Lampie, the lighthouse keeper, stumbles out of a tavern and encounters Pete. Due to the clumsy antics of the invisible Elliott, Pete is labeled a source of ill luck and runs away to avoid being detained by the furious townspeople. The next morning, Pete and Elliott, revealed to be a dragon, share breakfast (" Bop Bop Bop Bop Bop (I Love You, Too)") and decide to visit a nearby town called Passamaquoddy. Lena, her husband, Merle, and their sons, Grover and Willie, are determined to find Pete because (in Lena's own words) "We paid $50 for that kid, and we ain't got fifty more." The lazy, inept, and constantly-bickering Grover and Willie are told by their equally-heelish parents that "If we don't get him back, you two boys are gonna have to start working on the farm with your own two hands." As they pursue him (" The Happiest Home in These Hills") an unseen force, which Pete calls Elliott, distracts them. The film also received a nomination for Original Song Score and Adaptation or Adaptation Score, losing to A Little Night Music.Ī young dusty-haired orphan named Pete is fleeing his abusive foster family, The Gogans. Helen Reddy's recording (with a different arrangement than the one her character signs in the film) was released as a single by Capitol Records, reaching #27 on the adult contemporary charts.
The song " Candle on the Water" received an Academy Award nomination, but lost to " You Light Up My Life" from the film of the same name. It was directed by Don Chaffey, and the songs are by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn. It was released on November 3, 1977.Īlso featured in the film are Helen Reddy, Mickey Rooney, Jim Dale, Red Buttons, Jeff Conaway, and Shelley Winters. He can make himself invisible and is generally visible only to Pete, which occasionally lands him in trouble with the locals. His only friend is Elliott (voiced by Charlie Callas and animated by Don Bluth), who also acts as his protector. It is about a young orphan named Pete ( Sean Marshall), who enters a small fishing town in Maine in the early 20th century. It is a live-action film, but its title character, a dragon named Elliott, is animated. Source Pete's Dragon is a 1977 live-action/animated musical feature film from Buena Vista Distribution, based on the short story by S.S. $36 – 39.6 million External links IMDb page
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