Product Details

• Actors: Carlo Bagno, Franco Franchi, Jacques Herlin, Ciccio Ingrassia, Gina Lollobrigida
• Directors: Luigi Comencini
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Televista
• DVD Release Date: September 11, 2007
• Run Time: 128 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000TZN7P6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,046 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful serie !! Too bad they released the edited version, July 3, 2008

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Stephan Beaulieu "FCinNY" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures of Pinocchio (DVD)

I watched this as a kid and remember being so enthralled by it. This was a miniseries of 6 episodes around 50 minutes each so the total time should be around 300 minutes and not 135 minutes. This is why I gave it only 3...because of the truncated version, not on the miniserie per se.
This is far from the Disney version. This italian version is complex, full of amazing characters and all sorts of emotions emanating from it. Nino Manfredi is wonderful and Gina Lollobrigida playing the fairy godmother is gorgeous and full of mystery. The musical track is also great, and watching it again, really gave me chills and nostalgia. I'm really hoping that they will release the whole serie as it was intended because a bit of the masterpiece feel gets lost, and I believe that it is a masterpiece.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No subtitles!, December 3, 2008

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libgrrl (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Adventures of Pinocchio (DVD)

I was so happy to find this...even, granted, that it is a highly condensed version of the original TV serial (6 episodes of 50 min each compressed into 128 minutes). I, too, remember watching it on TV many years ago. The entire cast is wonderful, but Nino Manfredi's Geppetto is an especially memorable and touching performance by a great Italian actor.

However, be aware that while there are both Italian and English-language soundtracks, if you want to hear the actors in their original Italian you'll have to do without subtitles--there are none on this DVD. Hence, the 4 stars instead of 5.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Closest to original book, September 14, 2011

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Diet Doctor "Diet Doctor" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Adventures of Pinocchio (DVD)

This abridged version follows the book reasonably well. It does a good job of showing the essence of Pinocchio, a kind hearted but immature and mischievous kid.