Hailed as the Prince of the Forest at his birth, wobble-legged Bambi the faun lives deep in the woodland with his mother. His early faunhood is filled with friends--Thumper, a jovial rabbit who says all the wrong things; Flower, a skunk with an inferiority complex; and Friend Owl, misanthrope of the treetops. As he grows, fun-and-games give way to the hardship of winter and the most terrifying, ever-looming threat to survival--man. When the hunters come, Bambi must learn to be as brave as his father The Great Prince, and lead the other deer to safety.
Publisher:Burbank, CA : The Walt Disney Company : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2005]
General Note: Golden Globes, USA, 1948: Special Award (Walt Disney)In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish with optional English SDH; closed-captioned.Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1942.From the story by Felix Salten.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 2: Special features: Deleted scenes (4 min.); Games & activities [interactive features]: The Forest Adventure; DisneyPedia: Bambi's forest friends; What's your season?: Personality profile; Disney's storytime: Thumper goes exploring; Virtual forest; Featurettes: The making-of "Bambi": A prince is born (53 min.); Restoring "Bambi" (6 min.); The legacy continues: A sneak peak at the all-new Bambi movie (5 min.); Disney time capsule: 1942: the year of "Bambi" (5 min.); The art of "Bambi" [slide shows]; Tricks of the trade [excerpt] (7 min.); Inside the Disney archives (9 min.); The old mill [animated short] (1937) (8 min.); Original theatrical trailer (1942) (2 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music by Frank Churchill, Edward Plumb ; conducted by Alexander Steinert ; choral arrangements by Charles Henderson ; story development, George Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright ; art direction, Thomas H. Codrick ... [et al.] ; backgrounds, Merle T. Cox, Tyrus Wong, W. Richard Anthony ... [et al.] ; supervising animators, Franklin Thomas, Milton Kahl, Eric Larson, Oliver M. Johnston Jr.
Participant or Performer Note: Voices: Hardie Albright, Tim Davis, Sam Edwards, Bobette Audrey, Thelma Boardman, Stan Alexander, Donnie Dunagan, Sterling Holloway, John Sutherland, Paul Winslowe, Cammie King, Ann Gillis, Thelma Hubbard, Mary Lansing, Fred Shields, Will Wright.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA Rating: Rated G.
Awards Note:
Golden Globes, USA, 1948: Special Award (Walt Disney)