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“Pete’s Dragon” (1977) has become a somewhat forgotten Disney movie that was originally inspired by the success of Mary Poppins (45th Anniversary Special Edition) as a live-action/animation musical. The legend finally got the green-light in 1975; songs were by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, and an all-star cast was assembled: singer Helen Reddy in her first film role, Broadway’s Jim Dale, Shelley Winters, Red Buttons, Jim Backus, and Mickey Rooney. Sean Marshall, in his first acting job, portrayed the title character of Pete.
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Pete is a young orphan who has escaped the abusive family that adopted him: a dirty bunch of hillbillies known as The Gogans (Jeff Conaway, Kenickie from Grease (Rockin’ Rydell Edition) [Blu-ray] plays one of The Gogans) . They adopted Pete to consume him as a slave. Elliott, a tall green dragon who can become invisible at will, helps Pete race, and acts as his friend and protector. Pete ends up in the dinky village of Passamaquoddy, where he is taken in by righteous Nora (Reddy) and her father Lampie (Rooney) . The two hold the lighthouse in town, where Nora waits for her boyfriend Paul to return, even though he was lost at sea years before. The Gogans accumulate Pete and attempt to retract him help, with the wait on of Doc Terminus (Dale), a medicine showman, and his shill, Hoagy (Buttons) . Although fairly predictable, it is a heartwarming anecdote with an noble cast and music that is light and breezy. Definitely genuine fare for the young!
Nominated for Best Current Salvage and Best New Song (“Candle in the Water”), pleasantly sung by Reddy.
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When watching today, the animation looks a miniature antiquated, as digital animation and the ability to combine live-action with cartoons has obviously improved since 1977. Smooth, with the limitations of the day, what the Disney team was able to acquire is detached quite impressive. The entire town of Passamaquoddy was built on the Disney backlot, with a functioning lighthouse built above Morro Bay, California. The US Flee Guard had to give permission to Disney to actually light it so as not to confuse steady ships in the water. Disney’s Golden Oak Ranch in Santa Clarita was also worn for a number of outdoor shots.
SPECS:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound * Widescreen (1.66:1) –Enhanced for 16×9 TVs. This was the first Disney film recorded in the Dolby Stereo sound system. The clarity and color of the image of the DVD are excellent; sound is obedient too, but nothing that will really blow your speakers away. Running time of approximately 129 minutes, which is objective about 5 minutes short of the new roadshow version.
BONUS FEATURES:
Sneak Peeks: Snow White on Blu-ray, The Prince & The Frog (theatrical), Disney Blu-ray, Hannah Montana the Movie, Up, D23, Earth, and Tinkerbell: The Lost Worship.
Brazzle Dazzle Effects (25:23) : Narrated by Sean Marshall (Pete) who is heard show day, but never seen! Sean takes us on a slip telling the history of live-action/animation in Disney films, beginning the Alice Comedies. Virginia Davis (Alice) recalls pantomiming to invisible animals. “Children esteem to pretend. I loved to pretend, too.” Disney notion that by putting a live girl in an arresting setting he could glean a leg-up on the competition. Ub Iwerks joined the Disney team early, left, and then returned in the 1940’s. Many of the special accomplish processes that have made Disney film magic possible were a result of his genius. “The Three Caballeros” was a milestone in 1945 in combining color live-action film with animation. Using rear-screen projection and special process-lab effects, Iwerks helped the film carry out many things never seen before. The loyal jump came in 1959 with “Ten Who Dared,” a film that extinct the Sodium Vapor Process Cloak. Using yellow lights/filters, filmmakers were able to block out backgrounds that made it easier to combine the animation. Without this process, “The Parent Trap” and “Mary Poppins” would never have been possible. Marshall recalls filming “Pete’s Dragon” in the summer of 1976. He loved the entire process: special effects, acting, dancing, makeup. “The only thing I didn’t like was the fame!” He recalls Red Buttons and Mickey Rooney attempting to upstage each other, and how choreographer Onna White’s instruction helped prepare him to be a college pole-vaulter. In this featurette, you will study the unique live-action film and learn how it was combined with the animation. Very spicy to sight documentary.
Deleted Storyboard Sequence: “Terminus & Hoagy Hunt Elliott” (2:25) –Nothing really missed here!
Original Song Concept: “Boo Bop BopBop Bop (I Treasure You Too) ” (2:35) : Very pop-sounding; almost a miniature out of space. Not missed from the storyline, it featured both Pete & Elliott.
Original Demo Recordings (all from February 11, 1976) :
Brazzle Dazzle Day: Alternate song, first attempt. The song was liked by re-written.
Every Small Piece: Alternate melody. Concept to be too somber, the lyrics were kept, but the melody was rewritten.
The Greatest Star of All: Deleted song for a deleted character. Artist Ken Anderson belief 2 villains were not needed, so both song and character were lop.
Promotional Record:
Pop versions of songs from the movie released on a 7″ Vista represent are presented here: It’s Not Easy, Brazzle Dazzle Day, There’s Room For Everyone, Candle on the Water.
Art Galleries: Idea Art, Behind-the-scenes, and publicity galleries. Varying quality, but mild very frosty to eye, especially the behind-the-scenes shots.
Trailers: International & Theatrical Trailers
“About Pete’s Dragon”: 5 screens with production notes about the movie.
“Disney Family Album” (excerpt, 2:20) : About artist Ken Anderson. He describes how he based Elliott on Wallace Beery – tremendous, bumbling, but loveable. He also is seen at the Disney ranch, which he describes as his Laughing Situation.
“The Plausible Impossible” (excerpt, 3:36) : From the Disneyland TV demonstrate, October 31, 1956. Shows the Disney Art of Animation book, with chapter 5 about the Plausible Impossible–using animation to develop the unreal glimpse staunch. Clips from Fantasia shown.
“Lighthouse Keeping” (1956, 6:45) : Donald Duck cartoon
Includes a game for the very young, where you must win Elliott.
Overall, a really substantial DVD with exquisite extras.
“I was the number one star of Hollywood aid in 1940…and I worked alongside someone who would become a halt friend and a titanic star. Her name was Frances Gumm. You know her as…Judy Garland.”
Surely during the production of PETE’S DRAGON, the expansive Mickey Rooney shared these facts with young Sean Marshall, who — as an offscreen adult — narrates a current documentary about the 1977 Disney musical fantasy on the unique “High-Flying Edition.”
The current doc makes it easier to understand that sodium camouflage process so often former in Disney films of the period — a kind of yellow light tedious the subject that somehow vanishes and allows two images to be combined. Maybe that yellow sheen is the reason that you could always dwelling a seam along the two separate images — a pickle solved by today’s digital technology.
When PETE’S DRAGON premiered in 1977, I was extremely exasperated that a MARY POPPINS/BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS-type Disney movie was arriving. I listened to the various records over and over. I even was fortunate enough to gaze Wally Boag himself appearing at the Lakes Mall in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, in which the “Every Dinky Section” sequence was recreated with an Elliott puppet that popped out of the box.
I loved the movie, though probably not as remarkable as MP or B&B. It’s very mighty like the other frothy Disney comedies of the period, only an hour longer and with songs. I would have preferred something with objective a tad more gravity, though not as black as today’s movie fantasies.
That said, it’s composed very engrossing and captures a period when the Disney studio had a backlot and you could smile at the glimpse of familiar faces like Jane Kean and Jim Backus. The glean deserves better appreciation that it has received in unusual years.
The notion of an tantalizing Elliott cavorting with humans was not miraculous even in 1977, since Tony the Tiger and friends did it frequently on TV) . It of course reached the next level with ROGER RABBIT. Thanks to outstanding animation, Elliott’s soars beyond a mere gimmick.
A couple of trivia gems: the screenwriter, Malcolm Marmorstein, was one of the writers for TV’s Shadowy SHADOWS and, if you’re a fan of the TV classic THE PRISONER, many of its episodes were directed by PETE’S DRAGON director Don Chaffey.
The recent DVD, while not including an audio commentary, does improve on the previous edition in a major method — at least to a Disney music buff like me. There are a selection of demo recordings and a handful of Kids of the Kingdom-style “pop versions” of the songs I had not heard before. “Brazzle Dazzle Day” had a different melody with mostly different lyrics. “Every Petite Portion” had the same lyrics with an “If I Were a Rich Man”-like melody. “It’s Not Easy” had alternate lyrics that transformed it into a romantic appreciate song. And there’s even a deleted song called “The Greatest Star of All,” clearly intended for Jim Dale’s character, Terminus. These alone build the recent DVD worth getting.
The extras from the previous edition are all mild there except the 25-minute 1973 live-action/animated documentary MAN, MONSTERS & MYSTERIES, narrated by Sebastian Cabot with Suited Holloway voicing the Loch Ness Monster (aka “Nessie”) .
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