The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 1996 American fantasy film directed by Steve Barron and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau and Geneviève Bujold. It is a fairy tale/fantasy story about a wooden puppet who comes to life after being carved by a puppetmaker named Geppetto . It is based on Carlo Collodi's original novel of the same name. It was shot in Croatia, Prague, Český Krumlov, and High Force. For the character of Pinocchio, a complex animatronic puppet created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop was used. Pepe, the talking cricket, is computer-animated. Rachel... Portman's score features saxophone solos by David Roach. Mister Geppetto is an earnest woodcutter. Years ago, he had carved the image of his heart into a pine tree for his secret love Leona, but lightning hits the pine tree. A few years later, Geppetto finds the pine tree again, but it splits in half and rolls down the bank, landing at his feet. Geppetto is intrigued upon his discovery and takes the log home. He discovers that the pine log refuses to be burned, and so he decides to carve the new puppet with it.
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| Release date: | July 26, 1996 |
| Directed by: | Steve Barron |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Donald Kushner, Peter Locke, Samuel Hadida |
| Music by: | Rachel Portman, Brian May, Stevie Wonder |
| Cinematography: | Juan Ruiz Anchia |
| Screenplay by: | Steve Barron, Carlo Collodi |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Adventures of Pinocchio |
| Genre: | Musical, Fantasy, Adventure |