Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon (first released on November 3, 1977) is a musical film from The Walt Disney Company. It is about a young boy named Pete (played by Sean Marshall) who enters a small fishing community in Maine in the early 20th century. His only friend is a green cartoon dragon named Elliott (voiced by Charlie Callas and animated by Don Bluth), who also acts as his sentinel. Only Pete can see and communicate with Elliot, which occasionally lands Pete in trouble with the locals.

Trivia

• The story was acquired by the Disney studio in the 1950s, originally intended for the Walt Disney anthology series on TV.
• Perhaps because they have their own character Pete, a dinosaur similar in appearance to Elliott appeared in the Disney children's television series Goof Troop, episode "Great Egg-Spectations".
• This was the first Disney film to be recorded in the Dolby Stereo sound system.