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Pinocchio 1940 Disney Animation Film



What's your review of the 1940 Disney animation film Pinocchio with Geppetto, Figaro, and Jimminy Cricket? #Pinocchio #Disney #Geppetto Is this one of your favourite classic Disney animations? Did you see the trailer and then rush out to see the full movie? I’d love to know your own reviews! You can scroll down for more information, or check out the Rotten Tomatoes rating, IMDb page, or Wikipedia article!


Alternative titles (from Letterboxd): Pinokkió, 匹诺曹, Пиноккио, Pinokkio, 木偶奇遇記, Gosi, Pinóquio, 피노키오, Пинокио 1940, Pinocho


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About the Pinocchio 1940 film

Supervising Directors: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske

Sequence Directors: Bill Roberts, Norman Ferguson, Jack Kinney, Wilfred Jackson, T. Hee

Produced by Walt Disney

Screenplay by Ted Sears, Otto Englander, Webb Smith, William Cottrell, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, Aurelius Battaglia

Based on The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Music by Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith

Production company: Walt Disney Productions

Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures

Release date: February 7, 1940 (Center Theatre), February 23, 1940 (United States)

Running time: 88 minutes

Budget: $2,289,247

Box office: $164 million


From Wikipedia: “The plot involves an old wood-carver named Geppetto who carves a wooden puppet named Pinocchio. The puppet is brought to life by a blue fairy, who informs him that he can become a real boy if he proves himself to be "brave, truthful, and unselfish". Pinocchio's efforts to become a real boy involve encounters with a host of unsavory characters."


Voice Cast and Characters


Dick Jones Pinocchio, a wooden puppet “I’m a real boy!”


Cliff Edwards Jiminy Cricket

Christian Rub Geppetto

Figaro the cat

Cleo the goldfish

Walter Catlett "Honest" John Worthington Foulfellow the red fox

"Giddy" Gideon the Cat

Charles Judels Stromboli, a large, evil, bearded Italian puppet-maker

Evelyn Venable The Blue Fairy

Frankie Darro Lampwick

Stuart Buchanan Carnival Barker

Marion Darlington vocal effects of the birds and whistling

Thurl Ravenscroft Monstro the Terrible Whale


You can find Geppetto and Pinocchio at Magic Kingdom. The film has been released on VHS, DVD, and blu-ray, with many special editions. There is also a range of other merchandising.


Pinocchio Soundtrack Songs:

When You Wish Upon A Star Cliff Edwards

Little Wooden Head Christian Rub

Give A Little Whistle Cliff Edwards & Dickie Jones

Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee Walter Catlett

I've Got No Strings Dickie Jones and Patricia Page

Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (Reprise) Walter Catlett

When You Wish Upon A Star (Reprise) Cliff Edwards & Chorus


Songs not used in the film

I'm A Happy Go Lucky Fellow

As I Was Saying To The Duchess

Three Cheers For Anything

Monstro The Whale

Turn On The Old Music Box

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