film american animated musical fantasy film produced based italian children novel adventures second animated feature film produced disney success seven plot film involves old wood named wooden puppet named puppet brought life blue fairy informs real boy proves brave efforts real boy involve encounters host characters film adapted book production supervised film sequences directed groundbreaking achievement area effects animation giving realistic movement vehicles machinery natural elements rain lightning smoke shadows water film released theaters february critical analysis identifies simple morality tale teaches children benefits hard work middle class values animated feature win competitive academy_award winning original song wish star initially box office disaster eventually profit reissue considered greatest animated films rare rating website rotten_tomatoes film characters prevalent popular culture featuring disney parks forms entertainment added deemed culturally historically aesthetically significant plot singing film signature song wish star explains going tell story wish coming true story begins workshop named watches finishes work wooden names cat fish dislike falling asleep makes wish star real boy night visits workshop brings life remains puppet informs proves brave real boy assigns conscience discovers wish come true filled joy way school led fox companion convince join puppet despite objections star attraction sing dance strings performing dutch girls french girls wants home night locks arrives unable free blue fairy appears asks wasn school urges tell truth instead starts telling lies causes nose grow longer longer vows good nose original form sets free warning time help town meet promises pay big money find little boys encountering way home convince needs vacation way befriends boy rules authority enforce activity boys soon enjoy smoking gambling getting drunk dismay later trying home discovers island hides horrible curse boys brought literally transform sold slave labor runs warn find fully transformed terrified manages escape partially transformed returning home find workshop soon discover message left blue fairy ventured search giant whale named living belly determined rescue father jumps sea accompanying soon reunited plan giving chance escape plan works enraged whale chases pulls safety cave crashes washed beach survive lies face tide pool home group blue fairy decides proven brave real human boy ears tail gone celebrates steps outside thank fairy rewarded solid gold badge official conscience cast wooden puppet carved turned living puppet blue fairy jones provided voice alexander boy transformed cheerful wise cricket acts conscience partial narrator story kind elderly creates wishes real boy honest sly anthropomorphic red fox main antagonist film tricks twice film cat honest john mute anthropomorphic sidekick originally intended voiced fame second work disney final work framed filmmakers removed dialogue script favor mute performance like snow white seven provided large sinister italian puppet maker forces perform onstage order money speaks italian accent italian gets angry identified gypsy antagonist film official line voiced owner operator enjoys turning boys brings life turns real boy end film naughty boy befriends way turned production development september production seven animator brought translated version italian children novel attention reading book enthusiasm later recalled intended studio film difficulties adapting story animals hold moved ahead production writing design unlike short story writers expand experiment based novel fixed story story went drastic changes reaching final incarnation original novel cold rude creature sympathy learns lessons means brutal torture writers decided character depict similar dummy equally puppet book story developed early stages animation early scenes animated design exactly like real wooden puppet long pointed nose peaked cap bare wooden hands pleased work film felt character called immediate halt production redesigned character slightly appealing design retained wooden feel young upcoming animator felt thomas moore obsessed idea boy wooden puppet felt forget puppet cute little boy draw wooden joints wooden puppet suggested demonstrate beliefs test sequence showed disney test scene underwater looking father scene envisioned character making look like real boy child hat standard cartoon character thumb hands type gloves parts looked like puppet arms legs little button wooden nose disney embraced scene immediately urged writers evolve innocent somewhat personality reflected design disney found new helpless far led characters summer disney story team established character cricket originally cricket minor character killed later returned ghost disney dubbed cricket character try guide right decisions character expanded depicted realistic cricket toothed legs waving antennae disney wanted likable spent months soup eating sequence cut film pacing reasons quit disney rewarded work promoting supervising animator design described little man egg head ears thing makes cricket later joked casting huge success wanted famous voices marked time animated film celebrities voice actors cast popular singer known edwards popular entertainer million selling record disney rejected idea having adult play insisted character voiced real child cast year old child actor previously washington cast fox villainous design caricature voice actor recruited best remembered voicing characters cartoon shorts hired perform voice eventually decided mute recorded dialogue subsequently deleted solitary heard times finished film animation animation began september production film character model department headed department responsible building dimensional clay models characters film known models given staff observe character drawn given angle desired artists model makers built working models gypsy wagon carriage owing difficulty realistic moving vehicle artists filmed carriage miniature set stop motion animation frame animation transferred animation early version painted background images characters create completed shot camera like live action footage shot actors playing scenes supervised tracing result stiff unnatural movement animators footage guide animation studying human movement incorporating poses animation slightly exaggerated groundbreaking achievement area effects animation contrast character animators concentrate acting characters effects animators create moves characters includes vehicles machinery natural effects rain lightning snow smoke shadows water fantasy science fiction type effects like influential abstract animator mainly worked contributed effects animation effects animator kept diary year long animation water effects included bubbles waves illusion underwater help depth ocean animators detail waves water surface foreground detail surface moved animation traced animators trace blue black pencil leads waves look save time money kept techniques enabled animated films highly realistic effects animation remarked think finest things studio said water looks real person soundtrack songs composed lyrics composed incidental music score soundtrack released february song wish star major hit identified film later theme song soundtrack won academy award best original score themes considers film earth classic disney animated films despite theme song magic notes film protagonist work prove worth remarked line capitalism disney films believe male protagonists films like constructed disney appeal boys girls said simple morality tale ideal moral instruction save darker moments noted film favorite parents young children argues film metaphor american child film ultimately considered central disney film strongly middle class intended relay message pleasures working class pool halls amusement parks led life beast burden purpose help convey children middle class virtues deferred self denial experience average american reception initial release went release accompanied generally positive reviews new_york_times gave film stars saying bit fine prayed finer gay clever delightful fantasy behaved hope time gave film positive review saying drawing coloring dozens characters greater variety depth photographic effects tops high standard set charm humor loving care treats characters puts class film won disney film win initially box office success box office returns film initial release unprecedented success studio expectations film million negative cost twice cost disney million late studio reports film final original box office varying million million animation historian notes returned million september public annual report charged million loss film barrier balance sheet listed total receipts studio primarily fact world war aftermath cut european asian markets overseas hindered international success disney releases early recalled depressed initial returns box office recorded loss film modern acclaim film historians consider film closely approaches technical perfection disney animated features film critic said disney reached height powers apex critics consider realm animated cartoon despite initial struggles box office series years world war proved successful allowed film turn profit film earned million initial release subsequent years brought lifetime gross box office added deemed culturally historically aesthetically significant filmmaker selected best animated films time article written guardian time named best films years june named best animated movie time best animated films june american_film_institute revealed best films classic american film genres polling people creative community acknowledged second best film animation genre nominated afi years movies received nominations thrills heroes villains lists song wish star ranked number songs list film ranked 38th cheers list quote lie keeps growing growing plain nose face nominated movie quotes list film received nomination afi list rotten_tomatoes website film reviews film website highest rating meaning single reviews film contemporaneous reviews modern site positive general consensus film site ambitious adventurous frightening arguably represents pinnacle disney collected works beautifully crafted emotionally home media release seven came tradition releasing disney films seven years theatrically released handled disney reissued film division disney animated feature released vhs issue digitally restored cleaning removing original frame time eliminating soundtrack color comprehensive digital restoration issue released vhs followed fourth vhs release release disney dvd film included disney masterpiece collection line early vhs use masterpiece collection logo second disney dvd release final issue vhs format premiered disney gold classics collection vhs dvd line march special edition vhs dvd film released united_kingdom march special edition vhs featured logo beginning tape fourth dvd release blu ray disc release second blu ray series released march like sleeping beauty blu ray release blu ray package featured new restoration disc blu ray set bonus dvd version film included set returned disney vault april legacy released thin animated sequel entitled emperor night set year real boy movie received mainly negative reviews critics commercial failure disney sued copyright infringement won lawsuit grounds work public domain began development sequel wrote film screenplay saw strange journey sake dear story leads question life appears unfair said cancelled soon named chief creative officer characters characters disney parks popular ride original tokyo park paris quick service restaurant serves pizza cheese similar quick service restaurants parks anaheim paris identical names disney ice starring toured internationally shorter version story presented current disney ice production years magic aside game boy games based animated film appear characters game kingdom hearts inside featured worlds 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