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Neverwas
Sign in to saveNeverwas is a 2005 Canadian-American fantasy drama film, written and directed by Joshua Michael Stern in his directorial debut. It stars Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte, William Hurt, and Jessica Lange. It was first shown at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. However, the film was never given a full theatrical release, eventually being released straight to DVD in 2007.
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6.4Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. 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, spent many years of his life.
Cast
- Ian McKellen as Gabriel Finch
- Aaron Eckhart as Zach Riley
- Brittany Murphy as Maggie Blake
- Nick Nolte as T. L. Pierson
- Jessica Lange as Katherine Pierson
- William Hurt as Dr. Peter Reed
Themes
- schizophrenia
- psychiatrist
- novelist
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Neverwas
- Film.image
- Neverwas (2005).jpg
- Film.caption
- DVD cover
- Film.director
- Joshua Michael Stern
- Film.writer
- Joshua Michael Stern
- Film.music
- Philip Glass
- Film.cinematography
- Michael Grady
- Film.editing
- Jeff McEvoy
- Film.distributor
- Miramax Films
- Film.runtime
- 108 minutes
- Film.language
- English
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joshua Michael Stern
- Screenwriter
- Joshua Michael Stern
- Cast member
- William Hurt
- Composer
- Philip Glass
- Producer
- Sidney Kimmel
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 120949
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2005-01-01
- title
- Neverwas
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 14%
- Commons category
- Neverwas
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Neverwas is a 2005 Canadian-American fantasy drama film, written and directed by Joshua Michael Stern in his directorial debut. It stars Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte, William Hurt, and Jessica Lange. It was first shown at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. However, the film was never given a full theatrical release, eventually being released straight to DVD in 2007.
==Plot== Zach Riley is a psychiatrist who leaves a job at a prestigious university to take up a position at the privately run mental institution, Millwood, belonging to Dr. Reed. 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, spent many years of his life as he battled chronic depression. T.L. later wrote a popular children's classic, Neverwas, about a child (based on young Zach himself) who enters a secret world to free a captive king. T.L. later committed suicide; Riley, who found the body, has always partly blamed himself for his father's death.
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