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Geppetto (2000) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2000 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Tom Moore

Written By:
Carlo Collodi
David I. Stern

Actors:
Drew Carey ..... Geppetto
Julia Louis-Dreyfus ..... Blue Fairy
Brent Spiner ..... Stromboli
Rene Auberjonois ..... Prof. Buonragazzo
Seth Adkins ..... Pinocchio
Usher Raymond ..... Ring Leader
Ana Gasteyer ..... Sra. Giovanni
Wayne Brady ..... The Magician
Melissa Bailey ..... Featured
George Ball ..... Featured
Dennis Bendersky ..... Featured
Randy Brenner ..... Featured
Patti Cohenour ..... Featured
Kay Cole ..... Featured
Anthony Crivello ..... Bernardo

Synopsis:

Disney magic brings to life this brand-new comedic and musical retelling of the truth-stretching puppet who miraculously transforms into a real boy! Drew Carey (The Drew Carey Show) stars as the man whose dearest wish to be a father is granted by the sparkling Blue Fairy (Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Original music combines with timeless classic songs as Geppetto encounters the everyday challenges of raising a child. When Pinocchio is lured away to join the sneaky Stromboli and the Pleasure Island troublemakers, Geppetto discovers what it really means to be a father, and must embark on a dangerous quest to reunite with his missing son. Your entire family will love this heartwarming and fun new Disney musical production of one of the world's greatest stories!

Unlike the more familiar animated Pinocchio by Disney, there are no song interludes here, and characters added to the story by Disney (such as Jiminy Cricket) are not included. Producer Francis Ford Coppola and director Steve Barron, (known for the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film) closely adhere to Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel and use the visually timeless setting of a Czechoslovakian village. Jim Henson's puppet studio skillfully brings this Pinocchio to life. Long ago, in his youth, Gepetto (Martin Landau) loved but did not court Leona (Genvieve Bujold), who married Gepetto's brother instead. In that earlier time, he carved her initials with his onto a tree. Now his brother is dead, and though he still feels for Leona, he is still too shy to woo her. Instead, the old puppet-maker goes into the forest and cuts down a tree in order to make a puppet just for himself. The tree is the same one he carved his initials into when he was younger, and it has the magic of his love in it. Soon after the puppet Pinocchio is made, he comes to life. Aside from being made of wood, he begins to live the life of a perfectly normal little boy. He even goes to school. Lorenzini, an evil magician who runs a children's puppet show, hears of Pinocchio and wants to use him in his show. Lorenzini lures children to his show, only to later turn them into donkeys. Donkeys are useful creatures, and Lorenzini makes a lot of money selling them. Through many trials and tribulations, the puppet-boy earns the right to become the human boy Pinocchio (Jonathan Taylor Thomas).

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 12 December, 2009.

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