Never Never Land (film)

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1980 British film

Never Never Land

Petula Clark and Anne Seymour

Directed by| Paul Annett
Produced by| Diane Baker
Starring|

* Petula Clark
* Cathleen Nesbitt
* John Castle
* Anne Seymour
* Heather Miller
* Evelyn Laye
* Roland Culver

Music by| (orchestrator/arranger)
Ron Grainer
(theme song)
Jane NcNealy
Distributed by| Sharp Features

Release date

* 1980 (1980)

Running time

| 85 min.
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English

Never Never Land is a 1980 British drama film directed by Paul Annett and starring Petula Clark, Cathleen Nesbitt, John Castle, and Anne Seymour. It is named after Neverland, the magical setting of the classic children's tales of Peter Pan.

## Plot synopsis

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Seven-year-old Jennie (Heather Miller) has been abandoned by her parents and left in the care of her aunt Bee (Petula Clark) and uncle Jim (John Castle). Jennie is treated poorly by her two elder cousins, and taking her lead from the story Peter and Wendy, she runs away from home with her younger cousin Joe (Christian Henson). She finds shelter in an abandoned London townhouse occupied by a gang of young ruffians, and becomes the equivalent of Wendy, role-playing "mother" to the Lost Boys. An old woman named Edith Forbes (Cathleen Nesbitt, in her final screen performance) befriends the girl.

## Cast

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* Petula Clark as Bee
* Cathleen Nesbitt as Edith Forbes
* Anne Seymour as Zena
* Michael J. Shannon as Peter
* John Castle as Jim
* Heather Miller as Jennie
* Christian Henson as Joe
* Evelyn Laye as Millie
* Roland Culver as Mr. Salford
* James Marcus as P.C. Stubbs

## Reception

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Produced by actress Diane Baker, it was unsuccessful in the UK and received a limited commercial release in the US. It was later broadcast by HBO in the mid-1980s.

The film's theme song "Fly Away" was composed by Jane McNealy and Alice Kuhns. It is included on The Petula Clark Anthology: Downtown to Sunset Boulevard, a CD released in 2000.

## External links

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* Never Never Land at IMDb

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J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan

Universe

| Characters|

* Peter Pan
* Wendy Darling
* Captain Hook
* Mr. Smee
* Tinker Bell
* Disney version
* Tiger Lily
* Lost Boys

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Biographies|

* The Lost Boys
* Finding Neverland

Related|

* Neverland
* Llewelyn Davies boys
* George
* Jack
* Peter
* Michael
* Peter Pan syndrome
* puer aeternus
* Peter Pan copyright
* Disney franchise
* Disney Fairies
* Tinker Bell cast
* Peter Pan (London statue)
* Peter Pan (Columbus, Ohio, statue)

Media

| Literary
adaptations|

| Official books/plays|

* The Little White Bird
* Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
* Peter and Wendy (play, book)
* Peter Pan in Scarlet

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Starcatchers books|

* Peter and the Starcatchers
* Peter and the Shadow Thieves
* Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
* Peter and the Sword of Mercy
* The Bridge to Never Land
* Never Land Books

Film
adaptations|

| Peter Pan films|

* Peter Pan (1924)
* Peter Pan (1988)
* Hook
* Neverland
* Peter Pan (2003)
* Pan
* Come Away
* Wendy
* The Lost Girls
* The Twisted Childhood Universe
* Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare (2025)

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Disney's Peter Pan films|

* Peter Pan (1953)
* Return to Never Land
* Peter Pan & Wendy

Tinker Bell films|

* Tinker Bell
* Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
* Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
* Pixie Hollow Games
* Secret of the Wings
* Pixie Hollow Bake Off
* The Pirate Fairy
* Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Other
adaptations|

| Television|

* 1954 musical
* 1976 musical
* 1989 Animated Series
* Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates
* Jake and the Never Land Pirates
* Once Upon a Time
* Neverland
* Peter Pan Live!
* The New Adventures of Peter Pan
* Peter and Wendy

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Stage|

* 1950 musical
* 1954 musical
* Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure
* Peter and the Starcatcher
* Peter Pan 360
* Peter and Alice
* Peter Pan Goes Wrong
* Wendy & Peter Pan
* Disney's Peter Pan Jr.
* Finding Neverland (musical)

Video games|

* Peter Pan and the Pirates
* Hook
* Peter Pan: Adventures in Never Land

Prose|

* The Child Thief

Graphic novels|

* Peter Pank
* Lost Girls
* Marvel Fairy Tales
* Cheshire Crossing

Music|

| Albums|

* Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust

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Songs|

* "Lost Boy" (Ruth B song)
* Somewhere in Neverland
* "Peter Pan" (Kelsea Ballerini song)

Attractions|

* Disney on Ice
* Fantasmic!
* Peter Pan's Flight (ride)
* Pixie Hollow

Allusions|

* Never Never Land

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