Pete's Dragon (2016)

Directed by

David Lowery

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, adventure film, musical film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 2,339 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy lives alone in the woods with a friendly dragon. When people from a nearby town discover the dragon, they try to capture it. The boy must protect his friend and find a place where they both belong.

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What happens

Pete's Dragon is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed by David Lowery, written by Lowery and Toby Halbrooks, and produced by James Whitaker. The film is a remake of Disney's 1977 film of the same name, although the 2016 film is not a musical. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, and Robert Redford. The film tells the story of an orphaned feral boy who befriends a dragon in the Pacific Northwest, and the ensuing repercussions of their discovery by the town's residents. Pete's Dragon premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on August 8, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics, and grossed $143.7 million worldwide against a $65 million production budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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