Movie Description
Walt Disney's second full-length animated feature is a timeless, breathtakingly beautiful classic. Based on an 1800s story by Carlo Collodi, it stars Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Cliff Edwards) as a vagabond insect who spends a rainy night at the shop of toymaker Geppetto. The Blue Fairy brings a marionette to life after Geppetto wishes on a star for a son, and Jiminy Cricket is appointed the new boy's conscience. He has a devil of a time keeping up as Pinocchio is willingly lured through various forms of temptation, the most frightening of which leads him to Pleasure Island, where he drinks, smokes, and is almost turned into a jackass. This sequence, as well as Pinocchio's brave rescue of Geppetto from the belly of a whale, ranks among the most memorable in the history of animation. With such songs as "When You Wish Upon a Star," this is about as magical as cinema can get, a sublimely beautiful coming-of-age story for all to treasure.

Credits
Writer:	Aurelius Battaglia, Erdman Penner, Joseph Sabo, Otto Englander, Ted Sears, Webb Smith, William Cottrell
Producer:	Walt Disney
Cast:	Charles Judels, Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Don Brodie, Evelyn Venable, Frankie Darro, Walter Catlett

Details
Sound:	HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound

Notes
Theatrical release: February 9, 1940.

Rereleased in 1945, 1954, 1962, 1971, 1978, 1984, and 1992.

PINOCCHIO is the second full-length animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures.

The famous story has been remade for TV in 1957, 1968, and 1976 and as GEPPETTO in 2000, starring a singing Drew Carey.

PINOCCHIO was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1994.

Editorial Reviews
"...Awesomely restored..." -- 4 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.3D - Mike Clark

"...Every element in PINOCCHIO shimmers with the energy of young artists reveling in their newly discovered powers of creation..."
Los Angeles Times - Charles Solomon (06/26/1992)

"...The movie looks great....The movie is genuinely exciting and romantic, great to look at, and timeless..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (06/26/1992)

"...Visually, the movie remains the peak of the studio's craft..."
Entertainment Weekly - Ty Burr (01/11/2002)

"Arguably the best told of all the Disney fairy tales....And, as ever, the animation is near flawless..."
Empire - Empire Staff (03/01/2008)

Awards
1940Academy AwardsBest Original ScoreLeigh Harline, 1940Academy AwardsBest Original ScoreNed Washington, 1940Academy AwardsBest Original ScorePaul J. Smith, 1940Academy AwardsBest Original SongLeigh Harline, 1940Academy AwardsBest Original SongNed Washington