong Kong on 2006 by the company 980x, and in North America by IGG Inc. (then known as Internet Gaming Gate) on 2008. Since 2019, both Chinese Gamer International and IGG Inc. have discontinued support for the game, although 980x still operates a Chinese version titled ''New Wonderland Online''. A mobile version of the game (which can also be played on PC), are also operated by the same company. A recent version called ''Wonderland Online Rhode Island'' opened up in September 2020 which explores new areas with new quests and new regular content, it is operated by Dragon Gamer HongKong, with a substantial Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (adventure Game)
''Wonderland,'' published in 1990 by Virgin Interactive, Virgin Games, is an interactive fiction game developed by Magnetic Scrolls based on Lewis Carroll's ''Alice in Wonderland''. While playing as Alice, the player goes on a journey solving puzzles in order to find the way back home from Wonderland. With numerous locations to explore, the game introduced characters from the original book to help with the journey in Wonderland. First introducing the magnetic windows system, ''Wonderland'' received positive reviews upon release. Gameplay In this game, Magnetic Scrolls introduced a bespoke windowing system dubbed "Magnetic Windows". The player's inventory, the location's graphic, the map and so on are all in separate windows that can be moved and resized independently. (A similar system is used in unrelated adventure games such as ''Deja Vu: a Nightmare Comes True, Deja Vu''.) The developers believed it would make the game more accessible, giving it a wider appeal. Development Dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (2024 Film)
''Wonderland'' () is a 2024 South Korean science fiction romantic drama film written and directed by Kim Tae-yong, and starring Tang Wei, Bae Suzy, Park Bo-gum, Jung Yu-mi, and Choi Woo-shik. The story follows a group of people who interact with an A.I. program to communicate with an A.I. generated version of their deceased loved one. The film was released theatrically on June 5, 2024, and on Netflix on July 26, 2024. Plot An archeologist named Bai Li sets out on an expedition in the desert while making frequent calls to her young daughter Bai Jia. Jeong-in, a flight attendant, is often calling her boyfriend Tae-joo, an astronaut. Both Bai Li's family and Jeong-in are customers of Wonderland, an artificial intelligence system that allows people to communicate with their departed loved ones through simulated video calls. Jeong-in brings the real Tae-joo home after he awakens from his coma. Hae-ri, a Wonderland manager, fields video calls from her parents, who tease her about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonderland
''The Wonderland'', known in Japan and the UK as , is a 2019 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure film directed by Keiichi Hara. Based on the 1988 children's story ''Chikashitsu Kara no Fushigi na Tabi'' (''Strange Journey from the Basement'') by Sachiko Kashiwaba, it stars Mayu Matsuoka, Anne Watanabe and Kumiko Aso. The characters were designed by Ilya Kuvshinov. It premiered in Japan on April 26, 2019, and was screened in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2019. It was the final Japanese film to be released in the Heisei era, five days before the 2019 Japanese imperial transition. Voice cast * Mayu Matsuoka as Akane * Anne Watanabe as Chii * Kumiko Aso as Midori * Nao Tōyama as Pipo * Keiji Fujiwara as Zan Gu * Akiko Yajima as Doropo * Masachika Ichimura as Hippocrates English voice cast * Lisa Reimold as Akane * Allegra Clark as Chii * TBA as Midori * Jackie Lastra as Pipo * Ben Lepley as Zan Gu * Jennifer Losi as Dor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (2023 Film)
''Wonderland'' ( zh, 乐园) is a 2023 Singaporean drama film directed by Chai Yee Wei. It stars Mark Lee, Peter Yu and Xenia Tan. It had its world premiere at the 24th San Diego Asian Film Festival on 8 November 2023. Synopsis Set in 1980s Singapore, the film revolves around reserved and illiterate single father Loke ( Mark Lee), Loke's only daughter Eileen (Xenia Tan) and Loke's friendly neighbour Tan (Peter Yu) who helps Loke to write letters to Eileen (Xenia Tan) who is studying in New York. Loke has lied to Eileen and tells her that he can afford her overseas education. When Tan receives bad news from abroad, he is unable to tell Loke the truth. Tan decides to lie to Loke, hoping to find a better time to break the truth. However, Tan's web of lies soon spirals out of control. Cast * Mark Lee as Loke * Peter Yu as Tan * Xenia Tan as Eileen Production Formerly titled as ''The Last Letters'' (写给爸爸的信), ''Wonderland'' is the feature film screenwriting debut of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (2013 Film)
''Wonderland'' (, ''lit.'' Wonders), also known as ''The Wonders'' is an Israeli film directed by Avi Nesher from 2013. It is a comic thriller and tribute to the genre of film noir. Plot Ariel Navon ( Uri Hezekiah), who goes by the nickname Rabbit, is a young Hiloni who lives and works as a bartender in Jerusalem. With him is his former partner, Vax ( Efrat Gosh) who is in the process of becoming more religious. At nights, Rabbit paints graffiti and covers his face to avoid the police. One evening, Rabbit sees three religious men bringing a covered figure into an abandoned building opposite his apartment window. The next day, he meets a private investigator named Jacob Ghitis ( Adir Miller), who wishes to use a Rabbit's apartment for a view of the abandoned building. Rabbit swings between refusal and acceptance and finally agrees to allow the investigator to install a hidden camera in his apartment. The film was influenced by an incident where popular religious Israeli figure, Rab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (2003 Film)
''Wonderland'' is a 2003 American crime drama film, co-written and directed by James Cox and based on the real-life Wonderland Murders that occurred in 1981. The film stars Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Dylan McDermott, Carrie Fisher, Lisa Kudrow, Josh Lucas, Christina Applegate, Tim Blake Nelson, and Janeane Garofalo. Kilmer plays the role of John Holmes, a famous pornographic film star and suspected accomplice in four grisly murders committed in a house at 8763 Wonderland Avenue, in the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles. The film uses a nonlinear Rashomon-style narrative structure to present conflicting accounts of the murders from differing perspectives. Plot John Holmes and Dawn Schiller The girlfriend of John Holmes, Dawn Schiller, is on the streets and picked up by a holy roller after Holmes leaves Schiller in a hotel room. Schiller eventually calls Holmes to come and get her. Holmes arrives at the apartment, and they have sex and snort cocaine in the bathroom. The n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (soundtrack)
''Wonderland'' is the 38th album release by British composer Michael Nyman and the soundtrack to the 1999 film '' Wonderland''. It is the first of many collaborations of Nyman with director Michael Winterbottom. For Winterbottom, Nyman would later perform excerpts of this score in '' 9 Songs'', provide a score for '' The Claim'', and arrangements and re-used tracks for '' A Cock and Bull Story''. Nyman's daughter, Molly, has continued the family working relationship with Winterbottom, scoring '' The Road to Guantanamo'' with Harry Escott. Nyman has said that the soundtrack to ''Wonderland'' is his favourite film score. The ''New York Times'' compared the score to that of Stewart Copeland for ''Rumble Fish'' and said that "the rhythms are like a clock ticking" and that it is "alternately plaintive and mournful". ''The Guardian'' characterized it as "sumptuous, romantic". ''Senses of Cinema'' said the music was "heart-wrenching, full of tragic qualities, yet also extremely lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wonderland (1999 Film)
''Wonderland'' is a 1999 British drama film directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film stars Ian Hart, Shirley Henderson, Kika Markham, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Jack Shepherd, John Simm, Stuart Townsend, Enzo Cilenti, and Sarah-Jane Potts. ''Wonderland'' had its world premiere at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May 1999, and was released in the United Kingdom on 14 January 2000, by Universal Pictures. Plot summary The film follows the lives of three London sisters and their family over five days, a long Guy Fawkes Night weekend in November. Waitress Nadia, "shy, with a backpack and her hair in girlish twists", spends all her time going on blind dates with unsatisfactory men from personal ads, while her hairdresser sister Debbie struggles to raise her 11-year-old son without much help from his irresponsible father. Meanwhile, Molly is pregnant but her husband Eddie has left his job without telling her. Eileen and Bill, their parents, are virtually estranged since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
