Pinocchio (Two-Disc 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition)

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Product description PINOCCHIO: 70TH ANNIVERSARY PLATINUM ED This
Disney masterpiece from 1940 will hold up forever precisely because it doesn’t
restrain or temper the most elementalemotions and themes germane to its story.
Based on the Collodi tale about a wooden puppet who wants to become a real
boy, Pinocchio is among the most magical, mythical, and frightening films to
come from the studio in its long history. A number of scenes make permanent
impressions on young minds (just ask Steven Spielberg, who quoted the film
more than once in Close Encounters of the Third Kind), and the songs (“When
You Wish upon a Star”) can’t be beat. –Tom Keogh Stills from Pinocchio (click
for larger image) Review Many film historians describe the film as the most
beautifully realized and technically perfect of all the Disney animated
features. The film cost $2.6 million in 1940, but using the same techniques
and processes, it would cost well over $100 million today. The film required
the talents of 750 artists, including animators, assistants, layout artists,
background painters, special effects animators, and inkers and painters, who
produced more than 2 million drawings and used some 1,500 shades of paint for
the Technicolor production. In the book the movie is based on, the character
of Jiminy Cricket was unnamed, appeared in only a few chapters, and was
squashed by Pinocchio. Some believe the Blue Fairy was modeled after Marilyn
Monroe but Monroe was only 14 at the time. The real-life model was Marjorie
Babbitt, a dancer who had earlier enacted the part of Snow White for the
animators. Story concept for the movie was difficult. One day Walt Disney
decided to scrap five months’ work including animation and start over because
it wasn’t right. The movie is based on the serialized stories of journalist
Carlo Lorenzini written in 1881 for a children’s illustrated weekly in
Florence, Italy. Two years later, the stories were compiled into a book, The
Adventures Of Pinocchio Tale Of A Puppet. Jiminy Cricket became the film’s
most popular and enduring character appearing in subsequent Disney films and
television shows, including Fun and Fancy Free and the Mickey Mouse Club.
Gustaf Tenggren, an award-winning illustrator, was assigned to the production
to give the film the kind of lavish European storybook flavor that Walt Disney
envisioned. The movie won an Academy Award for best score and best song, When
You Wish Upon A Star. –Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

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Product Details:

• Genre: Kids & Family
• Format: Multiple Formats, NTSC, Dubbed, Color, Animated, Full Screen, AC-3, Dolby, Restored, Special Edition
• Contributor: Dick Jones, Ben Sharpsteen, Charles Judels, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Evelyn Venable, Mel Blanc, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub, Hamilton S. Luske, Don Brodie See more
• Language: English, Spanish, French
• Runtime: 1 hour and 28 minutes
• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.37:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ G (General Audience)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 4.25 x 1.12 inches; 4 Ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 9905488655
• Director ‏ : ‎ Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton S. Luske
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, NTSC, Dubbed, Color, Animated, Full Screen, AC-3, Dolby, Restored, Special Edition
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 28 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ March 10, 2009
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Walter Catlett, Frankie Darro, Cliff Edwards