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In many ways, BAMBI is a redo of the themes Disney tackled in PINOCCHIO. At its simplest level this is a grand coming-of-age tale. It’s also bold like PINOCCHIO in that it wasn’t afraid to take its premise to emotionally challenging and deep levels.

Bambi (Hardie Albright), as a newborn, is a complete innocent. Bambi’s mother (Paula Winslowe) must teach him about the joys and dangers of the world. Bambi must make his first friends, first meeting the energetic rabbit Thumper (Peter Behn). When he meets his first skunk, he names him Flower (Stan Alexander). Pure innocence. But Bambi is shy when he meets his friend female, the pretty doe Faline (Cammie King). Through the course of the story, Bambi learns to get his feet under the icy paths of life.
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It’s nomination for an Academy Award, the first time ever for an animated feature, was more than just a testament to the quality of the film, but also a celebration of the return of Disney animation. The 1990s were a new Golden Age and this was one of their new masterpieces.

Belle (Paige O’Hara, ENCHANTED) is a book worm who doesn’t fit into her provincial life. Her father Maurice (Rex Everhart, SUPERMAN) is an inventor who might have created the one device that might give him the fortune and respect that he has been eluding him. The town hunk and egotist Gaston (Richard White) wants to marry Belle because she is the most beautiful girl in town. Belle of course wants something more from her husband than simply good looks. On the way to the fair, Maurice stumbles across the castle of the Beast (Robby Benson, ICE CASTLES), a young prince who was transformed into a hairy creature for slighting an enchantress. In an effort to save her father, Belle trades herself for her father’s freedom.
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