Pinocchio

Starring: Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Walter Catlett, et al.

Product Description

Jiminy Cricket tells the story of a wooden puppet who wants to be a boy and gets his chance. Animated. Best song Oscar for "When You Wish Upon a Star."

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 786936735321
• Release Date: March 2009
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Publisher: Walt Disney Video
• Directors: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske
• Starring: Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards, Charles Judels, Christian Rub, Evelyn Venable, Dick Jones
• Runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; AC-3; Animated; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; Full Screen; NTSC; Restored; Special Edition
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

This is quite boring.

Old lonely Geppetto builds a marionette or puppet, Pinocchio, and wishes on the Evening Star that he had a real boy. The star, which is a fairy, hears his wish and grants him public life; however, it is still made of wood. It must prove itself worthy to become a real boy. Because Pinocchio was made of wood, he does not have an internal conscience and is assigned Jimmy Cricket as his conscience. We follow Pinocchio through his trials and tribulations, misjudgments, and antics. Will he be able to prove himself worthy, or go awry? This film was made back in the heyday when Disney could do no wrong. It was before Disney decided to become politically correct and had agendas other than entertainment. So why was it so boring? Well, he was just walking through the motions of the story. Disney did fluff that outfit will do it with the addition of some new characters. It is worth watching the DVD extras to see why he did this and what effect he was trying to achieve. However, in the process, he made a quite boring presentation. The characters were not believable, the background depth was nil, and the purpose of the story was convoluted. Yet, on the positive side, especially watching Blu-Ray, the color and sound quality are excellent. The animation is top-notch. Also, there is no underlying political agenda or attempt to be socially correct. The theme song for this movie, "When You Wish Upon a Star," became the Disney theme song.

First and finest animated movie ever made

If you simply observe the color pallet used in the background frames, you will be amazed. Nothing was left to chance. Story has it when Walt Disney was watching the premier he noticed Clark Gable got teary at one point. Disney knew he had a hit!