A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
- Won 2 Oscars
- 7 wins total
Dickie Jones
- Pinocchio
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Christian Rub
- Geppetto
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Mel Blanc
- Gideon (hiccoughs)
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Carnival Barker
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Stuart Buchanan
- Carnival Barker
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Walter Catlett
- J. Worthington Foulfellow
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Marion Darlington
- Birds
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Frankie Darro
- Lampwick
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Virginia Davis
- Children
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards
- Jiminy Cricket
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Charles Judels
- Stromboli
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
George Magrill
- Donkeys
- (uncredited)
Dal McKennon
- Donkeys
- (uncredited)
John McLeish
- Carnival Barker
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Clarence Nash
- Figaro
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Patricia Page
- Marionettes
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Purv Pullen
- Whistling Saw
- (uncredited)
Evelyn Venable
- The Blue Fairy
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFigaro was Walt Disney's favorite character in "Pinocchio" from 1940. Disney pushed for the kitten to appear in the film as much as possible. After the film, Disney swapped Minnie Mouse's pekingese Fifi with Figaro, starting with the cartoon "First Aiders (1944)." Figaro also got his own series of "Figaro" cartoons beginning with "Figaro and Cleo (1943)." He would have four cartoons of his own, two appearances in the "Pluto" cartoon series, and also appear in the promotional animated wartime short "All Together (1942)," for a total of seven cartoon appearances. This, plus the one feature film "Pinocchio," makes eight appearances of Figaro overall.
- GoofsWhen Pinocchio plays with the candle he burns his left hand, but Geppetto puts Pinocchio's right hand into the water.
- Quotes
The Blue Fairy: A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.
- Crazy creditsNone of the actors in this film are credited.
- Alternate versionsThe 1954 re-release marked the last time the film was distributed by RKO. After that, it was replaced by the logo for Buena Vista Distribution Co. (Disney's in-house distribution arm). The original 1985/1986 home video release hides the original RKO logo. The 1993 VHS release and 1999 DVD features the Buena Vista logo. Its original RKO logo's fanfare was restored in the 1993/1999/2000 home video releases. However, the 2003 UK DVD release, the 2009 Platinum Edition and current releases restored the original RKO logo, but they include reissue credits, as reference to Technicolor should have read "in Technicolor" but not just "Technicolor", and the current 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo only appears at the end of the film.
- ConnectionsEdited into Bambi (1942)
- SoundtracksWhen You Wish Upon A Star
(1939) (uncredited)
Music by Leigh Harline
Lyrics by Ned Washington
Performed by Cliff Edwards and Chorus during the opening and end credits
Featured review
"I've Got No Strings"
For it's second full length animated feature, Walt Disney Studios picked the Carlo Collodi children's classic Pinocchio. The wooden puppet boy who turns into flesh and blood because of a heroic deed has been done a few times on screen, but the Disney version remains the standard.
In some of the animated features of recent years we've come full circle in the fact that a lot of well known Hollywood figures have sought to lend their voices to animated productions. Coming to mind immediately are Mel Gibson as Captain John Smith and Eddie Murphy as the donkey in the Shrek movies. It wasn't as chic a thing to do back in Disney's day, still Walt came up with several good ones like young Dickie Jones as Pinocchio, Walter Catlett as J. Worthington Foulfellow, Frankie Darro as Lampwick, and most important Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket.
These folks lend their voices to one of Disney's best musical scores with Catlett making immortal the thespians ballad An Actor's Life For Me, Jones celebrating the fact he's been liberated from all manner of restraint with I've Got No Strings and Cliff Edwards talking about his new responsibilities as the puppet boy's conscience in Give A Little Whistle.
Most important though is the Academy Award given to that most plaintive song of yearning When You Wish Upon A Star as introduced by Cliff Edwards. Edwards was a major performer in the Twenties and early Thirties with his ukulele Ike character and introduced many popular songs like It's Only A Paper Moon and Singing In The Rain. But he had come up on hard times with a lot of substance abuse problems when Walt Disney offered him the part of Jiminy Cricket's voice. The movie Pinocchio and the songs he sang there resurrected his career and even when down and out, Edwards could always get work at the Disney Studio because of Jiminy Cricket's enduring popularity.
Animation never really dates and the best animation in the world was pioneered at Disney Studio. People can see Pinocchio on the same bill as Shrek even today and I daresay the audience would be equally responsive.
And you can appreciate Pinocchio today as much as your grandparents and great grandparents did through the magic of YouTube or Amazon. If not wish upon a star and fate will step in and see you through.
In some of the animated features of recent years we've come full circle in the fact that a lot of well known Hollywood figures have sought to lend their voices to animated productions. Coming to mind immediately are Mel Gibson as Captain John Smith and Eddie Murphy as the donkey in the Shrek movies. It wasn't as chic a thing to do back in Disney's day, still Walt came up with several good ones like young Dickie Jones as Pinocchio, Walter Catlett as J. Worthington Foulfellow, Frankie Darro as Lampwick, and most important Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket.
These folks lend their voices to one of Disney's best musical scores with Catlett making immortal the thespians ballad An Actor's Life For Me, Jones celebrating the fact he's been liberated from all manner of restraint with I've Got No Strings and Cliff Edwards talking about his new responsibilities as the puppet boy's conscience in Give A Little Whistle.
Most important though is the Academy Award given to that most plaintive song of yearning When You Wish Upon A Star as introduced by Cliff Edwards. Edwards was a major performer in the Twenties and early Thirties with his ukulele Ike character and introduced many popular songs like It's Only A Paper Moon and Singing In The Rain. But he had come up on hard times with a lot of substance abuse problems when Walt Disney offered him the part of Jiminy Cricket's voice. The movie Pinocchio and the songs he sang there resurrected his career and even when down and out, Edwards could always get work at the Disney Studio because of Jiminy Cricket's enduring popularity.
Animation never really dates and the best animation in the world was pioneered at Disney Studio. People can see Pinocchio on the same bill as Shrek even today and I daresay the audience would be equally responsive.
And you can appreciate Pinocchio today as much as your grandparents and great grandparents did through the magic of YouTube or Amazon. If not wish upon a star and fate will step in and see you through.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Pinocho
- Filming locations
- Walt Disney Feature Animation - 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA(Walt Disney Productions)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $2,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $84,254,167
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,769,251
- Dec 25, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $121,892,045
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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