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In its storied 100-year history, the House of Mouse has given us some of entertainment's most iconic and timeless animated features. The late 1930s and early 1940s were arguably the company's first Golden Era, as that period also represented the birth of animation as a new feature film medium. While it can be difficult to name one movie from those early years as the best, Rotten Tomatoes has done just that.

Per the review aggregator, 100% of critics named the original 1940 Pinocchio "certified fresh." It is the only Disney animated movie to earn the top score. The audience rating stands at a similarly strong 73%. That's not bad, considering Pinocchio was only Disney's second-ever animated film. So why the perfect 100? Is the love driven by nostalgia? Or does the movie still hold up today, more than eight decades after its release? Disney wasn't afraid to go dark either in those early days,...

Disney is developing a project loosely based on their 1940 animated classic Pinocchio, bringing on screenwriter Peter Hedges (The Odd Life of Timothy Green) to write the screenplay. This is the third live action adaptation of an animated movie that Disney has put into development over the past week, following Mulan and Winnie the Pooh. The studio has also announced new live action versions of Dumbo and Beauty and the Beast over the past few months.

The story of Pinocchio originated with author Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, following a boy made out of wood who ultimately gets his wish to become a real human, but each time he tells a lie, his nose grows longer and longer. Peter Hedges' take on Pinocchio is said to be inspired by the original story, but no specific plot details were given. Director Guillermo del Toro is currently developing his own version of Pinocchio,...