The New Adventures of Pinocchio
The New Adventures of Pinocchio is a 1999 direct-to-video film that is a sequel to the 1996 film The Adventures of Pinocchio. The film was directed by Michael Anderson and featured Martin Landau reprising his role as Geppetto with Udo Kier reprising his role as Lorenzini, but also playing Lorenzini's widow Madame Flambeau. The film also featured Sarah Alexander, Simon Schatzberger, Warwick Davis, Ben Ridgeway, and introduced Gabriel Thomson as Pinocchio. This is the last film Michael Anderson directed, since Summer of the Monkeys in this film, before his death in 2018.
Plot
In July 1890, Geppetto is finishing up his puppets for the Royal Puppet Festival. His son Pinocchio and his friend Lampwick skip school to go to a carnival. While there, they watch a presentation by the carnival's leader, Madame Flambeau. She gives a man with one shorter leg some of her Elixir, and his leg grows to the length of the other one. The carnival's dwarf then leads Pinocchio and Lampwick to "The Hall of Freaks", a place with a clown named Mister Laffy who washes his depressed face, an albino named Sizzler who can blow fire from his mouth (though ironic as he appears to be freezing), a large aquarium fish with human faces, a bearded lady named Loretta Largesse, and a fairy called "Blue" who only Pinocchio can see. They then return to Pinocchio's house and find Geppetto, who is very sick. Pinocchio and Lampwick then return to the carnival to each buy some of Madame Flambeau's Elixir. Volpe and Felinet, who are now fox and cat humanoids, lead them to Madame Flambeau. They don't have enough money for the Elixir, so they agree to work for her in the carnival. Lampwick drinks his Elixir and returns home, and Pinocchio gives his Elixir to Geppetto.