Geppetto (/ dʒəˈpɛtoʊ / jə-PET-oh; Italian: [dʒepˈpetto]) [1] is a fictional character in the 1883 Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi. Geppetto is an elderly, impoverished woodcarver and the creator (and thus 'father') of Pinocchio. He wears a yellow wig resembling cornmeal mush (called polendina), and consequently his neighbours call him "Polendina" to annoy ...
Geppetto: Directed by Tom Moore. With Drew Carey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brent Spiner, Rene Auberjonois. The lonely woodcarver Geppetto gets his wish for a child of his own granted when the Blue Fairy brings one of his marionettes to life; however, being a parent is not as easy as he had expected.
Geppetto is a major character in Disney's 1940 animated feature film Pinocchio. He is an old woodcarver living in a small workshop adorned with his creations, such as toys and articulated clockworks. Among the carvings was a wooden puppet made of pine, later named “Pinocchio”, who was magically granted life by the Blue Fairy to reward Geppetto’s kindness and generosity. Geppetto is ...
When Pinocchio is lured away, Geppetto discovers what it really means to be a father, and must quest to reunite with his missing son.
Drew Carey stars as Geppetto, a poor wood carver whose deepest wish comes true when the Blue Fairy turns the wooden puppet Pinocchio into a real boy.
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Toymaker Geppetto is desperate for a son, so he is overjoyed when a wooden puppet boy, Pinocchio, is magically brought to life. However, the relationship between father and son soon sours, and Pinocchio runs away to join a travelling puppet show. This forces Geppetto to realise how much he loves Pinocchio, and he sets out on an eventful journey to find him.
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