I sat down with Lowery at the Four Seasons hotel in Austin after the premiere. We wanted to engage audiences – specifically children – on an emotional level that not a lot of children’s movies do,” he says. “We wanted to make it a really emotional movie.
That visceral reaction was exactly what David Lowery was hoping for. There were also more than a few laughs, and quite a few tears, in the dark theater – including from yours truly. The movie is technically a remake of the 1977 Walt Disney movie about a boy, his green dragon and what happens when adults get word of it.īut unlike the original, the modern version isn’t a cartoon or a musical.Īfter the movie screening was over, kids roared their applause while the credits rolled – it seemed to be a huge success. The star of the day was “Pete’s Dragon” director and co-writer David Lowery. Kids of all ages waited in line for snacks before taking their seats. The lobby of the historic Paramount Theater in downtown Austin was bustling on a recent Sunday afternoon.
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