Finding Neverland (2004)
Coming Out at 29 October 2004 in theaters.
Biography, Drama, Family
Finding Neverland is historical fantasy drama film directed by Marc Forster and written by David Magee, based on the 1988 play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee. The film is about playwright J. M. Barrie and his relationship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan. The film earned seven nominations at the 77th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actor for Johnny Depp, and won for Best Original Score. The film was the inspiration for the stage musical of the same name in 2012.
Following the dismal reception of his latest play, Little Mary, Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her four young sons (George, Jack, Peter and Michael) in Kensington Gardens, and a strong, close friendship develops among them. He proves to be a great playmate and surrogate father figure for the boys, and their imaginative antics give him ideas which he incorporates into a play about boys who do not want to grow up, especially one named after troubled young Peter Llewelyn Davies. Although Barrie sees this family as wonderful and inspirational, people question his relationship with the Llewelyn Davies family. Sylvia was a widow: her husband died from cancer and left her with four boys to bring up on her own.
Barrie’s wife Mary, who eventually divorces him, and Sylvia’s mother Emma du Maurier, object to the amount of time Barrie spends with the Llewelyn Davies family. Emma also seeks to control her daughter and grandsons, especially as Sylvia becomes increasingly weak from an unidentified illness. Along the way, Barrie goes on adventures with Sylvia and her boys. He too is a boy at heart and spending time with the family is special. Barrie takes those adventures he has with the boys and makes them into a play called Peter Pan.
Director: Marc Forster
Writers: Allan Knee (play), David Magee
Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore, Joe Prospero
Cast:
Johnny Depp | … | Sir James Matthew Barrie |
Kate Winslet | … | Sylvia Llewelyn Davies |
Julie Christie | … | Mrs. Emma du Maurier |
Radha Mitchell | … | Mary Ansell Barrie |
Dustin Hoffman | … | Charles Frohman |
Freddie Highmore | … | Peter Llewelyn Davies |
Joe Prospero | … | Jack Llewelyn Davies |
Nick Roud | … | George Llewelyn Davies |
Luke Spill | … | Michael Llewelyn Davies |
Ian Hart | … | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Kelly Macdonald | … | ‘Peter Pan’ |
Mackenzie Crook | … | Mr. Jaspers – Usher |
Eileen Essell | … | Mrs. Snow |
Jimmy Gardner | … | Mr. Snow |
Oliver Fox | … | Gilbert Cannan |
Angus Barnett | … | ‘Nana’ / Mr. Reilly |
Toby Jones | … | ‘Smee’ |
Kate Maberly | … | ‘Wendy’ |
Matt Green | … | ‘John’ |
Catrin Rhys | … | ‘Michael Darling’ |
Tim Potter | … | ‘Hook’ / Lord Carlton |
Jane Booker | … | ‘Mrs. Darling’ |
Paul Whitehouse | … | Stage Manager |
Catherine Cusack | … | Sarah |
Kali Peacock | … | Emma |
Robert Oates | … | Cottage Doctor |
Nicholas Pritchard | … | Hospital Doctor |
Jonathan Cullen | … | Doctor Brighton |
Raymond Waring | … | Stage Worker |
Laura Duguid | … | Theater Patron 1 |
Sevan Stephan | … | Theater Patron 2 |
Rosie Ede | … | Theater Patron 3 |
Richard Braine | … | Theater Patron 4 |
Tobias Menzies | … | Theater Patron 5 |
Murray McArthur | … | Stagehand |
Charlotte Birmingham | … | Orphan |
Cora Harrison | … | Orphan |
Jack Birmingham | … | Orphan |
Sacha Janes | … | Orphan |
Chelsea Carpenter | … | Orphan |
Keeley Janes | … | Orphan |
Luciano Cusack | … | Orphan |
Stella King | … | Orphan |
Serafina Cusack | … | Orphan |
Jake Roche | … | Orphan |
Claudia Davidson | … | Orphan |
Molly Whitehouse | … | Orphan |
Noah Harrison | … | Orphan |
Sophie Whitehouse | … | Orphan |
Eden Harrison | … | Orphan |
Tony Way | … | Set Mover |
Greg Bennett | … | Theatre Goer |
Kiri Bloom | … | Miss Snow |
Gabriel Currington | … | Conductor |
David Decio | … | Charles Frohman’s Theatre Usher |
Ray Donn | … | Theater Guest |
Marc Forster | … | Costume Room Worker |
Paul Hornsby | … | Laughing Man at Cricket Match |
Suzy Kewer | … | Mary McCormack |
Jackson Payne | … | The Cricketer |
William Tomlin | … | Lost Boy |
Julz West | … | Lost Boy |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia
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