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Finding Neverland (2004)  link to Finding Neverland on IMDb  

Number: 131

cover Finding Neverland

IMDb Rating:
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7.7/10 (182.9K votes)

Also known as: J.M. Barrie's Neverland (working title)

Country: United States, 106 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Biography, Drama, Family

Director(s): Marc Forster

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 ...

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

Medium: DVD R/RW, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Location: Book 3 Page 10

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1