Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio (1940)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Dickie Jones
Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards
Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
Christian Rub
Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)
Evelyn Venable
The Blue Fairy (voice) (uncredited)
Walter Catlett
'Honest John' Worthington Foulfellow (voice) (uncredited)
Mel Blanc
Gideon (hiccup) (voice) (uncredited)
Charles Judels
Stromboli / The Coachman (voice) (uncredited)
Frankie Darro
Lampwick (voice) (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
Marion Darlington
Birds (voice) (uncredited)
John McLeish
Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
Patricia Page
Marionettes (voice) (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft
Monstro the Whale (uncredited)
Stuart Buchanan
Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
Hamilton Luske
Director
Ben Sharpsteen
Director
Carlo Collodi
Novel
Ted Sears
Adaptation
Otto Englander
Adaptation
Webb Smith
Adaptation
Mary Daily
Children
William Cottrell
Adaptation
Joseph Sabo
Adaptation
Erdman Penner
Adaptation
Aurelius Battaglia
Adaptation
Leigh Harline
Original Music Composer / Songs
Paul J. Smith
Original Music Composer
Walt Disney
Producer
Frank Churchill
Music
Edward H. Plumb
Music
Merle Cox
Background Designer
Claude Coats
Background Designer
Eric Larson
Animation / Animation Director
Jack Campbell
Animation
Wolfgang Reitherman
Animation / Animation Director
Joshua Meador
Animation
John Lounsbery
Animation
Fred Moore
Animation / Animation Director
Frank Thomas
Animation / Animation Director
Bob McCrea
Animation
Ward Kimball
Animation / Animation Director
Milt Kahl
Animation / Animation Director
Ollie Johnston
Animation
Charles A. Nichols
Animation
Jack Kinney
Director
Bill Roberts
Director
T. Hee
Director
Norman Ferguson
Director
Wilfred Jackson
Director
Bruce Bushman
Art Direction
Arthur Heinemann
Art Direction
Charles Payzant
Art Direction
Bill Peet
Adaptation
Ford Beebe Jr.
Assistant Director
Louis Debney
Assistant Director
Jim Handley
Assistant Director
Graham Heid
Assistant Director
Mike Holoboff
Assistant Director
Larry Lansburgh
Assistant Director
Lloyd L. Richardson
Assistant Director
George Lowerre
Sound Engineer
Oskar Fischinger
Visual Effects
Edwin Aardal
Special Effects
Ugo D'Orsi
Special Effects
Bob Broughton
Camera Operator
Chuck Wheeler
Camera Operator
Bill Tytla
Animation Director
Art Babbitt
Animation Director
Charles Philippi
Art Direction
Hugh Hennesy
Art Direction
Ken Anderson
Art Direction
Dick Kelsey
Art Direction
Kendall O'Connor
Art Direction
Terrell Stapp
Art Direction
Thor Putnam
Art Direction
John Hubley
Art Direction
McLaren Stewart
Art Direction
Al Zinnen
Art Direction
Albert Hurter
Characters
Joe Grant
Characters
John P. Miller
Characters
Campbell Grant
Characters
Martin Provensen
Characters
John Walbridge
Characters
Bernard Wolf
Animation
Don Towsley
Animation
Don Lusk
Animation
Norman Tate
Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 23, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Content RatingG
Budget$2,600,000
Box Office$164,000,000
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Pinocchio is a 1940 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, it is the studio's second animated feature film, as well as the third animated film overall produced by an American film studio, after Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Fleischer Studios' Gulliver's Travels (1939). With the voices of Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Walter Catlett, Charles Judels, Evelyn Venable, and Frankie Darro, 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.
The film was adapted by several storyboard artists from Collodi's book. The production was supervised by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, and the film's sequences were directed by Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, and Bill Roberts. Pinocchio was a groundbreaking achievement in the area of effects animation, giving realistic movement to vehicles and machinery as well as natural elements such as rain, water, lightning, smoke, and shadow. After premiering at the Center Theatre in New York City on February 7, 1940, Pinocchio was released in theatres on February 23, 1940.
Although it received critical acclaim and became the first animated feature to win a competitive Academy Award – winning two for Best Music, Original Score and for Best Music, Original Song for "When You Wish Upon a Star" – it was initially a commercial failure, mainly due to World War II cutting off the European and Asian markets. It eventually made a profit after its 1945 rerelease, and is considered one of the greatest animated films ever made, with a 100% rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes. The film and characters are still prevalent in popular culture, featuring at various Disney parks and other forms of entertainment. In 1994, Pinocchio was added to the United States National Film Registry for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
In 2000, a live-action made-for-television semi-remake and musical film titled Geppetto, told from Geppetto's perspective, was released via ABC. A live-action remake of the same title directed by Robert Zemeckis was released in 2022 on Disney+.