Finding Neverland

Finding Neverland is a film drama from 2004 about the making of the classic Peter Pan starring Johnny Depp in the lead role. It won the Oscar for Best Film Score.

Action

London in 1903: The playwright James Matthew Barrie, despite his fantastic ideas only moderate success with his plays and his life is rather unspectacular. More and more he distances himself from his wife that he can not take with him to his fantasy worlds. One day he meets the young widow Sylvia Davies and her four sons know. The environment of Barrie, especially his wife, and also Sylvia's mother disapprove of his interest in the young mother, yet he befriends with her ​​and her children. His wife separates from him, but falls Barrie separation not difficult.

He spends much time with the Davieskindern. He dresses up, puts them at art pieces and pleased with them in ever new stories by creating worlds of fantasy with cowboys and Indians or pirates. Especially the young, sealed Peter he has in his heart and uses its name for the title character of his new play, in which he processed the adventure with the kids. At the beginning of the sample faced Barrie actors with unusual ideas. They should fly across the stage, for example, speak with fairies, or wear animal costumes, but despite initial skepticism Peter Pan is a great success.

Peter's mother Sylvia fell seriously ill, what Peters faith and his imagination is severely tested; but thanks to Barrie and his work Peter Pan, he preserved a piece of fantasy. Before Sylvia dies, she determined her mother and Barrie to the guardian.

Background

For the film production company Miramax continued to a 25 million dollars. The global revenues were approximately $ 115 million. Actually the film's premiere in 2003 was planned, but had to be postponed for a year because the rights owner of Columbia Pictures the same year wanted to publish your own Peter Pan version.

Cameo

The director has a Cameoauftritt in the scene, a costume meeting with JM Barrie is.

Reviews

" After he has proven with Monster's Ball as directing talent, Marc Forster presented his next Hollywood production: He tells heartbreaking of the genesis of the classic Peter Pan. Especially Johnny Depp in the lead role makes this subtly spun tales to a melancholy fable about the joy of childhood. "

" The contemplative and entertaining drama theater after a submission holds vaguely at Barrie's biography and is about the power of imagination, which effectively exceeds the limits of the levels of reality again and again, even under tight social framework. Thanks empathetic acting performer just as addictive as amusing pleasure. "

Awards

Golden Globe Awards 2005

  • Best Motion Picture - Drama
  • Best Music: Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
  • Best Actor - Drama: Johnny Depp
  • Best Screenplay

Academy Awards 2005

  • Best Original Score
  • Nominated: Best Art
  • Best Costume Design
  • Best Editing
  • Best Picture
  • Best Actor: Johnny Depp
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
2004 in film David Magee Nellie Bellflower Roberto Schaefer J. M. Barrie Academy Award for Best Original Score Miramax Films Peter Pan (2003 film) Shepperton Studios 77th Academy Awards Stay (2005 film) Machine Gun Preacher World War Z (film)
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