Dumbo [70th Anniversary Edition] [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Samuel Armstrong

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:	0786936797725
Original Release:	1941
Rating:	G
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:04:00
Sales rank:	11,294

Special Features

Disc 1 - Blu-ray: ; Disney view - Expanded viewing experience ; Cine-explore experience ; 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 ; Celebrating Dumbo - featurette ; Art galleries ; Animated short "The Flying Mouse" ; Animated short "Elmer Elephant" ; What do you see? - Decipher the scrambled images in this game ; What do you know? - Fun trivia game for all ages; Disc 2 - DVD: ; 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

Verna Felton	Elephant Matriarch
Sarah Selby	Prissy the Elephant,Elephant
Noreen Gammill	Catty the Elephant
Dorothy Scott	Giddy the Elephant
Edward Brophy	Timothy Q. Mouse
Herman Bing	The Ringmaster,Voices
Billy Bletcher	Clown
Cliff Edwards	Dandy Crow
Jim Carmichael	Dopey Crow
Nick Stewart	Specks Crow
James Baskett	Fats Crow
Sterling Holloway	Mr. Stork
Eddie Holden	Clown
Malcolm Hutton	Skinny
Frank Churchill	Composer
Oliver Wallace	Composer
Jack Mercer	Clowns
Tony Neil	Boy
John McLeish	Narrator
Ned Washington	Composer

Technical Credits

Joe Rinaldi

Joe Grant

Otto Englander

Dick Huemer

Webb Smith

Bill Peet

Aurelius Battaglia

Norman Ferguson	Co-Director,Director
Joe Rinaldi	Screenwriter
Samuel Armstrong	Director
Jack Kinney	Director
Wilfred Jackson	Director
Bill Roberts	Director
Joe Grant	Screenwriter
Otto Englander	Screenwriter
Dick Huemer	Screenwriter
Webb Smith	Screenwriter
Walt Disney	Producer
Bill Peet	Screenwriter
Aurelius Battaglia	Screenwriter

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.