Bambi

"A Great Love Story"

Story: On a springday Bambi is born. He is the new Prince of the Forest. Every animal in the forest comes to see the new born prince. Thumper, a little rabbit, is one the first to get to know Bambi, and they become friends. Bambi grows up and his mother shows him around the forest. Then again they meet Thumper and his family. Thumper also shows Bambi the forest, on his own way. That's when they meet Flower, a little skunk. The three of them become friends. On a summerday Bambi's mother takes him to the field. She learns him to be very careful because of the hunters. But there is no danger. On the field Bambi meets all the other deers and Faline. The shy Bambi isn't sure how to react to Faline, but they also become friends. They play around on the field, until Bambi meets the Great Prince of the Forest. All the other deers respect him. Then suddenly danger appears. Just in time all the animals escape the field. Winter falls over the forest and at first Bambi likes the snow. Ofcourse Thumper is there to show Bambi around. But as the months pass, Bambi learns that there isn't enough food. Bambi and his mother find some fresh grass on the field. While they eat, the hunters appear. Bambi escapes, but it is too late for his mother. The young prince must learn to take care off his own. It becomes spring again, and Bambi has grown up. He now learns a new lesson in live: love. When he meets Faline again, they fall in love. Their happiness is soon interrupted when the hunter appear again in the forest. Without knowing it, they start a great forestfire, in which all the animals must run for their lives. Bambi saves Faline for a pack of hounds, but is shot by a hunter. The Great Prince comes to rescue him and together they escape. On an island in a lake next to the forest the animals gather. There they  are save. A year passes and again all the animals are alarmed. Faline has given birth. While all the animals gather around her and her two children, Bambi overlooks the forest on a high hill. He is now the Great Prince of the Forest.

Directed by: David Hand. Novel by: Felix Salten Writing credits by: Vernon Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Raplh Wright, Perce Pearce and Larry Morey. Produced by: Walt Disney. Music by: Frank Churchill and Edward H. Plumb. Animators: Preston Blair, John Bradbury, Fraser Davis, Phil Duncan, Art Elliot, Bernard Garbutt, Kenneth Hultgren, Bill Justice, Don Lusk, Joshua Meador, Ken O'Brien, Art Palmer, George Rowley, Louie Schmitt and Retta Scott.

Cast: Bambi: Donnie Dunagan young Bambi: Bobby Steward Thumper: Tim Davis young Thumper: Peter Behn Flower: Sterling Holloway young Flower: Stan Alexander Faline: Cammie King Great Prince of the Forest: Fred Shield

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