Sypnosis
The boundless imagination of the man
behind "Peter Pan" and the poignancy of his journey combine in this
emotional tale inspired by events in the life of Scottish author
James Mathew Barrie.
In FINDING NEVERLAND, director Marc Forster ("Monster's Ball" ) and
an accomplished cast including Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin
Hoffman and Julie Christie take a fictional look at the creation of
"Peter Pan," the classic of children's literature that speaks
directly to the child in all of us.
FINDING NEVERLAND traverses both fantasy and everyday reality,
melding the difficulties and heartbreak of adult life with the
spellbinding allure and childlike innocence of the boy who never
grows up.
It all begins as successful Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie (DEPP)
watches his latest play open to a ho-hum reaction among the polite
society of Edwardian England. A literary genius of his times but
bored by the same old themes, Barrie is clearly in need of some
serious inspiration. Unexpectedly, he finds it one day during his
daily walk with his St. Bernard Porthos in London's Kensington
Gardens. There, Barrie encounters the Llewelyn Davies family: four
fatherless boys and their beautiful, recently widowed mother
(WINSLET).
Despite the disapproval of the boys' steely grandmother Emma du
Maurier (CHRISTIE) and the resentment of his own wife (RADHA
MITCHELL), Barrie befriends the family, engaging the boys in
tricks, disguises, games and sheer mischief, creating play-worlds
of castles and kings, cowboys and Indians, pirates and castaways.
He transforms hillsides into galleon ships, sticks into mighty
swords, kites into enchanted fairies and the Llewelyn Davies boys
into "The Lost Boys of Neverland."
From the sheer thrills and adventurousness of childhood will come
Barrie's most daring and renowned masterwork, "Peter Pan." At
first, his theatrical company is skeptical. While his loyal
producer Charles Frohman (HOFFMAN) worries he'll lose his shirt on
this children's fantasy, Barrie begins rehearsals only to shock his
actors with such unprecedented requests as asking them to fly
across the stage, talk to fairies made out of light and don dog and
crocodile costumes.
Then, just as Barrie is ready to introduce the world to "Peter
Pan," a tragic twist of fate will make the writer and those he
loves most understand just what it means to really
believe.
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