Pete's Dragon (2016 film)
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Pete's Dragon is a 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed by David Lowery, written by Lowery and Toby Halbrooks, and produced by James Whitaker. The film is a live-action remake of Disney's 1977 live-action/traditionally animated musical film of the same name, although the 2016 live-action film is not a musical. The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes Bentley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, and Robert Redford.[3] 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 residents.
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Directed by | David Lowery |
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Based on | Pete's Dragon by Malcolm Marmorstein |
Produced by | James Whitaker |
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Cinematography | Bojan Bazelli |
Edited by | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
Music by | Daniel Hart |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $65 million[2] |
Box office | $143.7 million[2] |
Pete's Dragon premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on August 8, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 12, 2016, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.[4] The film received positive reviews from critics and was also a commercial success, grossing over $143 million worldwide against a $65 million production budget.[2]