 
Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0786936223446
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Live, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Miramax Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Miramax Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Miramax Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 15, 2003
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Sales Rank: 21237
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Description:
Academy Award(R)-winner Roberto Benigni (Best Actor, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, 1998) brings one of the world's most beloved characters to the screen with this delightful live action adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic story! The enchanting journey begins when the wooden puppet named Pinocchio (Benigni) comes magically to life! Then the fun takes off as -- despite guidance from the beautiful Blue Fairy and the love of his father, Geppetto -- Pinocchio's ever-curious spirit opens the door to one wild adventure after another! Through the irrepressible comic genius of writer, director, and star Roberto Benigni, everyone can share in this fantastic tale of wonder and imagination featurung the voices of Hollywood stars Breckin Meyer, Glenn Close, Queen Latifah, James Bleushi, Regis Philbin, John Cleese, Eddie Griffin, Erick Idle, and Cheech Marin.
Amazon.com:
Nearly abandoned by its distributor and savaged by critics, Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio is an object lesson in the hazards of success. Bolstered by his Oscar®-winning triumph Life Is Beautiful, the popular Italian actor-director-comedian was given carte blanche and chose Carlo Collodi's classic 1885 fairy tale as his next lavish project. This sumptuous production literally glows with traditional Italian craftsmanship, from delightful costumes and storybook sets by the late, great production designer Danilo Donati (whose last film this was) to the radiant palette of Dante Spinotti's masterful cinematography. This is one of the most beautiful of all Italian films, which only makes its shortcomings more conspicuous. At 50, Benigni is utterly wrong as the puppet who yearns to be a real boy, and his wife Nicoletta Braschi is similarly miscast as the Blue Fairy. Even worse, Breckin Meyer's English dubbing for Pinocchio is insufferably shrill, draining the appeal of Benigni's own performance. Pinocchio has many laudable qualities, but genuine enchantment is nowhere to be found. --Jeff Shannon
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
A few weeks after having read an English translation of Collodi's original tale to my four year old daughter, I rented this movie, largely out of morbid interest in its reputation as one of the worst films of the decade. What I found left me flabbergasted - at how far off the mark American reviewers had been with near unanimity. Perhaps one needs to be familiar with the original story, or perhaps the dubbing was indeed a remarkable disaster (I only saw the film in Italian with subtitles), but for ... Read More
Rating:  -
I would like to join in here in saying that this is a great film and shamefully underrated. Now, this is not the fault of the critics, but the fault of Miramax, who made one of the most bone headed decisions ever in their lifetime when they decided to dub this film into English. The dubbing is absolute zero. I didn't even bother with that version. The Italian with English subtitle version is the one to see, and it's a magnficent film. Benigni shows that he's a great comic actor as well as a great ... Read More
Rating: -
Odd, so many people writing that Begnini at 50 wasn't believable as a puppet who talks. What is believable about a puppet who talks? Boys who turn into donkeys? People who are swallowed by sea monsters? Maybe the idea WAS to depict the idea that the self-centered, tantrum-prine child is still there at some level, even in adults - yes ... seeing people's behavior in traffic, I think it is.
I loved this movie, and more importantly, so did my 2 and 1/2 year-old son, who is able to suspend ... Read More
Rating: -
I don't see what all of the criticism is about. Just because a film doesn't fit into the Americanized-Hollywood mold is no reason to toss it out. It's clear from reading these reviews that some of us have lost our ability to see life through the simplicity of a child's eyes.
I found this film delivers on it's goal: to be entertaining and enjoyable to watch. The directing of this movie was above creative standards and it really showed in the photography and editing. I would highly recommend ... Read More
Rating:  -
Without regurgitating what seemingly every reviewer of this film felt HAD to be said, I will say that this is certainly the most interesting of ALL Pincchio movies/adaptations in history!
For one, and this MUST be said again, to watch a 50 year old man play the part of a little wooden puppet is a exercise in sheer open-mindedness and tolerance!
In fact, watching the entitre film (ORIGINAL VERSION ONLY PLEASE) one get's the impression that Benigni favors adults over children, even in ... Read More
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