Pete's Dragon (2016)
Directed by David Lowery

Adventure / Family / Fantasy

Film Synopsis

For many years, the kindly old wood carver Mr Meacham has been regaling the children in his neighbourhood with tales about a fearsome dragon who lives in a nearby forest.  Naturally, Meacham's grown-up daughter Garce, a forester, does not believe a word of these fanciful stories - until the day she meets a 10-year-old boy named Peter.  Having neither home nor family, he lives in the woods and admits to having befriended a gigantic dragon named Elliott.  To Grace's surprise, the boy's description of the dragon matches that of the one in her father's tales.  Enlisting the help of Natalie, a sawmill's daughter, Grace sets out to discover where Peter comes from and whether there is any truth in his fantastic story.  Surely dragons are the province of children's fairytales, not real life...?
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Film Credits

  • Director: David Lowery
  • Script: David Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, Malcolm Marmorstein, Seton I. Miller (story), S.S. Field (story)
  • Photo: Bojan Bazelli
  • Music: Daniel Hart
  • Cast: 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), 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), Jasper Putt (Freckled Kid), Esmée Myers (Mom), Gareth Reeves (Dad), Levi Alexander (Young Pete), Jim McLarty (Ranger Wentworth)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 103 min

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