Pete's Dragon
- Studio
- Walt Disney Studios
- Distributor
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Synopsis
In New England in the early 20th century, Pete is a nine-year-old orphan escaping from his brutal adoptive parents, the Gogans, with his only friend, a cartoon dragon named Elliott. Pete and Elliott successfully escape to Passamaquoddy, Maine and live with Nora, a lighthouse keeper, and her father Lampie. Elliott is sought for medicinal purposes by the corrupt Doctor Terminus.
Characters
Elliot.
Live-Action Characters: Pete, Nora, Dr. Terminus, Lampie, Hoagy, Lena Gogan, Miss Taylor, Mayor, Merle, Willie, Grover, Paul, Captain, Store Proprietor, Old Sea Captain, Egg Man, Cement Man
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Don Chaffey
- Assistant Director
- Ronald R. Grow
- Second Assistant Director
- John M. Poer
- Animation Director
- Don Bluth
Producing
- Producer
- Ron Miller, Jerome Courtland
- Unit Production Manager
- Christopher Seiter
- Production Manager
- John Bloss
Writing
- Writer
- Malcolm Marmorstein
- Original Story
- Seton I. Miller, S. S. Field
Voices
- Voice
- Charlie Callas (Elliot)
- Live-Action Cast
- Helen Reddy (Nora), Jim Dale (Dr. Terminus), Mickey Rooney (Lampie), Red Buttons (Hoagy), Shelley Winters (Lena Gogan), Sean Marshall (Pete), Jane Kean (Miss Taylor), Jim Backus (The Mayor), Charles Tyner (Merle), Jeff Conaway (Willie), Gary Morgan (Grover), Cal Bartlett (Paul), Walter Barnes (Captain), Al Checco (Fisherman # 1), Henry Slate (Fisherman # 2), Jack Collins (Fisherman # 3), Robert Easton (Store Proprietor), Roger Price (Man with Visor), Robert Foulk (Old Sea Captain), Ben Wrigley (Egg Man), Joe Ross (Cement Man), Dennis Stewart (Fisherman; uncredited)
Music
- Music
- Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn
- Choreography
- Onna White
- Assistant Choreography
- Martin Allen
Animation
- Animator
- John Pomeroy, Ron Clements, Gary Goldman, Bill Hajee, Chuck Harvey, Randy Cartwright, Cliff Nordberg, Glen Keane
- Layouts
- Joe Hale
Art Department
- Art Directors
- John B. Mansbridge, Jack Martin Smith
- Storyboards
- Peter Young
- Animation Art Director
- Ken Anderson
- Costume Design
- Bill Thomas
Visual Effects
- Effects Animator
- Dorse A. Lanpher
- Matte Artist
- Pete S. Ellenshaw
- Special Effects
- Eustace Lycett, Art Cruickshank, Danny Lee
Camera
- Cinematography
- Frank V. Phillips
Editing
- Editor
- Gordon D. Brenner
- Animation Editor
- James Melton
Sound
- Sound Editor
- Raymond Craddock
- Sound Supervisor
- Herb Taylor
- Sound Mixer
- Frank C. Regula
- Sound
- George Fredrick, Ben Hendricks, William J. Wylie
Music Department
- Music Supervised, Arranged, Conducted by
- Irving Kostal
- Musical Editor
- Evelyn Kennedy
- Dance Arrangements
- David Baker
Crew
- Costumes
- Chuck Keehne, Emily Sundby
- Hair Stylist
- La Rue Matheron
- Make-Up
- Robert J. Schiffer
- Set Decorator
- Lucien M. Hafley
- Props
- Kurt V. Hulett
- Elliot Designed by
- Ken Anderson
Production notes
Combined live action and animation.
Awards
Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Song Score and its Adaptation or Adaptation Score, Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha, Irwin Kostal, 1977.
Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Song, "Candle on the Water" (Music and Lyrics: Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha), 1977
Academy Award Nominee, Best Original Song, "Candle on the Water" (Music and Lyrics: Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha), 1977
