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  1. While not a direct adaptation of the 1940 animated film, it features few commons elements such as the character of Figaro, the song "I've Got No Strings", and Pleasure Island. It stars Drew Carey as Geppetto and Seth Adkins as Pinocchio, and features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

    • Cliff Edwards

      Edwards appeared in the darkly sardonic western comedy The...

    • Geppetto

      Geppetto (/ dʒ ə ˈ p ɛ t oʊ / jə-PET-oh Italian:...

    • The Coachman

      The Coachman appears in the 1940 film adaptation by Walt...

  2. Pinocchio: Directed by Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Ben Sharpsteen. With Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Stuart Buchanan, Walter Catlett. A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.

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    • Animation, Adventure, Comedy
    • Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson
    • 1940-02-23
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    Jiminy Cricket opens the movie singing "When You Wish Upon A Star" as he sits on a bookshelf, on which various literary classics, such as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, and the titular book can be found, and given a place of prominence. After the song ends, Jiminy greets the audience and acknowledges that many may not believe that a wish, as the s...

    Dickie Jones as Pinocchio
    Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket
    Christian Rub as Geppetto
    Walter Catlett as J. Worthington Foulfellow

    Story development

    It's clear that Walt Disney had been aware of Pinocchio long before deciding to adapt it for animation; Roy E. Disney recalled his uncle reading the story to him before bed. However, Disney does not seem to have considered it for a feature until it was suggested by Ben Sharpsteen. Mrs. K. Evers, a family friend, suggested it for a short subject in a letter of April 8, 1935. On his holiday in Europe Disney had met Lo Duca, an Italian journalist, who was similarly enthusiastic that Disney adapt...

    Upon its 1940 release, Pinocchio was not financially successful. Mainly due to World War II cutting off European and Asian markets overaseas. However, others think it was too dark for being a film for family audiences. While there are also clear dark elements in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, these evil forces are vanquished in the film's climax;...

    In the book, the titular character, Pinocchio, is depicted as a much more ill-behaved character whom is bratty, rude, self-centered, and obnoxious in personality, and has a more wooden-like appeara...
    Geppetto was bald and used a yellow wig to cover his baldness. Geppetto in the film instead has a full head of grey hair. Also, Geppetto has a red nose that presumably was taken from another woodwo...
    In the film Geppetto is in a much better economical status than his book counterpart, who couldn't even afford to light fireplaces and had to sell his jacket to get a schoolbook for Pinocchio.
    In the original story, The Talking Cricket and Pinocchio did not get along. The Cricket actually dies early on when he tries to lecture Pinocchio on his bad behavior, only to have the puppet accide...
    Two books labeled Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan are visible in the very first shot of the film. Alice in Wonderland was released 11 years after Pinocchio, with Peter Pan immediately following t...
    The clock with the mother spanking the child with a bucket of paint on his hand is inspired by a 1931 cover from The Saturday Evening Post that depicts a older woman spanking a boy with paint on hi...
    The film's copyright was renewed on March 28, 1967.
    To this day, it remains debatable who is the main antagonist: Honest John, Stromboli, the Coachman, or Monstro.
    The main song "When You Wish Upon A Star" was parodied in the Family Guy episode "When You Wish Upon A Weinstein", where Peter Griffin sings "I Need A Jew" when he foolishly spends his family's sav...
    The film is also parodied in The Simpsonsepisode "Itchy & Scratchy Land".
    Pinocchio (1940 film) on Wikipedia
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    Pinocchio on Lux Radio Theater: December 25, 1939. Adaptation of Disney film.
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  3. Mar 29, 2024 · Pinocchio, American animated film, released in 1940, that is one of Walt Disney ’s most beloved classics, known for its brilliant animation and compelling story. Adapted from a novel by C. Collodi, it chronicles the adventures of a wooden puppet whose lonely maker, Geppetto, wishes were a real boy.

    • Lee Pfeiffer
  4. In Pinocchio, Walt Disney 's adaptation of Carlo Collodi 's 1883 children's fantasy novel, the story depicts the desire of a freshly carved wooden puppet to become a real boy: a living, breathing kid that can talk and walk without strings.

  5. Now a part of the celebrated Walt Disney Signature Collection, the timeless story of Pinocchio inspires a new generation with its masterful animation, a. YouTube Movies & TV. 181M subscribers.

  6. Nov 22, 1998 · The story of the little puppet and his quest to become a real boy is a triumph of storytelling with a moral. Has popular culture ever produced a more unforgettable parable about the dangers of telling a lie? The story is just plain wonderful.

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