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The magical enchantment of Peter Pan is back in a dazzling, all-new adventure, full of as much fun, fantasy and flight as the original! Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, Captain Hook and Smee are back--and you'll meet Jane, Wendy's skeptical daughter, who no longer believes in magic or fairy tales. But when Captain Hook's pirate ship swoops down upon London and carries Jane off to Never Land, her imagination is set free by Peter Pan himself! featuring marvelous animation, all-new music and high-flying adventure from start to finish, Return To Never Land is fantastic Disney fun for the young, and young at heart. You'll want to return to Never Land again and again!
"A charming sequel..." Peter Bernard, Fourt Lauderdale Sun Sentinel
"..breezy, confident sequel to Disney's 1953 animated classic." Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"A remarkable job of re-creating the work of the original cast." Lou Luminick, New York Post
"...bright and energetic..." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"...maintains its magic spell and proves timeless." Michael Janusonis, Providence Journal
Editor's Note
In this sequel to the 1953 Disney classic PETER PAN, Wendy is all grown up, with children of her own. She lives in London, which, as the film starts, is in the midst of the devastating German bombardments of World War II. The hardships of war have made Wendy's daughter Jane a practical, level-headed girl, with little time for her mother's wild stories of Peter Pan and Neverland. Jane doesn't believe in fairies and fantasy lands. That is, not until Captain Hook swoops down in his computer-animated pirate ship to kidnap her and whisk her away through a spectacular space portal into Neverland. Captain Hook wants Jane as bait to finally catch Peter Pan. The crocodile which plagued Hook in the original film has been replaced by a giant orange octopus. Jane just wants to get back home to London, and decides to help Hook find hidden treasure since he promises to take her home. But in order to finally make it home, Jane must learn to believe in "faith, trust, and pixie dust." This sequel primarily uses traditional animation, in the same style as the original film, although some modern computer animation is also used. Fans of the classic PETER PAN will enjoy visiting Neverland again.
| Features | Scene Access | | "I'll Try" Featuring Jonatha Brooke | | DVD-ROM Features | | Interactive Menus | | "Rescue The Lost Boys" Adventure Game | | Disney's Story Time "Never Land's New Hero" | | "Lost Treasures" (Deleted Scenes) | | Widescreen Version Enhanced For 16x9 TVs | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround & DTS 5.1 Surround; French, Spanish | | THX-Certified |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 12/31/2002 |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 2527403 | | UPC: 00786936174380 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.66:1 |
| Cast & Crew | James M. Barrie - Based On Characters Created By | | Robin Budd & Donovan Cook - Director | | Anthony F. Rocco - Editor | | Joel McNeely - Musical Score | | They Might Be Giants - Musical Score | | Christopher Chase - Producer | | Dan Rounds - Producer | | John Kleber - Production Designer | | Temple Mathews - Screenplay | | Andrew McDonough - Voice Of | | Harriet Owen - Voice Of | | Jeff Bennett - Voice Of | | Corey Burton - Voice Of | | Blayne Weaver - Voice Of | | Kath Soucie - Voice Of |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Breezy, confident....RETURN TO NEVERLAND uses sophisticated animation techniques that would have been unimaginable 50 years ago..." 02/15/2002 p.E33USA Today
"...The movie has an old-school feel....Children, particularly those under 10, will likely enjoy the story..." 02/15/2002 p.13B Entertainment Weekly
"...It's been animated with as lush a palette, as vivid a feel for movement and perspective as, say, THE LITTLE MERMAID..." 02/22/2002 p.121 Sight and Sound
"...Now the backgrounds are crisper, and the characters don't just fly, they propel through the air using state of the art special effects..." 04/01/2002 p.57-8 Los Angeles Times
"...The voices are all competent and frisky..." 02/15/2002 p.C4 Chicago Sun-Times
"...RETURN TO NEVER LAND is a bright and energetic animated comedy..." 02/15/2002 p.33 San Francisco Chronicle 7 of 10
...This is pleasant, safe entertainment that ought to appeal to kids younger than 10, especially to girls, with its female-empowerment fantasy. It's got a good heart and a buoyant spirit, familiar characters and a nice message about keeping one's heart open to experience and magic. - Edward Guthmann
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