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| Bambi | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Supervising director David Hand Sequence directors James Algar Samuel Armstrong Graham Heid Bill Roberts Paul Satterfield Norman Wright |
| Story by | Story direction Perce Pearce Story adaptation Larry Morey Story development Vernon Stallings Melvin Shaw Carl Fallberg Chuck Couch Ralph Wright |
| Based on | Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Starring | see below |
| Music by | Frank Churchill Edward H. Plumb |
Production company | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $858,000[2] |
| Box office | $267.4 million[3] |
Bambi is a 1942 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is based on the 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten.[4][5] The film was produced by Walt Disney and directed by David Hand and a team of sequence directors.
The main characters are Bambi, a white-tailed deer; his parents (the Great Prince of the forest and his unnamed mother); his friends Thumper (a pink-nosed rabbit); and Flower (a skunk); and his childhood friend and future mate, Faline. In the original book, Bambi was a roe deer, a species native to Europe; but Disney decided to base the character on a mule deer from Arrowhead, California.[6][7][8] Illustrator Maurice "Jake" Day convinced Disney that the mule deer had large "mule-like" ears and were more common to western North America; but that the white-tail deer was more recognized throughout America.[9]
The film received three Academy Award nominations: Best Sound (Sam Slyfield), Best Song (for "Love Is a Song" sung by Donald Novis) and Original Music Score.[10]
In June 2008, the American Film Institute presented a list of its "10 Top 10"—the best ten films in each of ten classic American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Bambi placed third in animation.[11] In December 2011, the film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant".[12][13][14]
In January 2020, it was announced that a photorealistic computer-animated remake was in development.[15]
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- ^ Barrier, J. Michael (2003). "Disney, 1938–1941". Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press. pp. 269–274, 280. ISBN 978-0-19-516729-0. Archived from the original on May 24, 2014.
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- ^ Jessen, Norbert (February 26, 2012). "Israel: Zu Besuch bei den Erben von Bambi". WELT (in German). Archived from the original on December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Hallet, Richard (October 3, 1942). "THE REAL BAMBI". Collier's. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "To Discover the Real Bambi, Walt Disney Goes to Maine". New England Historical Society. Associated Press. January 1, 2019. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ "Maurice E. Day, Animator, 90; Drew Deer for Movie 'Bambi'". NY Times. Associated Press. May 19, 1983. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
- ^ Hrehovck, Steve (May 1, 2016). "Damariscotta's Favorite Son Maurice "Jake" Day". Discover Maine. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards (1943) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ "AFI's 10 Top 10". American Film Institute. June 17, 2008. Archived from the original on May 18, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
- ^ "Bambi joins Library of Congress film trove | IOL". Archived from the original on April 20, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
- ^ "2011 National Film Registry More Than a Box of Chocolates". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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