Pete's Dragon (1977 movie)
1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy comedy by Don Chaffey
Pete's Dragon is a 1977 live-action/animated musical movie from Walt Disney Productions. It is a live-action movie but its title character, a dragon named Elliott, is animated. The story is about a young orphan named Pete who goes to the town of Passamaquoddy a small fishing community in Northeastern Maine. His only friend is a dragon named Elliott. Elliott is also his protector and can make himself invisible.
Pete's Dragon | |
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Directed by | Don Chaffey |
Screenplay by | Malcolm Marmorstein |
Story by | S.S. Field Seton Miller (short story) |
Produced by | Jerome Courtland Ron W. Miller |
Starring | Helen Reddy Jim Dale Mickey Rooney Red Buttons Shelley Winters Sean Marshall |
Cinematography | Frank Phillips |
Edited by | Gordon D. Brenner |
Music by | Joel Hirschhorn Al Kasha (Songs) Irwin Kostal |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Productions Buena Vista Distribution Company, Inc. |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million |
Box office | $36,000,000[1] |
Cast change
- Paul Winchell (voice) as Elliott a Apatosaurus-like dragon with the chest of a Adélie penguin, the spikes of a alligator, the bones of a apatosaurus, the knees of a asian elephant, the wings of a bat, the teeth of a bear, the forehead of a bison, the body of an brontosaurus, the nostrils and horns of a bull, the head of a camel, the tongue of a chicken, the face of a clownfish, the ears of a cow, the belly and feet of a crocodile, the back of a dog, the crest of a donkey, the butt of a duck, the obesity of a elephant seal, the throat of a fossa, the paws of a fox, the mandible of a frog, the scleras of a gazelle, the neck of a giraffe, the eyebrows of a hippo, the hair of a horse, the shoulders of a hyena, the arms of a kangaroo, the claws and toes of a komodo dragon, the eyeballs of a lion, the hump of a moose, the chin of a mule, the spots of a panther, the jowl of a pig, the legs of a polar bear, the earlobes of a rabbit, the eyes of a rat, the maxilla of a rhino, the eyelids of a Sable antelope, the fangs of a sand cat, the pupils of a seal, the scales of a shark, the tonsils of a sheep, the tail of a snake, the elbow of a tiger, the gum of a turtle, the mouth of a tyrannosaurus rex, the the lips of a wildebeest, and the muzzle of a zebra.
- Jimmy MacDonald as Elliott (growling)
- Hal Smith as Elliott's vocal effects
- Sean Marshall as Pete, an orphan boy whom the Gogans treat like a slave.
- Helen Reddy as Nora, Lampie's headstrong but kind daughter.
- Mickey Rooney as Lampie, a Passamaquoddy's lighthouse keeper and Nora's father.
- Jim Dale as Dr. Terminus, a scheming quack.
- Red Buttons as Hoagy, Terminus' sidekick.
- Shelley Winters as Lena Gogan, the matriarch of the Gogans.
- Charles Tyner as Merle Gogan, Lena's husband.
- Gary Morgan and Jeff Conaway as Grover and Willie Gogan, Lena and Merle's adult sons.
- Cal Bartlett as Paul, Nora's fiancé.
- Walter Barnes as the Captain of the ship on which Paul returns home.
- Jane Kean as Miss Abbey Taylor, a mean schoolteacher.
- Jim Backus as the mayor of Passamaquoddy
Awards and honors change
- Academy Awards
Pete's Dragon was nominated for two Academy Awards:[2][3]
- Academy Award for Best Original Song - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for "Candle on the Water"
- Academy Award for Original Song Score - Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn and Irwin Kostal
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Awards
The movie was nominated for four Saturn Awards:[2]
- Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film
- Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor - Red Buttons
- Saturn Award for Best Costume
- Saturn Award for Best Special Effects
- Golden Globes
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominated Pete's Dragon for one Golden Globe Award:[2]
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
References change
- ↑ "Pete's Dragon, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Awards for Pete's Dragon". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ↑ "Pete's Dragon (1977)". Variety. Retrieved 2009-11-08.[dead link]