<P> Pete 's Dragon is a 1977 American live - action animated musical fantasy comedy film directed by Don Chaffey , produced by Jerome Courtland and Ron Miller , and written by Malcolm Marmorstein . It is based on an unpublished short story of the same name , written by classical Hollywood writer Seton I. Miller . It stars Helen Reddy , Jim Dale , Mickey Rooney , Red Buttons , Shelley Winters , and Charlie Callas . It revolves around an orphaned boy raised by an abusive hillbilly family who is friends with a dragon named Elliott . </P>
<P> Pete 's Dragon is a 1977 American live - action animated musical fantasy comedy film directed by Don Chaffey , produced by Jerome Courtland and Ron Miller , and written by Malcolm Marmorstein . It is based on an unpublished short story of the same name , written by classical Hollywood writer Seton I. Miller . It stars Helen Reddy , Jim Dale , Mickey Rooney , Red Buttons , Shelley Winters , and Charlie Callas . It revolves around an orphaned boy raised by an abusive hillbilly family who is friends with a dragon named Elliott . </P>
when was the original pete 's dragon made
when was the original pete 's dragon made
1977
1977