Peter Pan (1953)

Directors:

Clyde Geronimi
Wilfred Jackson

Writers:

J.M. Barrie (play)
Ted Sears (story) ...

Release Date:

5 February 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Music

Tagline:

Walt Disney's Immortal [Peter Pan]

Plot:

Wendy and her brothers are whisked away to the magical world of Neverland with the hero of their stories, Peter Pan.

Plot Keywords:

Peter Pan | Children | Captain Hook | Hero | Crocodile

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Bobby Driscoll	...	Peter Pan (voice)
Kathryn Beaumont	...	Wendy Darling (voice)
Hans Conried	...	Captain Hook / Mr. Darling (voice)
Bill Thompson	...	Mr. Smee / Other Pirates (voice)
Heather Angel	...	Mrs. Darling (voice)
Paul Collins	...	John Darling (voice)
Tommy Luske	...	Michael Darling (voice)
Candy Candido	...	Indian Chief (voice)
Tom Conway	...	Narrator (voice)

Runtime:

77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | West Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/4 | South Korea:All | USA:Approved (PCA #16065) | New Zealand:PG | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1969) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Kathryn Beaumont, who provided the voice for Wendy, also performed the live action references. In an interview, she said she had to hold out her arms and pretend to fly for all the scenes requiring it.

Goofs:

Continuity: Contrary to the original idea of Hook missing his left hand as opposed to his right for sake of the ease of animation, in the scene where Hook, Tink, and Smee are all in Hook's cabin and he goes to drag a drunken Smee out, he is dragging Smee with the hook surprisingly on his right arm.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: All this has happened before, and it will all happen again. But this time it happened in London. It happened on a quiet street in Bloomsbury. That corner house over there is the home of the Darling family. And Peter Pan chose this particular house because there were people here who believed in him.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Shrek 2 (2004)

Soundtrack:

What Makes the Red Man Red?

Fun filled movie for the whole family

The first time I ever had the pleasure of watching the Peter Pan story was with the Steven Spielberg production of Hook.

I found the Walt Disney 1953 version of Peter Pan outstanding in every way. Like all of the Disney animated classics I can honestly say when you sit down to watch one you just forget that it is an animated feature that you are viewing and Peter Pan is no exception.

Peter Pan is the story of a boy who refuses to grow up. This production has so much to offer the viewer with the humour, music and action scenes especially with Peter Pan and Hook. But we must not forget Wendy and her two brothers John, Michael and of cause Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys and the magical island in the heavens called Never Land where the story takes place.

So if you like a fun filled action adventure Peter Pan is certainly for you.