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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
Walt Disney Productions;

Cast Names
Hardie Albright; Stan Alexander; Peter Behn; Dolyn Bramston Cook; Tim Davis; Donnie Dunagan; Sam Edwards; Otis Harlan; Eddie Holden; Sterling Holloway; Jack Horner; Clarence Nash; Fred Shields; Bobby Stewart; John Sutherland; Will Wright; Bobette Audrey; Thelma Boardman; Janet Chapman; Jeanne Christy; Marion Darlington; Ann Gillis; Thelma Hubbard; Cammie King; Mary Lansing; Margaret Lee; Babs Nelson; Sandra Lee Richards; Francesca Santoro; Paula Winslowe;

Box Office
USD 5,723,384

Release Date
1942-08-13 (New York City, New York)
1942-08-21
1947-12-25 (re-release)
1957-07-03 (re-release)
1966-03-25 (re-release)
1975-06-20 (re-release)
1982-06-04 (re-release)
1988-07-15 (re-release)

Genres
Animation; Drama; Family;

Running Time
1 hr. 10 min.

Director
David Hand

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