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Finding Neverland (2004) 7.8
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Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 617 user | 232 critic | 38 from Metacritic.com The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. Director:Marc Forster |
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The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. He got to know four children who have no father. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up. Written by Jan Wilm
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Unlock your imagination. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
24 November 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
J.M. Barrie's Neverland See more »Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$49,202 (Finland) (4 March 2005)Gross:
$51,676,606 (USA) (22 April 2005)Company Credits
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Charles Frohman: Opening night. I love opening night. How are you? Did you see him?
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Composed by David Marshall (PRS)
Published by Studio G Ltd (PRS)
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In actuality (not the film), Peter Llewelyn Davies was not J.M. Barrie's inspiration for the Peter Pan character. His younger brother, Michael, was. Michael is also said to be Barrie's favorite of the children, not Peter. It is not certain why Barrie then chose to name the main character Peter. One idea why is because of his brothers, Peter behaved the most like an adult at a young age. Barrie wished he had had more of a childhood, so he immortalized him as the symbol of youth. See more »Goofs
when Peter is knocking down the stage for his play he steps over the "sun", but in the next shot he grabs it from its spot leaning against a wall. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Charles Frohman: Opening night. I love opening night. How are you? Did you see him?
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Crazy Credits
Paul 'Welcie' Wellstead (as Paul Wellstead) is credited twice for 'supervising rigger': once in the onscreen "Camera" section and once in the onscreen "Construction" section. See more »Soundtracks
"Medieval and Renaissance Fanfare No. 7"Composed by David Marshall (PRS)
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The real J.M. Barrie was influenced and inspired as a child in Scotland by the adventurous stories of Robert Louis Stevenson of pirates, Indians and kidnapped boys. As a young journalist in London in the peak years of the Gilded Age his vivid imagination took him from novels to stage-plays.
Barrie loved games and founded a cricket club with fellow writers Arthur Conan Doyle and P.G. Wodehouse. An old nugget describing his personality tells of his comments upon himself and others that often appeared in the newspapers. He once remarked to H.G. Wells, "It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you wiggle your ears?" It was in the very early years of the 20th Century, now 101 years ago and the same year that in the windy Outer Banks of North Carolina that the Wright Brothers took flight that Jamie Barrie's Peter Pan soared into the air on wires in the London stage.
Marc Forester's fascinating film biography adapted by David Magee from Allan Knee's play, "The Man Who Was Peter Pan," now comes to us in this delightful, moving account, 'Finding Neverland.' It presents historical reality between lushly imagined expeditions to a fictitious Neverland. It's performed impeccably by Johnny Depp as Sir James Mathew Barrie and an extraordinary cast under the able direction of Marc Forster.
This is the loveliest film of the year, highly recommended. Bring Kleenex for the final scenes and see how difficult it is to leave the theater and return to today.