Peter Pan
1953 · Movie · 77 min. · United States
Peter Pan has a special place in the realm of classic animated Disney films: it instils an element of child-like wonder. The 1953 version of James M Barrie's story is colourfully told and keeps on the straight and narrow of the book. Barrie's wondrous focus on child's play is the key to its longevity: children who don't grow up, shadows that run away from their owners, pirates, a fairy, and the magic ability to fly. In short, you can't help wishing the adventure would happen to you. Fuelled by a few memorable songs (the stunner being "You Can Fly") and the strong impression of the pixie fairy Tinkerbell and the goofy Captain Hook, Disney's version of this story neither supplants nor lessens the Broadway version with Mary Martin that was produced for television the same decade. Unlike some classics, Peter Pan never ages along the way.
Direction Clyde Geronimi · Hamilton Luske · Wilfred Jackson · Jack Kinney
Soundtrack Oliver Wallace
Screenplay Ted Sears · Erdman Penner · Bill Peet · Winston Hibler · Joe Rinaldi · Milt Banta · Ralph Wright · William Cottrell · J M. Barrie
Original title Peter Pan
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