Pinocchio in Outer Space

Pinocchio in Outer Space is a 1965 animated science-fantasy film which sets Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio character on a rocketship adventure.^[1] Peter Lazer performs the voice of Pinocchio. It was produced by Ray Goossens at Belvision Studios, with American involvement from Norm Prescott (Filmation) and Fred Ladd. The film was released in the US by Universal Pictures.

Pinocchio in Outer Space
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Directed by	Ray Goossens
Written by	Fred Ladd
Produced by	Fred Ladd Raymond Leblanc Norm Prescott Leonard J. Aronson
Starring	Arnold Stang Peter Lazer Jess Cain Conrad Jameson Mavis Mims Cliff Owens Minerva Pious Norman Rose
Cinematography	Fred Ladd
Edited by	Norm Prescott
Music by	Ray Goossens
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (USA)
Release date	22 December 1965 (1965-12-22)
Running time	71 minutes
Countries	Belgium United States
Languages	English French

The French version was titled Pinocchio dans l'espace and the Dutch version was known as Pinocchio in de ruimte.

The Talking Cricket character was not present in this production. Instead, Pinocchio's sidekick was Nurtle, an alien Twertle (voiced by Arnold Stang), sent by his government to investigate an unusual increase of radiation on Mars. Together they do battle against Astro, a marauding intergalactic whale who was seeking revenge after being abducted by a mysterious race of Martians.

Cast

• Peter Lazer – Pinocchio
• Arnold Stang – Nurtle the Turtle
• Ray Owens – Mister Geppetto
• Conrad Jameson – G. Godline/Sharp
• Mavis Mims – The Blue Fairy
• Jess Cain – Groovy
• Minerva Pious – The Blue Fairy's Mother
• Norman Rose – Fedora
• Kevin Kennedy – Astro the Space Whale

Comic strip adaptation

In 1965 the film was adapted into a comic strip by Willy Lateste, which was published in Tintin.^[2]

See also

• List of American films of 1965

• Children's literature portal

• List of animated feature-length films