FINDING NEVERLAND
Currently sprinkling the awards season with its Neverland charm with nominations at the Oscars and the BAFTAS, the enchanting and magical Finding Neverland is out to own on DVD and video on 14th March 2005. Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor in the Leading Role and 11 BAFTAS, Finding Neverland features a stunning cast in this captivating period drama that touches hearts and brings a little bit of Neverland magic to all who watch it.
A critically acclaimed cast star in this captivating tale inspired by the life of J.M. Barrie, the author of the original children's classic \"Peter Pan\". Set in London in 1904, the film is a fictional account of Barrie's inspiration and creation of his most famous of plays about the boy who never grows up. Inspired after befriending a local family, Finding Neverland brings to life the main themes associated with the original J.M. Barrie play. Viewers are treated to an emotional and visual feast that explores the wonder of imagination, the nostalgia for childhood innocence and the longing to believe in something more enchanting than everyday life compelling you to watch this DVD over and over again.
Directed by Marc Forster and featuring an outstanding critically acclaimed cast, Finding Neverland stars Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman and Julie Christie and charts the unique, real-life friendship between J.M. Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies family. When Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie (Depp) sees his latest play open to an indifferent reaction among the polite society audience of Edwardian England, he is in need of serious inspiration for his next offering. Unexpectedly, he encounters this one day whilst walking his dog in Kensington Gardens in the form of the beautiful, recently widowed Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Winslet) and her four young boys. They become close friends and soon become inseparable seeking adventure and companionship together.
Finding Neverland revels in its cast of old and new talent who play their characters with genuine sentiment and imagination. It also unites Johnny Depp and Freddy Highmore for the first time on the silver screen where they make an unbeatable duo. The same can also be said for Oscar and BAFTA nominee Johnny Depp and BAFTA nominee Kate Winslet who display a charming chemistry in their portrayal of the great companions J.M. Barrie and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies.
Finding Neverland is available to buy on DVD and video from 14th March 2005 enabling you to own your very own piece of the exquisite fantasy world of Neverland yourself.
DVD Extras
• Feature Commentary with Director
• The magic of Finding Neverland
• Creating Neverland
• Deleted Scenes
• Outtakes
• On the Red Carpet
Story Synopsis
After meeting and despite open disapproval from both of their families, J.M. Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies family strike up a great friendship. Barrie becomes an imaginative and exciting playmate of the boys, transporting them to a world of ships and pirates, castles and kings and cowboys and Indians. Out of Barrie's friendship and adventure comes his most inspired and imaginative masterpiece \"Peter Pan\", which is released to an overawed audience. However, in a tragic twist of fate, the playwright and those he loves most face tragedy and learn what it really means to believe.
Product Information
Release date: 14th March 2005
Certificate: PG
Running Time: TBC
Directed by: Marc Forster
Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Freddie Highmore
