Carlo Collodi

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a 1996 British-American fantasy film directed by Steve Barron and starring Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Martin Landau and Geneviève Bujold. It is a fairy tale/fantasy story (aimed at a family audience) about a wooden puppet who comes to life after being carved by a puppetmaker named Geppetto (Martin Landau). It is based on Carlo Collodi's original novel of the same name. It was shot in Croatia, Prague, Ceský Krumlov, and High Force. For the character of Pinocchio, a complex animatronic puppet created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop was used with stop-motion. Pepe, the talking cricket, is computer-animated. Rachel Portman's score features saxophone solos by David Roach.

The plot of the film involves a wooden puppet being brought to life by a blue fairy, who tells him he can become a real boy if he proves himself "brave, truthful, and unselfish". Thus begin the puppet's adventures to become a real boy, which involve many encounters with a host of unsavory characters.

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a book about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor father, a woodcarver named Geppetto.