Peter Pan (1953 movie)

Peter Pan & Wendy, otherwise known as simply Peter Pan, is a 1953 American animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It is the 14th movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It is based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. It was first released on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures. Peter Pan is the last Disney animated movie released through RKO. Walt Disney then made his own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution.

Peter Pan & Wendy
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Directed byClyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Produced byWalt Disney
Screenplay byMilt Banta
William Cottrell
Winston Hibler
Bill Peet
Erdman Penner
Joe Rinaldi
Ted Sears
Ralph Wright
Story byJ. M. Barrie (Play)
StarringBobby Driscoll
Kathryn Beaumont
Hans Conried
Paul Collins
Tommy Luske
Narrated byTom Conway
Music byOliver Wallace
Production
company
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • February 5, 1953 (1953-02-05)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4 million[1]
Box office$145 million[1]

The movie was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.[2] A sequel called Return to Never Land was released in 2002. A series of direct-to-DVD movies about Tinker Bell began in 2008.

Cast and characters

Additionally, Roland Dupree and Don Barclay provided additional voices, as well as both the live-action models for Peter Pan and Mr. Smee respectively.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Peter Pan". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Peter Pan". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2009-01-23.

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