Finding Neverland
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marc Forster
Johnny Depp
Kate Winslet
Julie Christie
Radha Mitchell
Dustin Hoffman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It all begins as successful Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie 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. Despite the disapproval of the boys' steely grandmother Emma du Maurier and the resentment of his own wife, 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 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.
Director
Marc Forster
Cast
Johnny Depp
Kate Winslet
Julie Christie
Radha Mitchell
Dustin Hoffman
Freddie Highmore
Joe Prospero
Nick Roud
Luke Spill
Ian Hart
Kelly Macdonald
Mackenzie Crook
Eileen Essell
Jimmy Gardner
Oliver Fox
Angus Barnett
Toby Jones
Kate Maberly
Matt Green
Catrin Rhys
Tim Potter
Jane Booker
Paul Whitehouse
Catherine Cusack
Kali Peacock
Robert Oates
Nicholas Pritchard
Jonathan Cullen
Raymond Waring
Laura Duguid
Sevan Stephan
Rosie Ede
Richard Braine
Tobias Menzies
Tony Way
Murray Mcarthur
Charlotte Birmingham
Cora Harrison
Jack Birmingham
Sacha Janes
Chelsea Carpenter
Keely Jane
Luciano Cusack
Stella King
Serafina Cusack
Jake Roche
Claudia Davidson
Molly Whitehouse
Noah Harrison
Sophie Whitehouse
Eden Harrison
Leszek Mozdzer
John Paricelli
John Lenehen
Eddie Hession
Pamela Thorby
Helen Keen
Tony Way
Crew
Jam Abelanet
Kevin Alexander
Lucy Allen
Johnny Alves
Howard Anderson
Paul Aranoff
Christelle Balcon
Ray Barrett
Brian Basham
Tim Battersby
Tracey Becker
Ron Bedrosian
Perry Bell
Nellie Bellflower
Mark Benard
Barbara Berkery
Gary Binkow
Gary Birmingham
Terra Bliss-alvarez
Christine Blundell
Mathias Bocquillon
Linda Borgeson
Harry Bowers
Ted Brady
Steven Brill
Stuart Brisdon
Stuart Brisdon
Terry Brown
Peter Burden
Peter Burgess
Jonathan Butterell
Alexandra Byrne
William Cann
John Casali
Francesca Castellano
Peter Cavaciuti
Steve Challenor
Rebecca Chambers
James Chasey
Christophe Chaverou
Matt Chessé
Nicolas Chevallier
Vicky Clark
Dean Clegg
Fergus Clegg
Charlie Cobb
Matthew Collinge
Ed Colyer
Clive Coote
Hal Couzens
Ivo Coveney
Derek Cowie
Roland Coyne
Lee Croucher
Joanna Crow
David Crozier
Sean Danischevsky
Richard Davies
Valerie Delahaye
Christi Dembrowski
Jan Denham
Andie Derrick
Cathy Doubleday
Kate Dowd
Jim Dowdall
Michael Dreyer
Rob Dugdale
Lou Durkin
John Dyer
Trevor Dyer
Steve Ede
Kevin Edland
Jude Edwards
Trisha Edwards
Louis Elman
Ben Famiglietti
Bill Feightner
Emily Feingold
Dave Fisher
Philip Franks
Sarah Franzl
Kevin Genzel
Stephanie Gilliver
Richard Gladstein
Robin Gonsalves
Sheryl Goodhead
Clio Gould
Peter Graffham
James Grant
David Greenbaum
Eugene Grobler
Chad Gunderson
Andy Hague
Jim Hajicosta
Peter Hanson
Rosie Hardwick
James Harris
Kevin Harris
Kevin Harris
Rohan Harris
Martin Harrison
Rebecca Hartnoll
Philip Harvey
Jeremy Hattingh
Kevin Tod Haug
Jenny Hawkins
Paul Heasman
Krzysztof Herdzin
John Higgins
Martin Hill
Lora Hirschberg
Karen Hogarty
Matthew J Hogden
John Hollywood
Lois Hopwood
Andrew Hunt
Nick Ingman
Alex Ireland
Lee Isgar
Yoko Ishiguro
Neal Israel
Gemma Jackson
Meagan James
Bjorn Johnson
John Jordan
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
Claudia Kalindjian
Jemma Kearney
Richard Kelloway
Christopher Kennedy
Jesper Kjolsrud
Allan Knee
Carol Kupisz
Paul Ladd
Roula Lainas
Kenneth Langridge
Rosalind Lawton
Polly Leach
Wayne Leach
Emma Leslie
Adrian Lobb
Sharon Long
Tony Lucken
David Magee
Laurent Makowski
Andrew Mannion
Gary Martin
James Mather
Nuria Mbomio
Cory Mccrum-abdo
Brian Mcgivern
Finn Mcgrath
Stephen Mcgregor
Leslie Mcminn
Neil Miller
Mark Milsome
Steve Mitchard
Campbell Mitchell
Luke Myslowski
Peter Myslowski
Stephane Naze
John New
Rosie Newall
John Nichol
Charlie Noble
John Ott
Rafal Paczkowski
Rafal Paczkowski
Dan Palmer
Finlay Pile
Emma Pill
Tom Pleydell-pearce
Tim Porter
Jason Potter
Peter Potter
Dinny Powell
Tony Power
Brandon Proctor
Terry Reece
Douglas Regan
David Register
Denis Rich
Paul Riddle
Niki Roberton
Eric Robinson
Nicholas Roche Gordon
Xavier Roig
Tom Rolfe
Jordan Roter
Enis Rotthoff
Peter Russell
Simon Saunders
Georgina Sayer
Roberto Schaefer
Steven J Scott
Matthew Shaw
Danny Sheehan
Lee Sheward
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Score
Award Nominations
Best Actor
Best Adapted Screenplay
Set Decoration
Best Costume Design
Best Editing
Best Picture
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States November 12, 2004
Released in United States Fall November 12, 2004
Expanded Release in United States November 24, 2004
Released in United States on Video March 22, 2005
Released in United States September 2004
Shown at Venice International Film Festival (out of competition) September 1-11, 2004.
Limited Release in United States November 12, 2004
Released in United States Fall November 12, 2004
Expanded Release in United States November 24, 2004
Released in United States on Video March 22, 2005
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (out of competition) September 1-11, 2004.)
Winner of two 2004 awards including Best Film and Outstanding Film Music Composition by the National Board of Review (NBR).