Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated fantasy-adventure film produced by Walt Disney and based on the play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie. It is the 14th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, sharing with the newest Muppets & Never Fairies, Mickey's Christmas Carol Remastered, and Frozen and was originally released on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures. Peter Pan is the final Disney animated feature released through RKO before Walt Disney's founding of his own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution, later in 1953 after the film was released. Peter Pan is also the final Disney film in which all nine members of Disney's Nine Old Men worked together as directing animators. It is also the second Disney animated film starring Kathryn Beaumont, Heather Angel, and Bill Thompson after their roles in the animated feature Alice in Wonderland.
The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. A sequel titled Return to Never Land was released in 2002, and a series of direct-to-DVD prequels produced by DisneyToon Studios focusing on Tinker Bell began in 2008.
It was accompanied by the new Toy Story Toons short film, Partysaurus Rex, during its Diamond Edition release in 2013. Its home video release is on June 25, 2013.
Plot
As the narrator (Tom Conway) tells the viewing audience, the action about to take place "has happened before, and will all happen again", only now it will happen in Edwardian London, in the neighborhood of Bloomsbury, where George (Hans Conried) and Mary Darling's (Heather Angel) preparations to attend a party are disrupted by the antics of the boys, John (Paul Collins) and Michael (Tommy Luske), acting out a story about Peter Pan and the pirates, which was told to them by their older sister, Wendy (Kathryn Beaumont). Their father, who is fed up with the stories that have made his children less practical, angrily declares that Wendy has gotten too old to continue staying in the nursery with them, and it's time for her to grow up and have a room of her own. That night, they are visited in the nursery by Peter Pan (Bobby Driscoll) himself, who teaches them to fly with the help of his pixie friend, Tinker Bell (Margaret Kerry), and takes them with him to the island of Never Land.
A ship of pirates is anchored off Never Land, commanded by Captain Hook (Hans Conried) with his sidekick, Mr. Smee (Bill Thompson). Hook boldly plots to take revenge upon Peter Pan for cutting off his hand, but he trembles when the crocodile that ate it arrives; it now stalks him, hoping to taste more. Hook also forms a plan to find Peter's hideout using the knowledge of Tiger Lily. The crew's restlessness is interrupted by the arrival of Peter and the Darlings. The children easily evade them, and, despite a trick by jealous Tinker Bell to have Wendy killed, they meet up with the Lost Boys (Robert Ellis, Stuffy Singer, Jeffrey Silver, and Jonny McGovern): six lads in animal-costume pajamas, who look to Peter as their leader. Tinker Bell's treachery is soon found out, and Peter banishes her "forever" (though she is eventually forgiven). John and Michael set off with the Lost Boys to find the island's Indians, who instead capture them, believing them to be the ones responsible for taking the chief's daughter, Tiger Lily. Big Chief (Candy Candido), the Indian chieftain and Tiger Lily's father, warns them that if Tiger Lily is not back by sunset, the Lost Boys (along with John and Michael) will be burned at the stake.
Meanwhile, Peter takes Wendy to see the mermaids (Margaret Kerry, Connie Hilton, June Foray, and Karen Kester). Wendy is considering leaving when the mermaids try to drown her, but things change when the mermaids flee in terror at the sight of Hook. Peter and Wendy (who quickly spy on Hook) see that he and Smee have captured Tiger Lily, so that they might coerce her into revealing Peter's hideout. Peter and Wendy free her, and Peter is honored by the tribe. Hook then plots to take advantage of Tinker Bell's jealousy of Wendy, tricking her into revealing the location of Peter's lair. However, his plan to kill Peter becomes a bit compromised when Tinker Bell makes him promise "not to lay a finger, or a hook, on Peter Pan". He agrees, and then locks Tinker Bell in a lantern as a makeshift jail cell. Wendy and her brothers eventually grow homesick and plan to return home. They invite Peter and the Lost Boys to return to London and be adopted by the Darling parents. The Lost Boys agree, but Peter is so set against growing up that he refuses, presumptuously assuming that all of them will return shortly. The pirates lie in wait and capture the Lost Boys and the Darlings as they exit, leaving behind a time bomb to kill Peter. Tinker Bell learns of the plot just in time to snatch the bomb from Peter as it explodes.
Peter rescues Tinker Bell from the rubble and together they confront the pirates, releasing the children before they can be forced to walk the plank. Peter engages Hook in single combat as the children fight off the crew, and finally succeeds in humiliating the captain. Hook and his crew flee, with the crocodile in hot pursuit. Peter gallantly commandeers the deserted ship, and with the aid of Tinker Bell's pixie dust, flies it to London with the children aboard. However, the Lost Boys decide to return to Never Land rather than be adopted in London.
Mr. and Mrs. Darling return home from the party to find Wendy not in her bed, but sleeping at the open window; John and Michael are asleep in their beds. The parents have no idea that the children have even been anywhere. Wendy wakes and excitedly tells about their adventures. The parents look out the window and see what appears to be a pirate ship in the clouds. Mr. Darling, who has softened his position about Wendy staying in the nursery, recognizes it from his own childhood, as it breaks up into clouds itself.
Production
Peter Pan was one of Walt Disney's favorite stories and in 1935 he intended for Peter Pan to be his second film after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. However he could not get the rights until four years later, after he came to an arrangement with Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, to whom Barrie had bequeathed the rights to the play. The studio started the story development and character designs in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and intended it to be his fourth film, after Snow White, Bambi and Pinocchio (Bambi was later put on hold for a short while for technical difficulties and ended up being his fifth film while Pinocchio became his second film).
During this time Disney explored many possibilities of how the story could be interpreted. In the earliest version of the story, the film started by telling Peter Pan's back story. But on May 20, 1940 during a story meeting Disney said "We ought to get right into the story itself, where Peter Pan comes to the house to get his shadow. That's were the story picks up. How Peter came to be is really another story." Walt also explored opening the film in Neverland and Peter Pan coming to Wendy's house to kidnap her as a mother for the Lost Boys. Eventually, Disney decided that the kidnapping was too dark and went back to Barrie's original play where Peter comes to get his shadow and Wendy is eager to see Neverland. The scene in the nursery went through many alterations. For instance in one version it was Mrs. Darling who found Peter Pan's shadow and showed it to Mr. Darling as in the original play. In another version of the film, Nana went to Neverland with Pan and the Darling children, and the story was told through her eyes. In other interpretations of the story John Darling was left behind for being too serious, practical and boring. The film also included Wendy taking her "Peter Pan Picture Book" and Peter and the children eating an "Imaginary Dinner". At one point there was a party in Peter's hideout where Tinker Bell got humiliated and in her rage went and deliberately told Captain Hook the location of Peter Pan's hideout at her own free will. However, Walt felt that this was against Tinker Bell's character and that she had "gone too far" and changed it to Captain Hook kidnapping and persuading Tinker Bell to tell him. There is a point in Barrie's play where Captain Hook puts poison in Peter's dose of medicine and Tinker Bell saves Peter by drinking the poison herself only to be revived by the applause by the theater audience. After much debate Disney discarded this fearing it would be difficult to achieve in a film. In earlier scripts there were more scenes involving the Pirates and the Mermaids that were similar to what Disney had previously done with the "Seven Dwarfs" in Snow White. Ultimately these scenes were cut for pacing reasons. The film was also a little bit darker at one point since there were scenes involving Captain Hook being killed by the crocodile, the Darling family mourning over their lost children, and Pan and the children discovering the pirates' treasure which is loaded with booby traps.
On December 7, 1941, the United States joined World War II after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The following day the U.S military took control of the studio and commissioned them to produce war propaganda films. This forced Peter Pan as well as Alice in Wonderland, Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Wind in the Willows, Song of the South, Mickey and the Beanstalk & Bongo, among others, to be put on hold. After the war ended in 1945, the studio was in debt and they could only produce package films to support themselves. It was not until 1947, as the studio's financial health started to improve again, that the actual production of Peter Pan commenced, even though Roy O. Disney did not think that Peter Pan would have much box office appeal.
Rumor has it that Tinker Bell's design was based on Marilyn Monroe, but in reality her design was based on Tinker Bell's live-action reference model, Margaret Kerry. Margaret Kerry posed for reference film shots on a sound stage; the footage was later used by supervising Tinker Bell animator Marc Davis and his team when they drew the character. Kerry also provided the voice of the redheaded mermaid in the film.
Like Kerry, Bobby Driscoll was both the live-action reference model, mainly used for the close-up scenes, and the voice actor for Peter Pan. Peter's flying and action reference shots, however, were provided by dancer and choreographer Roland Dupree. In an interview, Kerry said she had to hold out her arms and pretend to fly for all the scenes requiring it. Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of Wendy, eldest of the Darling children, also performed for the live-action reference footage. Similarly, Hans Conried, the voice of both Captain Hook and Mr. Darling, also performed the live-action reference footage for those characters (it was one of the few elements left over from the play, that Hook and Mr. Darling were played by the same actor). In contrast to rotoscoping the animators did not merely trace the live-action footage, for this would make the animation look stiff and unnatural. Instead the animators used it as a guide for animating by studying the human movement in the situation required. For example: "How far does the head turn when a character looks over his shoulder?" Milt Kahl the supervising animator of Peter Pan and The Darling Children, claimed that the hardest thing to animate was a character floating in mid air.
Characters
Peter Pan (Bobby Driscoll) – The young boy who never grows up and the main protagonist of the film. His appearance: Slender, 12 years old (forever; when gave up becoming a man), handsome, fair skin, red hair, thick red eyebrows, brown eyes, pointy ears, buck-toothed, green short-sleeved tunic (which resembles an elf's shirt) with both a collar & long V-cut neckline down to his heart, olive tights, both brown belt (with his dagger consisting of a silver blade and gold hilt) and dagger hostler, green cap with a red feather on it, sienna shoes
Wendy Darling (Kathryn Beaumont) – An adventurous 12-year-old girl and the deuteragonist of the film. Her appearance: Slender, beautiful, fair skin, rosy cheeks, pink lips, light brown hair, blue eyes (in her bedtime form as a preteen): 12 years old, blue hair tie holding her ringlet ponytail, light blue nightgown, black bedroom ballet slippers
Tinker Bell (Margaret Kerry) – A hot-headed pixie and Peter Pan's closest friend. Her appearance: Small, slender, hand-sized, beautiful, fair skin, pointy ears, blue eyes, blonde hair, pudgy face, thin dirty blonde eyebrows, pink lips, rosy cheeks, clear wings on her back (in her traditional form): Her hair tied up in a bun, green strapless dress with a mini skirt that carries spike cuts, gold panties, green ballet flats with white pom-poms on her toes
John Darling (Paul Collins) – The brother of Wendy and Michael Darling. His appearance: Slender, 10 years old, both brown hair and eyes, fair skin, dark brown eyebrows (in his traditional form): White shin-length nightgown with a collar, long sleeves, and a small triangular slit on the bottom, black bedroom slippers with dark gray soles, shiny top hat with both a gray band and dark gray brim, round black spectacles, matching umbrella with a gold handle (in his playtime form): Pink bandanna, red bedroom slipper clogs with both pink insoles and crimson soles (in his Indian campus celebration form): Each pair of lime war paint lines pointing downwards on his both cheeks
Michael Darling (Tommy Luske) – The brother of Wendy and John Darling. His appearance: Small, slender, 4 years old, fair skin, strawberry-blonde hair, blue eyes, pink footy pajamas
Captain Hook (Hans Conried) – A pirate captain and the main antagonist of the film. His appearance: Slender, fair skin, long black hair, brown eyes, thick black eyebrows, thinly mustachioed (when angles upward sharply), silver or gold hook on his left hand (in his pirate captain form): Crimson hat with a giant lavender feather, red overcoat with gold brims, pink shirt, white cravat, purple knee-length pants, lavender knee-high socks, black boots with gold square-outlined buckles (in his bedtime form): Orange and yellow striped nightshirt with left breast pocket and white collar, cuffs, and bottom brim, red bedtime cap, barefoot
Mr. Smee (Bill Thompson) – Hook's personal assistant and the secondary antagonist of the film. His appearance: Short, obese, half bald, fair skin, both white hair and sideburns, thick black eyebrows, pink nose, white eyes with black pupils, red pirate stocking cap, blue and white striped T-shirt that shows his bellybutton, blue shorts, brown sandals, browline spectacles
Tick-Tock – A crocodile who swallowed an alarm clock. His appearance: Gigantic and slender green saltwater crocodile, both lime muzzle and underbelly, sharp teeth, olive circles under his eyes, yellow eyes with reddish-brown pupils, a pair of olive spike sets on his back and one set on his tail
The Lost Boys (Robert Ellis, Stuffy Singer, Jeffrey Silver, and Jonny McGovern) – A group of ragtag young boys led by Peter Pan. Their appearances: Slightly: Small, slender, blonde hair, orange fox costume. Cubby: Small, obese, dirty blonde hair, brown bear costume. Nibs: Small, slender, blonde hair, buck-toothed, gray rabbit costume. Twins: Both small and slender, dark brown hair, dark gray raccoon costumes. Tootles: Small, slightly obese, freckles, skunk costume, mute
Mrs. Mary Darling (Heather Angel) – The mother of the Darling children. Her appearance: Slender, dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, fair skin, pink gown, necklace
Mr. George Darling (Hans Conried) – The father of the Darling children. His appearance: Obese, mustachioed, black hair, white bowtie, top hat, white shirt front, black jacket
Tiger Lily – The beautiful Indian princess. Her appearance: Slender, black hair tied in two braids, blue headband with eagle feather, tanned skin, Native American dress with red and pink stripes, brown eyes
Indian Chief (Candy Candido) – Tiger Lily's father and the leader of the Indians. His appearance: Obese, red skin, crimson nose, black pig-tailed hair, blue paint marks on his face, clad in green clothing, cream gloves, feather headdress with black horns
Nana – The Darlings' nursemaid, a (St. Bernard) dog. Her appearance: Brown and white fur, blue eyes, auburn collar, nursemaid hat
Mermaids (Margaret Kerry, Connie Hilton, June Foray, and Karen Kester) – Friends of Peter Pan's. Their appearances: Slender mermaids, beautiful, fair skin, hair color assortments (red, blonde, black, etc.), pink lips, aqua tails with blue fins, any materials for bikini tops (leaves, starfish, seashells, etc.)
Cast
Bobby Driscoll – Peter Pan, the young boy who never grows up and the main protagonist of the film
Kathryn Beaumont – Wendy Darling, an adventurous 12-year-old girl and the deuteragonist of the film
Hans Conried – Captain Hook, a pirate captain and the main antagonist of the film / Mr. Darling, the father of the Darling children
Bill Thompson – Mr. Smee, Hook's personal assistant and the secondary antagonist of the film / Pirates
Heather Angel – Mrs. Darling, the mother of the Darling children
Paul Collins – John Darling, the brother of Wendy and Michael Darling
Tommy Luske – Michael Darling, the brother of Wendy and John Darling
Candy Candido – Indian Chief, Tiger Lily's father and the leader of the Indians
Tom Conway – Narrator
Margaret Kerry – Tinker Bell, a hot-headed pixie and Peter Pan's closest friend / Mermaids, one of Peter Pan's friends / Michael Darling (additional dialogue)
Corinne Orr – Tiger Lily, the beautiful Indian princess
Stuffy Singer – Foxy, one of a group of ragtag young boys led by Peter Pan
Jeffrey Silvers – Rabbit, one of a group of ragtag young boys led by Peter Pan
Johnny McGovern – Raccoon Twins, one of a group of ragtag young boys led by Peter Pan
Robert Ellis – Cubby, one of a group of ragtag young boys led by Peter Pan
June Foray – Mermaids, one of Peter Pan's friends / Squaw
Connie Hilton – Mermaids, one of Peter Pan's friends
Karen Kester – Mermaids, one of Peter Pan's friends
Additional Voices (Quiet citizens in Bloomsbury London, Indians, and pirates)
Stephen Apostolina, Don Barclay, Kirk Baily, Mel Blanc, June Christopher, Carol Coombs, Wendy Cutler, Terri Douglas, Pat Fraley, Eddie Frierson, Jean Gilpin, Jackie Gonneau, Nicholas Guest, Bridget Hoffman, Nick Jameson, Daniel Kaz, Patricia Lentz, Katie Lowes, Mona Marshall, Scott Menville, Norma Jean Nilsson, Paul Pape, Lynwood Robinson, Pepper Sweeney, Fred Tatasciore, Anne Whitfield
Places/locations
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Nursery
Big Ben
Never Land
The Jolly Roger
Mermaid Lagoon
Skull Rock
Indian Camp
Hangman's Tree
Crew
The movie was adapted by Milt Banta, William Cottrell, Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Erdman Penner, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears, and Ralph Wright from the play and novel Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie. The film was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske.
Music
The incidental music score for the movie is composed by Oliver Wallace.
"The Second Star to the Right" - Words by Sammy Cahn. Music by Sammy Fain. Vocals by The Jud Conlon Chorus and The Mellomen.
The melody for "The Second Star to the Right" was originally written for Alice in Wonderland as part of a song to be entitled "Beyond the Laughing Sky". Some Disneyland-issued compilations give the title as "Second Star to the Right" (no "The"); see, for example, 50 Happy Years of Disney Favorites (Disneyland Records, STER-3513, Side II).
"You Can Fly!" - Words by Sammy Cahn. Music by Sammy Fain. Vocals by Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, The Jud Conlon Chorus, and The Mellomen.
"A Pirate's Life" - Words by Ed Penner. Music by Oliver Wallace. Vocals by The Mellomen.
"Following the Leader" - Words by Winston Hibler and Ted Sears. Vocals by Bobby Driscoll, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, & the Lost Boys Cast
"What Made the Red Man Red?" - Words by Sammy Cahn. Music by Sammy Fain. Vocals by Candy Candido and The Mellomen.
This song became controversial due to its racist stereotypes of Native Americans.
"Your Mother and Mine" - Words by Sammy Cahn. Music by Sammy Fain. Vocals by Kathryn Beaumont.
"The Elegant Captain Hook" - Words by Sammy Cahn. Music by Sammy Fain. Vocals by Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, and The Mellomen.
"You Can Fly!" (reprise) - Words by Sammy Cahn. Music by Sammy Fain. Vocals by The Jud Conlon Chorus and The Mellomen.
"Never Smile at a Crocodile" - Words by Jack Lawrence. Music by Frank Churchill.
The lyrics were cut from the movie soundtrack, but were included for the 1997 Walt Disney Records CD release. The song, with lyrics, also appears in the Sing-Along Songs video series and the corresponding Canta Con Nosotros title, where it is titled "Al reptil no hay que sonreír."
Music releases
The CD compilation, Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic, contains the songs, "You Can Fly!" on the red disc, "The Second Star to the Right" on the blue disc, and "Following the Leader" on the green disc.
On Disney's Greatest Hits, "You Can Fly!" is on the blue disc, and "The Second Star to the Right" is on the green disc.
The 1997 soundtrack release contains the bonus tracks "Never Smile at a Crocodile" with lyrics; and an early demo recording of "The Boatswain's Song."
"Second Star to the Right" (sic) appears on Side II of the 1973 Disneyland LP 50 Happy Years of Disney Favorites (Disneyland STER-3513).
Soundtrack (January 29, 2013)
Main Title (The Second Star To The Right) / All This Has Happend Before – The Jud Conlon Chorus
The Last Night In The Nursery – Oliver Wallace
On The Rooftop / What's A Kiss / Perturbed Pixie – Oliver Wallace
You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! – Bobby Driscoll/Kathryn Beaumont/Paul Collins/Tommy Luske/The Jud Conlon Chorus
A Pirate's Life – The Jud Conlon Chorus
Blast That Peter Pan / A Pirate's Life (Reprise) – Oliver Wallace/The Jud Conlon Chorus
The Legend Of The Croc / Double The Powder And Shorten The Fuse / Follow Tinker Bell – Oliver Wallace
Just When I Brought You A Mother / Banished – Oliver Wallace
Following The Leader – The Jud Conlon Chorus
Hide And Sneak / No Let' em Go – Oliver Wallace
Mermaid Lagoon / Bad Day At Skull Rock – Oliver Wallace
Plotting A Pixie's Plight – Oliver Wallace
What Made The Red Man Red / Tinknapped – The Jud Conlon Chorus
Rumor Has It / Hangman's Tree – Oliver Wallace
Big Chief Flying Eagle / I Had A Mother Once – Oliver Wallace
Your Mother And Mine – Kathryn Beaumont
Good-Bye Peter / Shanghaied – Oliver Wallace
Captain Hook Never Breaks A Promise / The Elegant Captain Hook / A Little Surprise... – Hans Conried/Bill Thompson/The Jud Conlon Chorus
No Splash / Take That / I'm A Codfish! / Crocbait / The Hero Of Never Land – Oliver Wallace
Home Again / Mermaids, Pirates, And Indians / Finale (You Can Fly! You Can Fly!) – Oliver Wallace/The Jud Conlon Chorus
Never Smile At A Crocodile (Bonus Track) – Oliver Wallace
The Boatswain's Song (Demo Recording) – Oliver Wallace
Reception/Critical response
Peter Pan was praised by most critics during its initial release. As of 2013, the reviews have remained mostly positive with a 75% "fresh" rating and the average rating of 6.8/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's consensus reads: "Though it doesn't delve deeply into the darkness of J.M. Barrie's tale, Peter Pan is a heartwarming, exuberant film with some great tunes." The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, praising the animation itself, but also declaring that the film was not really true to the spirit of the original Barrie play. However Time Magazine gave the film a highly favorable review, making no reference to the changes from the original play. Alternately the controversies over the differences between the play and the film were short lived and Peter Pan is today considered one of Disney's animated classics.
Michael Jackson cited Peter Pan as his favorite movie of all time, from which he derived the name for his estate Neverland Ranch in Santa Barbara, where he had a private amusement park. Ronald D. Moore, one of the executive producers of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, has cited this film as the inspiration for the series' theme of the cyclical nature of time, using the film's opening line, "All of this has happened before and it will all happen again," as a key tenet of the culture's scripture.
Rating
The film was rated G: "General Audiences-All Ages Admitted." by the Motion Picture Association of America.
This is a film which contains nothing in theme, language, nudity and sex, violence, etc. which would, in the view of the Rating Board, be offensive to parents whose younger children view the film. The G rating is not a "certificate of approval," nor does it signify a children's film. Some snippets of language may go beyond polite conversation but they are common everyday expressions. No stronger words are present in G-rated films. The violence is at a minimum. Nudity and sex scenes are not present; nor is there any drug use content.
American Film Institute Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
Peter Pan - Nominated Hero
AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals - Nominated
AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Animated Film
Racial stereotyping of Native Americans
Peter Pan has been seen as politically incorrect in recent years due to the way Disney portrayed the Native American "Indians" in the film. They are displayed as wild, savage, violent and speak in a stereotypical way. The characters often call them savages and at one point Captain Hook refers to them as "redskins". John, Michael and the Lost Boys go hunting them like animals - the Lost Boys mention lions and bears as other alternatives. In the song "What Made the Red Man Red?" the Indians themselves reflect on how they got the color of their skin; they maintain a permanent blush due to their ancestor's pursuit of a woman; and that asking "How?" is a major catalyst for Indian education. These stereotypes are present in J. M. Barrie's play. Marc Davis, one of the supervising animators of the film, said in an interview years after the production that "I'm not sure we would have done the Indians if we were making this movie now. And if we had we wouldn't do them the way we did back then."
Release and later history
Peter Pan was first released in theaters on February 5, 1953. The film was a commercial success and was also the highest-grossing film of 1953. In 1955, it was reported that the film had earned $7 million against its budget of $4 million. Due to its success Peter Pan was re-released theatrically in 1958, 1969, 1976, 1982, and 1989. The film also had a special limited re-release at the Philadelphia Film Festival in 2003. It also played a limited engagement in select Cinemark Theatres from February 16–18, 2013. The movie has earned a lifetime gross of $87,404,651.
Home video release
Peter Pan was first released on VHS in 1990.
A THX 45th anniversary limited edition of the film was then released on March 3, 1998 as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection.
The first DVD release of Peter Pan was November 23, 1999 as a Walt Disney Limited Issues. Peter Pan had its first release on a special edition DVD in 2002 to promote the sequel, Return to Never Land.
In 2007, Disney released a 2-disc Platinum Edition DVD of the film.
A Blu-ray Diamond Edition of film was released on February 5, 2013 to celebrate the movie's 60th anniversary. A DVD and digital copy of the Diamond Edition was released on August 20, 2013.
Trailers
The first trailer for Peter Pan was released on June 20, 2012, coinciding with Brave and Finding Nemo 3D. A second trailer for the film was released on November 1, 2012, coinciding with Wreck-It Ralph and Monsters, Inc. 3D. The trailers is seen in theaters, including Oz the Great and Powerful, Despicable Me 2, Monsters University, Epic, A Bug's Life 3D, The Croods, and Muppets & Never Fairies, followed by Partysaurus Rex short film.
The trailers and promotions are seen in the 1998 home video release, including Mulan, The Little Mermaid, Flubber, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars, Melody Time, the tagline that says "Be sure to join us after the feature for a special program: You Can Fly! - The Making of Peter Pan.", Feature Presentation The Flash of Doom Logo, and the 1994 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Logo, followed by the THX Broadway Logo.
The trailers and promotions are seen in the 2002 home video release, including Beauty and the Beast: Special Edition, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Tarzan & Jane, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, "Magic Happens", the tagline that says "Be sure to join us after the feature for a special program: You Can Fly! - The Making of Peter Pan.", Feature Presentation The Flash of Doom Logo, and the 1994 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Logo, followed by the THX Broadway Logo.
The trailers and promotions are seen in the 2007 home video release, including The Jungle Book: 40th Anniversary Edition, Meet the Robinsons, Tinker Bell, Return to Never Land, "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse": Mickey's Great Clubhouse Hunt, Disney on Blu-Ray disc, The AristoCats: Special Edition, The Little Mermaid III, Ratatouille, Disney Movie Rewards, Disney Vacation Club, the tagline that says "Be sure to join us after the feature for a special program: You Can Fly! - The Making of Peter Pan.", Feature Presentation The Flash of Doom Logo, and the 1994 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Logo, followed by the THX Broadway Logo.
The trailers and promotions are seen in the 2013 home video release, including The Little Mermaid 3D, Monsters University, Muppets & Never Fairies, Wreck-It Ralph, Pinocchio-themed anti-smoking PSA, Disney Movie Rewards, "Jake and the Never Land Pirates", Disney Parks, "Sofia the First", Return to Never Land: Special Edition Blu-ray, Monsters, Inc.: Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray 3D, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray, Mulan: 15th Anniversary Edition, Planes, the thus-untitled next Tinker Bell movie: The Pirate Fairy, Disney Fairies' Virtual Flight, the tagline that says "Be sure to join us after the feature for a special program: You Can Fly! - The Making of Peter Pan.", Feature Presentation The Flash of Doom Logo, and the 1994 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection Logo, followed by Partysacean Prawn short film, and the THX Tex Logo.
Partysacean Prawn (Accompanied Short)
Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. Toons: Partysacean Prawn is a 2013 Disney live action/CGI short film directed by Lauren MacMullan. It was first debuted on both theatrical and home video ahead of the Diamond Edition version of Peter Pan. Partysacean Prawn is the third short in the Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. Toons series, based on the characters from the 2010 film, Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. The other two films are Large Pizza and Hawaii Adventure. The short involves Pepé the King Prawn getting left in the aquatic park and making friends with bath friends.
Plot
Pepé the King Prawn (Bill Barretta, 48) disrupts the other Muppets playing blowing soap bubbles, worried they may ruin the hotel. He is chastised by the other Muppets after ruining their fun, with Gonzo (Dave Goelz, 66) calling him "Partypooper Prawn". The other Muppets sense the Nerdlucks approaching, and scatter, leaving Pepé alone when they enter. They takes him to the hotel's water park called Reef Park (that looks like an aquarium and it has the tub that fills up the pool and water slides). Pepé enjoys playing with the other bath friends. But soon Pound (Dee Bradley Baker, 50) comes to turn off the water and take the Nerdlucks out. Once alone, the bath friends wish they could continue to have fun, but all of them lack arms and can only function if afloat in the water. Pepé initially thinks drawing a new bath is a bad idea, but recalling Gonzo's insult, he asserts that he is "Partysacean Prawn", and helps the bath friends to start a new bath.
The bath friends quickly start to sing and dance in a rave-like fashion, aided by a carefree Pepé throwing bubble bath solution into the tub, and blocking the overflow drain with the frog sponge. However, he suddenly realizes that if the tub overflows, it will leak out into the hall; the bath friends care little if this happens and continue to party. He tries to turn off the water, but only causes the handle to break off and fall into the tub, and the drain stays plugged when he tries to pull it out. Finally, he spots the knob on the faucet that stops the flow from the faucet, but realizes too late that this only diverts the water to the shower head. The tub starts to overflow, the other sea creatures oblivious to the problem. Outside the Happiness Hotel hall, Tinker Bell (Mae Whitman), Kermit the Frog (Steve Whitmire, 53) and the other Muppets and Disney Fairies go to see how Pepé is doing when suddenly the water park door bursts open and a flood of water pours out.
Later, Pound is paying to have plumbing repairs done to Reef Park. Pepé, though he knows was at fault, since enjoys the short-lived fame with the other Muppets in the gym. Outside, other bath friends, who have heard of Pepé's exploits from the bath friends from the water park, get him to agree to help him turn on the sprinkler at the Neverland Pool to let them party as well, and Pepé quickly joining on their fun.
Cast (in credits order)
Mae Whitman – Tinker Bell
Steve Whitmire – Kermit the Frog / Beaker / Link Hogthrob
Bill Barretta – Pepé the King Prawn / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Swedish Chef
Eric Jacobson – Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Animal
Corey Burton – Cap'n Suds
Tony Cox – Chuck E. Duck
Don Fullilove – Chuck E. Duck
Grey DeLisle – Blanko
Elizabeth Daily – Bang
Nancy Cartwright – Bupkus
Tara Strong – Nawt
Dave Goelz – The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot
Dee Bradley Baker – Pound
David Rudman – Scooter / Janice
Steve Anderson – Drips
Matt Vogel – Lew Zealand / Camilla / Floyd Pepper / Sweetums
Sherry Lynn – Cuddles
Kelly Hoover – Babs
Additional Voice Talent (bath friends)
Raymond S. Persi, Jeannie Elias, Andy Fischer-Price, Emily Davis, Salifu Mohammed, Jessika Van, Carlos Alazraqui, Jess Harnell, Roy Conli, Mona Marshall, John Cygan, James Kevin Ward, Danny Mann, Crawford Wilson, Alec Medlock
Music
Electronic artist Brian Transeau composed the music for the short. He said in an interview: "I'm in the middle of scoring a film for Disney right now. It's a short for Give a Day. Get a Disney Day., and I'm not allowed to say the whole story, but quite literally, it's like a Give a Day. Get a Disney Day. rave, and I'm actually not kidding either. Like, the Muppets get into all these shenanigans and it's like pounding club music, this thing. So it's really not very Disney, but in like a really hysterical way, everyone laughs so hard when they see it. It's really exciting to work with those guys."
The song from the short, titled "Partysacean Overflow", was released as a digital download on April 10, 2013, on iTunes and Amazon. Beside BT, the cover art also credits electronic dance producer Au5.
Release
Partysacean Prawn premiered with both theatrical and Diamond Edition release of Peter Pan, on February 5, 2013. It had its television premiere on March 11, 2012, on Disney Channel, and was available for video streaming to the Internet via Disney's website on March 13, 2013. As of March 2013, the short is also available on iTunes, Amazon and YouTube.
Reception
The short was very well received. Ben Kendrick of The Christian Science Monitor said that Partysacean Prawn is "easily the most enjoyable franchise spin-off to date."
Media and merchandise
Promotional film
The same year as the film was released Walt Disney produced a promotional film entitled The Peter Pan Story and it was shown on Television.
Disney Fairies
Disney Fairies is a series of children's books published by Random House, which features Tinker Bell and her friends. It also has a film series starting in 2008 with the self-titled film about Tinker Bell.
Theme parks
Peter Pan's Flight is a popular ride found at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris and Tokyo Disneyland. Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook and Mr. Smee make appearances in the parades, as well as greetings throughout the theme parks.
Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, and the Pirates are featured in a scene during Disneyland's version of Fantasmic!.
Ice shows
Disney on Ice began its touring production of Peter Pan in Fall 1989. The production went on to tour nationally & internationally, from 1989 - 1993. The production featured a pre-recorded soundtrack with all the film's songs and character voices.
A shortened version of the story is presented in the current Disney on Ice production Mickey & Minnie's Amazing Journey. The show began in Fall 2003 & is currently on tour nationally. It features the songs "You Can Fly!", "Following the Leader", "Your Mother and Mine", "A Pirate's Life", "The Elegant Captain Hook" & "The Second Star to the Right".
Video games
Neverland is a playable world in both Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, with Tinker Bell appearing as a summon. Peter Pan appears as a summon in the sequel, Kingdom Hearts II. Neverland also appears as a playable world in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days and returns as a playable world in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.
Board game
Walt Disney's Peter Pan: A Game of Adventure (1953) is a Transogram Company Inc. track board game based upon the film. The game was one of many toys that exploited the popularity of Walt Disney's post-World War II movies. The object of the game is to be the first player to travel from the Darlings' house to Neverland and back to the Darlings' house.
Play begins at the Darlings' house in the upper left hand corner of the game board. Each player moves, in turn, the number of spaces along the track indicated by his spin of the dial. When a player reaches the Never Isle, he selects a character from the film (Peter, Wendy, Michael, or John) and receives the instruction card for that character. The player follows his chosen character's track on the board, obeying instructions upon the character's card. The player is also obligated to follow any instructions on those spaces he lands upon after spinning the dial during the course of his turn at play. The first player who travels from Never Land to Skull Rock and along the Stardust Trail to Captain Hook's ship, and returns to the Darlings' house is declared the winner.
The board game makes an appearance in the 1968 version of Yours, Mine and Ours as a Christmas present.
Legacy
This was Disney's first Peter Pan film. In the early 2000s a Peter Pan franchise was spawned, involving a number of other animation projects:
The film Return to Never Land was released in 2002 as a sequel to this film.
The popular Tinker Bell film series currently has 6 feature-length films (Tinker Bell, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, Secret of the Wings, The Pirate Fairy, and Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast) as well as 2 short films (Pixie Hollow Games and Pixie Hollow Bake Off).
A Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Looney Tunes & Tinker Bell, was released in 2009, starring The Princess and the Frog's Tiana, Tinker Bell, Michael Jordan, Bugs Bunny, and the Looney Tunes. Its sequel, Muppets & Never Fairies was released in 2013, starring Frozen's Anna and Elsa, Peter Pan, Wendy, Tinker Bell, Kermit the Frog, Walter, and the Muppet gang.
The television series Jake and the Never Land Pirates includes Hook and Smee as main characters, as well as being set in Never Land.
Disney is developing a live action Tinker Bell movie titled Tink featuring Reese Witherspoon as the eponymous fairy.
Scenes
1. Opening Credits/"the Second Star to the Right"
2. All This Has Happened Before...
3. Nursery Games
4. Nana Is Put Out for the Night
5. Peter Searches for His Shadow
6. Wendy Meets Peter
7. Michael and John Wake Up
8. Peter Teaches the Child to Fly ("You Can Fly")
9. Off to Never Land!
10. Never Land/"A Pirate's Life"
11. A Close Shave for Captain Hook
12. A Dream Come True
13. "Following the Leader"
14. The Boys Are Captured By the Indians
15. Peter and Wendy at Mermaid Lagoon
16. Captain Hook Captures Tiger Lily
17. Peter's Prank
18. A Codfish on a Hook
19. A Setback for Captain Hook
20. Smee Brings News of Trouble
21. "What Makes the Red Man Red?"
22. Captain Hook Tricks Tinker Bell
23. Back at Hangman's Tree
24. "Your Mother and Mine"
25. "The Elegant Captain Hook"
26. Tink Goes to Peter's Rescue
27. The Pen or the Plank
28. Peter Pan the Avenger
29. The Final Showdown
30. Captain Pan Sets Sail for London
31. Back in the Nursery
Anniversaries
Wendy Cutler (60th anniversary birthday)
Stephen Apostolina (55th anniversary birthday)
The Sword in the Stone (50th anniversary)
Mary Poppins (50th anniversary)
Mel Blanc (45th anniversary birthday)
Bill Thompson – Mr. Smee (40th anniversary birthday)
Robin Hood (40th anniversary)
Candy Candido – Indian Chief (40th anniversary birthday)
The Muppet Movie (35th anniversary)
Disney Sing Along Songs: You Can Fly! (25th anniversary)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (25th anniversary)
Oliver & Company (25th anniversary)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (20th anniversary)
Mulan (15th anniversary)
Kathryn Beaumont – Wendy Darling (15th anniversary birthday)
A Bug's Life (15th anniversary)
Finding Nemo (10th anniversary)
Brother Bear (10th anniversary)
WALL-E (5th anniversary)
Tinker Bell (5th anniversary)
Tommy Luske – Michael Darling (5th anniversary birthday)
Bolt (5th anniversary)
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