Geppetto greets Cleo, whose bowl sits nearby, and carefully paints a smile on the puppet's face. Crawling up the marionette's strings to hide on a high shelf, he sees Geppetto coming down the stairs with Figaro to finish painting the puppet. As he is admiring the puppet, he hears someone coming. He then notices a lifeless marionette puppet, sitting on a shelf. He enters the room and warms himself by the fire. Jiminy hops over to the open window and peers in to see a warm fire in a room filled with beautifully carved toys, clocks, music boxes and puppets. The only building from which light seems to emanate is Geppetto's workshop. Pinocchio's village is introduced at night, with only Gepetto's workshop showing signs of activity. At this point, the viewer enters the story Jiminy is telling through an illustration in the book. He slides down the shelf to the book and opens it, beginning his story in a peaceful village at night, which Jiminy states he was passing through. After the song ends, Jiminy Cricket greets the audience and acknowledges that many may not believe that a wish, as the song states, may come true, and, as proof of the message, decides to tell the story of Pinocchio. Jiminy Cricket sings ' When You Wish Upon A Star' as he sits on a bookshelf, on which various literary classics, such as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and Pinocchio can be found, and given a place of prominence. In the decades since its release, the film has been widely considered by many film historians, critics, and pundits to be one of the greatest animated motion pictures ever made. In the 2008 American Film Institute's “Top Ten Animated Feature Films of All Time” list, Pinocchio was ranked only behind Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The film has been deemed 'culturally significant' by the Library of Congress in 1994 and was thus selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Pinocchio also won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Original Score. The song ' When You Wish Upon a Star,' became a major hit and is still identified with the film, and later as a fanfare for Walt Disney Studios itself. It premiered in New York City on February 7 and in Los Angeles two days later. Based on the Italian book The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, the film stars a puppet - brought to life by a fairy - who tries to earn his right to become a real boy, as he faces the challenges and dangers of a dark, hostile world of crooks, villains, and monsters. Pinocchio was made in response to the enormous worldwide success of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and was originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on February 23, 1940. Pinocchio is the second film in the Disney Animated Canon.

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