Word: pinocchios
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...Christmas season is a traditional time for parents to take their children to the movie theater for a little animated fun. This year Walt Disney has reissued its classic Cinderella, and Filmation is coming out with a sequel to Carlo Collodi's classic tale called Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. Both represent an increasingly rare breed: animated movies made...
...from Shanghai, he reaches for his precious toy airplane instead of holding onto his mother's hand for dear life. Once on his own, he leaps into the grasping arms of a scurvy American merchant seaman (John Malkovich). Jim might be an Oliver Twist auditioning for Fagin, or a Pinocchio begging to visit Stromboli's summer camp...
Cocteau's adaptation added further to the ancient myth with the character of Heuteboise (Don Carleton), a guardian angel who doubles as a glazier. Prascak makes him a dilivery boy for Pinocchio's Pizza, a change that provides plenty of material for the rest of this strange brew of banality, magic and myth. For instance, Euridice's fatal step is taking a bite of a mushroom slice. In one of Prascak's sillier insertions, her death occurs after she hands out several freshly delivered slices to the audience...
Meanwhile, Ifan Evans, the Jester, puts on a Pinocchio mask, says goodbye to Vicki and Sherie and walks away down a path. Ifan carries a tall staff with a long, flowing pink pennant attached to it. On the way, he meets Thor Sigstedt, who is with his children Dylan, 5, and Tara...
...real draw for Disney is a potentially huge market for the 8,000-odd different consumer products that the entertainment conglomerate sells. Among them: the Mickey Mouse Disco album, Gummi Bears toys and Pinocchio ceramic miniatures...