Pinocchio (2002)

Director:

Roberto Benigni

Writers:

Roberto Benigni (writer)
Vincenzo Cerami (writer)

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Despite guidance from the Blue Fairy, and the love of his father, Gepetto, a wooden puppet's curious...

Plot Keywords:

Fairy | Donkey | Nose | Wood | Whale

Awards:

4 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Roberto Benigni	...	Pinocchio
Nicoletta Braschi	...	Blue Fairy
Carlo Giuffrè	...	Geppetto
Kim Rossi Stuart	...	Lucignolo
Peppe Barra	...	The Talking Cricket
Mino Bellei	...	Medoro
Max Cavallari	...	The Cat
Bruno Arena	...	The Fox
Luis Molteni	...	Omino di burro
Alessandro Bergonzoni	...	Ring Master
Corrado Pani	...	Giudice
Vincenzo Cerami	...	Man with the Mustache
Giorgio Ariani	...	Host of the Gambero Rosso
Tommaso Bianco	...	Pulcinella
Franco Iavarone	...	Mangiafuoco (as Franco Javarone)

Also Known As:

Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

108 min | Argentina:112 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:8 (canton of Zurich) | South Korea:All | Malaysia:(Banned) | Iraq:(Banned) | Canada:G | Iceland:L | Hong Kong:IIB (Violence) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Denmark:7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:8 (canton of the Grisons) | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Castelfasi, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Melampo Cinematografica

Trivia:

This is the first film in a non-English language to be nominated for Worst Picture at the Razzie Awards.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Medoro gives Pinocchio's body over to the Blue Fairy, Medoro says he thinks Pinocchio is dead. After Medoro says that, Pinocchio's hand is grabbing the gold coins from a plant.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Il Tema Della Fata

Astounded by the magic...

It's very hard to say something about the most waited Italian movie of all times (am I exaggerating?)... I don't want to spoil anything of the film, so I'll be very concise: Pinocchio is... Pinocchio. It's just like you expect it to be, it's just like the fable is. Pinocchio is in every costume, in every scene, in the eyes of the Blue Fairy and in the mouth of the whale: maybe a little too weak in the development of the plot, but awesome in the technical aspect and in the depiction of the characters. Let me say that Pinocchio is and will be ...pure magic.