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Bambi (1942)
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The classic Felix Salter story Bambi provides the basis for this near-perfect Disney animated feature. We follow the male deer Bambi from birth, through his early childhood experiences with woodland pals Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk, the traumatic sudden death of Bambi's mother at the hands of hunters, his courtship of the lovely doe Faline, and his rescue of his friends during a raging forest fire; we last see the mature, antlered Bambi assuming his proper place as the Prince of the Forest. In the grand Disney tradition, Bambi is brimming with unforgettable sequences, notably the young deer's attempts to negotiate an iced-over pond, and most especially the death of Bambi's mother--and if this moment doesn't move you to tears, you're made of stone (many subsequent Disney films, including
Lion King
, have tried, most in vain, to match the horror and pathos of this one scene). The score in Bambi yielded no hits along the lines of "Whistle While You Work", but the songs are adroitly integrated into the action. Bambi was the last of the "classic" early Disney features before the studio went into a decade-long doldrums of disjointed animated pastiches like Make Mine Music. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Production Crew
Eric Larson
Animator
Frank Thomas
Animator
Marc Davis
Animator
Milt Kahl
Animator
Edward Plumb
Composer (Music Score)
Frank Churchill
Composer (Music Score)
Bill Roberts
Director
David Hand
Director
Graham Heid
Director
James Algar
Director
Norman Wright
Director
Paul Satterfield
Director
Perce Pearce
Director
Samuel Armstrong
Director
David Hand
Producer
Walt Disney
Producer
George Stallings
Screen Story
Chuck Couch
Screenwriter
Chuck Couch
Screenwriter
Larry Morey
Screenwriter
Melvin Shaw
Screenwriter
Perce Pearce
Screenwriter
Ralph Wright
Screenwriter
Felix Salten
Short Story Author
Felix Salten
Short Story Author
Frank Thomas
Supervising Animator
Franklin Thomas
Supervising Animator
Ollie Johnston
Supervising Animator
Year: 1942
Runtime: 69
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: G
Category: Animated
Genre
Children's/Family
Fantasy
Produced by
RKO Pictures
Walt Disney Productions
Release
by RKO Radio Pictures
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.