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Overview

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Director:

Marc Forster

Writers:

Allan Knee (play)
David Magee (screenplay)

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Release Date:

24 November 2004 (USA) more

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Family more

Tagline:

Unlock your imagination. more

Plot:

The story of J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. full summary | full synopsis

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Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 16 wins & 54 nominations more

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(111 articles)

Johnny Depp Gets Involved in an Intrigue With Angelina Jolie
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Stana Katic: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 4 November 2009, 12:57 PM, PST)

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The Wings of Imagination more (584 total)


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Additional Details

Also Known As:

J.M. Barrie's Neverland (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:

Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language.

Runtime:

106 min | USA:101 min (DVD) (Encore print)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK more

Company:

Miramax Films more


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Trivia:

Dustin Hoffman has appeared in two films about "Peter Pan" (Hook (1991) and Finding Neverland (2004)). Following his appearance in "Hook", close friend and former roommate Gene Hackman began calling him "Hook" as a joke. The name stuck and his contemporaries call him by that nickname to this day. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: There was much literary license taken regarding Barrie and his relationships with key characters. He and his wife didn't divorce until several years after the film's time period. Also, Sylvia's husband didn't die several years after the film; Sylvia didn't until 1910, six years after the Peter Pan premiere. Barrie knew the boys for several years before their apparent first meeting. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Charles Frohman: Opening night. I love opening night. How are you? Did you see him?
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Soundtrack:

Medieval and Renaissance Fanfare No. 7 more


FAQ

A Note Regarding Spoilers
Is it possible to read "The Man Who Was Peter Pan" online?
Was James Barrie romantically involved with Sylvia?
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147 out of 191 people found the following comment useful.
The Wings of Imagination, 2 December 2004
10/10
Author: merrywood from Connecticut, United States

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.

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