Pinocchio Resources

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Want to learn how to make your own puppet in the hopes that it comes to life? This is a good place to start.

Collodi's original telling of Pinocchio's story is a lot more brutal than the one we've just watched.

There are too many adaptations of Pinocchio to count, but this one's notable because it hews closer to the original story than the Disney version.

This hilarious article from Slate comments on Pinocchio's treatment in the original book, as well as analyzing how this differs from the film version.

Take a trip in a time machine and see what film critics thought about Pinocchio when it was released.

This is a wonderful talk with the late, great Dickie Jones, who provided the voice for Pinocchio.

This brief documentary gives some great insight into the innovative animation techniques used in the film.

We love old-school trailer voice-overs. This is one of the best.

This fascinating piece from NPR looks at the socio-economic and historical realities behind Carlo Collodi's original book.

In another piece from NPR, we learn the unwritten history of Disney's animation empire.

This production sketch shows us that Jiminy looked a whole lot more like a cricket when he was originally designed.

We're including this for no other reason than that we love the original Game Boy. The '90s were a wonderful time.