Pinocchio (2002 film)

Pinocchio
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roberto Benigni
Screenplay by	Vincenzo Cerami Roberto Benigni
Based on	The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Produced by	Gianluigi Braschi
Starring	Roberto Benigni Nicoletta Braschi Mino Bellei Carlo Giuffrè Peppe Barra Franco Javarone Max Cavallari Bruno Arena Corrado Pani Kim Rossi Stuart Luis Molteni Alessandro Bergonzoni
Cinematography	Dante Spinotti
Edited by	Simona Paggi
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Production companies	Melampo Cinematografica Cecchi Gori Group
Distributed by	Medusa Distribuzione (Italy) Miramax Films (international)[1]
Release date	11 October 2002 (2002-10-11) (Italy)
Running time	108 minutes (original) 100 minutes (US version)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
Budget	$40–45 million[2][3]
Box office	$41.3 million[4]

Pinocchio is a 2002 Italian fantasy comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Roberto Benigni, who also stars. It is based on the 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, with Benigni portraying Pinocchio. Filming took place in Italy and Kalkara, Malta. It was dedicated to costume and production designer Danilo Donati, who died on 1 December 2001.

The film was released in Italy on 11 October 2002 by Medusa Distribuzione and met with mixed reviews.^[5] It received an English-language dub in the United States, released by Miramax Films in December 2002, which was critically panned. While it became one of the highest-grossing films in Italy, it underperformed internationally, grossing $41.3 million against a production budget of $40‒45 million. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.