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Article: ELEVATING 'PETER PAN' J.M. BARRIE'S CLASSIC GETS A FAITHFUL RETELLING ON SCREEN.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- December 21, 2003
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Byline: Glenn Whipp Film Writer
In the past century, J.M. Barrie's ``Peter Pan'' has spawned a peanut butter brand, a syndrome for emotionally stunted men and even a popular girl's name. (Remarkably, there were no Wendys before Barrie's play debuted in London on Dec. 27, 1904.)
But outside of a 1924 silent movie, nobody has - until now - mounted a faithful film version of ``Pan,'' a fact that seems to be lost on the general public.
``A lot of people say, 'Wasn't that already done?' '' says producer Lucy Fisher. ``And you say, 'No, that was ``Hook.'' ' And they go, 'I hated ``Hook.'' ' And you say, 'Well, this isn't ``Hook.'' ' ''
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