There’s a lot I missed in the original Pinocchio…but there was still a cricket? What was his name?
Out of curiosity, who wrote the real Pinochio? I’d like to read it…I’ve lately been getting into the original versions of all the Disney movies I saw when I was little.
The original story was written by Carlo Collodi.
You can find it online here.
The problem with dialog dubbing is that it messes up the entire fargin’ soundtrack. Everything sounds flat and canned.
Nothing.
Thanks, Arnold, will do. It is in Italian…but I’m sure I’ll be able to find an English version at the library or online with the name of the author. (Either that or get my Italian-speaking friend to translate for me when school starts up! :p)
I’m sorry Robin Williams made Jakob The Liar.
He would’ve been better in Beautiful Life than Roberto.
That was such a great movie, EXCEPT for Benigni. He ruined it.
At least Robin can turn down the mania for two seconds.
Yeah, there was a cricket… I don’t recall that he had a name… As in the Disney version, he’s sort of an external conscience for Pinocchio. Unlike the Disney version, Pinocchio crushes the nagging little bastard. Hey, you’ve got to repent for something, right? Oh, and Pinocchio is responsible for the death of the Blue Fairy, too.
(It’s been about ten years since I read the book-- I hope that those are real memories and not absinthe horrors. I’m pretty sure I remember right.)
Maybe part of the reason he comes across so…hyper is that his English isn’t all that great, or he’s self conscious about it, at least, and so he’s over the top in English language interviews to distract from that. How does he act in Italian interviews?