Basic Info

Release Date:: Feb. 9, 1940
Genre:: Animation
Studio:: Walt Disney Productions

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Starring:: Dickie Jones (Pinocchio), Cliff Edwards (Jiminy Cricket), Christian Rub (Geppetto), Evelyn Venable (The Blue Fairy), Charles Judels (Stromboli), Walter Catlett (Honest John), Frankie Darro (Lampwick)
Screenplay By:: Carlo Collodi (story); adapted by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, and Aurelius Battaglia
Directed By:: Hamilton Luske and Ben Sharpsteen
Produced By:: Walt Disney
Awards:: Oscars for Best Original Score and Best Original Song ("When You Wish Upon a Star")
Plot Outline:: Geppetto makes a wood puppet called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a human is unexpectedly granted by Blue Fairy, however she only animates the puppet telling him that he has to prove himself in order to become a "real boy". Blue Fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's conscience and keep him out of wrong, and Jiminy requests that if he succeeds, he wants a medal. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in wrong.

On his first day of school Pinocchio is lead astray by the conniving Honest John and Gideon who convince him to join Stromboli's puppet show instead. Pinocchio becomes Stromboli's star attraction but Stromboli abuses Pinocchio by locking him in a bird cage. Stromboli also tells Pinocchio that "once you get old, I'll turn you into fire wood." The Blue Fairy appears and questions Pinocchio about his situation, Pinocchio lies about how he got into the situation but recants when his nose grows in size. With the help of the Blue Fairy and Jiminy, Pinocchio escapes from the cage after his nose is returned to normal.

Honest John and Gideon once more manage to lead Pinocchio astray by convincing him to go to Pleasure Island. On his way he befriends Lampwick, a misbehaved and destructive boy who convinces Pinocchio to act like he and the other boys on Pleasure Island do. Pinocchio enjoys gambling, smoking, getting drunk and destroying Pleasure Island much to Jiminy's dismay. However Jiminy discovers that the island has the power to turn boys who "make jackasses of themselves" into literal donkeys. These boys are then sold to work in the local salt mines.

Lampwick is transformed but Pinocchio manages to escape with only his ears transformed and having gained a donkey's tail, they escape Pleasure Island and return to Geppetto's house. However, when he returns to Geppetto's store the carpenter and his pets, who somehow learned that Pinocchio was on Pleasure Island, have gone to sea in search for him.

To search for Geppetto, Pinocchio and Jiminy manage to traverse underwater. However they are eaten by the gigantic whale Monstro, within they find that Geppetto and his pets also reside there having been swallowed themselves. Pinocchio devises an escape plan by burning wood in order to make Monstro sneeze. The plan works but in the process Monstro chases after them. Geppetto nearly drowns and asks Pinocchio to save himself, by swimming for shore. Pinocchio grabs his father and tries to swim to shore, but in the process, Monstro bumps into a huge boulder and causes a huge tidal wave, which washes everyone onto shore. Geppetto survives, but Pinocchio drowns and is presumed dead.

Geppetto, Jiminy and the pets are distraught and return home with Pinocchio's body. The Blue Fairy decides that Pinocchio has proved his worth and brings him back to life and also turns him into a real boy. Everyone is overjoyed and they begin to celebrate. The Blue Fairy rewards Jiminy with the medal he requested when he was assigned as Pinocchio's conscience. The movie ends with Jiminy singing the classic song "When You Wish upon a Star". -- Cf. Wikipedia, Aug. 24, 2008 (read less)
Geppetto makes a wood puppet called Pinocchio. His wish that Pinocchio be a human is unexpectedly granted by Blue Fairy, however she only animates the puppet telling him that he has to prove himself in order to become a "real boy". Blue Fairy assigns Jiminy Cricket to act as Pinocchio's conscience and keep him out of wrong, and Jiminy requests that if he succeeds, he wants a medal. Jiminy is not too successful in this endeavor and most of the film is spent with Pinocchio deep in wrong.

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