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Peter Pan (1976)

Peter Pan (1976)

Fantasy Family Music TV Movie

A new television version of the children's classic - notable for it's stars and the brand new Newley-Bricusse score.

Release Date: 1976, December 12
Directors: Dwight Hemion
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Associated Television, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, NBC
Cast: Peter O'Farrell, George Harris, Julie Andrews, Oscar James, John Gielgud, Adam Stafford, Mia Farrow, Michael Crane, Paula Kelly, Tony Sympson, Virginia McKenna, Nicholas Lyndhurst

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

musical based on play or musical