Pete's dragon [videorecording] / Walt Disney Pictures presents ; screenplay by Malcolm Marmorstein ; produced by Ron Miller and Jerome Courtland ; directed by Don Chaffey.
Live-action and animation. Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Sean Marshall. Based on a story by Seton I. Miller and S.S. Field. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977. Special features: Where's Elliot? the disappearing dragon game; 3 still galleries; film facts; Disney family album excerpt; The plausible impossible excerpt; classic Disney cartoon Lighthouse keeping; Man, monsters and myths featurette.
Summary:
Pete, a young orphan, flees from his cruel guardians to a fishing town with a lovable but mischievous dragon named Elliot. Elliot's flair for flying and disappearing at will continually gets Pete into trouble. The townfolk try to capture Elliot for their own gain, only to discover that a fire-breathing dragon may be the only solution to an unexpected problem.
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