Dumbo (1941)
Directed by Norman Ferguson / Norman Ferguson / Bill Roberts / Samuel Armstrong / Jack Kinney / John Elliotte / Wilfred Jackson
Genres - Drama, Children's/Family, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Animated Musical, Children's Fantasy |
Release Date - Oct 23, 1941 (USA - Unknown), Oct 31, 1941 (USA) |
Run Time - 64 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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elephant, baby-animals, circus, flight, mother, ostracism, outcast, friendship, talking-animal, ugly-duckling, clown, crow [bird], reunion, teasing, drunk