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Neverwas

Every fairy tale needs its hero.

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.

20051h 43mPG-13Drama, Thriller

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About Neverwas

Directors
Joshua Michael Stern
Cast
Ian McKellen, Aaron Eckhart, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, William Hurt
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Content rating
PG-13
Original language
English
Production countries
Canada, United States of America
Status
Released

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