The Lost Boys
8
1978
4 hr 34 min
Drama
, TV Movie
The story of J.M. Barrie and his relationship with the Llewelyn-Davies family. Barrie writes PETER PAN for the five boys, and later adopts George, Jack, Peter, Michael, and Nicholas.
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- Cast:
- Ian Holm , Anna Cropper , William Hootkins , Maureen O'Brien , Ann Bell , Tim Pigott-Smith , Christopher Blake
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Reviews
Purely Joyful Movie!
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Fantastic!
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When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
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There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
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