Pinocchio (miniseries)
Appearance
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Pinocchio | |
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Based on | The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi |
Written by | Ivan Cotroneo Carlo Mazzotta |
Directed by | Alberto Sironi |
Starring | Robbie Kay Bob Hoskins Luciana Littizzetto Alessandro Gassman Thomas Brodie-Sangster |
Theme music composer | Jan A. P. Kaczmarek |
Country of origin | Italy United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 2 |
Production | |
Producer | Luca Bernabei |
Cinematography | Antonello Geleng |
Editors | David Yardley, Stefano Chierchié |
Running time | 200 minutes |
Production companies | Rai Fiction, Lux Vide, Power |
Budget | €8 million |
Original release | |
Release | 1 November 2 November 2008 | –
Pinocchio is a two-episode Italian-British miniseries directed by Alberto Sironi, based on the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and filmed in English. It first aired on the Italian channel Rai 1 on November 1 and 2, 2008.
The cast includes Robbie Kay as Pinocchio, Bob Hoskins as Geppetto, Luciana Littizzetto as a female Talking Cricket and Alessandro Gassman as Carlo Collodi. It was shot in Lazio and Tuscany, Italy.
Cast
[edit]- Bob Hoskins as Geppetto[1]
- Robbie Kay as Pinocchio
- Luciana Littizzetto (dubbed by Teresa Gallagher) as the Talking Cricket
- Margherita Buy as the teacher
- Violante Placido as The Fairy
- Joss Ackland as Mastro Ciliegia
- Thomas Sangster as Lampwick
- Toni Bertorelli (dubbed by Jimmy Hibbert) as The Fox
- Francesco Pannofino (dubbed by Rupert Degas) as The Cat
- Maurizio Donadoni (dubbed by Tim Bentinck) as Fire-Eater
- Bianca D'Amato (dubbed by Alison Dowling) as Elisa
- Alessandro Gassman (dubbed by Seán Barrett) as Carlo Collodi
- Steven Kynman as Harlequin
References
[edit]- ^ Staff, T. H. R. (24 September 2007). "Hoskins carved into 'Pinocchio'".
External links
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Categories:
- 2008 television films
- 2008 films
- 2008 fantasy films
- Italian television films
- 2000s Italian-language films
- 2000s children's fantasy films
- Pinocchio films
- Italian fantasy films
- Films scored by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
- Television shows based on The Adventures of Pinocchio
- 2000s English-language films
- 2000s Italian films
- English-language fantasy films
- British television film stubs
- 2000s Italian film stubs