My Father's Dragon
My Father's Dragon is a 2022 animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Nora Twomey with a screenplay by Meg LeFauve who co-wrote the story with John Morgan. It is based on the 1948 children's novel of the same name by Ruth Stiles Gannett. The film is also dedicated to Morgan who died from cancer during the film's production in March 2016. It stars the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O'Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Whoopi Goldberg, and Ian McShane.
Plot
An unseen older woman tells the story of her father, Elmer Elevator, when he was a kid. He and his mother, Dela, owned a candy shop in a small town, but were forced to close down and move away after the people of the town moved away. They move to faraway Nevergreen City where they plan to open a new shop, but they eventually lose all the money they saved up while getting by, presumably by 3 naughty street kids named Callie, Gertie, and Eugene.
More details
| author | Meg LeFauve |
|---|---|
| director | Nora Twomey |
| editor | Darren Holmes Richie Cody |
| genre | adventure animation comedy fantasy |
| keywords | break cat crocodile end fly force gorilla how to id macaque new life pass rhino sibling small town street kid tiger whale |
| musicBy | Jeff Danna Mychael Danna |
| producer | Bonnie Curtis Julie Lynn Paul Young |
| productionCompany | Cartoon Saloon Mockingbird Pictures Netflix Animation |
| publisher | Netflix |
| theme | animated cartoon children's |