... It is the story of a baby elephant, Dumbo who after being delivered to his mother by a manic stork is found to have the biggest ears imaginable. His mother is a star in a travelling circus and the situation leads to a wonderful series of adventures and routines which are superb.
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A Disney "classic" that actually is a classic,Dumboshould be part of your video collection ... more
whether or not you have children. The storytelling was never as lean as here, the songs rarely as haunting (or just plain weird), the characters rarely so well-d...
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...story of a baby elephant, Dumbo who after being delivered to his mother by a manic stork is found to have the biggest ears imaginable. His mother is a star in a travelling circus and the situation leads to a wonderful series of adventures and routines which are superb.
Dumbo is horribly ridiculed by a bitchy bunch of other cow elephants and in the subsequent scenes Dumbos mother is taken to be separate from her baby. Cue much sadness ... ...course Dumbo has to earn his keep in the circus and he is soon forced to perform a dangerous stunt involving falling from a burning building while clowns try to extinguish the fire. The mouse gives Dumbo a feather to wave to try to make him fly but Dumbo drops it. Seemingly doomed to be a squashed elephant he swoops around courtesy of his huge ears.
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It is hard to imagine that this film is now 60 years old. Even today it is as enjoyable as it ever has been. It is the story of a baby elephant, Dumbo who after being delivered to his mother by a manic stork is found to have the biggest ears imaginable. His mother is a star in a travelling circus and the situation leads to a wonderful series of adventures and routines which are superb.
Dumbo is horribly ridiculed by a bitchy bunch of other cow elephants and in the subsequent scenes Dumbos mother is taken to be separate from her baby. Cue much sadness but soon Dumbo is befriended by a cute mouse. Of course Dumbo has to earn his keep in the circus and he is soon forced to perform a dangerous stunt involving falling from a burning building while clowns try to extinguish the fire. The mouse gives Dumbo a feather to wave to try to make him fly but Dumbo drops it. Seemingly doomed to be a squashed elephant he swoops around courtesy of his huge ears.
The film has some wonderful pieces in it. The train which pulls the circus around has character as it hauls the weight around. The setting up of the big top during a storm is done in a wonderfully expressive way. Characters like the she elephants all have characters as do a number of crows on a telephone wire singing When I See An Elephant Fly. Dumbo is tempted by some drink he finds and he then sees an array of pink elephants as Disney gives a lesson in the perils of alcohol to the audience.
Dumbo though is not about the evils of drink nor does it labour any points about how to treat people who are different. It is just an entertaining childrens film. As well as the strength of the story adults will marvel at the seamless beauty of the artwork. Dumbo has one of the cutest faces of any of Disneys characters and is instantly loved by children of all ages. Anyone who can watch Dumbo and then dismiss the magic of Disney does not have a heart.
Advantages: emotional, still current after 60 years Disadvantages: none
...a film. I knew that Dumbo is a classic of Walt Disney and that it is a film about an elephant, but this was all. I haven’t seen the film until yesterday afternoon. My 28 months old son started to watch it sitting in his highchair while I was sitting next to him feeding the younger one. To be honest I was curious as well. The film starts with a rainy evening plot, just the same as we had yesterday afternoon. Some animals of the circus got their babies ... ...punished for her behaviour. Little Dumbo and her mother get separated. Dumbo finds a new friend: Timothy Mouse. He helps little Dumbo to survive these bitter days. One evening Timothy Mouse tells Dumbo that he can visit his mother. There is a very beautiful music in the background and it is really touching as they meet again. Will they ever be together again? Can Dumbo become famous? I won’t tell you because it is such a lovely film you have to watch. ...
D_i_a_n_e 03.09.2009
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Advantages: A Disney Film, cute characters, Disadvantages: Some sad bits. ( which even had me crying)
FILM: Dumbo (1941)
Try to imagine a world without Walt Disney. A world without his magic, whimsy, and optimism, a world without seeing DUMBO.
From the time that Walt first read the galleys for the story, he knew it would make a fine film. Coming after two expensive movies ("Fantasia" and "Pinocchio") the previous year, "Dumbo" was made for only $812,000, partly because it was able to move very quickly through the animation department given its ... ...help of a "magic feather, Dumbo has the courage to take a leap of faith that turns the taunting into cheers, and makes all his dreams soar. ~*~*~*~*MY BEST BIT OF THE FILM~*~*~*~
My best bit of the film would have to be when Jumbo sneezes, and his enormous ears unfold, his little cute face with these enormous ears, I had to laugh.
~*~This magic film is 64 min long ( time not wasted at all)
~*~Directed by: Ben Sharpsteen. ~*~From a story by Helen ...
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Advantages: Great Family Film Disadvantages: You watch it too many times and you find yourself singing along !!!!!!!
...pair of oversized ears, baby Dumbo is laughed at and ridiculed. Whilst trying to protect her baby Mrs Jumbo is restrained, chained up and caged, labelled a mad elephant. With remarkable courage, and with the help of his loyal friend Timothy the Mouse (who takes it upon himself to make Dumbo feel that he is special), Dumbo overcomes all odds in a triumphnat celebration of love and determination and discovers that what was initially the one thing he ... ...,,, Dumbo can fly.
THE SONGS:- There are some fantastic songs in this movie which after a couple of viewings you can't help but sing a long with. These include "When l see an elephant fly", "Pink elephants on parade", "Baby mine" and many more.
BONUS FOOTAGE:- This is only a single disc but it does come with some bonus footage including:- Celebrating Dumbo - original documentary, Sing-a-longs, The flying mouse classic cartoon, Storytime with Dumbo, ...
Lynso1977 02.11.2005
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Advantages: An Oldish Disney Classic Disadvantages: None!
...get the best buy.
Dumbo is the story of of an Elephant, who huge ears make him a mockery amongst the other circus elephants and land his Mother in "jail" when she becomes aggressive in her defence of her son. This leaves Dumbo as an outcast, with no friends and worse than that; he is put in with the clowns in the circus rather than the elephants. His only real companion is a friendly little mouse, who looks after him and adivses him throughout the ... ...for those of you (a minority, I am sure) who have not yet seen it, it becomes apparent that Dumbo's ears enable him to fly. He begins flying with a magic feather held in his trunk, but finds himself able to to do so without the feather when needs must.
I don't want to give away too much of the story so I'll go through the high points with you!
HIGH POINTS:
The Characters: these are some of the best characters Disney have created. The crows/vultures ...
staceycav 17.07.2006
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Advantages: Warm family film Disadvantages: None, it is one of the best.
...She is locked away, and Dumbo is not allowed to see her. A small miracle occurs........... A mouse called Timothy befriends Dumbo, and looks after him. He finds where his mother is, and takes Dumbo to see her. Timothy gets the ringmaster of the circus to put Dumbo in his act with the clowns, and maddness ensues. There is an incident where Dumbo and Timothy get drunk, and see pink elephants on parade, and Dumbo is given a magic feather by Timothy. ... ...him.
When diving from the high tower, he loses the magic feather, and almost crashes to the ground, but Timothy is sitting on him, and he says the magic feather is a lie, and saves the day. If I tell you any more, there will be no point you watching it. Well, will leave you to it for now.
Thanks for reading this, ciao for now, Aussieme1106 xx ...
Aussieme1106 23.07.2004
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Advantages: Great for children, wonderful animation Disadvantages: None
Dumbo is a film which we bought for our eldest for Christmas but last night we decided me and the hubby would watch it in peace as I have never seen it before and he thinks this is a tragedy!
The film starts with all the circus animals getting a delivery from the stalks, all except Mrs Jumbo. The circus then packs up and moves on to the next town but as they are on the train a late stalk delivers a package to Mrs Jumbo.
All of the other female elephants are waiting for Mrs Jumbo to open her bundle and when she does they think the baby elephant is very cute and say he is lovely. As the baby elephant starts to stand up his ears unfold and reveal to all the elephants that they are massive. Mrs Jumbo calls her baby Jumbo but the other elephants make a joke of him and say he is more like Dumbo not Jumbo.
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Advantages: Great film | Fantastic Songs | Extra Aren't Bad Either Disadvantages: Youngest Son Is Obsessed
discover that what others see as a disfigurement could actually be a blessing, and that being different is not necessarily a bad thing?
As the story unfolds we are treated to one of the best Disney soundtracks with such classics as "Pink Elephants On Parade" which is accompanied by the most psychedelic dream sequence in the history of animation, you would really have thought that this came from the 60's or 70's rather than 1941. And who can forget the crows singing "When I See An Elephant Fly", I really do think that the music is truly the icing on the cake and makes the film the classic that it is.
---All About The Presentation---
The film and extras are presented on a single disc which is stored in a standard DVD case. The artwork on both is very nicely done, with a cute picture of Dumbo and Timothy Mouse on a purple background ...
Advantages: An Alltime favourite Disadvantages: ^_^
I remeber as a child watching this on VHS with a poor picture - but look at it now. A must have for all the big and little kids.
This film is set in the circus. Dumbo is an amazing elephant with huge ears that tend to get him into even more trouble than his little mouse friend. Hes bullied by all the other elephants and treaded as an outsider, I think if you love Disney then you will love Dumbo as its one of the all time favourites and classics.
As dumbo grows up you begin to see him slowly get accepted by the other elephants. A fantastic and moving story... Don't be afraid to shed a little tear for Dumbo.
No childrens collection is complete without dumbo.
Dumbo was the 4th Disney animated classic and was first released onto the big screen in 1941 and now its back. And its better than ever before. ...
Sterling Holloway, Cliff Edwards, Verna Felton, Herman Bing, Edward Brophy, Walt Disney
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Interactive Menus, Scene Access
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1.33 Full Screen
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Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0
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Dolby Digital 5.1 English Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Portuguese Polish Catalan
Animated
Animated
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Deceptively 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 mom 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.
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