《Finding Neverland》　寻找梦幻岛　保持一颗未泯的童心

No.075　《Finding Neverland》　寻找梦幻岛　保持一颗未泯的童心

英文导读

Finding Neverland is a 2004 semi-biographical film about playwright J. M. Barrie and his relationship with a family who inspired him to create Peter Pan, directed by Marc Forster. The screenplay by David Magee is based on the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee.

Disappointed by the lukewarm reception his latest play received, Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) is clearly in need of some serious inspiration. Unexpectedly, he finds it one day during his daily walk with his St. Bernard in London's Kensington Gardens, where he encounters the Llewelyn Davies family: four fatherless boys and their beautiful, recently widowed mother (Kate Winslet).

Despite the disapproval of the boys' steely grandmother (Julie Christie) and the resentment of his own wife (Radha Mitchell), Barrie befriends the family, engaging the boys in tricks, disguises, games and sheer mischief, creating play-worlds of castles and kings, cowboys and Indians, pirates and castaways. He transforms hillsides into galleon ships, sticks into mighty swords, kites into enchanted fairies and the Llewelyn Davies boys into "The Lost Boys of Neverland".

From the sheer thrills and adventurousness of childhood will come Barrie's most daring and renowned masterwork, "Peter Pan". Barrie begins rehearsals only to shock his actors with such unprecedented requests as asking to fly across the stage, talking to fairies made of light and don dog and crocodile costumes. Then, just as Barrie is ready to introduce the world to "Peter Pan", a tragic twist of fate will make the writer and those he loves most understand just what it means to really believe.

The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. It was shown at the Telluride Film Festival, the Haifa Film Festival, the Athens Panorama European Film Festival, the Mill Valley Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the Leeds International Film Festival before opening in the UK on October 29, 2004. It had a limited release in the United States on November 12, 2004, and opened more widely on November 24, 2004.

The film was budgeted at $25 million. It grossed$51,676,606 in the US and $67 million in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $118,676,606.

The film received critical acclaim. Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times described the film as "gently seductive, genuinely tender and often moving without being maudlin" and added, "Depp and Winslet share a rare combination of airiness, earthiness and sharp, wry intelligence."

The film was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Depp's portrayal of J. M. Barrie, Best Adapted Screenplay (David Magee), Best Art Direction (Gemma Jackson and Trisha Edwards), Best Costume Design (Alexandra Byrne), Best Film Editing (Matt Chesse), and won one for Jan A. P. Kaczmarek's musical score.

获奖情况

2005年第77届奥斯卡：最佳原创配乐奖，并荣获最佳影片提名、最佳男主角提名、最佳改编剧本提名、最佳艺术指导提名、最佳剪辑提名。

影片信息

导演：马克·福斯特

编剧：埃伦·尼、戴维·马吉

主演：约翰尼·德普、凯特·温丝莱特、达斯汀·霍夫曼、弗莱迪·海默

类型：剧情、家庭、传记

制片国家（地区）：美国、英国

上映日期：2004-09-04（意大利威尼斯电影节）

片长：106分钟

又名：《不老的传说》《寻找新乐园》《小飞侠前传之魔幻童心》

剧情简介

詹姆斯·巴里（约翰尼·德普饰）是一个居住在伦敦的作家，正处于灵感枯竭期。每天他都会路过肯辛顿公园两次，每次他都会看见一群孩子不厌其烦地在草地上追逐玩耍，有一天他停下脚步来观察，原来孩子在玩海盗游戏，孩子们还热情邀请他加入海盗队伍。

于是，这支肯辛顿公园海盗小队又多了一个独眼大海盗。巴里成了一个大孩子，在队伍中虽然高出一个头，却玩得不亦乐乎。和孩子们一起玩游戏、恶作剧、过家家，进入城堡和国王、牛仔和印第安人、海盗和漂流的世界。

通过和这些天真无邪的孩子们的接触，几个孩子丰富的想象力感染了巴里，也打开了巴里想象力的大门，这段经历，成了巴里创作《小飞侠》的灵感源泉，创造了之后家喻户晓的人物——“小飞侠”彼得·潘。

最初，巴里的剧团对这部童话剧的吸引力非常质疑，就连一向支持他的制作人查尔斯（达斯汀·霍夫曼）也担忧不已。然而演出后当地的反响，证明了巴里的坚持是正确的。

然而，正当詹姆斯·巴里准备向全世界介绍《小飞侠》时，一场突如其来的打击让所有人意识到现实的残酷：他善良的母亲，正在离他远去…

制作花絮

本片原定于2003年秋季上映，但由于哥伦比亚公司同期上映的《小飞侠》持有原著作者J. M. 巴利的版权，他们不同意米拉麦克斯影业公司使用某些原著片断除非他们延期上映。最后米拉麦克斯影业公司以延期1年上映换得了版权。

正如影片中一样，舞台剧中的小飞侠历来都是女孩扮演的，这是一个传统。

影片开头那场戏中很多群众演员争相走过左边那扇门，这样他们就能握到达斯汀·霍夫曼的手了。

在影片拍摄期间，达斯汀·霍夫曼曾因折叠椅坍塌而失去一只指尖，为了减轻疼痛，霍夫曼曾在表演的一整天依赖吗啡止痛，在一个镜头中，还将手插进衣兜以隐藏绷带。

据制片人理查德·格莱德斯坦说，有50位导演拒绝执导本片。

实际上，彼得·潘的人物原型并非是片中所指的彼得·李维林·戴维斯，而是他的弟弟迈克尔。

重点学习

J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) is clearly in need of some serious inspiration

文中的in need of是英语中的一个固定搭配，是“有…的需要，有…的必要”的意思，比如：It connects those who want to give with those in need of receiving.（它帮助那些希望捐赠的人和需要赠品的人取得联系。）

A tragic twist of fate will make the writer and those he loves most understand

Twist作为名词使用时，有“曲折处；拐弯处”的意思，所以文中的twist of fate也就是“命运之转折；命运的转折处”的意思，比如：But for a cruel twist of fate, he could now run his own business.（要不是时运不济，他现在可能正在经营自己的公司。）另外，歌手伊米莉亚有一首歌，歌名就是《Twist Of Fate》。

单词时间

lukewarm[ˈlu:kwɔ:m] adj. 冷淡的；微温的；不够热心的

playwright[ˈpleirait] n. 剧作家

fatherless[ˈfɑ:eəlis] adj. 无父的

widowed[ˈwidəud] adj. 寡居的；鳏居的

trick[trik] n. 诡计；恶作剧；窍门；花招；骗局；欺诈

mischief[ˈmistʃif] n. 恶作剧；伤害；顽皮；不和

cowboy[ˈkauˌbɔi] n. 牛仔；牧童；莽撞的人

castaway[ˈkɑ:stəwei] n. 被抛弃的人；坐船遇难者；漂流者

masterwork[ˈmɑ:stəwə:k] n. 杰作；名著

rehearsal[riˈhə:səl] n. 排演；预演；练习；训练；叙述

crocodile[ˈkrɔkəˌdail] n. 鳄鱼