Dumbo

Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney,

Overview

The shortest of Disney's major animated features Dumbo involves a baby elephant with unusually large ears. Ostracized from the rest of the circus animals, poor Dumbo is even separated from his mother, who is chained up in a separate cage after trying to defend her child. Only brash-but-lovable Timothy Mouse offers the hand of friendship to Dumbo, encouraging the pouty pachyderm to exploit his "different" qualities for fame and fortune. After trepidatiously indulging in a vat of booze, Dumbo awakens in a tall tree. Goaded by a group of jive-talking crows, Dumbo discovers that his outsized ears have given him the ability to fly. The musical score by Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace won Oscars for them both.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/20/2011
UPC:	0786936793192
Original Release:	1941
Rating:	G
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	1:04:00
Sales rank:	545

Special Features

Never-before-seen deleted scene; Never-before-heard deleted song; Taking flight: the making of Dumbo; The magic of Dumbo: A ride of passage - A heartfelt look at Disneyland's most popular ride ; Audio commentary

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sterling Holloway	Stork
Edward S. Brophy	Timothy Q. Mouse
Herman Bing	Ringmaster
Verna Felton	Elephant
Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards	Jim Crow
Billy Bletcher	Clown
Sarah Selby	Elephant

Technical Credits

Aurelius Battaglia

Otto Englander

Joe Grant

Dick Huemer

Bill Peet

Joe Rinaldi

Webb Smith

Samuel Armstrong	Director
Norman Ferguson	Director
Wilfred Jackson	Director
Jack Kinney	Director
Bill Roberts	Director
Ben Sharpsteen	Director
Arthur Babbitt	Animator
Aurelius Battaglia	Screenwriter
James Bodrero	Consultant/advisor
Frank Churchill	Score Composer
Clark	Art Director
Don DaGradi	Art Director
Walt Disney	Producer
Otto Englander	Screenwriter
Joe Grant	Original Story,Screenwriter
Dick Huemer	Original Story,Screenwriter
Jack Campbell	Art Director
Walt Kelly	Animator,Art Director
Dick Kelsey	Art Director
Ward Kimball	Animator
Hicks Lokey	Art Director
John Lounsbery	Animator
Joshua Meador	Art Director
John P. Miller	Consultant/advisor
Fred Moore	Animator
Milt Neil	Art Director
Maruice Nobel	Consultant/advisor
Ernest Nordli	Art Director
Kendall O'Connor	Art Director
Art Palmer	Art Director
Ray Patterson	Art Director
Don Patterson	Art Director
Charles Payzant	Art Director
Bill Peet	Screenwriter
Edward Plumb	Musical Direction/Supervision
Elmer Plummer	Consultant/advisor
Martin Provensen	Consultant/advisor
Wolfgang Reitherman	Animator
Joe Rinaldi	Screenwriter
Herb Ryman	Art Director
Herbert Ryman	Art Director
Bill Shull	Art Director
Grant Simmons	Art Director
Claude Smith	Art Director
Webb Smith	Screenwriter
George Stallings	Original Story
Terrell Stapp	Art Director
Vladimir Tytla	Animator
John Walbridge	Consultant/advisor
Oliver Wallace	Score Composer
Ned Washington	Score Composer,Songwriter
Berny Wolf	Art Director
Cy Young	Animator,Art Director
Al Zinnen	Art Director

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Dumbo
1. Opening Credits [1:16]
2. "Look Out for Mr. Stork" [2:54]
3. The Circus Moves on ("Casey Junior") [2:19]
4. Delivery for Mrs. Jumbo [6:15]
5. Setting up the Big Top ("Song of the Roustabouts") [4:11]
6. A Bath for Dumbo [3:06]
7. Mrs. Jumbo in Solitary Confinement [3:24]
8. Dumbo Meets a New Friend [4:57]
9. A Pyramid of Pachyderms [6:48]
10. Dumbo's Disgrace [2:52]
11. Dumbo Visits His Mother ("Baby Mine") [4:22]
12. Dumbo Gets the Hiccups [3:33]
13. "Pink Elephants on Parade" [4:52]
14. Up a Tree [3:41]
15. "When I See an Elephant Fly" [3:57]
16. Dumbo Flies! [1:38]
17. Dumbo's Surprise [3:36]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Dumbo
   Play
   Scene Selection
   Bonus Features
      Deleted Scenes
         Deleted Sequence: The Mouse's Tale
         Deleted Song: "Are You a Man of a Mouse?"
      Backstage Disney
         Taking Flight: The Making of Dumbo
         The Magic of Dumbo: A Ride of Passage
         Audio Commentary
            View Film With Commentary by Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja: On
            View Film With Commentary by Pete Docter, Paula Sigman and Andreas Deja: Off
         Sound Design Excerpt From "The Reluctant Dragon"
         Walt Disney TV Introduction
         Trailers
            Original Theatrical Trailer (1941)
            Theatrical Re-Release Trailer (1949)
      Learn How to Take Your Favorite Movies on the Go / Disney File Digital Copy
      Discover Blu-ray 3D With Timon & Pumbaa
   Set up
      Audio Options
         English 5.1
         Français 5.1
         Español 5.1
         Restored Original Soundtrack
      Subtitles
         English for the Hearing Impaired
         Français
         Español
         Subtitles: None
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   Sneak Peeks
   Disney's Fast Play

Editorial Reviews

Walt Disney's fourth animated feature soars to new heights on this digitally remastered "60th Anniversary Edition" VHS and, for the first time, on DVD. This was Walt's favorite of his animated features (or so he claims in his introduction to the film's first TV broadcast, which is included on the DVD). Exquisitely simple, Dumbo tells the touching and triumphant story of the young circus elephant whose oversize ears mark him as a "Freak!" to other pachyderms. But thanks to his mother's love and the friendship of Timothy J. Mouse, he discovers that the very thing that holds him down will lift him up to become "the 9th wonder of the Universe" and the circus's star attraction. Listen for Sterling Holloway (Winnie-the-Pooh) as the weighted-down stork who delivers Dumbo; and wrestle with your sense of the politically correct as jive-talking crows sing one of the film's signature songs, "When I See an Elephant Fly." The Oscar-winning score also includes the heartbreaking "Baby Mine" and the surreal "Pink Elephants on Parade," two classic sequences that rank high among Disney's most inspired. The archival goodies included on the 60th Anniversary DVD editions are true treasures: There are several illuminating segments that chart the film's production, as well as insightful and meticulous commentary by animator and historian John Canemaker. Kids will enjoy two vintage "Silly Symphony" cartoons, two sing-alongs, and a DVD storybook. This is the definitive Dumbo -- pure and primal entertainment your family will never forget.

Barnes & Noble - Donald Liebenson