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Pete's Dragon

1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy comedy by Don Chaffey
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Pete's Dragon

Summary

Pete's Dragon is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,974 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pete's Dragon's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Pete's Dragon was directed by Don Chaffey[4].
  • Pete's Dragon was directed by Don Bluth[5].
  • Malcolm Marmorstein wrote the screenplay for Pete's Dragon[6].
  • Seton I. Miller wrote the screenplay for Pete's Dragon[7].
  • Pete's Dragon's composer is recorded as Joel Hirschhorn[8].
  • Pete's Dragon's genre is fantasy film[9].
  • Pete's Dragon's genre is musical film[10].
  • Pete's Dragon's genre is adventure film[11].
  • Pete's Dragon's genre is children's film[12].
  • Pete's Dragon's genre is family film[13].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Helen Reddy[14].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Jim Dale[15].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Mickey Rooney[16].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Red Buttons[17].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Shelley Winters[18].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Sean Marshall[19].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Jeff Conaway[20].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Charlie Callas[21].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Walt Barnes[22].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Jim Backus[23].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Robert Easton[24].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Robert Foulk[25].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Roger Price[26].
  • A cast member of Pete's Dragon was Charles Tyner[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Soundtrack[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7e9178b8-978d-4d50-a339-fb1010fc34ed[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Jerome Courtland[30] and Ron W. Miller[31]. Directors include Don Chaffey[4] and Don Bluth[5]. Screenwriters include Malcolm Marmorstein[6] and Seton I. Miller[7]. Cast members include Helen Reddy[14], Jim Dale[15], Mickey Rooney[16], Red Buttons[17], Shelley Winters[18], and Sean Marshall[19].

Publication

Publication dates include November 3, 1977[32], September 23, 1978[33], December 14, 1978[34], and October 13, 1978[35]. The original language of Pete's Dragon was English[36]. Genres include fantasy film[9], musical film[10], adventure film[11], children's film[12], and family film[13]. Recorded distribution format include theatrical release[37] and video on demand[38].

Reception

Reviews include 5/10[39], 46/100[40], and 56%[41].

Why It Matters

Pete's Dragon ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,974 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

California Don Bluth film Helen Reddy Jeff Conaway Maine Mickey Rooney Netflix Pete's Dragon Red Buttons Shelley Winters The Walt Disney Company United States Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [39] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . d-zine.se. d-zine.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . Scope. Retrieved . scope.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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