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Originally Posted by Susan Foreman  Apparently the South Park version was animated especially for the film. As far as I am aware, it has never appeared in any of the television episodes |
It isn't in any episode of the TV show and was made specifically for
The Aristocrats. If it wasn't, the content alone would probably make it unsuitable for broadcast on Comedy Central.
The last film I watched was
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, a second viewing of a beautifully animated, funny, and moving take on Carlo Collodi's classic fairy story.
The stop-motion animation works extremely well with the story revolving around an animated woodcarving, the voice cast is superb, with David Bradley giving Geppetto a tangible sense of grief and weariness, and Ewan McGregor, with a surprisingly youthful voice, is perfect as Sebastian J. Cricket.
Other cast members include people who have worked with del Toro before and some who are collaborating with him for the first time: Christoph Waltz, Ron Perlman, Burn Gorman, Tilda Swinton, Tim Blake Nelson, John Turturro, Cate Blanchett, and Tom Kenny.
It's quite a dark film, as is the 1940 Disney version (my favourite of the 'classic' Disney films), but that darkness makes the joyful moments even more delightful. Additionally, the songs are great and the setting, 1940s fascist Italy, makes the threat to the main characters very real and acts as a useful motivation for some of the antagonists. Of the songs, I think 'My Son', which Geppetto sings to Carlo, almost brought me to tears on both viewings, and will no doubt do it again.
If you have a Netflix subscription then I highly recommend watching this; if you don't and are generally a fan of Guillermo del Toro's films, then you should probably add it to your collection.