PETES DRAGON

Pete's
Dragon is a 2016
American fantasy
film directed
by
Lowery
produced by
remake of
name writt
stars Bryce
Bentley, Karl
special effects for Elliot

the

adventure
by David Lowery, written
and Toby Halbrooks, and
James Whitaker. The film is a
the 1977 musical film of the same
en by Malcolm Marmorstein. The film
Dallas Howard, Oakes Fegley, Wes
Urban, Oona Laurence and Robert Redford.[3] The
Dragon were done by Weta Digital.

The film premiered

at the El Capitan Theatre on August 8, 2016
and was theatrically released
by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States in
2D, Disney
Digital
3D and RealD 3D on August 12, 2016. The film
received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $132 million worldwide against a $65
million production budget.
In 1977, Pete, a five-year-old boy, is on a road trip with his parents when their car flips
off the road trying to avoid a deer. Petes parents are killed instantly, but Pete survives and is
chased into the forest by a pack of wolves, only to be rescued by a dragon with green fur, yellow
eyes, and huge wings. Pete names the dragon "Elliot" after his favorite book about a puppy of
the same name with its family, and takes to him as a father figure.
Six years later, Pete, now 11, spots a lumberjack crew chopping down trees near his
home. Natalie, the daughter of the site foreman, 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, Jack's brother, accidentally knocks him
unconscious. After realizing that Pete has vanished, Elliot stumbles around looking for him and
ends up knocking over a tree near the lumber camp, leading Gavin to organize a hunting party
to find him. Meanwhile, Pete wakes up to find himself in a local hospital, which he escapes in an
effort to return to the forest. Before the police can catch him, Grace finds Pete and convinces
him to come live with her by promising to take him to the forest the next day. After receiving a
drawing of Elliot from him, Grace takes it to her father, who claims to have discovered the same
dragon as a young man. He advises her to trust Pete, and to find Elliot.

Gavin and his men locate Elliot's treehouse, but when they try to search it, Elliot reveals
himself and scares them away. He then follows them back to town in an effort to find Pete.
When he does, however, and finds Pete settling in with Grace's family, he leaves.
The next day, Pete, Grace, Natalie, and Mr. Meacham travel to the forest to meet Elliot.
A group of hunters led by Gavin surprise Elliot and tranquilize him, locking him up in Jack's
warehouse. Before the authorities can inspect Elliot, Pete and Natalie free him from his chains
and escape on a lumber truck with Mr. Meacham.
Angered, Gavin sets up a roadblock at the bridge to stop them. A failed attempt by a still
groggy Elliot to fly damages the truck's brakes, causing the truck to plow through the barricade
and come to a stop at the other side. Confused and frightened, Elliot perches himself atop the
bridge and starts breathing fire at the police. The bridge begins to collapse under the intense
heat, causing Grace and Jack's truck to fall through. Gavin then ignores going after Elliot, and
tries to save them before they fall to their deaths. Elliot tries to prop them up, but the bridge
suddenly gives way and they all fall into the ravine. At the last second, Elliot emerges with
Grace and Jack on his back. With a military helicopter approaching, Pete decides to flee with
Elliot back to the woods.
Pete pleads with Elliot to stay with him so he can protect him from his attackers.
However, Elliot concludes that as long as they stay close together, Pete will always be in
danger. He points out Pete's book to try and convince him to go back to Grace and Jack. After a
tearful hug, Elliot returns to the mountains, while Pete goes 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, Gavin moves
on from the experience, and Elliot slowly fades from the town's memory. Nevertheless, Pete and
his family find him while on vacation, having found that Elliot has finally reunited with his fellow
dragons.