A revolutionary breakthrough in live-action and animation, "Pete's Dragon," was released by Walt Disney Production in 1977. The story of a young orphan boy named Pete and his dragon, Elliott, the movie was the first Disney feature film to be released on home video in 1980. Animators chose to make Elliott an oriental dragon as such dragons are associated with good fortune. Indeed, Elliott is a do-gooder out to protect his orphaned ward.
The story is set in Maine, where an orphan boy, Pete, runs away for his abusive adoptive family. While the family looks for him, an invisible dragon named Elliott intervenes. Pete thanks Elliott and the two form a close friendship. It is then that Elliott reveals he can be invisible or visible when he chooses. Pete thinks Elliott should stay invisible for his own protection. As they travel further from the Gogans, they land in the fishing town of Passamaquoddy, where the town drunk, Lampie stumbles out of a tavern and sees Pete and Elliott. Unfortunately, nobody believes him. Lampie and Nora live in a lighthouse, where Nora keeps a lookout for her missing fianc, Paul, who has been lost at sea for almost a year, after a shipwreck.
Finding shelter in a nearby cave, Pete and Elliott are soon found by the local lighthouse keeper, Nora. While staying at the lighthouse, Pete sees the picture of Nora's fianc, Paul and tells Nora that his dragon, Elliott can find him because he has a way of knowing things. Nora thinks that Elliott is an imaginary friend. Eventually, con men come to Passamaquoddy, who have learned of the dragon and try to persuade Pete to sell Elliott. The Gogans also wander into town trying to reclaim Pete. What follows is joint turmoil for the townspeople and Pete, Nora and Lampie as they try to escape all of them, with Elliott's assistance.
Revealing himself to save the mayor and a schoolteacher from a falling electrical line, Elliot soon becomes the hero of the town. The dragon rushes to save a ship heading from the jagged coast. He rekindles the lighthouse lamp, allowing the ship to steer clear rocks -- this fiery rekindling reveals the dragon to Nora. The ship is saved and Elliott becomes a hero. Nora's fianc, Paul finally returns, the sole survivor of the shipwreck. Paul lost his memory until intervention by Elliott made it return and he was on the ship that Elliott saved.
Nora and Paul ask Pete and Elliott to live with them for life, but Elliott informs him he must move on now, that Pete is now safe and has a loving family of his own. He has to fly off to his next assignment to help other children, and with a sad goodbye, Elliott leaves. So ends this heart-warming story of hope and goodness for children everywhere. - 15431
The story is set in Maine, where an orphan boy, Pete, runs away for his abusive adoptive family. While the family looks for him, an invisible dragon named Elliott intervenes. Pete thanks Elliott and the two form a close friendship. It is then that Elliott reveals he can be invisible or visible when he chooses. Pete thinks Elliott should stay invisible for his own protection. As they travel further from the Gogans, they land in the fishing town of Passamaquoddy, where the town drunk, Lampie stumbles out of a tavern and sees Pete and Elliott. Unfortunately, nobody believes him. Lampie and Nora live in a lighthouse, where Nora keeps a lookout for her missing fianc, Paul, who has been lost at sea for almost a year, after a shipwreck.
Finding shelter in a nearby cave, Pete and Elliott are soon found by the local lighthouse keeper, Nora. While staying at the lighthouse, Pete sees the picture of Nora's fianc, Paul and tells Nora that his dragon, Elliott can find him because he has a way of knowing things. Nora thinks that Elliott is an imaginary friend. Eventually, con men come to Passamaquoddy, who have learned of the dragon and try to persuade Pete to sell Elliott. The Gogans also wander into town trying to reclaim Pete. What follows is joint turmoil for the townspeople and Pete, Nora and Lampie as they try to escape all of them, with Elliott's assistance.
Revealing himself to save the mayor and a schoolteacher from a falling electrical line, Elliot soon becomes the hero of the town. The dragon rushes to save a ship heading from the jagged coast. He rekindles the lighthouse lamp, allowing the ship to steer clear rocks -- this fiery rekindling reveals the dragon to Nora. The ship is saved and Elliott becomes a hero. Nora's fianc, Paul finally returns, the sole survivor of the shipwreck. Paul lost his memory until intervention by Elliott made it return and he was on the ship that Elliott saved.
Nora and Paul ask Pete and Elliott to live with them for life, but Elliott informs him he must move on now, that Pete is now safe and has a loving family of his own. He has to fly off to his next assignment to help other children, and with a sad goodbye, Elliott leaves. So ends this heart-warming story of hope and goodness for children everywhere. - 15431
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