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Pinocchio

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Also known as 1940 Pinocchio, Disney's Pinocchio

1940 American animated film

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"Pinocchio" is a 1940 American animated film that tells the story of a wooden puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy. The film is considered a landmark in animation history and remains widely recognized for its technical innovation and enduring cultural impact.

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When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

Released: 1940-02-2388 minDir: Hamilton LuskeAnimation, Family, FantasyBudget: $2.6MBox office: $164M

Cast

  • Dickie Jones as Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
  • Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
  • Christian Rub as Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)
  • Evelyn Venable as The Blue Fairy (voice) (uncredited)
  • Walter Catlett as 'Honest John' Worthington Foulfellow (voice) (uncredited)
  • Mel Blanc as Gideon (hiccup) (voice) (uncredited)

Themes

  • rescue
  • sea
  • child abuse
  • based on novel or book
  • magic
  • whale
  • italy
  • donkey
  • lie
  • fairy

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Encyclopedic overview

Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film loosely based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The production was supervised by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, and the film's sequences were directed by Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson and T. Hee.

With the voices of Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Walter Catlett, Charles Judels, Evelyn Venable, Frankie Darro, Mel Blanc and Clarence Nash, the film follows a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who is created by an old woodcarver, Geppetto, and brought to life by a blue fairy. Wishing to become a real boy, Pinocchio must prove himself to be "brave, truthful, and unselfish." Along his journey, Pinocchio encounters several characters representing the temptations and consequences of wrongdoing, as a cricket named Jiminy, who takes the role of Pinocchio's conscience, attempts to guide him in matters of right and wrong.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pinocchio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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