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Pete's Dragon
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1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy comedy by Don Chaffey
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Pete's Dragon is a 1977 American fantasy musical adventure film produced by The Walt Disney Company and Walt Disney Productions. Directed by Don Chaffey and Don Bluth, the screenplay was written by Malcolm Marmorstein and Seton I. Miller. The film features a cast including Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, and Red Buttons, with music composed by Joel Hirschhorn. It was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+ in various formats, including video on demand.
The narrative is set in Maine, specifically within a lighthouse environment, and was filmed in California. The production had a budget of 10,000,000. Runtime figures for the film vary, with sources listing durations of 134, 128, or 128 minutes. The movie received ratings of 6.3 from both TMDb and IMDb, based on vote counts of 720 and 28,184 respectively. It has been referenced by 523 other encyclopedia articles.
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Film · TMDB
6.3Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper, Nora, and her father, Elliott's prank playing lands them in big trouble. Then, when crooked salesmen try to capture Elliott for their own gain, Pete must attempt a daring rescue.
Cast
- Sean Marshall as Pete
- Helen Reddy as Nora
- Jim Dale as Dr. Terminus
- Mickey Rooney as Lampie
- Red Buttons as Hoagy
- Shelley Winters as Lena Gogan
Themes
- farm
- friendship
- escape
- lighthouse keeper
- maine
- part live action
- dragon
- based on short story
- part animation
- live action and animation
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Don Chaffey
- Written by
- Malcolm Marmorstein
- Based on
- Pete's Dragon and the USA (Forever After) by Seton I. Miller and S. S. Field
- Produced by
- Jerome Courtland Ron W. Miller
- Starring
- Helen Reddy Jim Dale Mickey Rooney Red Buttons Shelley Winters
- Cinematography
- Frank Phillips
- Edited by
- Gordon D. Brenner
- Music by
- Irwin Kostal
- Production company
- Walt Disney Productions
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Distribution
- Release date
- November 3, 1977 ( 1977-11-03 )
- Running time
- 129 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $36 –39.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- family film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Don Chaffey
- Screenwriter
- Seton I. Miller
- Cast member
- Charles Tyner
- Composer
- Joel Hirschhorn
- Producer
- Ron W. Miller
- Production company
- The Walt Disney Company
- Cinematographer
- Frank V. Phillips
- Narrative location
- Maine
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 616393
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/petes-dragon
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- publication date
- 1978-10-13
- title
- Pete's Dragon
- Commons category
- Pete's Dragon
- distributed by
- Disney+
- production code
- 0157
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- lighthouse
- review score
- 56%
- capital cost
- 10000000
- box office
- 4100000
- form of creative work
- feature film
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Pete's Dragon is a 1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy film directed by Don Chaffey, produced by Jerome Courtland and Ron Miller, and written by Malcolm Marmorstein. Based on the unpublished short story "Pete's Dragon and the USA (Forever After)" by Seton I. Miller and S. S. Field, it stars Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, and Shelley Winters.
The project was initially conceived in 1957 as a two-part episode of the Disneyland television series, but it was shelved until it was revived as a musical film in 1975. The film was released on November 3, 1977, to mixed reviews from critics, though some praised the animation.
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