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Andrew Garfield finds wonder in everyday life in ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Garfield says the family adventure encourages viewers to rediscover imagination and community as technology increasingly shapes everyday life.
- Starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, "The Magic Faraway Tree" arrives in theaters on Friday. The family adventure follows Tim, a stay-at-home father whose family reconsiders life after his wife, Polly, quits her job.
- Two-Time Oscar nominee Garfield became passionate about the project after reading Simon Farnaby's screenplay, saying he "really just adore his sense of whimsy and heartfeltness and magic and joy."
- Finding wonder outside modern life's routine and distractions anchors the film's themes. Garfield focuses on "anything that keeps me awake to the remembering of the connection that we have to each other."
- Ultimately, the film recognizes "there's magic in the ordinary" as well as extraordinary moments. Tim's journey urges audiences to look up from their phones and reconnect with wonder.
- Garfield grew up reading Enid Blyton's "The Famous Five" with his brother but not "The Faraway Tree" series. His mother introduced him to Tolkien's "The Hobbit" and Bilbo Baggins.
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Andrew Garfield wants audiences to look up from their phones and remember that there is still plenty of magic in the world around them. That idea drew the two-time Oscar nominee to “The Magic Faraway Tree,” a family adventure about Tim, a stay-at-home father whose family is forced to reconsider life after his wife, Polly, quits her job. They move to the countryside, where their children discover the magical Faraway Tree and its ever-changing wor…
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Andrew Garfield finds wonder in everyday life in ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
Andrew Garfield stars in The Magic Faraway Tree, a fantasy adventure based on Enid Blyton’s books, about a family discovering magical worlds after moving to the countryside.
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