The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 1996 fantasy comedy family film, directed by Steve Barron and based on the original 1883 novel of the same name by Carlo Collodi. Barron collaborated with Sherry Mills, Tom Benedek and Barry Berman on the screenplay. It was an American, British, French, Czech, and German venture produced by New Line Cinema, The Kushner-Locke Company, Savoy Pictures, Pangaea Holdings and Twin Continental Films. It stars Martin Landau and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. It was a critical and commercial failure which led the sequel, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, straight to video.
Plot
Set in the 18th century, the film opens with the kindly Italian woodcarver, Geppetto, declaring his secret love for a woman named Leona by carving their initials in a heart on an old pine tree in the forest. Later, lightning strikes the tree. Many years later, Geppetto, now an elderly man living alone with his pet cat Nina and his puppets, returns to the forest. A piece of wood from that tree, bearing the heart Geppetto carved, finds its way into his cart. Feeling a certain affinity for it, he decides to carve a puppet from it. When he finishes his work, he names his new creation Pinocchio, from the pine wood he made him from and for his magnificent eyes. Suddenly, the wooden boy comes to life and shocks the old puppet-maker. Although Geppetto tells Pinocchio that he is not his father, he seeks to protect the puppet, who damages himself while trying to imitate a pigeon leaping and running along the roofs of the city. Later, Pinocchio wanders off, following a child with a ball. He runs into Volpe and Felinet, who try to sell him to the puppet-theater owner Lorenzini. Although Lorenzini agrees to pay a great deal for Pinocchio, Geppetto declines.
Cast
- Allan Kolman
- Anita Zagaria
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Brian May
- Claudia Vasekova
- Corey Carrier
- Daniela Tolkien
- David Doyle
- Dawn French
- Gary Martin
- Geneviève Bujold
- Griff Rhys Jones
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- Jan Slovák
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus
- Jean-Claude Drouot
- Joe Swash
- John Sessions
- Jonathan Taylor Thomas
- Lída Vlášková
- Lilian Malkina
- Marcello Magni
- Martin Landau
- Michael Gregory
- Pavel Kočí
- Peter Locke
- Richard Claxton
- Rob Schneider
- Spencer Proffer
- Teco Celio
- Udo Kier
- Václav Vydra
- Wilfred Benaïche
- Zdeněk Podhůrský
More details
| author | Barry Berman Steve Barron Tom Benedek |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Steve Barron |
| editor | Sean Barton |
| genre | adventure comedy fantasy |
| keywords | 18th century arrest best friend capture drink elderly man force italian kill learn lightning live alone lost at sea married mediterranean sea pass prison cell rid river run sea monster search secret love snap strike voice wait want |
| musicBy | Rachel Portman |
| producer | Heinz Bibo Jeffrey M. Sneller Raju Patel |
| productionCompany | CineVox Pangaea Holdings Savoy Pictures The Kushner-Locke Company Twin Continental Films |
| publisher | Metropolitan Filmexport New Line Cinema PolyGram Filmed Entertainment UniFrance Warner Bros. |
| theme | animated children's |