Film
Pinocchio
- Director
- Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske
- Certificate
- U
- Running Time
- 88 mins
Protective modern parents who fear their nippers might be tempted to lunge for the gaspers at the slightest invitation will be delighted to learn that Disney’s 1940 animation now comes with the official BBFC warning: “Contains smoking scenes”.
https://youtu.be/r_POK-52yvM
Uncle Walt’s second feature, this version of tale of the wooden lad who comes over all snouty whenever he talls a porky was a major step up from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in terms of its animation quality and makes excellent use of Technicolor. Modern audiences might find the moralising a tad wearing, but Jiminy Cricket is good fun, the backgorund detail is terrific, and the film inlcudes the song that became Disney’s anthem: When You Wish Upon a Star.
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