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Sterling Holloway,
Sterling Holloway,
Edward S. Brophy,
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Samuel Armstrong,
Norman Ferguson,
Wilfred Jackson,
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: Walt Disney Video
: Classics, Kids, Animated, Animation, Cel, Studios, Disney
: 64 min.
: English, Spanish, French
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
GreenCine Says: Dumbo, even more so than the more famously child traumatizing Bambi, was the movie that really got me as a kid. Not only is there that typical Disney child abandonment theme, but the ugly duckling plot and the circus animal abuse backdrop makes it even more emotionally engaging. It's also one of the studio's best animated features, with the pink elephants on parade sequence among their most beautiful. Toss in the memorably characterized crows, and you have magic. This new "Big Top" edition includes a lot of features and games aimed at the kiddies, as well as two bonus shorts: Elmer Elephant and The Flying Mouse. -- Craig Phillips
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