At first glance, Disney's Dumbo may not be though of as a film that portrays disability, but its protagonist Dumbo has a deformity-- extra large ears. In the film, the baby elephant is ostracized. He is not allowed to participate in the circus and is seen as an outcast amongst his peers.
Dumbo is one of Disney's early animated classics. Its themes of bullying, prejudice and discrimination are as relevant now as they were in the 1940s. But it's often sad and also contains outdated racial stereotypes. It could be good to talk through these issues with your children.
The main character is Jumbo Jr., an elephant who is cruelly nicknamed "Dumbo", as in "dumb". He is ridiculed for his big ears, but in fact he is capable of flying by using his ears as wings.
The themes in Dumbo include friendship, tolerance of differences, and the importance of believing in yourself. Some of the characters (particularly the crows) are quite dated by today's standards, but kids will sill appreciate the story of the little elephant who learns to believe in himself.
In the new "Dumbo," the final shots show the baby elephant and his mother arriving at an idyllic African watering hole, joyfully back in the wild. PETA plans to honor Burton with a Compassion in Film Award for "Dumbo," both for the CGI animals and the "happy ending that all captive animals deserve."
To cheer Dumbo up, Timothy takes him to visit his mother; on the way back, Dumbo cries and then starts to hiccup, so Timothy takes him for a drink of water from a bucket which, unknown to them, has accidentally had a bottle of champagne knocked into it by the clowns.
In 1937, Walt Disney Animation Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, pioneering a new form of family entertainment.
The MPAA rating has been assigned for “peril/action, some thematic elements, and brief mild language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a brief kiss, several scenes with women wearing cleavage revealing circus costumes, a scene of a circus tent collapsing and killing a man, many scenes of risky tricks and ...
Under the service's Stories Matter section, Disney explained its decision of removing the content. 'Dumbo,' made in 1941, features a group of crows who "pay homage to racist minstrel shows, where white performers with blackened faces and tattered clothing imitated and ridiculed enslaved Africans."
Yes, Dumbo sees his mom once again. At the end of the animated movie, Dumbo stays in the circus and gets his mom bailed out of elephant jail and into a private train cart. But in the end of the newer movie, Dumbo and Mrs. Jumbo are released back into the wild and free from the circus tent flaps.
"Pink Elephants on Parade" is a song and scene from the 1941 Disney animated feature film Dumbo in which Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse, having accidentally become intoxicated (through drinking water spiked with champagne), see pink elephants sing, dance, and play musical instruments during a hallucination sequence.
“Early on, I made the decision in the spirit of realism and because Dumbo never talks in the animated [version], Jumbo has a line or two, and they're really the core of our story,” Kruger told the outlet. “We were going to not have this be a talking animal picture.
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Dumbo also exposes the dark side of the circus—from Michael Keaton's character, who's intent on exploiting Dumbo at all costs, to the humiliation and pain that animals experience when they're forced to perform stupid tricks.
In the end of the film, when Dumbo and his mother are freed, Max Medici reopens his own circus that's humane to all animals and performers, allowing monkeys, snakes, horses and more live freely and assuring guests that the Medici Family Circus, as it's now called, is a place for everyone to be free and happy.
Dumbo is the first and only protagonist in a Disney animated feature film to have no spoken dialogue. The first Walt Disney movie for Sterling Holloway (the Stork) and Verna Felton (the Elephant Matriarch and Mrs. Jumbo's only line). Both would become regulars in Disney animated films over the next 35 years.
They come up with a plan for their next act, and while they are leaving to tell their boss, one accidentally hits the table with the bottle of champagne which drops into Dumbo's water bucket, which is right outside their break tent. Dumbo and Timothy drink the spiked water and become instantly and heavily drunk.
