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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Dec 9, 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Directed by Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson. With Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Burn Gorman. A father's wish magically brings a wooden boy to life in Italy, giving him a chance to care for the child.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
- 2022-12-09
Set in Fascist Italy during the interwar period, [8] the film stars the voice of Gregory Mann as Pinocchio and David Bradley as Geppetto, alongside Ewan McGregor, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton.
- Gregory Mann as Pinocchio. Gregory Mann brings to life the character of Pinocchio, a wooden boy with a borrowed soul, carved with love by Gepetto. Pinocchio has much to learn about the world, and sets off to school, though he becomes sidetracked along the way, tricked by a fox, a cat, and a terrifying puppet master.
- Ewan McGregor as Sebastian J. Cricket. Ewan McGregor voices Sebastian the Talking Cricket. We know what you're thinking, in the Disney films, The Talking Cricket is called Jiminy, but in the original, the cricket does not have a name.
- David Bradley as Gepetto. David Bradley is the voice of Gepetto the woodcarver, who, in del Toro’s telling of the story, carves the wooden boy out of the trunk of a tree that once grew over the grave of his beloved son Carlo.
- Tilda Swinton as The Fairy with Turquoise Hair. Tilda Swinton voices the character known as The Fairy with Turquoise Hair, named after the original story’s character, who was the spirit of the forest who treats the wooden boy like a son.
- Pinocchio and Carlo (Gregory Mann) A puppet made of pine wood, Pinocchio is a jubilant and naive little boy. Carpenter and wood carver Gepetto, fashions the marionette doll out of pine from the tree that sprouts at his late son Carlo’s grave.
- Gepetto (David Bradley) Griveing father Gepetto’s son Carlo was tragically taken from him at too young an age. Known for his intricate woodwork and carving, Gepetto serves as the town carpenter of his small Italian village, fashioning functional items to decorative ones like a wooden crucifix of Jesus Christ for his local church.
- Sebastian J. Cricket (Ewan McGregor) Mr. Cricket intends to settle down in a cozy nook to finally write his debut novel, full of his own life stories, but the universe seems to have other plans for him, for when he discovers a hollow in the pine tree that grew from Carlo’s pinecone, he settles in shortly before a drunken Gepetto chops the tree down in a desperate attempt to bring his dead son back.
- Wood Sprite (Tilda Swinton) Coalescing from individual little eye-ball like spirits, the Wood Sprite decides to literally animate Pinocchio, turning him into more than just a stiff puppet.
Jan 11, 2023 · Tilda Swinton. The Wood Sprite. The chameleonic performer plays dual roles in Pinocchio — the heavenly blue wood sprite who brings Pinocchio to life and the mysterious guardian of the afterlife who meets Pinocchio later in his journey.
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Dan Ramsay. Carlo Collodi. Vera Brosgol. Guillermo del Toro. Patrick McHale. Matthew Robbins. During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
