| Neverwas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joshua Michael Stern |
| Produced by | Moshe Diamant |
| Written by | Joshua Michael Stern |
| Starring | Ian McKellen Aaron Eckhart Brittany Murphy Nick Nolte |
| Music by | Philip Glass |
| Cinematography | Michael Grady |
| Editing by | Steven Kemper |
| Release date(s) |
9 September 2005 (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Running time | 108 min |
| Country | US/Canada |
| Language | English |
Neverwas is a 2005 English film written and directed by Joshua Michael Stern, starring Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy and Nick Nolte.
It was first shown at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. However, the movie was never given a full theatrical release, eventually being released straight to DVD in 2007.
Contents |
Zach Riley (Aaron Eckhart) is a psychiatrist who leaves a job at a prestigious university to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, 'Millwood', belonging to Dr. Reed (William Hurt). What he doesn’t reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson (Nick Nolte), spent many years of his life, and later wrote a popular children’s classic, ‘Neverwas’.
Once there, he meets a schizophrenic patient, Gabriel Finch (Ian McKellen), and soon finds that more things link him to the story, to the book, and also to the recovery of the patient (who believes himself to be a character from the tale) than he ever thought. Ultimately he realizes that this was the story he was meant to play a 'Hero' in.[1][2][3]
Owing to its connection with fictional fairy tale, it has often been compared with Finding Neverland (2004)[4].
The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.