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Neverwas

Every fairy tale needs its hero.

6.4

1h 43m

2005

“Every fairy tale needs its hero.”

Synopsis

Zach 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.

Director

Joshua Michael Stern

Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

as Gabriel Finch

Aaron Eckhart

Aaron Eckhart

as Zach Riley

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy

as Maggie Blake

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

as T. L. Pierson

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

as Katherine Pierson

William Hurt

William Hurt

as Dr. Peter Reed

Bill Bellamy

Bill Bellamy

as Martin Sands

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming

as Jake

Vera Farmiga

Vera Farmiga

as Eleanna

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