Peter Pan
Seen it?1976 | 102 min | Fantasy, Music, Family, TV Movie
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of people who'll be humming afterwards and anyone who likes a world with its own rules. The music is woven into the story, not just laid on top. Shelve it next to The Nightmare Before Christmas or Descendants 2.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Lively and easy to follow, at 1 hr 42 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1976: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your stories firmly grounded in the real world.
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame, starring Mia Farrow as Peter Pan and Danny Kaye as Captain Hook, and with Sir John Gielgud narrating. Julie Andrews sang one of the songs, "Once Upon a Bedtime", off-camera over the opening credits. It aired on NBC at 7:30pm on Sunday, December 12, 1976, capping off the program's 25th year on the air. The program did not use the score written for the highly successful Mary Martin version which had previously been televised many times on NBC. Instead, it featured 14 new and now forgotten songs, written for the production by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 10K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dwight Hemion
- Mia FarrowPeter Pan
- Danny KayeCaptain Hook / Mr. Darling
- Paula KellyTiger Lily
- Virginia McKennaMrs. Darling
- Briony McRobertsWendy
- Tony SympsonSmee
- Joe MeliaStarkey
- John GielgudNarrator
- Ian SharrockJohn
- Adam StaffordMichael