Product Information
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.Product Identifiers
ProducerWalt Disney
EAN8717418243623
eBay Product ID (ePID)80459343
Product Key Features
ActorHerman Bing
Film/TV TitleDumbo
DirectorJack Kinney, Ben Sharpsteen, Wilfred Jackson, Norman Ferguson, Bill Roberts
LanguageEnglish
Run Time61 Mins
Release Year2010
FormatDVD
Features70th Anniversary Special Edition\Audio Commentary\Trailers\Interactive Games\Deleted Song
GenreChildrens, General, Animation
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerOliver Wallace, Ned Washington, Frank Churchill
Additional InformationDeceptively simple, beautiful, moving, and hilarious, DUMBO is often overlooked when considering Disney's greatest films because perhaps of its lack of extravagance, its brief running time, and its simple story. Baby elephant Jumbo Jr. is delivered by the stork to his elephant mother with much fanfare but soon receives a cold shoulder from the snobby female pachyderms and the rest of the circus due to his oversize ears. When his mother goes on a rampage in order to protect him from some snickering rubes, she winds up locked away. Dumbo is left without a friend in the world until the street-smart Timothy Mouse decides to become his manager and a telephone line full of delightful jive-talking crows convince him he can fly. Highlights include Dumbo accidentally getting drunk and experiencing the surreal musical sequence Pink Elephants on Parade and a soundtrack packed with such priceless songs as the Oscar-winning 'Baby Mine' and the crow's soulful number, 'When I see an Elephant Fly'. There's nary an imperfect moment to be found in this raucous, tender, sublime film, which has been delighting audiences for generations.
ReviewsTotal Film - A heartwarming tale, Entertainment Weekly - Delightful [...] Visually, the movie remains the peak of the studio's craft, Time - [...] probably Disney's best all-round picture to date., Empire - With its genuinely cute hero and appealing storyline, Dumbo's exactly right for younger children but not too milk-soppy for anyone over eight. Indispensible., Film4 - Touching, comic, visually inventive and emotionally convincing, this remains a jewel in the crown of Disney's golden age.
ScreenwriterJoe Grant, Otto Englander, Joe Rinaldi, Bill Peet, Webb Smith, Dick Huemer, Aurelius Battaglia
AuthorHarold Pearl, Helen Aberson
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleDumbo
VoiceVerna Felton, Sarah Selby, Edward Brophy, Sterling Holloway, Billy Bletcher
Consumer AdviceContains no material likely to offend or harm