Finding Neverland (film)
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| Directed by | Marc Forster |
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Richard N. Gladstein Nellie Bellflower |
| Screenplay by | David Magee |
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The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee |
| Starring |
Johnny Depp Kate Winslet Julie Christie Radha Mitchell Dustin Hoffman |
| Music by | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
| Cinematography | Roberto Schaefer |
| Edited by | Matt Chesse |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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101 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $116.8 million |
Finding Neverland is a 2004 Anglo-American semi-biographical film about playwright J. M. Barrie and his relationship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan, directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by David Magee is based on the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee.
The film was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Johnny Depp's portrayal of J. M. Barrie, and won the 2004 Academy Award for Jan A. P. Kaczmarek's musical score.
The film was adapted as a stage musical in 2012.
The story focuses on Scottish writer J. M. Barrie, his platonic relationship with Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and his close friendship with her sons named George, Jack, Peter and Michael, who inspire the classic play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Never Grew Up.
Following the dismal reception of his latest play, Little Mary, Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her four young sons in Kensington Gardens, and a strong friendship develops between 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 these 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 making them into a play called Peter Pan.
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