Released	1996
Running time	96 min
Director	Steve Barron
Written by	Sherry Mills, Steve Barron, Tom Benedek and Barry Berman
Original music by	Rachel Portman
Studio	New Line Cinema
MPAA Rating	G

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 1996 live-action version of the classic "Pinocchio" story.

The film started its life when Steve Barron and Jim Henson approached The Walt Disney Company with a live-action version of the classic tale. Disney passed on the project, but it was revived years later when Barron was sent a script that would eventually become The Adventures of Pinocchio. ^[1]

Henson's initial involvment was what lead to Jim Henson's Creature Shop being asked to provide the creature effects for Pinocchio, the sea monster, and other animatronics, and the original model for Pepe the Cricket (with final animation and digital puppetry by MediaLab).

CastEdit

• Martin Landau as Geppetto
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas as Pinocchio
• Rob Schneider as Volpe
• Udo Kier as Lorenzini
• Bebe Neuwirth as Felinet
• David Doyle as Pepe the Cricket (voice)
• Corey Carrier as Lampwick
• Dawn French as Baker's Wife
• Griff Rhys Jones as Tino
• Marcello Magni as Baker
• John Sessions as Schoolmaster
• Geneviève Bujold as Leona

Jim Henson's Creature ShopEdit

• Principal Pinocchio Puppeteers: Mak Wilson, Robert Tygner, Michelan Sisti, Bruce Lanoil, William Todd Jones, Ian Tregonning
• Assistant Puppeteers: Peter Hurst, Gillie Robic, Susan Dacre, Phil Woodfine
• Creative Supervisor/Second Unit Director: John Stephenson
• Project Supervisor/Pinocchio Design: Jamie Courtier
• Mechanical Supervisor: Tim Jordan (Prague)
• Visual Co-Ordinators: Chris Fitzgerald, John Cormican
• Workshop Supervisor: Geoff Paige (London)
• Animatronics Designers: Richard Darwin, Adrian Parish, Jamie Jackson-Moore (Prague Unit), Jason Reed, Chris 'Flimsy' Howes, Bill Whyte, Andy Roberts, Daniel Burnett, Simon Hewitt, Guy Stevens, Mark Weatherbee, Chris Coxon, Robin Ellis, Vincent Abbott, Simon Williams, Alex Morgan, Michael Penwolf
• Sculptors: Nigel Booth, Ray Scott, Ivan Manzella, John Coppinger, David Darby, Simon Clutterbuck
• R & D Supervisor: Dave Housman

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ No Strings Attached p. 157