Bambi is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand, 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. The main characters are Bambi, a white-tailed deer; his parents; his friends Thumper; and Flower; 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. 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. The film received three Academy Award nominations: Best Sound, Best Song and Original Music Score.
| Director | Supervising director, David Hand, Sequence directors, James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Graham Heid, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Norman Wright |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Story by | Story direction, Perce Pearce, Story adaptation, Larry Morey, Story development, Vernon Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright |
| Starring | see below |
| Music | Frank Churchill, Edward H. Plumb |
| Production, company | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Released | August 9, 1942 (World Premiere-London), August 13, 1942 (Premiere-New York City), August 21, 1942 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $858,000 |
| Box office | $267.4 million |
About Bambi
Disney classic about a young deer that grows up in the forest. The movie is directed by David Hand and is based on the Felix Salten 1923 book Bambi, a Life in the Woods. It was the fifth Disney animated feature film.
Achievement of Bambi
The movie earned Academy Award nominations for Best Sound, Best Song and Original Music Score. The movie was added to National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011.
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