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Due to ongoing technical finessing, the Studio’s complete dedication to Snow White, Pinocchio and Fantasia, the 1941 Cartoonists’ Strike, plus the onslaught of World War II, which led to the unexpected surprise smash of the delightful Dumbo, it seemed that Bambi kept on getting pushed back and back.įinally, the film was released as the Studio’s fifth animated feature in 1942, at a time when Disney’s foreign markets were cut off and revenue was thin. The Silly Symphony The Old Mill (found here in the supplementary section) was a testing ground for the highly stylised but realistic approach that Walt was striving for. Originally put into production alongside Snow White (it was always an alternative to Walt, should the animating of human figures in that film prove too ambitious at the time), the rights to Felix Salten’s story were purchased in 1936 and artwork development began immediately. Bambi, however, handles the whole original “ Circle Of Life” theme a little more subtly… Both stories feature an animal kingdom youngster, who loses a parent and must get over the fact in order to continue living their lives and find their place in the world around them. If Beauty And The Beast was the next generation of Disney artists’ take on the Snow White-styled fairy-tale, and Aladdin their knockabout comedy Dumbo, then Bambi would surely rank as being looked upon as the inspiration behind The Lion King. Soon, another enemy, and one that Bambi can not win over as easily – man – enters the forest once more, their campfire setting alight to the trees, providing the catalyst for Bambi to protect the ones he loves and fulfil his destiny… The next year, a now older Bambi reacquaints himself and becomes “twitterpated” with Faline, who has also drawn the attentions of another buck, whom Bambi must fight in order to confirm his destined dominance in the forest and to gain Faline as a companion. On reaching safety, Bambi looks for his mother, but she has not made it back. One morning, while out with the other deer, the Great Prince warns of the devastating approach of “man”, sending all the animals for cover. Slowly, Bambi comes to realise that there is much more he has to learn, especially when he meets a young female fawn, Faline, and not least when he must come to respect his father, the Great Prince Of The Forest. This, through Thumper’s eyes, means learning to speak and skating on a frozen lake (or “stiff water”). There is new life in the woods, with the birth of Bambi, the new Prince of the forest, who is adopted as a friend by the lively rabbit Thumper, taking it upon himself to teach Bambi about his world. Set in a typically non-descript Disney-animated forest, seen in such films as Snow White and recycled again for sequences in The Sword In the Stone and The Black Cauldron, Bambi begins with a gorgeous Multiplane Camera shot that sets up the tone and story in a fine way.

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Walt Disney Feature Animation (August 21 1942), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (March 1 2005), 2 discs, 69 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono and Surround, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: