Dreamchild (1985) may be the very last commercial film i still own on VHS tape – a sweet, melancholy favorite of mine – that is still unavailable on DVD. the fictionalized account of a 1932 New York visit by Alice Liddell Hargreaves (who as a child 70 years earlier had inspired Lewis Carroll to write Alice in YouKnowWhat), the movie features a standout performance by actress Coral Browne (as the elderly Alice), as well as cameos from some of the most noteworthy non-humans in classic children's literature (furnished in lurid detail by Jim Henson's Creature Shop). yum. spun of dark dreams, sunny recollections and just the slightest tug towards a dark corner, the story offers us a gratifying, wisftully romantic take on this monumentus friendship, doubtless a version than Dodgson's many real-life biographers (here Wikipedia) will likely ever so graciously provide.