"Pinocchio, the Original," is "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi from 1883, with updated comments and narration by Steven Ritz-Barr. It is a darker, more profound version than the popular Pinocchio by Disney, who made the story world-famous with the 1940 animated film.
From saintly marionettes that performed hagiographical dramas, experimental puppets and automata in Cervantes' Don Quixote, To Embody the Marvelous: The Making of Illusions in Early Modern Spain explores puppetry and animation as the performative media of choice for mastering the art of illusion, engaging with early modern notions of wonder in religious, artistic, and social contexts.
Four teenagers from across the globe. United by the suspicious deaths of their fathers and four mysterious magic rings forged by the legendary wizard Merlin.
Now, these unlikely heroes must race against the clock and travel in our time to places in Egypt, Japan and Russia to fetch artifacts and save the world from the eternal darkness of Mordred by locating Merlin and finishing the quest that their Camelot ancestors started.
