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
This film was originally scheduled to be released in fall 2003, but Columbia Pictures, which had the rights to J.M. Barrie's play for their film
Peter Pan, refused to allow Miramax to use certain scenes from the play in
Finding Neverland if it were released at the same time. Miramax agreed to delay the release of
Finding Neverland by one year in exchange for the rights to use Barrie's words.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
There was much literary license taken regarding J.M. 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.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Charles Frohman:
Opening night. I love opening night. How are you? Did you see him? See more »
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.
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