The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he ... See full summary »

Director:

Steve Barron

Writers:

Sherry Mills (screenplay), Steve Barron (screenplay),

Stars:

Martin Landau, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Geneviève Bujold

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Martin Landau	...	Geppetto
Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Pinocchio (voice)
Geneviève Bujold	...	Leona
Udo Kier	...	Lorenzini
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Felinet
Rob Schneider	...	Volpe
Corey Carrier	...	Lampwick
Marcello Magni	...	Pastry shop baker
Dawn French	...	Baker's wife
Richard Claxton	...	Saleo
Griff Rhys Jones	...	Tino
John Sessions	...	Professor
Jean-Claude Drouot	...	Magistrate
Jean-Claude Dreyfus	...	Foreman
Teco Celio	...	Henchman

Storyline

One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.

---

Plot Keywords:

pinocchio | slow motion | children | based on novel | independent film | 

---

Taglines:

A new angle on the classic tale... and that's no lie!

---

Genres:

Fantasy | Family | Adventure | Musical

---

Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

UK USA France Germany Czech Republic

Language:

Italian English

Release Date:

26 July 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio

Filming Locations:

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

JPY 39,648,400 (Japan) (20 December 1996)

Gross:

JPY 132,354,100 (Japan) (17 January 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Savoy Pictures, Kushner-Locke Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 90 min (DVD edition)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The puppet of Pinocchio took Jim Henson's Creature Shop 9 months to perfect. It was operated by 12 people.

---

Quotes

[Pinocchio has tricked Volpe and Felinet into drinking the water that turns bad boys into donkeys]
Volpe: [turned into a fox] Don't you just hate that kid?
Felinet: [turned into a cat] Not as much as I hate you!

---

Connections

Version of Pinocchio (1940)

---

Soundtracks

"What Are We Made Of"
Performed by Brian May and 'Sissel Kyrkjebo'
Words and Music by Brian May

User Reviews

Nicely Done Version Of Pinocchio

This is one of the better "family films" that adults would still enjoy, and I don' mean to use that as a cliché. Suffice to say it's a fast-moving story, is creatively done and looks super on DVD. This was a stunner, visually-speaking.

The creativity - especially for a film 10 years old - involves the wonderful special-effects that make the famous wooden puppet so lifelike. I haven't seen it in eight or nine years but when this came out first on VHS I remember being shocked at the visuals and how real things looked.

This is not an animated film, and the story is a bit different from other versions. How faithful this is to the original story, I cannot tell you, because I never was a big fan of the story. I can tell you, however, that Martin Landau is very good playing Pinochhio's creator "Geppetto."

I found it interesting that the cricket in this story was called "Pepe," not Jiminy Cricket. At any rate, this is a nicely-done version of the famous kids' story.