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 RETURN
TO NEVER LAND
Believe
it or not the original author of Peter Pan intented it for adults
not children. This sequel to the Disney classic is about the importance
of believing in faith, trust, and pixie dust.
Review by David Bruce |
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Credits
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Writing credits J.M. Barrie (characters)
Additional
written material: Carter Crocker
Screenplay by Temple Mathews
Blayne Weaver .... Peter Pan
Harriet Owen .... Jane (voice)
Corey Burton .... Captain Hook (voice)
Jeff Bennett .... Smee/Starkey & Wibbles (voice)
Kath Soucie .... Wendy/Narrator (voice)
Quinn Beswick .... Slightly
Spencer Breslin .... Cubby
Dan Castellaneta .... Mullins
Jim Cummings .... Turk
Andrew McDonough .... Danny
Rob Paulsen .... Jukes (voice)
Bradley Pierce .... Nibs
Roger Rees .... Edward (voice)
Clive Revill .... Army Officer/Train Conductor/Radio Voice/Warden
Announcer
Aaron Spann .... Twins
Frank Welker .... Nanatwo / Dog / Fish (voice)
Produced
by
Christopher Chase .... producer
Dan Rounds .... producer
Chris Henderson .... associate producer
Michelle Pappalardo-Robinson .... line producer
Lizbeth Velasco .... associate producer
Original
music by Joel McNeely
Film Editing by Anthony F. Rocco
Art Direction by Wendell Luebbe
Rated
PG
FOR
RATING REASONS, GO TO FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
PARENTS PLEASE REFER TO PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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Return To Never Land,
Various Artists
1. Do You Believe In Magic - BBMAK 2. Main Title 3. Second Star
To The Right - Jonatha Brooke 4. The Tale Of Pan 5. I'll Try - Jonatha
Brooke 6. Jane Is Kidnapped 7. Childhood Lost, A 8. Here We Go Another
Plan 9. Summoning The Octopus / Pan Saves Jane 10. Flight Through
Never Land 11. So To Be One Of Us 12. Meet The Lost Boys 13. Now
That You're One Of Us 14. Longing For Home 15. Hook And The Lost
Boys 16. Hook Deceives Jane 17. Jane Finds The Treasure 18. Pan
Is Caputured 19. I'll Try (Reprise) 20. Jane Saves Tink And Pan
21. Jane Can Fly 22. Flying Home 23. Reunion
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 STUDIO
SYNOPSIS:
Return to Never Land opens a new chapter in Walt Disney?s classic
?Peter Pan?, as once more we take a magical journey to a place where
we never grow up. And even though some years have passed since we
last visited, that wonderful world is unchanged. Peter Pan is there,
along with Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, and villainous Captain Hook.
But Wendy left Never Land, grew up and now she has two children of
her own. World War II is raging and has come to the very heart of
London. Wendy tries to comfort her young ones with stories of here
experiences in Never Land: Danny loves the bedtime tales. But 12-year-old
Jane -- a practical child in a world torn by war -- sees no room for
make-believe?at least until she?s kidnapped by Captain Hook and whisked
off to Never Land! Hook, mistaking her for Wendy, plans to use Jane
as bait to capture Peter Pan. But Peter rescues Jane from the villain?s
clutches and a rollicking adventure is underway. With Tinker Bell
& the Lost Boys at their side, Peter & Jane ultimately defeat the
old pirate -- and Jane, at last, finds hope alive within her as the
very first Lost Girl. She now understands that imagination has a powerful
magic ? and many things are possible with faith, trust?and a little
pixie dust.
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POSTER
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The
movie emphasizes Belief in Faith and Trust as being essential to
spiritual victories (Pixie Dust).
The
poster can serve as a reminder to children of the importance of
faith. Additionally, it can remind adults to remain child-like (retain
child-like faith).
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RETURN
TO NEVERLAND IS NC 17
Subject:
"Return to Neverland"
the Hardest NC-17 rated film Disney has ever made
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002
From: Jacob
Dear Dave:
Last night I attended a pre-release screening of "Return to Neverland."
Below are my thoughts on the film. The words on the screen seem much
harsher than how I felt. After seeing the film, I felt mainly regret
for a lost opportunity.
In "Killing the
Unicorn," Peter Bogdanovich writes about the time he saw (then-girlfriend
and now late) Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten's Playmate of the
Year pictorial. He remarked to Dorothy that, in that photo spread,
she was smiling. Before that, she never smiled for the camera. How
did she do that smile? She said that she used "the hate." So, the
PMOY shoot was all body, no soul. "Return to Neverland" is the same
thing.
"Neverland" tells
the story of Jane, the daughter of Wendy, the original heroine of
"Peter Pan." The Earth sequences of "Neverland" are anchored in World
War II. Jane, ever the practical one, has been charged by her father,
called up for service, to save the family. Jane does this, even charging
through Blitz-blasted London during nocturnal bombing attacks. Wendy
continues to care for Jane's little brother and tell him stories of
her adventures in Neverland. Jane, of course, thinks this nonsensical.
Suddenly, Captain
Hook's ship shows up over their house and the captain abducts Jane,
thinking she is Wendy. From then on, the movie is "Peter Pan" all
over again, though it is studiously (no pun intended) PC, never bringing
in the Indians.
The artwork is
well done, the CG art and 2-D work is seamlessly integrated. Some
of the scenes are dazzling, like the opening sequence and Wendy's
first flight sequence. Full kudos to the artists and I am grateful
to Disney for keeping them employed, when so many other animators
were being laid off.
So sad: think of
all the wonderful possibilities for new vistas and stories if World
War II had resonated into Neverland.
A very wise person
once told me, about Disney, "When you do a sequel, you have to tell
the same story, only different." Disney is just milking another franchise
with "Return to Neverland." The audience I saw it with gave more applause
to the Pluto short that preceeded it than they did "Neverland."
Keep your children
far away from this film. Jade them not with a Dorothy Stratten smile.
Adults, if you can stomach it, go ahead and watch it. Just remember,
this is NC-17 rated fare, giving you all bodies and no soul.
What do you
think?
Sincerely, Jacob
Responce:
NC-17 -not. It is about the importance of storytelling and myth.
I like the way you write, however. -David
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