For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace, who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales... until she meets Pete, a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete's descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham's stories. With the help of Natalie, an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
Direction
David Lowery brings A Ghost Story's patience to a Disney remake.
Visual Effects
Elliott's fur moves like water—no scales, all soul.
Cinematography
Magic hour Pacific Northwest shots that'll ruin your life.
Director
David Lowery
Oakes Fegley
Pete
Bryce Dallas Howard
Grace
Wes Bentley
Jack
Karl Urban
Gavin
Oona Laurence
Natalie
Robert Redford
Mr. Meacham
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Sheriff Gene Dentler
John Kassir
Elliot the Dragon (voice)
Marcus Henderson
Woodrow
Aaron Jackson
Abner
Phil Grieve
Bobby
Steve Barr
Deputy Smalls
Augustine Frizzell
Mrs. Swanberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lowery made this between Ain't Them Bodies Saints and A Ghost Story, because apparently tonal whiplash is his brand.
The 1977 original was a musical with a cartoon Elliott; this remake strips the songs and makes Elliott photorealistic, essentially apologizing for the entire 1970s.
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