Script to Screen: Pete's Dragon
Season 8 Episode 7 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Co-writers David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks take us behind the scenes of the classic story.
In this episode, Pete’s Dragon director and co-writer David Lowery and co-writer Toby Halbrooks take us behind the scenes of their reinvention of the classic story and discuss writing fairy tales, balancing tragedy with wonder, and the difference between making indie films, like Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, and a big budget Disney movie.
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On Story is a local public television program presented by Austin PBS
Support for On Story is provided by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation and Bogle Family Vineyards. On Story is presented by Austin PBS, KLRU-TV and distributed by NETA.
Script to Screen: Pete's Dragon
Season 8 Episode 7 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
In this episode, Pete’s Dragon director and co-writer David Lowery and co-writer Toby Halbrooks take us behind the scenes of their reinvention of the classic story and discuss writing fairy tales, balancing tragedy with wonder, and the difference between making indie films, like Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, and a big budget Disney movie.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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On Story is a local public television program presented by Austin PBS
Support for On Story is provided by the Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation and Bogle Family Vineyards. On Story is presented by Austin PBS, KLRU-TV and distributed by NETA.