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Pinocchio Overview:

Pinocchio (1940) was a Animation - Adventure Film directed by Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts and Ben Sharpsteen and produced by Walt Disney.

SYNOPSIS

Walt Disney's beautiful animated feature (his second) is rich with complex and sympathetic characters, a fascinating story, and dazzling animation artistry. A brilliant piece of filmmaking, based on a story by Collodi about a puppet who is brought to life by a fairy but wants more than anything to become a real boy. Classic children's entertainment, which engages audiences at all levels. The collector's edition includes photos of the animators, early concept drawings and scene paintings, original theatrical trailers, publicity materials, an exclusive commemorative lithograph and booklet, plus a newly remastered compact disc of the film's original soundtrack.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Pinocchio was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1994.

Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringLeigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned WashingtonWon
Best Music - SongMusic by Leigh Harline; Lyrics by Ned WashingtonWon
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Pinocchio BlogHub Articles:

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

By Alyson on Feb 20, 2023 From The Best Picture Project

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a beautiful work of stop-motion animation retelling the classic tale of a wooden puppet come to life. Here, Guillermo del Toro focuses more on life, death, grief and the heavy burden each of those things can be. We see how happy and complete Geppetto (voiced by Da... Read full article

Pinocchio (1940) (2)

By Beatrice on Mar 31, 2014 From Flickers in Time

Pinocchio Directed by Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske et al Written by Ted Sears et al from the story by Carlo Collodi 1940/USA Walt Disney Productions #148 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die I don’t think Disney’s second feature cartoon quite matches the first but it is good va... Read full article

Pinocchio (1940) (1)

By Kristen on Aug 25, 2012 From Journeys in Classic Film

Another edition of Journeys In the Disney Vault (took me long enough)!  Today’s film tells the tale of a little wooden boy going on a manic and frightening series of adventures.  Actually, the film details a little boy exploring the perils of kidnapping, indentured servitude, child trafficki... Read full article

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Pinocchio Quotes:

No Quote for this film.
Pinocchio Facts
Working models for all of Geppetto's cuckoo clocks were built as guides for the animators.
In 1940, Victor Young conducted a four-record 78-RPM Decca album of the songs from "Pinocchio". The album featured three songs eventually deleted from the film before its release: "Jiminy Cricket"; "Turn on the Old Music Box" and "Three Cheers for Anything". Cliff Edwards, who did the voice of Jiminy Cricket in the film, was the only actor from the movie who appeared on the album. Also featured were Julietta Novis (who sang the "Ave Maria" in Disney's Fantasia), The King's Men and The Ken Darby Singers. It is also claimed that around this time, RCA Victor released an album that was supposedly the actual film soundtrack of "Pinocchio", but whether or not it really was the soundtrack has never been confirmed.
Honest John's "real" name is given in promotional materials as J. Worthington Foulfellow, but this name is never mentioned in the film itself.
Lux Radio Theatre on the CBS network, with Cecil B. DeMille as the Presenter, broadcast a condensed version of "Pinocchio" on Christmas Day, 1939. The program featured the performers who did the voices in the film.
Despite the iconic nature of the scene in which Pinocchio's nose grows, it only happens once in the film.
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