What was the name of the Dragon in the Walt Disney film Pete's Dragon?
"judgment. After a very tearful hug, Elliot returns to the mountains and Pete returns to live with Grace and Jack as his new family. In the years that follow, Grace and Jack marry and adopt Pete as their son. Not only has Elliot slowly faded from the town's memory, but Gavin has learned to be more scrupulous and has moved on from the experience. Pete and his family eventually go on vacation, and see that Elliot is finally reunited with his fellow dragons. In March 2013, Walt Disney Pictures announced it would remake ""Pete's Dragon"", as a non-musical, dramatic film"
"Pete's Dragon (2016 film) Pete's Dragon is a 2016 American fantasy comedy-drama adventure film directed by David Lowery, written by Lowery and Toby Halbrooks, and produced by James Whitaker. The film is a live-action reimagining of Disney's 1977 live-action/animated musical film of the same name written by Malcolm Marmorstein. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, and Robert Redford. The film tells the story of an orphaned feral boy who befriends a dragon in the Pacific Northwest, and the ensuing repercussions of their discovery by the town's local residents. ""Pete's Dragon"" premiered at"
"Pete's Dragon (1977 film) Pete's Dragon is a 1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy comedy film directed by Don Chaffey, produced by Jerome Courtland and Ron Miller, and written by Malcolm Marmorstein. It is based on an unpublished short story of the same name, written by Seton I. Miller and S.S. Field. It stars Sean Marshall, Helen Reddy, Jim Dale, Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Jeff Conaway, Shelley Winters, and Charlie Callas. It revolves around an orphaned boy raised by an abusive hillbilly family who is friends with a dragon named Elliott. In 1957, the project was initially conceived as a two-part"
"Blu-ray, DVD and digital download on November 29, 2016. The film topped the home video sales charts for the week ending on December 4, 2016. Pete's Dragon (2016 film) Pete's Dragon is a 2016 American fantasy comedy-drama adventure film directed by David Lowery, written by Lowery and Toby Halbrooks, and produced by James Whitaker. The film is a live-action reimagining of Disney's 1977 live-action/animated musical film of the same name written by Malcolm Marmorstein. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, and Robert Redford. The film tells the story of an orphaned feral"
"(2013). It re-imagines a venerable Disney family and is presented as a straightforward drama as opposed to a musical. It is a live-action remake instead of an animated remake by Disney. Principal photography commenced in January 2015 in New Zealand, with Lowery directing. It was released on August 12, 2016. Pete's Dragon (1977 film) Pete's Dragon is a 1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy comedy film directed by Don Chaffey, produced by Jerome Courtland and Ron Miller, and written by Malcolm Marmorstein. It is based on an unpublished short story of the same name, written by Seton I. Miller and S.S."
"performed by Australian singer Helen Reddy (who played Nora in the original film), was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song in 1977. ""Pete's Dragon"" grossed $76.2 million in North America and $67.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $143.7 million, against a budget of $65 million. In the United States and Canada, ""Pete's Dragon"" opened on August 12, 2016, across 3,702 theaters, of which 2,884 were in 3D, and 150 were premium large-format screens, as well as in 57 D-Box and 16 Dolby Cinema sites. It was projected to gross $20–25 million in its opening"
"of wolves. He is rescued by a huge dragon with green fur, yellow eyes, and wings. The dragon quickly bonds with Pete and becomes protective of the boy. Pete names the dragon ""Elliot"" after the character of a lost puppy from his favorite book. Six years later, Pete, now 11, spots a lumberjack crew chopping down trees near his home. Natalie, the daughter of the ethical site foreman Jack, spots and chases him. When Natalie accidentally falls from a tree, her screams attract her father Jack and his girlfriend, park ranger Grace Meacham. Pete tries to run away, but Gavin,"
"Pete (Disney) Pete (also called Peg-Leg Pete, Pistol Pete and Black Pete, among other names) is an anthropomorphic cartoon character created in 1925 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. He is a character of The Walt Disney Company and often appears as a nemesis and the main antagonist in Mickey Mouse universe stories. He was originally an anthropomorphic bear but with the advent of Mickey Mouse in 1928, he was defined as a cat. Pete is the oldest continuing Disney character, having debuted three years before Mickey Mouse in the cartoon ""Alice Solves the Puzzle"" (1925). Pete appeared in 67"
"Sean Marshall (actor) Sean Edwin Marshall (born June 19, 1965 in Canoga Park, California) is an American former actor and singer who started acting in 1971 at the age of 6. He was in more than ten movies including ""The Deadly Trackers"", ""The New Adventures of Heidi"" and the Disney animated short film ""The Small One"", but he is most commonly known for playing the protagonist Pete in the 1977 Disney movie ""Pete's Dragon"" for which he earned a gold record. He also starred in two television series ""The Fitzpatricks"" which aired in 1977–78 for 13 episodes and ""The MacKenzies"
"containing Elliott. Ken Anderson, who created Elliott, explained that he thought it would be appropriate to make him ""a little paunchy"" and not always particularly graceful when it comes to flying. Don Hahn, who was an assistant director to Don Bluth on ""Pete's Dragon"", gained some experience working with a combination of live-action and animation before later going on to work on ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"". ""Pete's Dragon"" premiered on November 3, 1977 at the Radio City Music Hall for its intended roadshow theatrical release, in which the film ran 134 minutes. For its general release, it was edited down"
"Records, reaching #27 on the Adult Contemporary charts. The film also received a nomination for Original Song Score and Its Adaptation or Adaptation Score, losing to ""A Little Night Music"". In the early 1900s, Pete flees the Gogans, his abusive hillbilly foster family, with help from Elliott, a green fire-breathing dragon who can make himself invisible. Pete and Elliott visit Passamaquoddy, where the unseen Elliott's clumsiness causes Pete to be labeled a source of bad luck. Lampie, the lighthouse keeper, stumbles out of a tavern and encounters Pete. Elliott makes himself visible and a terrified Lampie runs into the saloon"
"avoid infringing on the trademark ""Pete's Dragon"", which was owned by The Walt Disney Company. His color was changed to purple so as to avoid blending in with any grassy areas. He was made younger to appeal to children, needing ""to be cute, but at the same time, mischievous, bratty, unpredictable, and something of an upstart."" Spyro was given the ability to glide infinitely to give him ""something he could do that no other platformer could"", making the game's worlds significantly larger and providing more incentive for exploration. According to programmer Peter Hastings, NASA rocket scientist Matt Whiting was hired"
"film ""DragonHeart"", and the game was initially ""realistic and kind of dark and gritty"" before the game took a more whimsical direction. Mark Cerny, an executive with Universal Interactive Studios, advised that the team create a game with more mass market appeal, as the demographics of the PlayStation were decreasing and its selection of children's titles were greatly outnumbered by the Nintendo 64's. According to programmer Peter Hastings, the dragon character was originally going to be named ""Pete"", but the due to copyright concerns over the name bearing similarities with Disney's 1977 film, ""Pete's Dragon"", the name was scrapped. After"
"voice cast, nor its staff of the English dubbed version. Dragones: destino de fuego Dragones: destino de fuego (Known as its English title as: Dragons: Destiny of Fire) is a Peru CGI animated film produced by: Ana María Roca-Rey and animated and distributed by: Alpamayo Entertainment. A tiny purple dragon named John John (originally named Sinchi), who was originally raised by an affectionate family of close-knit condors, who was always assumed that he was just a bit different looking from his feathered siblings. Eventually, the time comes for John John to strike out on his own and seek the answers"
"over and caught on the chandelier, which sends him and his men rolling through a stain-glass window and falling out of the castle. In the 2002 direct-to-video ""House of Mouse"" spinoff film ""Mickey's House of Villains"", Pete and other Disney villains' guest appearances from ""House of Mouse"" are featured. He takes part in the musical number ""It's Our House Now."" In the 2004 made-for-video animated film """" (with Mickey, Donald Duck, and Goofy playing the title roles), Pete again appeared under the name Peg-Leg Pete. He served as the main antagonist of the film. Here, he was the Captain of"
"a cash grab. Glenn Kenny of ""The New York Times"" felt mixed about the film in his review saying, ""It is slightly unfair to say that this reboot of ""Pete's Dragon"" is middling on a larger scale, but it's not entirely inaccurate either."" Michael O'Sullivan of ""The Washington Post"" gave the film two out of four stars and wrote, ""While ""Pete's Dragon"" does a fine job of evoking the delight one might feel at flying over hill and dale on the back of a mythological creature, it is less successful in rendering real human emotion."" ""Pete's Dragon"" was released on"
"Candle on the Water ""Candle on the Water"" is a torch song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for Walt Disney Pictures' 1977 live-action/animated film ""Pete's Dragon"". Originally recorded by Helen Reddy, who plays Nora in the film, the song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977, though it lost to ""You Light Up My Life"". The setting for the song is entirely on the lantern-room balcony of the lighthouse in which Nora and her father, Lampey, live. Nora sings the song to her fiancé Paul, who has been lost at sea for over"
"Penguin Pete Penguin Pete was the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first mascot. He was an Ecuadorian-born penguin on loan from the Pittsburgh Zoo. Penguins officials even had special ice skates made for Pete by CCM in Canada. A skater from the University of Pittsburgh taught Pete at the arena how to ice skate. Pete made his first appearance during the second intermission of a game against the Boston Bruins on February 21, 1968. Pete made six more appearances. His last appearance was on November 16 of the same year during a game against the New York Rangers. He died of pneumonia on"
"Dragones: destino de fuego Dragones: destino de fuego (Known as its English title as: Dragons: Destiny of Fire) is a Peru CGI animated film produced by: Ana María Roca-Rey and animated and distributed by: Alpamayo Entertainment. A tiny purple dragon named John John (originally named Sinchi), who was originally raised by an affectionate family of close-knit condors, who was always assumed that he was just a bit different looking from his feathered siblings. Eventually, the time comes for John John to strike out on his own and seek the answers to his many questions as he embarks on an adventure"
"Pete the Pup Pete the Pup (original, 1924 – June 1930; second Pete, September 9, 1929 – January 28, 1946) was a character in Hal Roach's ""Our Gang"" comedies (later known as ""The Little Rascals"") during the 1930s. Otherwise known as ""Pete, the dog with the ring around his eye"", or simply ""Petey"". He was well known for having a circled eye which was added by Hollywood make-up artist Max Factor and credited as an oddity in ""Ripley's Believe It or Not"". The original Pete (sired by ""Tudor's Black Jack"") was a UKC registered American Pit Bull Terrier named ""Pal,"
"and in the 2014 movie ""The Little Rascals Save the Day"", Pete is a mutt. A parody of Pete appeared briefly in the Bob Hope short Watch the Birdie, produced by competitor, Warner Bros. Roach used a number of unrelated dogs to portray Pete in ""Our Gang"" until 1938. Lucenay's Peter continued on and died of old age on January 28, 1946, in Los Angeles, California, at age 16 years/4 months, two years after the ""Our Gang"" series ended. Pete is buried at Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park at Calabasas, Los Angeles County, California, United States. Pete the Pup Pete"
"of the animated Elliott; he also found the ""Mary Poppinsish ending"" to be ""thoroughly unmotivated"", because Pete's life before meeting Elliott is never fleshed out. In 2006, Elliott was ranked fifth on a top 10 list of movie dragons by Karl Heitmueller for MTV Movie News. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 50% based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's consensus states: ""Boring and slow, this is a lesser Disney work, though the animation isn't without its charms."" During its initial release, the film grossed $18 million"
"were gradually replaced by new talents such as Don Bluth, Ron Clements, John Musker, and Glen Keane. The new animators, culled from the animation program at CalArts and trained by Eric Larson, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Woolie Reitherman got their first chances to prove themselves as a group with the animated sequences in Disney's live-action/animated hybrid feature ""Pete's Dragon"" (1977), the animation for which was directed by Bluth. In September 1979, dissatisfied with what they felt was a stagnation in the development of the art of animation at Disney, Bluth and several of the other new guard animators quit"
"Iceburgh, a more traditional mascot, for the 1993–94 NHL season. While Iceburgh's name is a play on both iceberg and Pittsburgh, not reviving the Penguin Pete name was likely done to avoid confusion with the mascot of the same name at Youngstown State University in nearby Youngstown, Ohio. Penguin Pete Penguin Pete was the Pittsburgh Penguins’ first mascot. He was an Ecuadorian-born penguin on loan from the Pittsburgh Zoo. Penguins officials even had special ice skates made for Pete by CCM in Canada. A skater from the University of Pittsburgh taught Pete at the arena how to ice skate. Pete"
"abducted by a band of nameless and leaderless bandar-log monkeys, but the rest of the scene plays out very differently from Disney's version. While no orangutans ever appeared in the Kipling's original ""Jungle Book"", he did mention an orangutan in his unrelated short story """". Bill Peet's original story for the film did not feature King Louie, but did feature a larger monkey without a tail, who was perhaps meant to be their king. Peet left the Disney company due to a dispute he had with Walt Disney regarding the contents of his script, so his ultimate vision for the"
"Ned's house. The umbrella they are under is black during their conversation as they walk towards the house (filmed from slightly above and to the front), yet after cutting to a lower shot (filmed from behind Jackie), Michael walks onscreen from the right holding an umbrella that is not black but beige, with a brown band at the rim. Yet another glaring example of poor continuity occurs in the Disney film ""Pete’s Dragon"" (filmed in 1976). During the song ""Brazzle Dazzle Day"" when Lampie (Mickey Rooney), Pete (Sean Marshall), and Nora (Helen Reddy) climb the stairs to the top of"
"Dyke's character created. One of the best-known scenes was an improvised number in which Van Dyke's character dances around with penguin waiters, as Andrews watches happily. ""Bedknobs and Broomsticks,"" from 1971 features a live action and animated sequence in which Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson dance together in an underwater nightclub, while Tomlinson must bear the brunt of aggressive, anthropomorphic soccer-playing animals in the latter half. Inspired by the 1974 Swedish film ""Dunderklumpen"" , Walt Disney Productions's ""Pete's Dragon"" from 1977 experimented with this and does the opposite of its predecessors, putting the animated dragon, Elliot, in a live-action setting."
"Charlie Callas Charlie Callas (born Charles Callias; December 20, 1924 – January 27, 2011) was an American comedian and actor most commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin, and his many stand-up appearances on television talk shows in the 1970s. He was also known for his role as Malcolm Argos, the restaurant owner and former con man, on the Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner television series ""Switch"" (1975–1978). Callas was also known as the voice of Elliott the dragon in Disney's live-action/animated musical film ""Pete's Dragon"" (1977). Callas was born in Brooklyn, New York,"
"Canvas Back Duck Canvas Back Duck is a 1953 Walt Disney animated short film starring Donald Duck and his nephews. Donald and his nephews visit a carnival. While they play games, Donald is tricked by a shifty barker into fighting ""Pee Wee Pete"" (Pegleg Pete), a truculent bruiser who significantly outweighs Donald. In spite of help from Huey, Dewey and Louie, the situation looks desperate for Donald Duck, until his fist accidentally connects with Pete's jaw, which crumbles. It turns out Pegleg Pete literally had a glass jaw. Donald wins the prize money and exits the carnival triumphantly with his"
"Puff the Magic Dragon (film) Puff the Magic Dragon is a 30-minute animated television special based on the song of the same name by Peter, Paul and Mary. This film is produced by Fred Wolf Films. The title character was voiced by Burgess Meredith. The doctors were voiced by Frank Nelson, Regis Cordic, and Charles Woolf. The special first aired October 30, 1978 on CBS. The film begins with Puff's narration about a little boy named Jackie Draper, who is filled with so much self-doubt and fear that he has stopped talking altogether. His parents are so concerned that they"
"depicted as having an ape-like appearance but were frequently given the name Pat or Paddy. However the ape is not mentioned in the text and only appears in Tenniel's illustrations, so it is possible that this is only a product of Tenniel’s imagination and not Carroll's. Other theories suggest that Pat is simply a lizard, like his co-worker Bill. Many Disney fans confuse Pat with the Dodo, as the characters are merged in the film, though there is no evidence to support the idea that they are the same character in the book. In the Disney animated film, Pat's character"
"its second Friday (-55%), it fell just by 47.2% on its second weekend, grossing $11.3 million. On its third weekend, it fell just by 35%, grossing $7.3 million. The following weekend, ""Pete's Dragon"" declined only 14.7%, grossing $6.5 million and moved up to fourth place. Outside North America, ""Pete's Dragon"" received a scattered release pattern. The film was released day-and-date in conjucture with its U.S. premiere in 12 markets (roughly 30% of the overseas market), including the United Kingdom, Italy, and Russia. It earned a total of $5.3 million, with Russia ($1.5 million), Italy ($1.4 million) and the U.K. ($1.1"
"animated short films between 1925 and 1954, having been featured in the ""Alice Comedies"" and ""Oswald the Lucky Rabbit"" cartoons, and later in the ""Mickey Mouse"", ""Donald Duck"", and ""Goofy"" cartoons. Pete's final appearance during this era was ""The Lone Chipmunks"" (1954), which was the final installment of a three-part ""Chip an' Dale"" series. He also appeared in the short films ""Mickey's Christmas Carol"" (1983), ""The Prince and the Pauper"" (1990), """" (2004), and ""Get a Horse!"" (2013). Pete has also made many appearances in Disney comics, and often appeared as Sylvester Shyster's dimwitted sidekick in the ""Mickey Mouse"" comic"