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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
12/14/08
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STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can |
DESCRIPTION:
(from ION's press release) ION Television, the "Positively Entertaining" general entertainment network available to over 94 million homes, and RHI Entertainment, the leader in the production and distribution of groundbreaking movies, miniseries and series for television, today announced the U.S. debut of Pinocchio, a four-hour original production making its television premiere on ION Television on Sunday, December 14 at 7:00 p.m. ET. The miniseries will be broadcast in its entirety in one evening. Starring Golden Globe winner Bob Hoskins (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Hook) as Geppetto and Robbie Kay (My Boy Jack, Hannibal Rising) as Pinocchio, the new film is the definitive adaptation of the beloved masterpiece about a boy who learns how to be a son and a man who learns how to be a father. Set among the beautiful vistas of 19th Century Tuscany, Pinocchio is the tale of a young boy brought into the world by magic and utterly unprepared for what his new life throws at him. On this voyage of self-discovery, Pinocchio invites danger at every turn, much to the heartbreak of Geppetto, the father who created him from wood. Pinocchio's misadventures find him hunted by villains, whisked away to the temptations of the Land of Toys, transformed into a donkey, placed center stage at a traveling circus and swallowed by a giant shark. Plagued by shame, regret and the ever-present possibility of further corruption, Pinocchio's only chance at redemption and happiness is to find his way back to Geppetto. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Bob Hoskins as Geppetto
· Robbie Kay as Pinocchio
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CREW INFORMATION:
· ??? as WRTR
· Alberto Sironi as DIR
· Carlo Collodi as BOOK
· Robert Halmi Jr. as EP
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GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mini-series
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· RHI Entertainment
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