Rating: G
Genre:
Children's/Family
Release Date: 08/18/2009
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 129 Minutes
Flags: Child Classic
Distributor/Studio: Walt Disney
Based on a story by Hollywood old-timers
Seton I. Miller and
S. S. Field,
Pete's Dragon divides its time between its flesh-and-blood characters and an animated blue dragon.
Pete (
Sean Marshall), a lonely orphan boy in turn-of-the-century Maine, runs away from his abusive foster family. He stumbles upon a lovable dragon named
Elliot, and the two become inseparable companions.
Elliot is visible only to
Pete, leading the townsfolk to assume that the boy is a trifle tetched.
Pete finally finds happiness with his "new" family, lighthouse-keeper
Lampie (
Mickey Rooney) and his daughter
Nora (
Helen Reddy, who sings and sings). British comic actor
Jim Dale co-stars as the wacky dentist
Dr. Terminus.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
