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DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter
…no more Cinderella III or Bambi II (unfortunately). With the recent release of The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning, the end of an era has been sounded and marked by the… |
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Fun And Fancy Free: Gold Classic Collection
…initial releases, and although Dumbo had flown high creatively and commercially, the War put the dampeners on Bambi even though it was critically successful. The idea of the Package Features… |
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Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron
…story (borrowing just a little from Dumbo, Bambi and The Lion King) follows young Spirit, a wild stallion in the old west. Strong and fast, Spirit grows to be a… |
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Pinocchio Deluxe Edition
…as was possible at that time. I’m sure a new DVD could spruce up the picture a little more (in the same way that the Snow White and Bambi DVDs… |
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The Sword In The Stone: Gold Classic Collection
…into late-period Walt, when the Studio had to make the animated films without the supervision he had shown to the early classics Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia or Bambi. By this… |
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The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad: Gold Classic Collection
…Bambi had been disappointing. Dumbo, with its brisk pace, low budget and simple cartoon animation, had proved one bright spot during these troubled times and so the emphasis was placed… |
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The Rescuers
…long time Disney fans: Medusa’s getaway in her car will again hark back to Cruella’s chasing the puppies, and some recycling of material from Bambi may seem familiar. This is… |
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Frank And Ollie: Special Edition
…never leans on to achieve effect. The two always share the same self-effacing attitude, joking about themselves as “the men who killed Bambi’s Mother”, a line that, while very amusing,… |
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Walt: The Man Behind The Myth
…his films such as Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi. The often-documented Studio Strike is also covered as well as an explanation of his involvement in the McCarthy “Witch Hunts” of the… |
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Paul McCartney: The Music And Animation Collection
…on the disc in technical ability, and there are nice nods to other animal movies, most notably one of McCartney’s own favorites, Bambi, as well as The Lion King and… |
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Mulan: Special Edition
…(which still only looks “kind of” okay), Bambi (whose digital restoration looks simply gorgeous), and Mary Poppins’ 40th Anniversary, with Pooh’s Heffalump Movie shown as coming to theaters. Also, buried… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Pluto, Volume One
…on the types of traditional, hand drawn features that he would work on. Word is that Deja has been consulting on the upcoming assault on fans’ taste, Bambi II, for… |
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Shark Tale
…a dislike to Lola (Angelina Jolie), a mysterious fin-fatale who seems to have landed Oscar hook, line and sinker… The Sweatbox Review: After watching the visually poetic Bambi recently, and… |
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The Plague Dogs: (1983 US Edited Edition)
…an experience. Perhaps it’s closest to Bambi in its stark portrayal of realism, but there are no funny bunnies here to take away the sting, nor even the occasional playfulness… |
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Kronk’s New Groove
…Shaggy Dog remake, and another mid-quel, the actually none-too bad looking Bambi II. Accessible via a dedicated menu are further previews for the underrated Mouse House pickup Valiant, and more… |
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Once Upon A Time…; Peter Pan specs…what's up with that?
…the creation of such landmarks as Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi, through to the later movies as Sleeping Beauty and One Hundred And One Dalmatians. I was lucky enough… |
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition
…very polished almost-feature film quality that meant scenes from The Lion King, Tarzan and Bambi could be intercut with their original outings and not cause a discernable difference for the… |
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The AristoCats: Special Edition
…into that middle ground where it’s still not yet old enough to be labelled a grand classic in the Pinocchio or Bambi mould, and not successful enough to equal the… |
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Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney
…Mouse and Silly Symphonies shorts and the early features Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi. Although there was a wealth of related merchandise readily available (a… |
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The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
…early classics Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi. By the early 1960s, Walt’s preoccupation with Disneyland (the park and the show), big live-action features such as Mary Poppins, the EPCOT… |
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DreamWorks/Aardman deal is flushed away
…and a win for Best Animated Feature did little to push sales of the DVD, where it even lost out to Disney’s direct-to-video offering Bambi II in their joint first… |
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Cinderella III review and director interview
…work on a new feature, and something original at that? With The Lion King 1.5 and Bambi II these guys and gals have certainly shown they have the artistic chops… |
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Pan panned…!?!??
…was Bambi, followed by several misfires. As with those recent additions to the series, Pan is missing known possible features, some as basic as trailers for the movie, and comes… |
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Journey Back To Oz: Special Edition
…his usual brisk job on the material here. Joining the team was the legendary Preston Blair, animator for Disney on Bambi and the long run of Tex Avery’s best for… |
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Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection
…Andy Panda (1939), which somewhat channels the friendly forest atmosphere of Bambi a good couple of years before its release, while he’s noticeably older in Culhane’s Oscar-nominated Fish Fry from… |
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I Wanna Be Like You! The Jungle Book on DVD, plus SuperFriends!
…recent Platinum fare, which seem to have taken a major dip in quality since Bambi a couple of years ago. As the premium-line Disney series, I’m still at a loss… |
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The Jungle Book: 2-Disc Platinum Edition
…but it bears his imprint just as strongly as the earlier fine examples of his art: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi and Peter Pan. Perhaps a… |
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Rumble in the Jungle!
…stuck to their guns in running just the original series of 10 annually released titles as proposed. Certainly since Bambi we’ve seen some half-hearted attempts at “definitive collectors’ sets”, of… |
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Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas
…disc comes with Disney’s now standard FastPlay and EasyFind menus, with Fast Play leading to a selection of Sneak Peeks for Bambi, Pooh’s Heffalump Movie and Mulan II. After the… |
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The Best Of 2007: The Year In Review
…of The Lion King 1½ and the Bambi midquel. And Cinderella III deserves kudos for its unique story angles – not always successful but presenting a new twist on a… |

