Pete's Dragon (1977)

Directed by

Don Chaffey, Don Bluth

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, musical film, children's film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 14m

Rated

G

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 725 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young orphan boy named Pete runs away from his abusive guardians and befriends a friendly invisible dragon named Elliott. Together they find a new home and protect each other from those who want to capture the dragon.

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What happens

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 Based on the unpublished short story "Pete's Dragon and the USA (Forever After)" by Seton I. Miller and S. S. Field, it stars Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, and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. The film received two nominations at the 50th Academy Awards, for musical scoring and original song. Capitol Records released a single of Reddy performing "Candle on the Water" (with a different arrangement from that in the film) that reached #27 on the Adult Contemporary charts. The film spawned a remake made by Walt Disney Pictures and released in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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