Pinocchio
1940
Walt Disney's second full-length animated feature is a timeless, breathtakingly beautiful classic. Based on an 1800s story by Carlo Collodi, it stars Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Cliff Edwards) as a vagabond insect who spends a rainy night at the shop of toymaker Geppetto. The Blue Fairy brings a marionette to life after Geppetto .. Read more
| Starring | Dick Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub, Charles Judels |
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| Director | Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen |
| Genres | Animated, Children, Family, Music/Musical |
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Pinocchio
Walt Disney's second full-length animated feature is a timeless, breathtakingly beautiful classic. Based on an 1800s story by Carlo Collodi, it stars Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Cliff Edwards) as a vagabond insect who spends a rainy night at the shop of toymaker Geppetto. The Blue Fairy brings a marionette to life after Geppetto wishes on a star for a son, and Jiminy Cricket is appointed the new boy's conscience. He has a devil of a time keeping up as Pinocchio is willingly lured through various forms of temptation, the most frightening of which leads him to Pleasure Island, where he drinks, smokes, and is almost turned into a jackass. This sequence, as well as Pinocchio's brave rescue of Geppetto from the belly of a whale, ranks among the most memorable in the history of animation. With such songs as When You Wish Upon a Star, this is about as magical as cinema can get, a sublimely beautiful coming-of-age story for all to treasure.
| Starring | Dick Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub, Charles Judels, Walter Catlett, Evelyn Venable, Don Brodie, Frankie Darro |
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| Director | Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 24 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 24 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Animated, Children, Family, Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 09 Mar 2009 Blu-ray: 09 Mar 2009 Production year: 1940 |
| Format | DVD |
Pinocchio (1940)
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Disney's second cartoon feature is a rum old mixture of the excellent and the awful. The story itself has the harsh... read more on Time Out
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"...Awesomely restored..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
TRULY MAGICAL!
After the rave box office success that had went with ' Snow White And The Seven Dwarves' it was up to Walter'Walt'Disney and his studio to think up the next big classic. taken from Carlo Collodi's equally excellent book this is not as dark as it's book but hey it's Disney what do you expect? it's still the basic storyline: a lonely carpenter named Gepetto makes himself a wooden puppet which he names Pinocchio. Pinocchio isn't real but Gepetto wishes upon a star that Pinnochio becomes real and The Blue Fairy brings Pinocchio to life. The Blue Fairy is true old fashioned beauty of animation, she brings tears to my eyes with her kindness. other characters is the little Cricket named Jimminy Cricket. there is also Chleo the fish & Figaro the cat. other classic characters are Honest John the sly ' Renard' like fox and his nervous cat assitant{ i can't remember his name}. with classic places like Pleasure Island etc this movie has it all. Stromboli the puppet master scared the living daylights out of me as a kid, you have been warned!' must see movie!
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
TRULY MAGICAL!
After the rave box office success that had went with ' Snow White And The Seven Dwarves' it was up to Walter'Walt'Disney and his studio to think up the next big classic. taken from Carlo Collodi's equally excellent book this is not as dark as it's book but hey it's Disney what do you expect? it's still the basic storyline: a lonely carpenter named Gepetto makes himself a wooden puppet which he names Pinocchio. Pinocchio isn't real but Gepetto wishes upon a star that Pinnochio becomes real and The Blue Fairy brings Pinocchio to life. The Blue Fairy is true old fashioned beauty of animation, she brings tears to my eyes with her kindness. other characters is the little Cricket named Jimminy Cricket. there is also Chleo the fish & Figaro the cat. other classic characters are Honest John the sly ' Renard' like fox and his nervous cat assitant{ i can't remember his name}. with classic places like Pleasure Island etc this movie has it all. Stromboli the puppet master scared the living daylights out of me as a kid, you have been warned!' must see movie!
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