slumberland

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This is not the first time filmmakers have tried to bring Winsor McCay’s early-20th-century comic strip “Little Nemo in Slumberland” to the screen, but it might be the most ambitious.

From New York Times

Thus prompts Nemo's journey through her dreamland, Slumberland, as she searches for her late father.

From Salon

That also meant duties were often passed down from generation to generation, as seen in "Slumberland" when Nemo asks her father why she has to learn math if she's going to take over his role and care for the lighthouse.

From Salon

Peter from "Slumberland" joins other lighthouse keepers on screen, such as the lonely keeper in "Latarnik," an adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz's famous 1881 novella "The Lighthouse Keeper"; and Will Denton, another lonely keeper in the adaptation of Jules Verne's classic 1905 novel "The Lighthouse at the End of the World."

From Salon

Based on Winsor McCay's 1905 comic strip "Little Nemo in Slumberland," Netflix's dreamy adventure film "Slumberland" follows an intrepid young girl whose imagination takes her on an epic quest alongside a hulking companion and her best friend Pig.

From Salon