The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.The story of Sir J.M. Barrie's friendship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan.
- Director
- Writers
- Allan Knee(play "The Man Who Was Peter Pan")
- David Magee(screenplay)
- Stars
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- Director
- Writers
- Allan Knee(play "The Man Who Was Peter Pan")
- David Magee(screenplay)
- Stars
- Won 1 Oscar
- 19 wins & 81 nominations total
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- Allan Knee(play "The Man Who Was Peter Pan")
- David Magee(screenplay)
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Storyline
1903 London. Renowned playwright J.M. Barrie (James)'s latest effort has garnered less than positive reviews, something he knew would be the case even before the play's mounting. This failure places pressure on James to write another play quickly as impresario Charles Frohman needs another to replace the failure to keep his theater viable. Out for a walk with his dog in part to let his creative juices flow, James stumbles upon the Llewelyn Davies family: recently widowed Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (the daughter of now deceased author George L. Du Maurier) and her four adolescent sons. James and the family members become friends, largely based on he and the boys being able to foster in each other the imagination of children, James just being the biggest among them in this regard. Sylvia also welcomes James into their lives, he who becomes an important and integral part of it. Among the six of them, the only one who does not want to partake is Sylvia's third, Peter Llewelyn Davies, who is still grieving the reality of their lives, where his father was there one day planning an outing for the family, and gone the next. Two other people who don't appreciate James in the Llewelyn Davies' lives are: his wife, Mary Barrie, who always feels the need to be the responsible one in their relationship and who feels threatened by his friendship with an unmarried woman; and Emma du Maurier, Sylvia's overbearing mother, who sees him as an obstacle to Sylvia moving on with her life with another potential husband, and an impediment to maintaining discipline within the boys. James still hopes to bring Peter out of his self-imposed shell, but in the process comes up with an idea for another play based on an amalgam of himself and Peter, that play which eventually becomes what Charles sees as a largely unmountable and thus doomed production called "Peter Pan". This process of helping Peter could take a step backward when it looks like Sylvia may imminently befall a similar fate to that of her late husband. —Huggo
- Taglines
- Unlock your imagination.
- Genres
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG for mild thematic elements and brief language
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaIn real life, Michael Llewelyn Davies was J.M. Barrie's inspiration for Peter Pan. Michael, not Peter, was said to be Barrie's favorite of the children. It's not certain why Barrie chose to name the main character Peter. One idea is because of his brothers, Peter behaved the most like an adult at a young age. Barrie wished he'd had more of a childhood, so he immortalized him as the symbol of youth.
- GoofsWhen Peter is knocking over his set for his play, a man in a t-shirt, blue jeans and a baseball cap is reflected in the window.
- Quotes
J.M. Barrie: Young boys should never be sent to bed... they always wake up a day older.
- Crazy creditsLast credit to appear at end credits: For Milo...
- ConnectionsEdited into Happy Birthday, Peter Pan (2005)
- SoundtracksMedieval and Renaissance Fanfare No. 7
Composed by David Marshall (PRS)
Published by Studio G Ltd (PRS)
Courtesy of Promusic
Top review
The Mystery Of It All
Johnny Depp takes us by the hand and in the gentlest most reassuring way leads into the heart, soul and mind of an artist. How easy is for the world to judge. How frightened we still are of all we don't understand. The very nature of innocence is suspect because innocence belongs exclusively to the innocent. Every time the world claims to protect it, tends to destroy it. "Finding Nerverland" is filled with moments of enlightenment. Moving and powerful moments but none more so than Julie Christie's face as she applauds, converted to the fantasy transported into her daughter's house. The moment and the enlightenment are short lived, but, somehow, remains in my mind as a glimmer of hope. If for a moment she accepts the mystery of it all, maybe we all could. Johnny Depp is the best American actor of his generation, period. Kate Winslet is a stunning rarity among her contemporaries. She doesn't look like anybody else and the camera catches every tiny little thought that crosses her marvelous face. Congratulations Mr. Forster you can count on me from this moment on as a devoted fan.
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- abelardo64
- Feb 6, 2005
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- Also known as
- J.M. Barrie's Neverland
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $51,680,613
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $220,524
- Nov 14, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $116,650,613
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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