Well! Looks like I'm not alone out there in having seen this "unusual sequel" to Disney's original. I just happened to see this on my neighbors beta player away on back in 1978!(or '79). In fact this stands as the very first time I ever saw anything on home video anywhere!
I was 100% amazed at the idea of watching a cartoon this way! I even asked him,"Wow,how'd you do that?! Anyway,I never forgot it and all I can recall is the plot as described here. Poor little Pinnochio has returned to wooden form and now has to risk being his own timber fire by flying to Mars! (Wouldn't he have burned up either on re-entry or on the way up??)
I forget how he becomes an actual boy again but for the sheer sake of nostalgia and a great child-hood memory I'll rate it 8 stars! I know that even if I get to watch it again it wont be as it was the first time but it's really the only way (besides in your mind & photos/home movies) that one can truly revisit childhood!
It's not Disney but it's okay in my book. Oh! ...and Happy 40th Anniversary,wherever you are! I can't find you on video anywhere.
Edited on March 11th, 2011 : I was finally able to track down an affordable copy on VHS on Amazon.com and it's finally in my possession. HOORAY!!! Amazing how much I'd forgotten about it.
If any of you are still seeking it, give that same site a look.
I was 100% amazed at the idea of watching a cartoon this way! I even asked him,"Wow,how'd you do that?! Anyway,I never forgot it and all I can recall is the plot as described here. Poor little Pinnochio has returned to wooden form and now has to risk being his own timber fire by flying to Mars! (Wouldn't he have burned up either on re-entry or on the way up??)
I forget how he becomes an actual boy again but for the sheer sake of nostalgia and a great child-hood memory I'll rate it 8 stars! I know that even if I get to watch it again it wont be as it was the first time but it's really the only way (besides in your mind & photos/home movies) that one can truly revisit childhood!
It's not Disney but it's okay in my book. Oh! ...and Happy 40th Anniversary,wherever you are! I can't find you on video anywhere.
Edited on March 11th, 2011 : I was finally able to track down an affordable copy on VHS on Amazon.com and it's finally in my possession. HOORAY!!! Amazing how much I'd forgotten about it.
If any of you are still seeking it, give that same site a look.