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The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)

The Adventures of Pinocchio poster
Directed by
Steve Barron
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film, family film, children's film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, France, Czech Republic
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
G
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 249 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woodcarver named Geppetto creates a puppet who comes to life and goes on a series of adventures. The puppet is guided by a talking cricket as he learns to become a real boy.

lightheartedwhimsicalfamily-friendlygentleclassicstraightforwardadventurousearnest

What happens

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 1996 fantasy 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 a German, French, British and American venture produced by The Kushner-Locke Company, Pangaea Holdings and Twin Continental Films. It stars Martin Landau and Jonathan Taylor Thomas. The film was a critical and commercial failure. A sequel, The New Adventures of Pinocchio, was released straight to video in 1999. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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