Peter Pan - Return To Neverland

Starring: Corey Burton, Harriet Owen, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie Director: Robin Budd Original UK Premiere: 2002 Dvd Release: 19th August, 2002 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Animated, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: English

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Peter Pan was a film released in December 25, 2003, by Universal Pictures. P J Hogan directed a screenplay he had co-written with Michael Goldenberg which was based on the classic childrens tale by J M Barrie. Jason Isaacs played the role of Captain Hook, while Jeremy Sumpter played the title role, Rachel Hurd-Wood portrayed Wendy Darling & Ludivine Sagnier played Tinkerbell. Noted actress Lynn Redgrave had a supporting role as Aunt Millicent. Jeremy Sumpter was the first boy to play Peter Pan in a live-action movie. // The movie was relatively popular with critics, but earned only $48,4 million at the box office in the United States & another $71 million outside of the U,S. compared with the films $100-million budget. The Return of the King & from Cheaper by the Dozen, Cold Mountain & Paycheck. The same year it came out in theaters, another movie called Finding Neverland came out in theaters, which was about the author of Peter Pan, J,M. Barrie. Posters Of Peter Pan

Peter Pan soars back onto the screen in Disneys all-new animated feature, Return to Never Land. This sequel to the 1953 classic Peter Pan has a reassuringly old-fashioned feel, with computer-generated images & more-traditional artwork cleverly blended to recall the original. Wendy, now married with children, is living in a London ravaged by the blitz. Every night she enchants her small son with tales of pirates & Pan to distract him from the bombings but her serious young daughter Jane finds the stories of magic & fairies unconvincing in the face of a war-torn reality. After a fairly slow beginning establishing the bleak backdrop & the various characters, Janes smug conscientiousness grates at times, the scene is set for the adventure to begin; & once the nefarious Hook & crew loom into sight, things really take off, literally.

In Never Land nothing much has changed: the dastardly Captain Hook, now tormented by a clicking octopus rather than a ticking crocodile, just wants to be hated; his crew remain bloodthirsty but bumbling; & feisty fairy Tinker Bell shimmers around in a jealous strop when another female appears on the scene. Unfortunately, the story line hasnt changed much either, being a thin re-working of the original, although there is an interesting mirroring between mother & daughter, one who was afraid to grow-up & the other distrustful of childhood, with its emphasis on fun & lack of responsibility.

It was never going to be easy to follow the original Peter Pan but Return to Never Land is an engaging sequel & the uplifting So To Be One of Us is Disney music at its best. ,

Kath Soucie is a voice actor, perhaps best known as the voice of the twins Phil & Lil DeVille in the animated series Rugrats. She also provided her vocal talents in the SatAM version of the Sonic the Hedgehog TV series as the voice of Princess Sally, a role which bears significance because Soucie played Sally with her natural voice rather than using a trick voice or false voice like she did when voicing Phil & Lil. Her gruffy boy voice has also been used on series such as As Told By Ginger & Baby Blues. She is also the voice of the title character in the dubbed anime, Shin-chan, although, despite regular screenings in the United Kingdom, this show has yet to air in North America. Posters Of Peter Pan

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