Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Movie Details:
| Based on | The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Illustrations by Gris Grimly |
| Country | United States Mexico |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Animation Fantasy Musical |
| Release date | October 15, 2022 (BFI) November 9, 2022 (United States) December 9, 2022 (Netflix) |
| Running time | 1hr 57min |
| Age rating | PG |
| Starring | Ewan McGregor David Bradley Gregory Mann Burn Gorman Ron Perlman John Turturro Finn Wolfhard Cate Blanchett Tim Blake Nelson Christoph Waltz Tilda Swinton Narrated by Ewan McGregor |
| Directed by | Guillermo del Toro Mark Gustafson |
| Screenplay by | Guillermo del Toro Patrick McHale |
| Story by | Guillermo del Toro Matthew Robbins |
| Produced by | Guillermo del Toro Lisa Henson Gary Ungar Alex Bulkley Corey Campodonico |
| Cinematography by | Frank Passingham |
| Edited by | Ken Schretzmann Holly Klein |
| Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
| Production Company | Netflix Animation Double Dare You ShadowMachine The Jim Henson Company Taller del Chucho |
| Distributor | Netflix |
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Voice Cast & Characters:
- Ewan McGregor as Sebastian J. Cricket, a traveling cricket and the narrator of the story, who lives inside Pinocchio as his guide and conscience.
- David Bradley as Geppetto, Pinocchio’s father, a heartbroken Italian woodcarver grieving his deceased son Carlo.
- Gregory Mann as
- Pinocchio is an exuberant and rowdy living wooden puppet.
- Christoph Waltz as Count Volpe, a conniving, evil and cruel former aristocrat-turned-puppet master, con artist, and ringmaster living in destitution. His name means “fox” in Italian and he is a composite character of the Fox, Mangiafuoco, and the Ringmaster from the original Pinocchio story.
- Tilda Swinton as
- The Wood Sprite, is a wise magical spirit who gives Pinocchio life.
- Cate Blanchett as Spazzatura, Count Volpe’s mistreated monkey assistant. His name means “trash” or “garbage” in Italian and he is the film’s counterpart of the Cat from the original Pinocchio story. Spazzatura can only speak through the puppets he operates.
- Ron Perlman as the Podestà , a strict fascist government official who wants to turn Pinocchio into a soldier after seeing his revival. He is the film’s counterpart of the Coachman from the original story.
- Finn Wolfhard as Candlewick, the Podestà ’s son who bullies Pinocchio before befriending him.
- Burn Gorman as the Priest, a Roman Catholic priest at Geppetto’s village who’s also his former client.
- John Turturro as the Dottore, a doctor at Geppetto’s village who examines Pinocchio after his first death.
- Tim Blake Nelson as the Black Rabbits, a flock of black rabbits with skeletal bodies who work for Death. They are based on the Undertaker Rabbits from the original story.
- Tom Kenny as
- Benito Mussolini, the leader of Fascist Italy,
- Benito Mussolini’s right-hand man,
- A sea captain with a hook for a hand and a peg leg who explains to Geppetto and Sebastian about the Dogfish.
Storyline:
Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents the classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. This whimsical, stop-motion film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson follows the mischievous and disobedient adventures of Pinocchio in his pursuit of a place in the world.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | $35 million |
| Worldwide Collection | $109,846 |
About Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Movie:
The film was originally announced in 2008 with a release in 2013 or 2014. However, it went into development hell. In January 2017, McHale, creator of Over the Garden Wall, was announced to co-write the screenplay, but production was suspended in November 2017 as no studios were willing to provide financing. It was revived the following year after being acquired by Netflix.
The directorial debut of Mark Gustafson.
Filming commenced at the Portland, Oregon offices of ShadowMachine by January 31, 2020.
The film marks Ron Perlman’s eighth collaboration with director Guillermo del Toro.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio premiered at the 66th BFI London Film Festival on October 15, 2022. It was released in select theaters on November 9, 2022, and began streaming on Netflix on December 9.
The film received critical acclaim for its animation, voice acting, emotional depth, musical scores and visuals.
It also received multiple accolades, including winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and three Golden Globe nominations, winning Best Animated Feature Film. del Toro is the first Latino to win the Golden Globe category, and Pinocchio is the first film for a streaming service to win at both ceremonies, as well as the second stop-motion animated film after Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Pinocchio is the first animated Netflix film and the First animated feature film from a streaming platform to win an Academy Award. It is also the first PG-rated stop-motion animated film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
