| Geppetto | |
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| Genre | Musical fantasy |
| Directed by | Tom Moore |
| Produced by | Ted Zachary |
| Written by | David I. Stern Carlo Collodi |
| Starring | Drew Carey Julia Louis-Dreyfus Brent Spiner Rene Auberjonois Seth Adkins |
| Music by | Stephen Schwartz |
| Editing by | Virginia Katz |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Release date | May 7, 2000 |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
Geppetto is a 2000 made-for-television remake of the popular children’s book The Adventures of Pinocchio starring Drew Carey and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. It featured original songs written by Stephen Schwartz.
Carey's role in the film became a recurring butt-of-jokes on his series Whose Line is it Anyway?, which also featured fellow cast member Wayne Brady as a regular performer.
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Geppetto (Drew Carey) dearly wishes to become a father. One day his wish is granted by the Blue Fairy (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and she brings to life a wooden puppet, made by Geppetto, named Pinocchio (Seth Adkins).
In the beginning, everything is rosy for the new family, yet slowly things begin to unravel, culminating with Pinocchio running away. Geppetto, thinking Pinocchio would rather live with the evil Stromboli (Brent Spiner), washes his hands of the whole matter and tries to go back to his lonely life. Stromboli, however, had kidnapped him and was using him as the main attraction in his puppet show.
Geppetto finally comes to his senses and goes out to rescue Pinocchio, but he has run away from Stromboli to the infamous "Pleasure Island" (Usher Raymond has a cameo as the Ring Leader of Pleasure Island). On his way there, Geppetto has several chance encounters, including a professor that creates children to precise specifications (René Auberjonois) and a struggling, traveling magician (Wayne Brady).
Pleasure Island is not all that it seems to be and Pinocchio is turned into a donkey, with Geppetto arriving just in time to see him and to try and rescue him. They set sail on a small boat, get hit by a storm in the middle of the sea, and are swallowed by a whale. They manage to escape and forgive each other for their wrongs, and Pinocchio is turned into a "real boy" by the end of the film and all live happily ever after.
The soundtrack for Geppetto is available from Walt Disney Records, and it features songs from the film composed by Stephen Schwartz, as well as the single, "Since I Gave My Heart Away" performed by Sonya Isaacs (as heard in the end credits of the movie).
Walt Disney Home Video released this television film on VHS May 30, 2000. It had a DVD release twice. The first time on September 26, 2000 and the second time January 13, 2009.
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