Bambi

Bambi

1942

Disney's golden age of animation is revived with this breathtakingly brilliant digital restoration of Bambi, the tale of a wide-eyed fawn who experiences nature's wonders, braves the dangers of the forest and grows to buck-hood with help from friends Thumper the Rabbit and Flower the Skunk. Animators painstakingly restored the film's original master-class hand-rendered animation, and this edition features a state-of-the art remixed soundtrack.

Walt Disney's multiplane technicolor feature

JBscale
86
Excellent

Film Detail

Genre
Animation - Family
Length
1 hr. 10 mins.
US Theatrical Release
August 21, 1942
US Box Office
$102,797,150 (#789 of 7435)
Global Office
$165,200,000 (#1061 of 4373)
Rating
G
General Audiences
All Ages Admitted

Collection Detail

Edition
2-Disc Diamond Edition & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Aspect Ratio
FS 1.33:1
Audio
English: DD 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master 7.1
Studio
Disney/Buena Vista
Released
March 1, 2011
Acquired Date
May 7, 2011
Times Seen
3 Times
Last Watched
September 3, 2012

Actors

Hardie Albright
Hardie Albright
Stan Alexander
Stan Alexander
Peter Behn
Peter Behn
Tim Davis
Tim Davis
Donnie Dunagan
Donnie Dunagan
Sam Edwards
Sam Edwards
Ann Gillis
Ann Gillis
Sterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway
Cammie King Conlon
Cammie King Conlon
Fred Shields
Fred Shields
Bobby Stewart
Bobby Stewart
John Sutherland
John Sutherland
Paula Winslowe
Paula Winslowe
Will Wright
Will Wright
Otis Harlan
Otis Harlan

Directors

David Hand
David Hand
James Algar
James Algar
Samuel Armstrong
Samuel Armstrong
Graham Heid
Graham Heid
Bill Roberts
Bill Roberts
Paul Satterfield
Paul Satterfield
Norman Wright
Norman Wright

Producers

Walt Disney
Walt Disney

Writers

Larry Morey
Larry Morey

Special Features

Featurettes
  • The Making of 'Bambi': A Prince Is Born - A comprehensive look at the making of Bambi covers the story, the characters, the actors, the art design, the music and the history of Walt Disney's classic film using behind the scenes footage, production stills, animation, artwork and multiple interviews with performers and behind the scenes participants.
Other
  • Animated Short: "The Old Mill'" - Winner of the 1937 Academy Award for Best Short Subject/Cartoon, The Old Mill was a testing ground for several techniques critical to Walt's artistic vision for Bambi, including the multiplane camera, animating realistic animals and experimenting with such natural occurrences such as wind, rain and lightning.
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Disney's Big Book of Knowledge: Bambi Edition - An interactive educational gaming experience that uses the film as a learning tool. Players can customize their own Big Book of Knowledge and learn all about forest creatures, seasons and more. Each time a player completes a task, they are rewarded with new stickers to decorate their Big Book of Knowledge.
  • DisneyPedia: Bambi's Forest Friends
  • Inside the Disney Archives - Disney Supervising Animator Andreas Deja guides viewers through Disney's Animation Research Library, where artwork from past Disney animated feature films is stored, including early story sketches of Bobo the rabbit," (who became Thumper), glass paintings made for the multiplane camera and more.
  • Inside Walt's Story Meetings - A multi-tiered, interactive story-telling experience. Go back in time with dramatic voice re-enactments of the moments with Walt that led to the creation of this classic film.
  • Tricks of the Trade - In an episode from the 1957 Disneyland TV show, Walt narrates the story of the multiplane camera, an animation innovation crucial to the production of Bambi.
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes

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User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users
80
Excellent
RT Fresh
91%
Tomatometer
55 votes
RT Hot
73%
Popcornmeter
15,627 votes
METASCORE
91
16 votes
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
158,003 votes