Peter Pan

"It will live in your heart forever!"

1953 1h 17m EN

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7.2

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79%

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METACRITIC

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7.3

IMDB

★7.2TMDB · 5,859🍅79%Rotten Tomatoes●76Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 164,153

AnimationFamilyAdventureFantasy

Synopsis

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Leaving the safety of their nursery behind, Wendy, Michael and John follow Peter Pan to a magical world where childhood lasts forever. But while in Neverland, the kids must face Captain Hook and foil his attempts to get rid of Peter for good.

“It will live in your heart forever!”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Writers: Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $87M — a 21.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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4 / 8

ERA

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73 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Peter Pan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Oliver Wallace. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Donald Halliday shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont and Hans Conried carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Clyde Geronimi directs. Oliver Wallace scores. Donald Halliday cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 77-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Shot for just $4.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Grossed $87M — a 21.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
473 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
5Part of the "Peter Pan Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Original score by Oliver Wallace. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Donald Halliday shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont and Hans Conried carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "It will live in your heart forever!".
10IMDB entry: tt0046183 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 17 themes, including "london, england", "sibling relationship", "flying", "becoming an adult".
12Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Oliver Wallace
Editing: Donald Halliday
Runtime: 77 min · 1h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,000,000
Box office: $87,400,000
Return: 2185% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Peter Pan (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes: 79% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 76/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 164,153 votes
MPAA: G

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations total

Part of

Peter Pan Collection

Disney presents Peter Pan and his continuing adventures.

Also by

Clyde Geronimi

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Kamurai2020-07-24
★ 6/10
Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend for fans of Peter Pan that have seen other versions. Wow, I feel as if I've never seen this movie before: this is something that happens when you learn to watch movies critically and rewatch childhood favorites. I'm continuously enlightened to how awful Walt Disney was. This movie is filled with insensitive nonsense, particularly to Native Americans, and the majority of the characters are just awful people, to include Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. Wendy is the only "pure" character in the entire movie, and I feel as if I'm reaching there. Tiger Lily might be a competitor, but she doesn't DO much, so it's hard to tell. With such a wonderful premise, and Disney's level of production value, you would think this would hold up, even after 70 years, but I honestly am beginning to think this was so widely accepted for a lack of options. Don't get me wrong, the actual story is both "close enough" to the original story, and well enough structured that a reboot would probably be very close to this version. It's all stylistic choices in both animation, dialogue, and character presentation that could easily be cleaned up, and likely should have been. While I could probably rant for an hour just on the "love" triangle happening in this (I am completely in camp Tinkerbell), this is supposed to be "boy who never grew up". While that lends to the jealousy factors, the amount and inconsistency of details on everything about the place being magical tends to distract from it. You'll notice that Peter no longer has human ears, he has pixie ears, and the boys supposedly killed and skinned giant animals so they could wear their skins as pajamas: where are the rest of the animals? The pirates have been there long enough to get restless, though there are enough of them left, despite Hook just shooting them dead on occasion, but not long enough to mutiny or properly search the one island, but long enough to have a weirdly specific history between Peter Pan and Hook and the crocodile. It's a weird movie: it's still worth a watch, but I'd watch it with your kids as opposed to just on their own.
CinemaSerf2024-07-20
★ 7/10
An ideal subject for Walt Disney this one - a charming, humorous adventure with great characters. Before you start watching, do bear in mind that JM Barrie created the "Peter Pan" character at the very start of the 20th century, so some of the language and roles are a touch on the stereotypical side - but that ought not to unduly spoil this experience. The "Darlings" are a loving, but pretty dysfunctional family with a huge great dog "Nana" whose three children all share the nursery in the attic of the family home. "Peter" visits and with the help of his friendly sprite "Tinker Bell" takes the youngsters on a series of magical adventures in "Never Land" where nobody ever grows up. The legendary "Captan Hook" is his local adversary, hell bent on repaying "Peter" for causing him to lose his hand to a crocodile who is equally determined to eat the rest of him! There's a bit of depth to the characterisations - the story might be a "love" story; but it is certainly one that introduces loyalty, trust, jealousy and comradeship to youngsters in a thoroughly engaging, plausible way. There is plenty of action too - a wonderful sword fight; lots of flying and the carefree attitude of the children is really quite contagious. The animation is once again, expertly hand-crafted, with vivid colours that help convey a lot of the joy of the film. Bobby Driscoll does a super job with the title role, too - it's a smashing film.