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Pete's Dragon

1977 film directed by Don Chaffey
Movie film Q1332299
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Summary

Pete's Dragon is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,765 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Don Chaffey[3], Don Bluth[4]
  • Screenwriter: Malcolm Marmorstein[5], Seton I. Miller[6]
  • Composer: Joel Hirschhorn[7]
  • Genre: fantasy film[8], musical film[9], adventure film[10], children's film[11], family film[12]
  • Cast member: Helen Reddy[13], Jim Dale[14], Mickey Rooney[15], Red Buttons[16], Shelley Winters[17], Sean Marshall[18], Jeff Conaway[19], Charlie Callas[20], Walt Barnes[21], Jim Backus[22], Robert Easton[23], Robert Foulk[24], Roger Price[25], Charles Tyner[26]
  • Producer: Jerome Courtland[27], Ron W. Miller[28]
  • Production company: Walt Disney Pictures[29]
  • Director of photography: Frank V. Phillips[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[31]
  • Commons category: Pete's Dragon[32]
  • Distribution format: theatrical release[33], video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 5/10[35], 46/100[36], 56%[37]
  • Color: color[38]
  • Country of origin: United States[39]
  • Publication date: November 3, 1977[40], September 23, 1978[41], December 14, 1978[42], October 13, 1978[43]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[44]
  • Narrative location: Maine[45]
  • Official website: http://movies.disney.com/petes-dragon[46]
  • Filming location: California[47]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[48]
  • Title: Pete's Dragon[49]
  • Has characteristic: title for Spain[50], title for Hispanic America[51]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 0[52]
  • Duration: 134 minutes[53]
  • Capital cost: 10,000,000 US dollars[54]

Why It Matters

Pete's Dragon has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

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.
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  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  38. [40] ↑ . d-zine.se. d-zine.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . sfi.se. sfi.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Scope. Retrieved . scope.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . the-numbers.com. the-numbers.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr',
    Ampas collections film id → W084841
    Sitelink count → 35
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W084841, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → 1977 film directed by Don Chaffey
    Personality database work id → 7023
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Personality database work id: 7023, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322267613|Pete's Dragon (#322267613)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8402|Personality"
  3. 7w ago · Gamaliel · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The encyclopedia of fantasy id → petes_dragon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The encyclopedia of fantasy id: petes_dragon, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/87360899|Pete's Dragon (#87360899)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3382|Enc"
  4. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 4820
    P14759 → t541
    Has characteristic → title for Spain, title for Hispanic America
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 4820, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  5. 14w ago · BrookTheHumming · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Distributed by → Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
    Production company → Walt Disney Pictures
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Distributed by: Netflix"
  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1977-11-03T00:00:00Z, +1978-09-23T00:00:00Z, +1978-12-14T00:00:00Z +1
    Screenwriter → Malcolm Marmorstein, Seton I. Miller
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+134'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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