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Pete's Dragon (Original title)
Date: 2016 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: David Lowery

Synopsis: Fantasy. In the Pacific Northwest USA, a wood carver, Meacham, knows many stories about the dragons which are said to live in the vast forests of the region. His forest ranger daughter, Grace, becomes intrigued when she encounters in the forest ten-year-old Pete, who has lived for six years (since a car accident that left him an orphan) in the wild with his furry green dragon friend, who can turn invisible at will, called Elliott. As Pete adjusts to life with humans, in houses, Grace, her partner Jack, their daughter Oona and Jack's brother Gavin set out to determine the truth about Pete's dragon, which Meacham claims he has already met.

Genre:
Fantasy

Subjects:
Dragons, Logging, Orphans
Releases
Date: 12 August 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1
Date: 12 August 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Distributor: Buena Vista International (UK)