Title: Bambi

 

Writer: Larry Morey
       George Stallings

 

Director: David D. Hand
                   Perce Pearce

 

Producer: Walt Disney

Year: 1942

Actors: 

Peter Behn (Voice of young Thumper)
Hardie Albright (Voice of older Bambi)
Ann Gillis (Voice of older Faline)
Thelma Hubbard (Voice of girl bunny, quail mother and female pheasant)
Sterling Holloway (Voice of older Flower)

 

 

Story: Bambi is a movie from 1942 one of Walt Disney’s first films. A book inspired the story. The film is about the deer’s life since birth until he becomes the prince of the forest. The story describes the cycle of life in the forest and the interaction between the animals.  Though it is a children animated film, it shows a cruel reality of the cycle of life, death.

 

Plot: The story starts in spring with the birth of the young prince deer (Bambi). Along with the other animals of the forest that came to meet Bambi was Thumper (a baby rabbit who becomes one of Bambi’s best friends). After having a great laugh because of Bambi’s weak legs, Thumper takes Bambi to explore his world.

 

Thumper introduced Bambi to the forest its animals and plants. When Bambi was exploring the flowers he bumps into a skunk who he confuses with a flower. The skunk is very pleased to be mistaken for a flower and becomes Bambi’s other best friend.

 

Bambi’s mother takes him to the meadow and explains to him that the meadow is dangerous because they do not have the protection of the forest. At the meadow, Bambi meets Faline, a female baby deer. Faline and Bambi played at the meadow until the arrival of the great prince (Bambi’s Father). When the great prince walk in all the deer stand still and its as he approach Bambi he gave him a long look without saying a word.

 

One day at the meadow, the presence of hunters was detected. Bambi’s mother looks for him everywhere. In the confusion, she was killed by one of the hunters. Bambi was very scared and confused he looked for his mother everywhere but could not find her. Bambi’s father came to for him. Bambi was not seen again until mating season.

 

At mating season, the animals were acting very strangely. Owl explained to Bambi, Thumper and Flower about mating and that love could happen to anybody. Thumper found is mate; Flower found his mate and Bambi met Faline again. Bambi was force to fight for Faline with another young deer and was victorious.

Bambi left Faline after mating. Faline was chased by hunter dogs and Bambi came to her rescue. A great fired started at this point, but the animals managed to survive.

 

The movie ends in spring when the animals have there off springs. Faline and Bambi’s had twins and all the forest animals again as they did with Bambi’s birth go pay their respects. Bambi proudly watches is family from the mountain with his father. Bambi takes his place as the prince of the forest.     

 

Chronology:  The film was told in chronological order.  This is the best method to explain the cycle of animal life. The film starts at Bambi’s birth. Then, Bambi’s mother is killed. Next, Bambi and Faline mate. Finally, the film ends with the birth of Bambi’s twins and he becoming the great prince.

The chronological story telling also helped to develop the whole process of the cycle of life. If the film were presented a different way the impact would not be as dramatic.

Resources:

Disney Movie Trailers. (1942). Bambi official movie trailer . [Video file]. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLvX-erABqY 

HAWKINS, R. J. (2005, Mar 04). ‘Bambi’ commentary track re-creates walt disney’s creative process. Daily Breeze Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/338730531?accountid=32521