Pinocchio (2002)

Director:

Roberto Benigni

Writers:

Roberto Benigni (writer)
Vincenzo Cerami (writer)

Release Date:

11 October 2002 (Italy)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Plot:

Despite guidance from the Blue Fairy, and the love of his father, Gepetto, a wooden puppet's curious...

Plot Keywords:

Fairy | Donkey | Nose | Wood | Whale

Awards:

4 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Roberto Benigni	...	Pinocchio
Nicoletta Braschi	...	Blue Fairy
Carlo Giuffrè	...	Geppetto
Kim Rossi Stuart	...	Lucignolo
Peppe Barra	...	The Talking Cricket
Mino Bellei	...	Medoro
Max Cavallari	...	The Cat
Bruno Arena	...	The Fox
Luis Molteni	...	Omino di burro
Alessandro Bergonzoni	...	Ring Master
Corrado Pani	...	Giudice
Vincenzo Cerami	...	Man with the Mustache
Giorgio Ariani	...	Host of the Gambero Rosso
Tommaso Bianco	...	Pulcinella
Franco Iavarone	...	Mangiafuoco (as Franco Javarone)

Also Known As:

Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

108 min | Argentina:112 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:8 (canton of Zurich) | South Korea:All | Iraq:(Banned) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Canada:G | Iceland:L | Hong Kong:IIB (Violence) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Denmark:7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:8 (canton of the Grisons) | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Castelfasi, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Company:

Melampo Cinematografica

Trivia:

Roberto Benigni originally conceived this project as a collaboration, with Federico Fellini directing it. When Fellini died, Benigni became its director.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Medoro gives Pinocchio's body over to the Blue Fairy, Medoro says he thinks Pinocchio is dead. After Medoro says that, Pinocchio's hand is grabbing the gold coins from a plant.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Il Bacio Della Fata

Too much perfect?

Nothing to say about the movie... it's incredible, scenes, music ,actors everything... the plot is the Collodi novel and Benigni put it on the screen...no more, is like a present to Fellini and Collodi together, every word of the poem and every episode is on the screen as normally a kid used to imagine! The actors are the best on Italian scene and they are great, Benigni himself is the perfect Pinocchio. The guidelines that the society gives us we follow to be human and normal, Pinocchio is a Wood poppet and he breaks every rules when he sees them. The end for me is sad (like in the book!). But the shadow... It's a little bit boring like every fairy tail for kids, but it's at the same time wonderful and make you dream for a while than the plot follows perhaps too much the Collodi's novel and you already knows everything!!!! That's the problem, is PINOCCHIO 100%... if you like pinocchio u will like even the movie otherwise not! Roberto Benigni is magic more than in LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA E' BELLA). C ya.