This animated feature based on Felix Salten's book about the coming of age of a fawn and his various forest friends (including the beloved Thumper) does convey some of the primal emotional power of Disney's features during this period.
Bambi
Love Comes To The Forest Folk . . . and to you, in one of the world's greatest love stories!
1942 · 1h 9m · Approved
Animation, Drama, Family
Directed by
David Hand
,
James Algar
,
Samuel Armstrong
,
Graham Heid
,
Bill Roberts
,
Paul Satterfield
,
Norman Wright
Overview
Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.
Director and cast
- David Hand Director
- James Algar Director
- Samuel Armstrong Director
- Graham Heid Director
- Bill Roberts Director
- Paul Satterfield Director
- Norman Wright Director
- Hardie Albright as Adolescent Bambi (voice)
- Donnie Dunagan as Young Bambi (voice) (uncredited)
- Stan Alexander as Young Flower
- Peter Behn as Young Thumper (voice) (uncredited)
- Cammie King as Young Faline (voice) (uncredited)
- Sam Edwards as Adult Thumper (voice)
- Will Wright as Friend Owl (voice) (uncredited)
- Thelma Boardman Cast
- Tim Davis Cast
- Ann Gillis Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The glow and texture of the Disney brush reach new heights, especially in the treatment of a summer thunderstorm and a raging snowstorm.
In colors that would surprise even the spectrum itself, Disney's cartoon craftsmen have re-created a woodland that shimmers and glows and darkens altogether magically.
For the first time, Disney has done his backgrounds in oils instead of watercolors. The result is striking.
From Disney's richest period, interleaving splendid animation with vulgar Americana.
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