Pinocchio is based on a novel by Carlo Collodi, originally published in 1881. The original story was darker and ended with Pinocchio’s death, but was later made child-friendly. The film had a box office failure upon release during World War II.
The 1940 Disney animated classic, Pinocchio, is loosely based on a novel called “The Adventures of Pinocchio” by Carlo Collodi. Collodi originally published the story as a serial in a children’s newspaper during 1881 and 1882. The titular character was an unrepentant thief who was harshly punished in several ways, and the first iteration of the story ended with his death by hanging for his many crimes. However, at his publisher’s request, Collodi continued the story in the novel to make it more child-friendly. The Fairy with Turquoise Hair (called “The Blue Fairy” by Disney) rescues Pinocchio and helps him redeem himself by the end of the book by taking care of his father.
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Jiminy Cricket, a main character in the film, has only a short scene in the novel before he is crushed by Pinocchio.
Mel Blanc, the original voice actor behind Bugs Bunny and several other Warner Bros. characters, was hired and recorded the dialogue as Gideon the Cat in the film, but all of his lines were eventually cut when the character was rewritten as a mute .
Pinocchio was originally a box office failure, likely due to its release overshadowed by the privations of World War II.
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