Peter Pan (1953 movie)
1953 animated fantasy-adventure film by Disney
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Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It is the 14th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. It was first released on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures. Peter Pan is the last Disney animated movie released through RKO. Walt Disney then made his own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution.
| Peter Pan | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Clyde Geronimi Wilfred Jackson Hamilton Luske |
| Screenplay by | Milt Banta William Cottrell Winston Hibler Bill Peet Erdman Penner Joe Rinaldi Ted Sears Ralph Wright |
| Story by | J. M. Barrie (Play) |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | Bobby Driscoll Kathryn Beaumont Hans Conried Paul Collins Tommy Luske |
| Narrated by | Tom Conway |
| Music by | Oliver Wallace |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million[1] |
| Box office | $145 million[1] |
The movie was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.[2] A sequel called Return to Never Land was released in 2002. A series of direct-to-DVD movies about Tinker Bell began in 2008.
Cast and characters Edit
- Bobby Driscoll as Peter Pan
- Margaret Kerry as Tinker Bell, a 13-year-old fairy.
- Kathryn Beaumont as Wendy Darling
- Paul Collins as John Darling
- Tommy Luske as Michael Darling
- Hans Conried as George Darling
- Heather Angel as Mary Darling
- Nana: The Darlings' nursemaid, a St. Bernard dog
- Hans Conried as Captain Hook
- Bill Thompson as Mr. Smee
- Corinne Orr as Tiger Lily
- The Crocodile
- The Lost Boys
- Robert Ellis as Cubby
- Jeffrey Silver as Nibs
- Jonny McGovern as Twins
- Stuffy Singer as Slightly
- Tony Butala as singing voices
- June Foray, Connie Hilton, Margaret Kerry, and Karen Kester as the mermaids
- June Foray as Squaw
- Bill Thompson as the other pirates
- Candy Candido as the Indian Chief/Big Chief
- Tom Conway as the Narrator
- The Mellomen (Thurl Ravenscroft, Bill Lee, Bob Stevens and Max Smith) as the Pirate Chorus and Indians.
Release Dates Edit
| Country | Premiere |
|---|---|
 United States |
February 5, 1953 |
 Canada |
February 20, 1953 |
 Brazil |
April 10, 1953 |
 Argentina |
July 7, 1953 |
 United Kingdom |
July 27, 1953 |
 Ireland |
July 31, 1953 |
 Australia |
October 16, 1953 |
 Mexico |
December 11, 1953 |
 Italy |
December 16, 1953 |
| Australia |
December 18, 1953 |
 Finland |
December 18, 1953 |
 Sweden |
December 21, 1953 |
 West Germany |
December 22, 1953 |
 France |
December 23, 1953 |
 Denmark |
December 26, 1953 |
 Norway |
December 26, 1953 |
 Portugal |
April 8, 1954 |
 Netherlands |
August 13, 1954 |
 Hong Kong |
September 16, 1954 |
 Austria |
December 3, 1954 |
 Poland |
December 6, 1954 |
 Japan |
March 9, 1955 |
 Israel |
April 9, 1955 |
 Turkey |
December 1955 |
 South Korea |
June 13, 1957 |
 Kuwait |
December 24, 1993 |
References Edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Peter Pan". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Peter Pan". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2009-01-23.
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