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  Pinocchio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Le Avventure di Pinocchio) is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi.
Pinocchio, in addition to a children's tale, is a novel of education, with values expressed through allegory.
The Disney animated film Pinocchio (first released on February 7, 1940), although a free interpretation of the Collodi story, is considered a masterpiece of the art of animation and has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pinocchio   (1022 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio
Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook himself an omelet; but, to his surprise, the omelet flies out of the window.
Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing tired of being a Marionette, and wishes to become a real boy.
Pinocchio returns to the Fairy's house and she promises him that, on the morrow, he will cease to be a Marionette and become a boy.
www.ink.imagedjinn.com /pinocchio/pinocchiocontents.htm   (716 words)

  
 THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO
Pinocchio says "I hate you," "I wish I never found you," and other such comments to Geppetto in order to get his nose to grow to allow them to escape from the belly of the sea monster (So, although he says such things, and he's lying, he does so to save them).
Pinocchio lies to Felinet and Volpe about going to the amusement park area and finding gold (he tells them this so that they'll be transformed into animals).
Pinocchio saves them, but in doing so, causes a puppeteer to fall to the floor which knocks the sea monster's flames onto the stage and catches the building on fire.
www.screenit.com /movies/1996/the_adventures_of_pinocchio.html   (1614 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio
In "The Adventures of Pinocchio," Martin Landau portrays Geppetto, the old woodcarver who returns one day from the forest with a load that includes a section of a tree in which, as a shy youth, he inscribed a heart, enclosing his initial beside that of his beloved, Leona, who married his brother.
Before long, Pinocchio has rescued his fellow puppets from fiery peril in Lorenzini's show and is on the run, when he encounters his old schoolmate Lampwick, one of the many boys aboard a coach bound for that anarchic magic land where foolish runaways become jackasses.
So when Pinocchio learns from Leona that Geppetto has rowed out to sea in search of him, the stage is set for the showdown that pits puppet against sea monster and establishes the love and virtue that qualify Pinocchio to become a real boy.
partners.nytimes.com /library/film/pinocchio.html   (510 words)

  
 Carlo Collodi - Free Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The first chapter of Pinocchio appeared in the Giornale dei bambini in 1881 and became an immediate success, but the church fathers were afraid that Pinocchio would encourage rebellion.
Pinocchio comes to life, but has to learn how to be generous through hard lessons.
Pinocchio, not knowing where to hide his shame, tried to escape from the room, but his nose had become so long that he could not get it out of the door.
collodi.thefreelibrary.com   (530 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Pinocchio wins it by a nose
I can't help feeling that Mr Levy would have wholeheartedly approved of The Adventures of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi's moralising tale about the little carved wooden puppet that becomes a substitute son for the poor woodcarver Geppetto.
This is in part because, with the exception of some brilliant sequences - such as Pinocchio's flight on a bird's back over a green sheet field - the production suffers from the strongly episodic nature of the narrative.
This makes it hard to make such scenes as the one in which Pinocchio and the runaway schoolboys are transformed into donkeys theatrically fantastical rather than merely plodding.
www.guardian.co.uk /reviews/story/0,3604,418482,00.html   (291 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)
The idea of a live-action version of Pinocchio (1940) appears to have been a very hot property around the same time.
Pinocchio is a dazzling blend of CGI and puppet animatronics.
One is able to completely suspend their disbelief and accept Pinocchio as a living, heart-renderingly innocent character for the duration.
www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/pinocchio96.htm   (762 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio (1984)
Pinocchio is now a 12-year old boy, living with Gepetto in his workshop.
The New Adventures of Pinocchio continues the tale of the wooden puppet who became a little boy.
Pinocchio is now 12 years old and still lives with Gepetto in his workshop.
www.moovybuff.co.uk /products/the-adventures-of-pinocchio-1984.htm   (223 words)

  
 The University of Chicago Magazine: December 2002
Pinocchio was written in the final phase of Collodi’s career, the decade before he died in 1890.
Pinocchio’s long nose and his predilection for lying are not at all highlighted in Collodi’s original episodic tale.
It’s only at the very end of the book that she, in all of her guises, and Pinocchio are reunited, as he finally understands their bond as monsters, excluded from full human existence—he as a piece of wood at heart, she as the lack that women have represented through the ages.
magazine.uchicago.edu /0212/features/puppet.html   (3860 words)

  
 DVDtoons! - Press Release - Adventures Of Pinocchio, The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Carved with care from the single branch of an oak tree, Pinocchio is brought to life by the magic of the Oak Fairy.
The story of Pinocchio will warm hearts everywhere this holiday season as the highly anticipated release of Roberto Benigni's "Pinocchio" coincides with the home video release of "The Adventures of Pinocchio." Filled with laughter and song, "The Adventures of Pinocchio" is sure to be a hit during this gift-giving season.
"The enchanting story of Pinocchio has been a worldwide family favorite for generations, and Warner Home Video is excited to bring this classic character to life in `The Adventures of Pinocchio,'" said Ewa Martinoff, WHV Vice President, Family Entertainment Marketing.
www.dvdtoons.com /press/21   (333 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio - Technical Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Post-production on The Adventures of Pinocchio included approximately 44 composite shots which were made up of; blue screen compositing, rig removal, puppeteer removal, compositing of motion control elements, motion tracking, animation, and morphing.
Cinesite (Europe) Ltd. was responsible for the composite shots for The Adventures of Pinocchio.
For The Adventures of Pinocchio, Bibo created the high resolution special effects with their newly-developed system called "Toccata." With "Toccata," Bibo has access to a whole range of exclusive high-resolution tools, such as scanners, compositing software, and output devices.
www.filmscouts.com /scripts/matinee.cfm?Film=pinocch&File=tech   (546 words)

  
 Connie's Warwick Davis Filmography - The New Adventures of Pinocchio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The story tells how Pinocchio's irresponsible behavior in real-boy form leads to him and the people he loves falling into the clutches of an evil carnival owner who'll stop at nothing to get a hit headliner act.
Pinocchio 2: The Darker Side?: Tom Sheppard, writer of the cartoon series "Pinky and the Brain" talked with The Flik Spot and confirmed a sequel is in the works to the Martin Landau & Jonathan Taylor Thomas 1996 film version of the classic "Pinocchio" tale.
The sequel, entitled "The New Adventures of Pinocchio" is written by Sheppard and helmed by the legendary Michael Anderson ("Logan's Run").
www.lepconnie.com /pinocchio.html   (746 words)

  
 Adventures Of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Also endearing are the puppet's "parents," old woodcarver Geppetto and the "fairy with blue hair." Despite their scapegrace's repeated failures, they forgive him again and again, giving him countless chances to redeem himself.
"The Adventures of Pinocchio" is as whimsy as Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland": in both novels, anything goes.
Pinocchio does not get into one humiliating episode after another just to amuse young readers; with every mistake he makes, he learns a moral lesson.
www.abacci.com /books/book.asp?bookID=103   (433 words)

  
 Adventures of Pinocchio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Pinocchio, at that heartbreaking sight, threw himself at the feet of Fire Eater and, weeping bitterly, asked in a pitiful voice which could scarcely be heard:
"In that case," said Pinocchio proudly, as he stood up and flung away his cap of dough, "in that case, my duty is clear.
Pinocchio ran to him and scurrying like a squirrel up the long fl beard, he gave Fire Eater a loving kiss on the tip of his nose.
www.manybooks.net /pages/collodicetext96pnoco10/26.html   (297 words)

  
 Adventures of Pinocchio - CHAPTER 4
The Story of Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, in Which One Sees That Bad Children Do Not Like to Be Corrected by Those Who Know More Than They Do ery little time did it take to get poor old Geppetto to prison.
In the meantime that rascal, Pinocchio, free now from the clutches of the Carabineer, was running wildly across fields and meadows, taking one short cut after another toward home.
At these last words, Pinocchio jumped up in a fury, took a hammer from the bench, and threw it with all his strength at the Talking Cricket.
www.worldwideschool.com /library/books/youth/classic/TheAdventuresofPinocchio/chap4.html   (587 words)

  
 Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site (Pinocchio-free PDF ebook)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Adventures of Pinocchio - free illustrated e-book for children, DVDs...
There is a Pinocchio amusement park in the town of Collodi, in Italy.
The Adventures of Pinocchio is a classic Italian children's story that is available in an English translation as a public domain plain-text file.
italophiles.com /adventures_of_pinocchio.htm   (993 words)

  
 Carlo Collodi (Lorenzini) : The Adventures of Pinocchio
Chapter 25: Pinocchio promises the Fairy to be good and to study, as he is growing tired of being a Marionette, and wishes to become a real boy
Chapter 29: Pinocchio returns to the Fairy's house and she promises him that, on the morrow, he will cease to be a Marionette and become a boy.
Chapter 33: Pinocchio, having become a Donkey, is bought by the owner of a Circus, who wants to teach him to do tricks.
www.classicreader.com /booktoc.php/sid.3/bookid.129   (814 words)

  
 Carlo Collodi (Lorenzini) : The Adventures of Pinocchio : Chapter 36: Pinocchio finally ceases to be a Marionette and ...
As soon as they reached the shore, Pinocchio was the first to jump to the ground to help his old father.
Pinocchio set to work as well as he knew how, but long before he had pulled up the one hundred buckets, he was tired out and dripping with perspiration.
As soon as Pinocchio went into the stable, he spied a little Donkey lying on a bed of straw in the corner of the stable.
www.classicreader.com /read.php/sid.3/bookid.129/sec.36   (2482 words)

  
 Magill's Survey of Cinema: THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Abstract: A live action version of wooden puppet Pinocchio (voice of Jonathan Taylor-Thomas) who desires to become a real son for his puppet master Geppetto (Martin Landau) that his determination has him entangled in some very dangerous adventures.
Summary: The Adventures of Pinocchio is a live-action film that also uses animatronics and computer graphics to tell the familiar story of the puppet who becomes a boy.
The multi-national film unit that made the motion picture under the direction of Steve Barron based their version on the original...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:42602361&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (208 words)

  
 The New Adventures Of Pinocchio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Troubles begin for Pinocchio and his best friend, Lampwick, when they decide to skip school and go to a magic carnival run by the mysterious Madame Flambeu, who possesses an elixir supposed to cure any illness.
Trying to buy the elixir for the ailing Geppetto, Pinocchio is forced into a binding contract with the carnival...
Over 3-million videos were sold in 1996 of "The Adventures Of Pinocchio." This visually stunning film delivers more effects, more humor and more family enjoyment than the first.
www.hannoverhouse.com /Films/PinocchioMain.html   (239 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio Movie: The Adventures of Pinocchio DVD is available from Bestprices.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The tale centers on an elderly puppet-maker named Geppetto, and his relationship with Pinocchio, his wood-carved creation who magically comes to life -- and whose nose grows whenever he tells a lie.
Geppetto, who has no children of his own, becomes a "father" to Pinocchio, and the two develop a special bond.
But that union is endangered by the colorful, villainous Lorenzini, who wants to use the toy as an attraction at his dark, insidious carnival.
www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/794043443824IE   (316 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The New Adventures Of Pinocchio [1999]: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The New Adventures of Pinocchio is the charming sequel to the 1996 live-action movie.
Udo Kier is the other returning actor, this time in the new bad guy/girl role of Madame Flambeau, whose carnival sets itself up in Pinocchio's town and offers everyone a miracle elixir to change their lives.
Pinocchio (now played as a real boy by Gabriel Thomson) hopes the elixir will make his papa feel better from a nasty cold, but it turns out Flambeau tricked him with puppet-making juice.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000059RK2   (418 words)

  
 Pinocchio - New Adventures Of (DVD)
Gepetto is busy finishing puppets for the Prince of the Royal Puppet Festival, while Pinocchio is more interested in skipping school and going to watch a freak show
However, the lady who runs the show is not all she seems and turns Gepetto and Pinocchio into puppets
Follow the adventures of Pinocchio as he sets off to recover a jewel box stolen by the evil Emperor of the Night.
www.moovybuff.co.uk /products/pinocchio---new-adventures-of-dvd.htm   (347 words)

  
 Adventures of Pinocchio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Oh!--Oh!--Oh!" And poor Pinocchio began to scream and cry so loudly that he could be heard for miles around.
And good old Geppetto took out a knife, peeled the three pears, and put the skins in a row on the table.
Pinocchio ate one pear in a twinkling and started to throw the core away, but Geppetto held his arm.
www.manybooks.net /pages/collodicetext96pnoco10/18.html   (297 words)

  
 Powell's Books - Review-a-Day - The Adventures of Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet by Carlo Collodi, reviewed by The ...
The Adventures of Pinocchio, which Carlo Collodi first published, in serialized form, in 1881, has spawned hundreds of translations — many of them in appropriately wooden prose — and countless versions for the theater and the screen.
Encountering the Talking Cricket for the first time, he responds rudely to his little companion's philosophizing: "Shut up, you nasty, bad-luck Cricket!" Then he seizes a wooden hammer from his father's workbench and squashes his interlocutor like, well, a bug.
As the translator points out in her introduction, the original serialization concluded with Pinocchio's being hanged from an oak tree.
www.powells.com /atl/review/2002_12_31   (512 words)

  
 Filmtracks: The Adventures of Pinocchio (Rachel Portman)
The Adventures of Pinocchio: (Rachel Portman/Lee Holdridge/Stevie Wonder) Several attempts have been made to market the Pinocchio story to young children over the years, and The Adventures of Pinocchio was a live-action/animated/digital combination adaptation in 1996.
On the other hand, the songs out of place because of their modern pop arrangements (appearing near the end of the album) push the limits of tolerability.
All artwork and sound clips from The Adventures of Pinocchio are Copyright © 1996, Decca/London Records.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/adventures_pinocchio.html   (725 words)

  
 Adventures Of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi eBook by BookRags
And with the words, he gave Pinocchio a terrible blow on the head.
Pinocchio answered with another blow, and that was the signal for the beginning of the fray.
But Pinocchio was keen of eye and swift of movement, and the books only passed over his head, landed in the sea, and disappeared.
www.bookrags.com /ebooks/500/47.html   (416 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi: Chapter 17 (continued) - The Literature Page
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi: Chapter 17 (continued) - The Literature Page
Pinocchio took the glass in both hands and stuck his nose into it.
He lifted it to his mouth and once more stuck his nose into it.
www.literaturepage.com /read/pinocchio-50.html   (184 words)

  
 The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi: Chapter 22 - The Literature Page
The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi: Chapter 22 - The Literature Page
Even though a boy may be very unhappy, he very seldom loses sleep over his worries.
For information about public domain texts appearing here, read the copyright information and disclaimer.
www.literaturepage.com /read/pinocchio-68.html   (240 words)

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