Alice in Wonderland
AL I CE You mean, the Hat?
MAD HATTER Anyone can travel by horse or
rail. But only the best people
travel by Hat.
Alice climbs up onto his top hat and sits on the crown. He
puts it on.
MAD HATTER By the way, Thackery, how a
raven like a writing desk?
MARCH HARE If you don’t know, I’m not telling.
Ta-ta, Alice.
They start off. The Dormouse follows.
THE DORMOUSE
I can’t wait to see what Absolem
does when he finds out she’s
pretending to be the Alice.
MAD HATTER Sorry, Mallymkun. Just us this
time. You know how Absolem can get.
The Dormouse frowns, jealousy in her eyes.
MARCH HARE Wait, you haven’t had your tea!
MAD HATTER (to Alice)
Watch your head.
A teapot hurtles toward them. She ducks.
EXT. THE TULGY WOODS – DAY
Traveling by hat is actually a very pleasant way to see the
sights.
ALICE Your name is Tarrant?
MAD HATTER Hightopp. I was a hatter by trade
in the White Queen’s Court until
the Horunvendush Day.
ALICE What happened on that day?
MAD HATTER White fell to Red. It was here in
the Tulgey Wood…
He looks off as he tells the tale. In the dark woods ahead, WE
see the story unfold.
EXT. THE TULGY WOOD – THE HORUNVENDTJSH DAY
The White Knight holds the shining Vorpal Sword, waiting to
fight the Jabberwocky. He shoots a confident smile to the
White Queen who sits astride her white horse with other
members of the Court, including the Hatter, the March Hare and
the Chesire Cat.
MAD HATTER (V.0.) The mood was festive. The Queen
was confident in her champion.
And then the woods turn dark as enormous leathery wings block
the sun. Faces fill with awe as they look up at the fearsome
creature. The Knight is stunned by its fierceness and
magnitude. The Jabberwocky fixes him with its fiery
eyes. The
Knight’s hands shake as he lifts the Sword.
MAD HATTER (V.0.) But fear overcame him. He
dropped the Vorpal Sword.
The Knight drops the sword and runs. The Jabberwocky laughs at
the easy victory. He flicks his longpronged tail catching the
Knight on its horns. People scream as the Knight falls dead.
Then the Jabberwock turns on the crowd,
shooting fire from
his eyes. The Queen’s horse rears, but the Hatter grabs the
reins. He swings up behind her and theygallop away.
MAD HATTER (V.0.) I helped the Queen to safety and
so I missed the worst of it.
Ilosovic Stayn rides his panther to the fallen Sword and picks
it up.
MAD HATTER (V.0.) The Red Knights captured the Sword
so there was nothing to stop
the Jabberwocky.
People try to escape. But the Jabberwock does his
work,
rending, tearing, burning. The Chesire Cat vanishes. The Hare
stands in the melee, shocked and horrifed.
MAD HATTER (V.0.) The massacre was so terrible,
Thackery went mad from the sight
of it.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. THE WOODS- ALICE AND THE HATTER
MAD HATTER (impassioned)
On that day, I swore I would
not stop until the Red Queen
falls.
Alice is quiet, deeply moved by the story.
ALICE And the White Queen?
MAD HATTER Sh&s in exile in Marmoreal
waiting for a champion to kill
MAD HATTER (CONT.) the Jabberwocky and return her
crown. In the meanwhile, Thackery,
Mallymkun and others like us work
secretly for her cause.
EXT. IPLAN – A BARREN FIELD – LATER
They pass out of the woods and come upon an open plain of
charred barren earth.
MAD HATTER This used to be fertile fields
But nothing has grown in Iplam
