Film Forum

U.S., 1940
Based on the novel by Carlo Collodi
WINNER Academy Awards – Best Original Score, Best Original Song, 1941
Approx. 88 min.

Disney’s second animated feature (after SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS) and his most lavish, PINOCCHIO follows the adventures of animate puppet Pinocchio, in his quest to become a real boy. Featuring a host of memorable characters (Geppetto, Jiminy Cricket, the Blue Fairy, Figaro the Cat, Cleo the Goldfish, and Monstro the Whale, et al.), PINOCCHIO was the first animated feature to win competitive Academy Awards. 

Presented with support from The Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s and The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film