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)

Also Known As:

As Aventuras de Peter Pan (Brazil) (Portugal) [pt]
Les aventures de Peter Pan (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
De avonturen van Peter Pan (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Le avventure di Peter Pan (Italy) [it]
O Peter Pan kai i mavri arkouda (Greece) [el]
Pîtâ Pan (Japan) [ja]
Peter Pan (France) [fr]
Peter Pan (Brazil) [pt]
Peter Pan (Argentina) [es]
Peter Pan (Finland) [fi]
Peter Pan (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Peter Pan och sjörövarna (Sweden) [sv]
Peter Pans heitere Abenteuer (West Germany) [de]
Piotrus Pan (Poland) [pl]

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:

22 year-old Margaret Kerry (who measured 35-25-36) was the real-life model for Tinker Bell.

Goofs:

Continuity: The pillow on a bench just inside the nursery window is round, save for a later shot, in which case, it is square. Likewise, the chair to the window's right normally has a red seat, but it turns blue temporarily.

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:

Referenced in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)

Soundtrack:

A Pirate's Life

A Classic That Still Soars

"Peter Pan" is without a doubt one of Disney's classics, alongside animated features such as "Snow White" and "Pinocchio." It captures the imagination just as J.M. Barrie's novel and play have. In the movie, the eternally young Peter Pan takes Wendy Darling and her brothers to Neverland, a place of the imagination, populated by Indians, mermaids and pirates. Captain Hook, voiced by Hans Conreid, will always be a classic villain, and his henchman, Smee, is a perfect comic relief. There are many funny scenes and good animated sequences. Beneath it all, the story speaks to the kid in all of us. We remember how important it can be to remain young at heart.