Search - Bambi [Special Edition] on DVD

MPAA Rating: G Content Advisory: Child Classic, Watch With Your Kids, Scary Moments Movie Release: 1942 DVD Release: 03/01/2005 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 1 hrs 10 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 127 Genres: Fantasy, Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Animated Musical

The classic Felix Salter story Bambi provides the basis for this near-perfect Disney animated feature. We follow the male deer Bambi from birth, through his early childhood experiences with woodland pals Thumper the rabbit and Flower the skunk, the traumatic sudden death of Bambi's mother at the hands of hunters, his courtship of the lovely doe Faline, and his rescue of his friends during a raging forest fire; we last see the mature, antlered Bambi assuming his proper place as the Prince of the Forest. In the grand Disney tradition, Bambi is brimming with unforgettable sequences, notably the young deer's attempts to negotiate an iced-over pond, and most especially the death of Bambi's mother--and if this moment doesn't move you to tears, you're made of stone (many subsequent Disney films, including Lion King, have tried, most in vain, to match the horror and pathos of this one scene). The score in Bambi yielded no hits along the lines of "Whistle While You Work", but the songs are adroitly integrated into the action. Bambi was the last of the "classic" early Disney features before the studio went into a decade-long doldrums of disjointed animated pastiches like Make Mine Music. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Disney has been doing a superb job of giving its classic animated films the kind of deluxe DVD releases that appeal to both the casual fan as well as more avid film lovers. This spectacular two-disc set of Bambi is no exception. The movie is presented in the original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and has certainly never looked better on home video than it does here. The English soundtrack has been remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1. That mix allows one to feel more inside the forest with the animals than ever before. Supplemental materials include eight interactive games, a story starring Thumper, deleted scenes, a look at what the Disney studios were up to in 1942, and a featurette covering many different aspects of Bambi's production. This set should appeal to children, adults, and filmgeeks. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide