In Robert Zemeckis’s adaptation, John and the Coachman don’t even meet on-screen. You’ll probably remember that in the animated film, Honest John (Walter Catlett) made a deal with The Coachman (Charles Judels) and poached Pinocchio off to him. What’s Up With The Coachman’s Workers? Why Is Monstro The Whale The Kraken Now? See More: ‘Pinocchio’ Review: The CGI Is The Only Good Thing About This Robert Zemeckis Remake

If you’re going to say that that’s not how it happens in the animated film, then the question still remains: why is Fabiana here at all?! Because if you claim to be such a good friend to Pinocchio, won’t you actually help him? She neither gets him out of the cage nor helps him find his father. Then she leaves… again! So, my theory is that Fabiana has been inserted into this film to either pad the runtime or tease a sequel. Since Pinocchio has to go find Geppetto, Fabiana tells him that she’ll be organizing a show in Siena next year, and she hopes to meet him there. And that she has started the New Marionette Family Theater and wants Pinocchio to join her. Guess what she actually does? She points out the key to the cage, and says that at the next stop, all the puppeteers are going to mutiny against Stromboli, and start their own puppet show and then she leaves!įabiana then appears all the way in the third act of the film to tell Pinocchio that the Carabinieri arrested Stromboli and put him in jail. Later that night, while the train on which they are riding is moving, Fabiana comes through the ceiling to tell Pinocchio that Stromboli is a “horrible, mean man” and that she’s going to help him get out of the cage. Stromboli interrupts this intimate moment, snatches Pinocchio, and puts him in a cage. When she notices Pinocchio sneaking on her, she brings down the makeshift props and breaks Sabina into a dance performance for him. She does a pirouette on her right leg, and it seems like that metal contraption is helping her to do so. Later on, Pinocchio goes to meet Fabiana and sees her performing ballet. During Pinocchio’s performance, Fabiana helps him get his nose out of the floorboard via Sabina, and the two go on to do a little dance together too. She doesn’t give a direct answer and instead says that it’s a long story, but it gets better with every passing day. Pinocchio notices that Fabiana has a mental contraption on her right leg. Then she introduces him to Sabina and says that they can be good friends. She says that she wants to leave the show because she wants to be famous, while helping Pinocchio wear his strings.

She shows up at Stromboli’s (Giuseppe Battiston) puppeteering performance as a part of his troupe. So, let’s talk about some of the egregious examples in Robert Zemeckis’s “Pinocchio,” which then leads to the weirdest alteration to the source material and the animated film.įabiana (Kyanne Lamaya) and her marionette Sabina aren’t present in Collodi’s book or in the Disney animated film. Now, these Disney live-action/CGI adaptations have become about sucking the life and magic out of their animated counterparts and adding a bunch of unnecessary elements to the plot.

Pinocchio story in short