Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon is an American family film with musical elements from the year 1977. It was produced by the Walt Disney Company and is based on an unpublished short story by Seton I. Miller and SS Field, at the Walt Disney in the 1950s, the rights acquired.

Action

The film is set in New England in the early 20th century. The nine- year-old orphan Pete grows with his adoptive parents, the Gogans on. This treat him very badly, he needs a lot of work and is often beaten.

One day Pete learns to know the friendly dragon Elliot. This can breathe fire, he uses about the Bratapfelbraten. He can also make himself invisible; throughout the film, he is usually visible only to Pete, what this often causes trouble because he gets pressed to explain when he is blamed for the turmoil that Elliot has caused.

After Pete and Elliot have overcome the shock of the first encounter, they become friends, and together with Pete Elliot flees from his adoptive parents. These begin the prosecution because they are not interested, just let escape their "property".

In the fishing village of Passamaquoddy in Maine Pete shelter takes in the lighthouse keeper Lampie ( Mickey Rooney) and his daughter Nora. As the Gogans arrive there to drive them to join forces succeeds.

Background

It should consist of the material originally only a one-hour episode for Disney TV anthology be made, but screenwriter Malcolm Marmorstein developed a feature-length film, which is his biggest project to date. The film was directed by British filmmaker Don Chaffey, between two major fantasy adventures with other film productions (Jason and the Argonauts, One Million Years BC ) had turned two smaller Disney films in the early sixties.

Besides represented by real actors persons is one of the main characters - the dragon Elliot - by Animation animation, responsible for the Don Bluth drew shown. The film had its premiere in Germany in December 1978 under the title of Pete's Dragon, he is since 1999 available in an abridged to 28 minutes version on DVD. The Oscar-nominated title song Candle on the Water ( " gleam of light on the water" ) is sung in the German version of Katja Ebstein.

Synchronization

The German synchronous processing originated in 1977 in the studios of the Simoton Film GmbH Berlin. For dialogue book, lyrics and synchronous Director Heinrich Riethmueller responsible.

Vocals: Katja Ebstein

Reviews

  • " The pretty animated sequences are compared with a homely staging, choreography and musical arrangement, which almost completely give away the possibilities of the genre. For children nevertheless a cheerful fun, especially because of the eponymous dragon. "- Lexicon of international film (CD -ROM edition ), Systhema, Munich 1997
  • " [ ... ] At the edge of sentimentality, yet strong special effects. " ( Score: 2 stars = average ) - Adolf Meier Heinzl, Berndt Schulz: in: Encyclopedia " Movies on TV " ( Extended edition ). . Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3, p 193
  • "Hoax Kladderabums with Rührträne. " - Evening newspaper, Munich.
  • " One of the strengths of this film are the special effects. " - Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich.

Awards

The film was shot in two categories - nominated for an Oscar - Best Song and Best Original Score. In addition, he was - again, for the soundtrack - nominated for a Golden Globe, as well as in six categories for Saturn Awards.

Media

DVD / Blu -ray

  • Pete's Dragon. Anniversary edition. Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment, 2013 ( German Blu- ray Edition, Barrel length: 106 minutes ).
  • Pete's Dragon. Special Edition. Special Collection. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, 2009 ( German DVD edition, Running Length: 102 minutes).
  • Pete's Dragon. Special Edition. Buena Vista Home Video Entertainment 2003 ( German DVD edition, Running Length: 102 minutes).
  • Pete's Dragon. Buena Vista Home Video Entertainment 2001 ( British DVD edition, Length: 124 minutes ).

Soundtrack

  • Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn: Pete's Dragon. A Disney Original Soundtrack. Walt Disney Records, Burbank 2002, Media -No. 60760-7.
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