Pinocchio
1940 · Movie · G · 88 min · ★ 7.1 · 100% critics
A kind woodcarver creates a puppet, and a fairy brings it to life. Now it must prove it has the qualities needed to become a real boy, facing adventures that test bravery, truthfulness, and unselfishness.
Based on The Adventures of Pinocchio
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Details
- Years
- 1940
- Release date
- 1940-02-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 100/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (6,247 votes)
- Box office
- $121,892,045
- Budget
- $2,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this classic, beautiful and sometimes unsettling moral adventure if you love traditional Disney stories like Fantasia and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Not for you if you prefer lighter, purely kid-friendly plots.
Pros: timeless animation charm; rich emotional fable; memorable songs | Cons: dark scary moments; disjointed episodes; too much dialogue
Themes
- rescue
- sea
- child abuse
- based on novel or book
- magic
- whale
- italy
- donkey
- lie
- fairy
- fox
- cartoon
- +14 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1941
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1941 · nominated
Cast & crew
Dickie Jones
as Pinocchio / Alexander (voice) (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards
as Jiminy Cricket (voice) (uncredited)
Christian Rub
as Geppetto (voice) (uncredited)
Evelyn Venable
as The Blue Fairy (voice) (uncredited)
Walter Catlett
as 'Honest John' Worthington Foulfellow (voice) (uncredited)
Mel Blanc
as Gideon (hiccup) (voice) (uncredited)
Charles Judels
as Stromboli / The Coachman (voice) (uncredited)
Frankie Darro
as Lampwick (voice) (uncredited)
Don Brodie
as Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
- MD
Marion Darlington
as Birds (voice) (uncredited)
Directed by T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Norman Ferguson +4 more