Dumbo is a 1941 American animated fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth Disney animated feature film, it is based upon the storyline written by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl, and illustrated by Helen Durney for the prototype of a novelty toy. The main character is Jumbo Jr., a semi-anthropomorphic elephant who is cruelly nicknamed "Dumbo", as in "dumb". He is ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings. Throughout most of the film, his only true friend, aside from his mother, is the mouse, Timothy – a relationship parodying the stereotypical animosity between mice and elephants. Dumbo was released on October 23, 1941; made to recoup the financial losses of both Pinocchio and Fantasia, it was a deliberate pursuit of simplicity and economy for the Disney studio. At 64 minutes, it is one of Disney's shortest animated features. Sound was recorded conventionally using the RCA System.
| Director | Ben Sharpsteen (supervising director), Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Samuel Armstrong |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Story by | Otto Englander, Joe Grant, Dick Huemer |
| Starring | Edward Brophy, Verna Felton, Cliff Edwards, Herman Bing, Sterling Holloway, Margaret Wright, Hall Johnson Choir |
| Narrator | John McLeish |
| Music | Frank Churchill, Oliver Wallace |
| Production, company | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Released | October 23, 1941 (New York City), October 31, 1941 (U.S.) |
| Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $950,000 |
| Box office | $1.3 million (est. United States/Canada rentals, 1941) |
| Netflix ID | 60010304 |
About Dumbo
A newborn elephant, with oversized ears that gives him the gift of flight, is taken in by a circus to make him a star. The film is a full-length adaptation of Walt Disney's 1941 movie of the same name.
Achievement of Dumbo
Disney hired Tim Burton to direct the film. Burton's frequent collaborator Danny Elfman was brought in to compose.
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