Peter and Wendy (film)

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Peter and Wendy
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Genre
Written by Adrian Hodges
Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence
Starring
Country of origin United Kingdom
Production
Producers
Running time120 minutes
Production company Headline Pictures
Original release
Network ITV
Release26 December (2015-12-26) –
30 December 2015 (2015-12-30)

Peter and Wendy is a 2015 television film made for ITV in the United Kingdom. [1] It was written by Adrian Hodges, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and produced by Stewart Mackinnon and Christian Baute, Headline Pictures.

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The film is based on the play and novel by J. M. Barrie, blending it with an original narrative set in the present day. The film draws a connection between the stories of Barrie and the real life Great Ormond Street Hospital, to which Barrie gave the rights to the story in 1929, a few years before his death.

It was first broadcast on 26 December 2015. [2]

Plot

Lucy Rose is a teenage girl with a heart condition who is awaiting risky surgery that would save her life. Late in the night before her operation she is given an original first edition copy of Peter Pan by a staff member from within the stored confines of the museum dedicated to James Matthew Barrie. After reading it to a group of child patients, she dreams she is Wendy, and her fellow child patients are Lost Boys and the Darling brothers, who are all taken by Peter Pan to Neverland, where they meet Tiger Lily and battle pirates led by Captain Hook. [3]

Cast

Awards

The film won an International Emmy in 2016, and a Special Award for Best Director at the Parma Film Music Festival in 2016.

Reception

The film was generally well received by critics. [2] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Peter and Wendy official website of the film".
  2. 1 2 Jasper Rees (26 December 2015). "Peter and Wendy, review: 'just what the doctor ordered'". The Daily Telegraph .
  3. ↑ "ITV's press release for Peter and Wendy".
  4. ↑ Paul Kirkley (22 December 2015). "Peter & Wendy: Stanley Tucci and Paloma Faith fly high in magical reimagining of children's classic". Radio Times .
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