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Pinocchio (1976)

Pinocchio (1976)

Fantasy Family TV Movie
Release Date: 1976, March 27
Directors: Sid Smith, Ron Field
Countries: United States of America
Production: The Vidtronics Company, The Vidtronics Company, CBS, CBS
Cast: Clive Revill, Sandy Duncan, Roy Smith, Gary Morgan, Leonard Crofoot, Liz Torres, Ben Lokey, Danny Kaye, Don Correia, Flip Wilson, Troy Garza

Overview:

This musical adaptation of Pinocchio from 1976 features the incomparable talents of Danny Kaye, Sandy Duncan, Flip Wilson, and Clive Revill. Framed by the story of a young theater girl's desire to study and work apart from her father, the story of Pinocchio is presented as a subplay with the young girl as Pinocchio (Sandy Duncan) and her father as Geppetto (Danny Kaye). The famous Carlo Collodi story of a lonely woodcutter whose marionette comes to life is presented faithfully and engagingly.

Keywords:

musical italy puppet based on fairy tale peer pressure woodcutter framing device show within a show