Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5709 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-04-26
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Fine casting, genuinely special effects and a keen combination of whimsy and danger make this Peter Pan the one to beat among all previous adaptations of JM Barrie's classic children's fantasy. The technical advances of CGI make the magic of Barrie's tale come alive and the spectacular effects combined with luminous live action create an action-packed Neverland that's both believable and breathtakingly artificial, like a Maxfield Parrish landscape springing vividly to life before your eyes.

More importantly, however, is the fact that director PJ Hogan (whose films include Muriel's Wedding and My Best Friend's Wedding) has taken care to develop a substantial, pre-adolescent affection between the boyish sprite Peter (Jeremy Sumpter) and resourceful London girl Wendy, played by Rachel Hurd-Wood in a marvellous screen debut. This emotional bond--and the mixed blessing of Peter's eternal childhood--is what gives Hogan's Peter Pan it's rich emotional subtext, added to an already bountiful adventure that's equal parts delightful and menacing, especially when the villainous pirate Captain Hook (Jason Isaacs, doubling as Wendy's father) threatens to spoil the fun. With a mischievously dazzling Tinker Bell (played by Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier) and no expense spared on its lavish Australian production, this Peter Pan gets it entirely right by presenting childhood as fun and frightening, in all its wondrous joys and sorrows. --Jeff Shannon

DVD Description
Re-discover the timeless story of Peter Pan as you’ve never seen it before and be swept off your feet to a Neverland you’d never dreamt possible. Magic, adventure, flying, swashbuckling action and amazing special effects: this feature film version of Peter Pan by critically acclaimed filmmakers has got it all.

Join the boy who wouldn’t grow up and Wendy, the girl who is told she has to, in their adventure against Captain Hook and his pirate crew. Follow Tinkerbell, the Lost Boys, giant crocodiles and other fanatastic creatures to a world where anything is possible … and where dreams and imagination have a power all of their own.

Special Features

• Deleted scenes
  
• Neverland Forest:
  Tinkerbell - Behind The Fairy Dust
  I Do Believe In Fairies
  
• Black Castle:
  Enter The Castle
  Learning To Fly
  The Mermaid's Tale
  
• Pirate's Ship:
  Board The Pirate Ship
  Through The Eyes Of Captain Hook
  The Pirates vs. The Lost Boys
  The Lost Pirate Song
  
• Home Underground:
  Dig Under The home
  The Legacy Of Pan
  The Duchess’s Outtakes
  Lost Boys On The Set

DVD Technical Information:

• Region Code: 2, 4
  
• Running Time: 2 hours approx.
  
• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic
  
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
  
• Language: English
  
• Subtitles: English for the Hearing Impaired

Customer Reviews

Peter Pan
Peter is very lucky because he can fly about all day and make Captain Hook's life a misery. I bought the American version of this also because there is a scene cut out of the UK version. This is the scene where Hook and Peter are in the Black Castle. I read this on the Internet a few days ago and then bought the US version. It has arrive today and works okay.

Both films are excellent,UK and the US version.

Brilliantly done.
Great story (obviously) which is well adapted. The acting is good to OK in places but the main characters are well done. We've watched this quite a few times because our 3 yo loves it and I can still sit through it. The twinkly bits are suitably twinkly (the ride to Never Land is superb), the fight scenes are great and the sets are wonderful. The film manages to portray the tragedy of being Peter Pan and Wendy as well as the joy of being a child. Very good entertainment.

Nicely done adaptation of the original book.
As an American, I couldn't help noticing that only Pan has an American accent. Entirely accurate if done on purpose, and perhaps more intriguing if it wasn't.

Pan: selfish, powerful, mischievous, good and evil at the same time--and ignorant of the difference. Deserving what he wants is not a matter of opinion, it's fact for Pan.

Anyway, having read the book, I was very happy to see this film wasn't sweetened up or painted darker than it was. The tone represented the book's quite well.