Bambi

Synopsis

Acknowledged by generations of moviegoers as one of the greatest Disney animated Classics ever produced. This extraordinary movie miracle is most fondly remembered as Walt Disney's favorite picture. The simple, heartwarming story of the newborn "prince of the forest" reflects the universal joy in us all as we discover the wonders of life and the beauty of nature. Each new revelation, along with Bambi's budding friendship with bashful Flower and fun-loving Thumper, elevate this beloved Classic to the status of Timeless Masterpiece.

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Production timeline

Release timeline

Format	Country of origin	Date
Original theatrical	USA	August 13, 1942^[1]
Re-release	USA	December 25, 1947
Re-release #2	USA	July 3, 1957
Re-release #3	USA	March 25, 1966
Re-release #4	USA	June 20, 1975
Re-release #5	USA	June 4, 1982
Re-release #6	USA	July 15, 1988
VHS	USA	September 28, 1989
VHS re-release	USA	February 4, 1997
DVD	USA	March 1, 2005
Blu-ray	USA	March 1, 2011

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The Walt Disney Company
Movies		Disney: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Tangled (2010) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Frozen (2013) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Zootopia (2016) • Moana (2016) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Frozen II (2019) Pixar: Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019)
Home media	Generation I	Mary Poppins (1980/1985) • Dumbo (1981/1985) • Alice in Wonderland (1981/1986) • Robin Hood (1984) • Pinocchio (1985) • Sleeping Beauty (1986) • Lady and the Tramp (1987) • Cinderella (1988) • Bambi (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1990) • Peter Pan (1990) • The Jungle Book (1991) • 101 Dalmatians (1992)
	Generation II	Robin Hood (1991) • Beauty and the Beast (1992) • Pinocchio (1993/1999) • Aladdin (1993) • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1994) • The Lion King (1995) • The Aristocats (1995/2000) • Cinderella (1995) • Pocahontas (1996/2000) • Toy Story (1996/2000) • Bambi (1997) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1997) • Mary Poppins (1997/2000) • Sleeping Beauty (1997) • The Jungle Book (1997) • Hercules (1998/2000) • Peter Pan (1998) • The Little Mermaid (1998) • Lady and the Tramp (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • Mulan (1999) • 101 Dalmatians (1999) • A Bug's Life/Collector's Edition (1999/2000) • Alice in Wonderland (1999) • Robin Hood (1999) • Toy Story 2 (2000)
	Generation III	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2001) • Dumbo (2001/2006) • Peter Pan (2002/2007) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2002) • Beauty and the Beast (2002) • Pinocchio (2003) • Sleeping Beauty (2003) • The Lion King (2003) • Alice in Wonderland (2004) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2004) • Aladdin (2004) • Mulan (2004) • Mary Poppins (2004) • Bambi (2005) • Pocahontas (2005) • Toy Story (2005) • Cinderella (2005) • Toy Story 2 (2005) • Lady and the Tramp (2006) • The Little Mermaid (2006) • Robin Hood (2006) • The Jungle Book (2007) • The Aristocats (2008) • 101 Dalmatians (2008)
	Generation IV	Sleeping Beauty (2008/2014) • Mary Poppins (2009/2013) • Pinocchio (2009) • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2009) • Toy Story & Toy Story 2 (2010) • Beauty and the Beast (2010) • Alice in Wonderland (2011) • Bambi (2011) • Dumbo (2011) • The Lion King (2011) • Lady and the Tramp (2012) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (2012) • Pocahontas (2012) • 101 Dalmatians (2012) • Cinderella (2012) • Peter Pan (2013) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2013) • Mulan (2013) • Aladdin (2013) • The Little Mermaid (2013) • The Jungle Book (2014) • Hercules (2014)
	Post-2001 films	Monsters, Inc. (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2005) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Tangled (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2014) • Frozen: Sing-Along Edition (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2015) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2016) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2020)
Books		The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1996) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Frozen (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • Zootopia (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • Moana (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)
Music	Collections	Classic Disney Vol. 1: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1995) • Classic Disney Vol. 2: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1995) • Classic Disney Vol. 3: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1996) • Classic Disney Vol. 4: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1997) • Classic Disney Vol. 5: 60 Years of Musical Magic (1998) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 1 (2001) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 2 (2001) • Disney's Greatest Vol. 3 (2002)
Music	Film soundtracks	The Lion King (1994) • Toy Story (1995) • Return to Pride Rock (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012) • Frozen (2013)
Television networks		Disney Channel • Toon Disney (1998-2009) • Disney XD

Movies
Pre-1980	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • The Wizard of Oz (1939) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • 101 Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • Mary Poppins (1964) • The Jungle Book (1967) • The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977)
1980s	The Fox and the Hound (1981) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) • The Black Cauldron (1985) • My Little Pony: The Movie (1986) • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) • Castle in the Sky (1986) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Oliver & Company (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • The Little Mermaid (1989)
1990s	The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • Toy Story (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • 101 Dalmatians (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Toy Story 2 (1999)
2000–2002	Fantasia 2000 (2000) • Dinosaur (2000) • How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) • Shrek (2001) • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) • Spirited Away (2001) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) • Ice Age (2002) • Lilo & Stitch (2002)
2002–2004	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Treasure Planet (2002) • Finding Nemo (2003) • Brother Bear (2003) • The Cat in the Hat (2003) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Home on the Range (2004) • Shrek 2 (2004) • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) • The Incredibles (2004) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
2005–2007	Robots (2005) • Chicken Little (2005) • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) • Cars (2006) • Open Season (2006) • Meet the Robinsons (2007) • Shrek the Third (2007) • Surf's Up (2007) • Ratatouille (2007) • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) • Enchanted (2007)
2008–2010	Horton Hears a Who! (2008) • WALL-E (2008) • Ponyo (2008) • Bolt (2008) • Up (2009) • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) • Shrek Forever After (2010) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Despicable Me (2010)
2010–2012	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) • Tangled (2010) • Hop (2011) • Rio (2011) • Winnie the Pooh (2011) • Cars 2 (2011) • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) • The Smurfs (2011) • Arthur Christmas (2011) • The Lorax (2012) • The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) • Brave (2012) • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) • Hotel Transylvania (2012) • Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
2013–2015	Epic (2013) • Monsters University (2013) • Despicable Me 2 (2013) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) • Frozen (2013) • The Lego Movie (2014) • Rio 2 (2014) • Big Hero 6 (2014) • Inside Out (2015) • Minions (2015) • Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) • The Peanuts Movie (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
2016–2017	Zootopia (2016) • The Angry Birds Movie (2016) • Finding Dory (2016) • The Secret Life of Pets (2016) • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) • Storks (2016) • Moana (2016) • Sing (2016) • Monster Trucks (2016/2017) • The Lego Batman Movie (2017) • Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017) • Cars 3 (2017) • Despicable Me 3 (2017) • The Emoji Movie (2017) • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) • My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) • The Star (2017) • Coco (2017) • Ferdinand (2017)
2018–2019	Sherlock Gnomes (2018) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) • Smallfoot (2018) • The Grinch (2018) • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) • Wonder Park (2019) • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) • Frozen II (2019)

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