Pete's Dragon (2016)

The adventures of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who happens to be a dragon.

Director:

David Lowery

Writers:

David Lowery (screenplay by), Toby Halbrooks (screenplay by)

Stars:

Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bryce Dallas Howard	...	Grace
Robert Redford	...	Meacham
Oakes Fegley	...	Pete
Oona Laurence	...	Natalie
Wes Bentley	...	Jack
Karl Urban	...	Gavin
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Sheriff Gene Dentler (as Isiah Whitlock)
Marcus Henderson	...	Woodrow
Aaron Jackson	...	Abner
Phil Grieve	...	Bobby
Steve Barr	...	Deputy Smalls
Keagan Carr Fransch	...	Doctor Marquez
Jade Valour	...	Nurse Merriwether
Augustine Frizzell	...	Mrs. Swanberg
Francis Biggs	...	Mr. Swanberg

Storyline

A young boy, Pete, is found in a forest where he's been living for six year after an accident took his parents' lives. A ranger, Grace, takes him in and asks him how he survived all by himself. He says he had a friend named Elliott and draws a picture of a dragon, saying it's Elliott. Grace takes the picture to her father who claims that years ago he encountered a dragon in the forest. Grace takes Pete back to the forest and he shows her his home and Elliott. A man sees Elliott, and when he tells about his experience and isn't believed, he sets out to capture the dragon to prove it.

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Plot Keywords:

orphan | dragon | boy | boy girl friendship | invisibility | 

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Taglines:

Some secrets are too big to keep.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Oakes Fegley went through four auditions before finally being cast as Pete.

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Goofs

When Grace marks the tree with blue spray paint and mentions that the owl and the tree will be safe now, she is actually marking the tree to be cut down. The U.S. Forest Service works with logging companies to thin forests by marking certain trees with blue spray paint so the loggers know to cut them down.

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Quotes

Sheriff Gene Dentler: [from trailer] You can't say 'dragon' over the radio.

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Connections

Referenced in The Nostalgia Critic: Ghostbusters (2016) (2016)

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Soundtracks

Go North [Dragon Song Redux]
Lyrics by David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks
Traditional Music

User Reviews

Lacking magic

I watched the original movie when I was kid, and my brothers and I still consider it one of our fav children movies ever. You can imagine my excitement and also my apprehension when I learned that this film was being filmed.

This is a very enjoyable family film that has lovely moments of tenderness, wonderful special effects (the design of Elliot, flying scenes, etc.), it has fun and plenty of action, and Redford and Howard are good in their roles and seem to believe in magic because I thought they were the best thing in the film.

However, the movie lack the most important thing to me -- magic. All the characters keep speaking about magic, but the actors playing them don't believe in magic, the film does not create magic, so it feels a lovely fantasy film not a magic children's film. I didn't feel it in my heart. And that being the case, the film is not memorable to me.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 August 2016 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Peter et Elliott le dragon

Filming Locations:

New Zealand

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$21,514,095, 14 August 2016

Gross USA:

$76,233,151

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$143,695,338

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Whitaker Entertainment I

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1