Bambi is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942, and is the fifth Disney animated feature film.
- Genre : Animation / Drama / Family
- Country : United States
- Language : English
- Director : James Algar / Samuel Armstrong / David Hand / Graham Heid / Bill Roberts / Paul Satterfield / Norman Wright / Arthur Davis / Clyde Geronimi
- Production : Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Productions
- Distributor : RKO Radio Pictures / RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada / RKO Radio Pictures Argentina / RKO Radio Films / RKO Radio Films A/S / RKO Radio Pictures S.A. / Filmsonor / RKO Radio Filmgesellschaft / Daiei / Walt Disney Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Buena Vista Pictures / Roadshow Films / Buena Vista Home Video / Disney Channel / Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) / Abril Vídeo / Image Entertainment / American Broadcasting Company (ABC) / Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney Cinemagic / Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment / ABC Family / Channel 5 Television / British Empire Films Australia / Cinédis / Kommunenes Filmcentral (KF) / Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF) / Triangelfilm / Disney+ / Gativideo / Walt Disney Home Entertainment / Walt Disney Home Video
Bambi movie
Bambi release date
- August 8, 1942 : UK (London) (premiere)
- August 13, 1942 : USA (New York City, New York) (premiere)
- August 14, 1942 : USA (Salt Lake City, Utah)
- August 21, 1942 : USA
- October 29, 1942 : USA (Hollywood, California)
- January 1, 1943 : UK
- February 19, 1943 : Ireland
- October 4, 1943 : Sweden
- December 11, 1943 : Australia
- March 17, 1944 : Switzerland (German speaking region)
- July 24, 1945 : Canada
- December 25, 1947 : USA (re-release)
- April 28, 1948 : France
- June 24, 1950 : Philippines (Davao)
- September 11, 1950 : Spain (Barcelona)
- September 11, 1950 : Spain (Madrid)
- May 26, 1951 : Japan
- July 3, 1957 : USA (re-release)
- October 27, 1957 : UK (re-release)
- December 18, 1957 : France (re-release)
- December 21, 1957 : Sweden (re-release)
- March 23, 1960 : Japan (re-release)
- March 25, 1966 : USA (re-release)
- May 28, 1967 : UK (re-release)
- March 21, 1969 : Japan (re-release)
- August 16, 1969 : Sweden (re-release)
- December 17, 1969 : France (re-release)
- May 7, 1970 : Australia (re-release)
- July 20, 1974 : Japan (re-release)
- June 20, 1975 : USA (re-release)
- April 8, 1976 : UK (re-release)
- February 9, 1979 : Sweden (re-release)
- April 4, 1979 : France (re-release)
- June 4, 1982 : USA (re-release)
- March 12, 1983 : Japan (re-release)
- March 21, 1986 : UK (re-release)
- April 18, 1986 : Sweden (re-release)
- October 22, 1986 : France (re-release)
- June 23, 1988 : Australia (re-release)
- July 15, 1988 : USA (re-release)
- June 17, 1993 : Germany (re-release)
- June 30, 1993 : France (re-release)
- July 21, 1993 : UK (re-release)
- July 23, 1993 : Sweden (re-release)
- September 16, 1993 : Australia (re-release)
- March 3, 1994 : Germany (video premiere)
- April 18, 2009 : UK (limited) (re-release)
Bambi cast
- Hardie Albright as Adolescent Bambi (uncredited) (voice)
- Stan Alexander as Young Flower (uncredited) (voice)
- Bobette Audrey as (uncredited) (voice)
- Peter Behn as Young Thumper (uncredited) (voice)
- Thelma Boardman as Girl Bunny / Quail Mother / Female Pheasant (uncredited) (voice)
- Janet Chapman as (uncredited) (voice)
- Jeanne Christy as (uncredited) (voice)
- Dolyn Bramston Cook as (uncredited) (voice)
- Marion Darlington as Birds (uncredited) (voice)
- Tim Davis as Adolescent Thumper / Adolescent Flower (uncredited) (voice)
- Donnie Dunagan as Young Bambi (uncredited) (voice)
- Sam Edwards as Adult Thumper (uncredited) (voice)
- Ann Gillis as Adult Faline (uncredited) (voice)
- Otis Harlan as Mr. Mole (uncredited) (unconfirmed) (voice)
- Eddie Holden as Chipmunk (uncredited) (unconfirmed) (voice)
The main characters are Bambi, a mule 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. For the movie, Disney took the liberty of changing Bambi’s species into a mule deer from his original species of roe deer, since roe deer are not native to North America, and the mule deer is more widespread in the United States. 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.
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. In December 2011, the film was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
In January 2020, it was announced that a live-action styled adaptation was in development.
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