# Pinocho (1940)

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**Original title**: *Pinocchio*
**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Animation, Family, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Ben Sharpsteen, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts
**Starring**: Dickie Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub, Evelyn Venable, Walter Catlett, Mel Blanc

> *When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A small workshop, winter, a half-finished puppet. A woodcarver's wish, a fairy's gift, a puppet's strings. It is a film to watch with children on a rainy day.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.5/10 (171464 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 100% · Metacritic 99/100

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