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The adventures of Pinocchio

Threat advisory: Low - Low risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

The classic Italian fairy tale of Geppetto, a toymaker, and Pinocchio, the wooden puppet who wants to be a real boy.

Persons of interest

Bullets .... Musicians
Carlo Collodi .... Author
Angelo Grillo .... Screenwriter
Ippei Kuri .... Director
Jim Terry .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

See also Pinocchio, The adventures of Pinocchio
Studios and distributors:

Warner Bros * Roadshow Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

This version of the Pinocchio story was made in the early 1980s and it really shows. The animation is daggy: having been brought up on CGI, most kids today would turn up their noses at it. The dialogue was not originally written in English but translated to English, possibly by someone wielding a dictionary and a thesaurus. They've tried to make the words fit the characters's mouth movements and it just doesn't work. In animation the voices are usually recorded first and the characters are drawn to fit in with them. That probably happened. In Italian. Then someone tried to anglicise it for the USA market. Very dodgy.

If you want to baby-sit the rugrats this'll keep them entertained but it won't become a family favourite like the Disney version.

Media intelligence (DVD)

Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound
Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound and stereo), Spanish (stereo)
Picture: Fullscreen
Special features: DVD-ROM: Interactive colouring book