The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972 film)

Pinocchio
Directed by	Giuliano Cenci
Written by	Giuliano Cenci Based on the book by Carlo Collodi
Produced by	Cartoons Cinematografica Italiana
Starring	Renato Rascel Roberta Paladini Lauro Gazzolo
Narrated by	Renato Rascel
Release date	1972 (1972)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Pinocchio (Italian: Un burattino di nome Pinocchio, literally A puppet named Pinocchio) is a 1972 Italian animated film adaptation of Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio.

Production

The film was directed by Giuliano Cenci with assistance from his brother Renzo. During production, Carlo Collodi's grandchildren Mario and Antonio Lorenzini were consulted. The subtle movements made by fidgeting children whilst speaking or under scrutiny were incorporated into Pinocchios movements, particularly when he lies to the Fairy with the Turquoise Hair over the fate of his gold coins. For the design of the Fairy, Italian portrayals of the Blessed Virgin Mary in art were used as starting points.

Cast

Renato Rascel was chosen to serve as both the singer of the introductory song and as the narrator. He was permitted to occasionally ad lib in order to get the film's message across, and to give it a truly Italian feel.

• The Narrator as Renato Rascel
• Pinocchio as Roberta Paladini
• Geppetto as Roberto Bertea
• Il Gatto as Manlio De Angelis
• La Fata Turchina as Vittoria Febbi
• Mangiafuoco as Michele Gammino
• Il Grilo Parlante as Lauro Gazzolo
• Lucignolo as Flaminia Jandolo
• La Volpe as Sergio Tedesco
• L'Omino as Gianni Bonagura
• Il Pescatore Verdi as Arturo Dominici
• Il Colombo as Gianfranco Bellini

Design

The characters were animated with unconventional uniform black outlines which contrasted with the complex styles characteristic of usual Italian animations and Disney films. For the design of Pinocchio, the animators took inspiration to illustrations made by Attilio Mussino. The backgrounds were painted by Sicillian artist Alberto D'Angelo and Abramo Scortecci who both used tone styles evocative of early 20th-century Italian art with little focus on surrealism as in the Disney adaptation.

English-dubbed version

In 1978, an English-dubbed version was released in the US by G.G. Communications. The supposed voices are William LeMassena as the narrator, Pamelyn Ferdin as Pinocchio, Dallas McKennon as Gepetto, Martha Scott as the Blue Fairy, Peter Renaday as Mangiafuoco, Paul Kligman as Lucignolo, Alan Sues as the Fox, Don Messick as the Cat and the Talking Cricket, Paul Frees as the Green Fisherman, Tony Pope as the boy at the puppet theatre, John Stephenson as Allidoro, the tuna fish and a townperson, Bob Holt as Harlequin and also Hal Smith as the farmer (Paul Frees was also the voice of the farmer in another dubbed version of the English version of Pinocchio).

See also

• List of animated feature-length films

External links

• Pinocchio at IMDb