Pete's Dragon
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 Based on the unpublished short story "Pete's Dragon and the USA (Forever After)" by Seton I. Miller and S. S. Field, the film stars Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Jeff Conaway, Shelley Winters, and the voice of Charlie Callas as Elliott.
Plot
In New England in the early 1900s, an orphan named Pete flees the Gogans, his abusive foster family, with the assistance of an unseen force he calls Elliott. The family calls for Pete to return and promise they will treat him better, while contrastingly expressing their true intentions to punish him severely ("The Happiest Home in These Hills"). After they abandon their search, Pete falls asleep. The next morning, Pete awakens and Elliott is revealed to be a large cartoonish green dragon that can turn invisible ("I Love You, Too").
More details
| author | Malcolm Marmorstein Seton I. Miller |
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| contentLocation | Maine |
| director | Don Bluth Don Chaffey |
| editor | Gordon D. Brenner |
| genre | action adventure animation comedy fantasy live-action |
| keywords | bad luck cape hatteras ceiling early 1900s even fall fish foster family lighthouse keeper lost at sea morning new england orphan passamaquoddy passamaquoddy bay quack quackery rogue wave sole survivor utility pole warn |
| musicBy | Joel Hirschhorn |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Song Score |
| producer | Jerome Courtland Ron W. Miller |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Pictures |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | California |
| theme | animated buddy comedy musical |