Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy is a 1976 American erotic musical comedy directed by Bud Townsend . While the film originally premiered in

Here is the twist that secured the film’s place in oddity history: In 1977, after the hardcore version made a tidy profit (estimates suggest over $5 million on a $40,000 budget), producer Townsend recut the film to remove the explicit insert shots. This “R-rated” version, titled Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy (the irony of the title remained) was released to drive-ins as a naughty-but-not-too-naughty comedy.

Critics often describe the film as "surprisingly funny" and better written than typical adult films of its time.

In 2023, a stage adaptation premiered in Los Angeles—a burlesque musical with live band, titled Alice in Wonderland: XXX Live . It sold out six weeks.

In the mid-1970s, the American cinematic landscape was uniquely obsessed with crossing the boundaries between hard-core adult content and mainstream cinema. Following the colossal box-office successes of Deep Throat and The Devil in Miss Jones , filmmakers began pouring larger budgets, actual scripts, and legitimate musical scores into adult features. A High-Concept Adult Adaptation