Bambi
Bambi is a 1942 Disney movie starring a baby fawn named Bambi, a rabbit named Thumper, and a skunk named Flower (played by Stan Alexander, Sterling Holloway, and Nicky Jones). The movie is about a deer named Bambi, who grows up in the wild. It was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Sound, Best Song for "Love is a Song" and Original Music Score. The movie is loosely based on Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods. Disney changed Bambi's species from a roe deer to a white-tailed deer since roe deer don't inhabit the United States, and the white-tailed deer is more familiar to Americans.
Quotes
- Flower: He can call me a Flower if he wants to.
- Thumper: If you can't say somethin' nice [pauses, for drama and because both Thumper and the actor who played him couldn't remember his line], don't say nothin' at all.
- Simple: If you cannot say anything nice, then do not say anything at all.
- Thumper: I'm thumpin'! That's why they call me Thumper!
- Thumper: "Eating greens is a special treat. It makes long ears and great big feet. (to Bambi) But it sure is awful stuff to eat." [whispering] I made that last part up myself.
- Faline: (To her Mother about Bambi) He's kinda bashful, isn't he mama?
- Simple: He is kind of shy, right, mama?
- Great Prince: Your mother can't be with you anymore.
- Simple: Your mother can no longer be with you.
- Faline [as an Adult]: Hello, Bambi. Don't you remember me? I'm Faline.
- Simple: Hello, Bambi. Do you not remember me? I am Faline.
Voice Cast
| Actor | Role(s) |
|---|---|
| Bobby Stewart | Baby Bambi |
| Donnie Dunagan | Young Bambi |
| Hardie Albright | Adolescent Bambi |
| John Sutherland | Adult Bambi |
| Paula Winslowe | Bambi's Mother and Pheasant |
| Peter Behn | Young Thumper |
| Tim Davis | Adolescent Thumper, Adolescent Flower |
| Sam Edwards | Adult Thumper |
| Stan Alexander | Young Flower |
| Sterling Holloway | Adult Flower |
| Will Wright | Friend Owl |
| Cammie King | Young Faline |
| Ann Gillis | Adult Faline |
| Fred Shields | Great Prince of the Forest |
| Thelma Boardman | Girl Bunny, Quail Mother and Frightened Pheasant |
| Mary Lansing | Ena, Mrs. Possum, Pheasant |
| Margaret Lee | Mrs. Rabbit |
| Otis Harlan | Mr. Mole |
| Marion Darlington | Bird calls |
| Clarence Nash | Bullfrog |
| Stuart Erwin | Tree Squirrel |
Other websites
Bambi on Wikipedia
- Bambi quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Bambi at Rotten Tomatoes
- Bambi Special Edition DVD Home Page
- Donnie Dunagan's Website
- Washington Talk: Briefing; Elks, Parks and Bambi
