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Pete's Dragon

Year:
Duration:
128 min | Argentina:130 min | Germany:102 min
Genres:
Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Musical
IMDB rate:
6.3
Director:
Don Chaffey
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1977-11-03
Filming Locations: Santa Clarita, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $10,000,000
Gross: $4,100,000 (USA) ( 1984)
Cast
Actor
Character
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
Gary Morgan
Grover
Jeff Conaway
Willie
Cal Bartlett
Paul
Charlie Callas
Elliott
Walter Barnes
Captain
Al Checco
Fisherman #1
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
Rocky Bonifield
Townspeople / Dancer (uncredited)
Patrick Dennis-Leigh
Elderly Townsman (uncredited)
Kim Diamond
Dancer / townsperson (uncredited)
Debbie Fresh
Child / Dancer / Singer (uncredited)
George Golden
White-haired Councilman (uncredited)
Ken Renard
African-American Townsman (uncredited)
Dinah Anne Rogers
Townsperson (uncredited)
Johnny Silver
Small Townsman (uncredited)
Dennis Stewart
Fisherman (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
White-haired Townsman (uncredited)
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Trivia
Animation director Don Bluth was told by the producers to create 900 feet of animation on a $1.8 million budget. When the producers were impressed with the first few scenes he completed, they updated their demand to 1800 feet of animation but neither increased the budget nor the production schedule. Bluth delivered the completed animation on time but was reprimanded for going $75,000 over budget.
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Originally, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn were only hired to write one song, "Candle on the Water." But the studio was so pleased with the song that they decided to make it as a musical and kept Kasha and Hirschhorn on to write the score.
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Originally, "Every Little Piece" had a completely different minor key melody with the same lyrics as the song that ended up in the film.
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Goofs
During the "Money" song, there is a close up on Doc Terminus and Hoagy. When Doc sings the phrase "Can't you hear that jingle-jangle sound", you can see Hoagy start to sing along with him and then catch himself and stop, since the audio only has Doc singing the line.
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When Nora and Pete are singing 'It's Not Easy' and Nora sings the line 'Life is lollipops and raindrops', she mimes the word 'rainbows' instead of 'raindrops'.
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During the storm in the finale, a huge wave breaks the lighthouse glass and puts out the wick. In the final scene at the lighthouse which takes place the next day (when they wave goodbye to Elliott), the glass is entirely intact.
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Quotes
Hoagy: [trying to tell Dr. Terminus about seeing Elliott for the first time]
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Pete: I can't sell you Elliot. I don't own him.
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Dr. Terminus: [explaining the plan to capture Elliott to Hoagy] Got it?
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Photos from cast
Henry Slate
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