Bambi (Walt
Disney)
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David
Hand
Felix
Salten (novel)
Larry
Morey (story)
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U.S. Region 1
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Genre: Animation
/ Family
Tagline: Walt Disney's multiplane
technicolor feature
Plot Outline: 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
User Comments: An enduring classic
User Rating:
7.5/10 (12,609
votes)
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order)
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Hardie
Albright |
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Adolescent Bambi (voice)
(uncredited)
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Stan
Alexander |
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Young Flower (voice)
(uncredited)
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Bobette
Audrey |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Peter
Behn |
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Young Thumper (voice)
(uncredited)
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Thelma
Boardman |
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Mrs. Quail (voice)
(uncredited)
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Janet
Chapman |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Jeanne
Christy |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Dolyn Bramston
Cook |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Marion
Darlington |
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Bird Calls (voice)
(uncredited)
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Tim
Davis |
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Adult Thumper/Adolescent Flower
(voice) (uncredited)
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Donnie
Dunagan |
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Young Bambi (voice)
(uncredited)
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Sam
Edwards |
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Adult Thumper (voice)
(uncredited)
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Ann
Gillis |
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Adult Faline (voice)
(uncredited)
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Sterling
Holloway |
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Adult Flower (voice)
(uncredited)
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Jack
Horner |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Thelma
Hubbard |
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Girl Bunny/Quail Mother/Female
Pheasant (voice) (uncredited)
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Cammie
King |
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Young Faline (voice)
(uncredited)
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Mary
Lansing |
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Aunt Ena/Mrs. Possum (voice)
(uncredited)
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Margaret
Lee |
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Thumper's Mother (voice)
(uncredited)
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Babs
Nelson |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Sandra Lee
Richards |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Francesca
Santoro |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Fred
Shields |
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Great Prince Of The Forest
(voice) (uncredited)
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Bobby
Stewart |
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Baby Bambi (voice)
(uncredited)
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John
Sutherland |
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Adult Bambi (voice)
(uncredited)
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Paula
Winslowe |
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Bambi's Mother (voice)
(uncredited)
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Elouise
Wohlwend |
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Additional Voices (voice)
(uncredited)
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Will
Wright |
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Friend Owl (voice)
(uncredited)
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Runtime: 70 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Trivia: Bambi was originally supposed
to go back to his mother after she was shot and find her
in a pool of blood. This idea was scrapped.
Goofs: Continuity: When the dogs are
hunting Faline through the forest, a brown dog is in
front. In the close-up, the dog is right behind Faline,
trying to bite her, but it is now turned grey. In the
next shot, the dog is turned brown again.
Quotes:
Flower:
[about two birds fluttering around]
Well! What's the matter with them?
Thumper:
Why are they acting that way?
Friend
Owl: Why, don't you know? They're
twitterpated.
Flower,
Bambi, Thumper:
Twitterpated?
Friend
Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in
the springtime. For example: You're walking along,
minding your own business. You're looking neither to the
left, nor to the right, when all of a sudden you run
smack into a pretty face. Woo-woo! You begin to get weak
in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel
light as a feather, and before you know it, you're
walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked
for a loop, and you completely lose your head!
Thumper:
Gosh, that's awful.
Flower:
Gee whiz.
Bambi:
Terrible!
Friend
Owl: And that ain't all. It could happen to
anyone, so you'd better be careful.
[points at Bambi]
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 2 wins & 1 nomination
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User Comments:
An enduring classic, 22 September
2000
Bambi is one of Disney's greatest...About the life of
a young newborn deer and the triumphs and tragedies it
endures from birth until adulthood..Quintessential Disney
that is a must see..Released in 1942 so there are some WW
2 metaphors if you read between the lines (or it may just
be me) One of the greatest family films of all time..on a
scale of one to ten...10
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