Pinocchio (1999-2000 VHS/DVD)

Announced on August 17, 1999, Pinocchio, also originally intended to be the last Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection title, but early copies have the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo on them was released on October 26, 1999 instead as a 60th Anniversary Edition for the VHS version and as the first Limited Issue title on DVD. It was the film's third home video release. The last copies of this DVD left the assembly line on December 27, 1999, with sales ending in 2000.

On March 7, 2000, Pinocchio was re-packaged as part of the Gold Classic Collection. This edition was discontinued on January 31, 2002.

When the Gold Collection DVD was released, Pinocchio had a remaining copyright term of 35 years.

Synopsis

Walt Disney's immortal masterpiece Pinocchio has inspired millions to wish upon a star and always "let your conscience be your guide." Now celebrating its 60th anniversary, this timeless story of the wooden puppet and his kindly owner, the woodcarver Geppetto, is available to a whole new generation in this limited edition release!

On a magical starlit night, a blue fairy brings Geppetto's beloved marionette Pinocchio to life, beginning a fantastic adventure that will test the puppet's bravery, loyalty and honesty - virtues he must learn to become a real boy. Despite the warnings of his wise friend, Jimmy Cricket, Pinocchio gets entangled in one humorous predicament after another, leading to his valiant quest to save Geppetto, who's trapped inside Monstro the whale!

Supplements

1999 VHS

	Video	Creation date	Announcer
1	Green warning screens (1997-2000)	October 21, 1997
2	Walt Disney Company intro + Join Us for a Special Preview (1997-2000)	February 4, 1997	Beau Weaver
3	Teaser trailer for Toy Story 2	November 25, 1998
4	"Coming Soon to Own on Video" Bumper (custom screen)	October 26, 1999	Brian Cummings
5	Video preview for Tarzan	October 26, 1999	Mark Elliott
6	Video preview for Inspector Gadget	September 21, 1999	Don LaFontaine
7	Video preview for The Fox and the Hound	October 26, 1999	Mark Elliott
8	"Available This Holiday Season" Bumper (custom screen)	October 26, 1999	Brian Cummings
9	Trailer for Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas	August 31, 1999	Mark Elliott
10	Trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving	August 17, 1999	Mark Elliott
11	Video preview for The Great Mouse Detective	October 26, 1999	Brian Cummings
12	Join Us After the Feature (custom screen)	October 26, 1999	Brian Cummings
13	Disney.com promo	October 26, 1999	Mark Elliott
14	"Feature Presentation" (custom screen)	October 26, 1999	Brian Cummings
15	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo (Version 1 Only)	October 28, 1994
16	THX logo	February 4, 1997
17	Pinocchio (restored version)	June 26, 1992
18	A Wish Come True: The Making of Pinocchio	October 26, 1999	Mark Elliott

Later copies did not contain the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo.

2000 VHS

	Video	Creation date	Announcer
1	Green warning screens (1997-2000)	October 21, 1997
2	Walt Disney Home Video logo (1992-2001)	March 5, 1992
3	"Coming Soon to Own on Video & DVD" Bumper (1999-2003)	December 14, 1999	Brian Cummings
4	Trailer for The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea	February 1, 2000	Mark Elliott
5	"Now Available to Own on Video & DVD" Bumper (1999-2003)	December 14, 1999	Brian Cummings
6	Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection promo	January 11, 2000	Mark Elliott
7	Video preview for A Goofy Movie	February 29, 2000	Mark Elliott
8	"Now Available to Own on Video" Bumper (1999-2001)	December 14, 1999	Brian Cummings
9	Trailer for Sing a Song with Tigger	March 7, 2000	Mark Elliott
10	Disney.com promo	January 11, 2000	Mark Elliott
11	Join Us After the Feature (custom screen)	October 26, 1999	Brian Cummings
12	"Feature Presentation" (1999-2006)	December 14, 1999	Brian Cummings
13	Pinocchio (restored version)	June 26, 1992
14	A Wish Come True: The Making of Pinocchio	October 26, 1999	Mark Elliott

DVD

Bonus material:

Original Theatrical Trailer from 1940
1992 Re-Release Trailer
Film Recommendations
THX-Certified
WideScreen (1.66:1)

In Other Countries

Country of origin	Format	Release date
UK	VHS/DVD	March 24, 2000
South Korea	DVD	July 13, 2000
Brazil	DVD	2001
Taiwan	DVD	April 23, 2001

Gallery

Videos

Weblinks

http://disney.go.com/DisneyVideos/Cartoons/pinocchio (1999-2001)
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/disneygold/pin.html (2000-2002)

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Movies		Disney: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • Pinocchio (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Tangled (2010) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Frozen (2013) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Zootopia (2016) • Moana (2016) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Frozen II (2019) Pixar: Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019)
Home media	Generation I	Mary Poppins (1980/1985) • Dumbo (1981/1985) • Alice in Wonderland (1981/1986) • Robin Hood (1984) • Pinocchio (1985) • Sleeping Beauty (1986) • Lady and the Tramp (1987) • Cinderella (1988) • Bambi (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1990) • Peter Pan (1990) • The Jungle Book (1991) • 101 Dalmatians (1992)
	Generation II	Robin Hood (1991) • Beauty and the Beast (1992) • Pinocchio (1993/1999) • Aladdin (1993) • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1994) • The Lion King (1995) • The Aristocats (1995/2000) • Cinderella (1995) • Pocahontas (1996/2000) • Toy Story (1996/2000) • Bambi (1997) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997) • Mary Poppins (1997/2000) • Sleeping Beauty (1997) • The Jungle Book (1997) • Hercules (1998/2000) • Peter Pan (1998) • The Little Mermaid (1998) • Lady and the Tramp (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • Mulan (1999) • 101 Dalmatians (1999) • A Bug's Life/Collector's Edition (1999/2000) • Alice in Wonderland (1999/2000) • Robin Hood (1999/2000) • Toy Story 2 (2000)
	Generation III	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2001) • Dumbo (2001/2006) • Peter Pan (2002/2007) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2002) • Beauty and the Beast (2002) • Pinocchio (2003) • Sleeping Beauty (2003) • The Lion King (2003) • Alice in Wonderland (2004) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2004) • Aladdin (2004) • Mulan (2004) • Mary Poppins (2004) • Bambi (2005) • Pocahontas (2005) • Toy Story (2005) • Cinderella (2005) • Toy Story 2 (2005) • Lady and the Tramp (2006) • The Little Mermaid (2006) • Robin Hood (2006) • The Jungle Book (2007) • The Aristocats (2008) • 101 Dalmatians (2008)
	Generation IV	Sleeping Beauty (2008/2014) • Mary Poppins (2009/2013) • Pinocchio (2009) • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2009) • Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (2010) • Beauty and the Beast (2010) • Alice in Wonderland (2011) • Bambi (2011) • Dumbo (2011) • The Lion King (2011) • Lady and the Tramp (2012) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2012) • Pocahontas (2012) • 101 Dalmatians (2012) • Cinderella (2012) • Peter Pan (2013) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2013) • Mulan (2013) • Aladdin (2013) • The Little Mermaid (2013) • The Jungle Book (2014) • Hercules (2014)
	Post-2001 films	Monsters, Inc. (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2005) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Tangled (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2014) • Frozen: Sing-Along Edition (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2015) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2016) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2020)
Books		The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1996) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)
Music	Collections	Classic Disney Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1995) • Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1995) • Classic Disney Vol. 3: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1996) • Classic Disney Vol. 4: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1997) • Classic Disney Vol. 5: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1998) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 1 (2001) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 2 (2001) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 3 (2002)
Music	Film soundtracks	The Lion King (1994) • Toy Story (1995) • Return to Pride Rock (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Frozen (2013)
Television networks		Disney Channel • Toon Disney (1998-2009) • Disney XD

Pinocchio (1999-2000 VHS/DVD)

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