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| The film deals with ] animals in a wood. The main character is a young ], Bambi. His mother died, and he is first raised by his father, the Great Prince, who is at first uncomfortable and clumsy with this role. The Prince asks Friend ] to find a suitable doe to raise Bambi. While growing up, Bambi tries to impress his father by showing his capabilities. This movie brings back several characters from the first film, (see Characters) including Ronno, who takes great delight in ] Bambi. Some people may recognize Ronno as the stag whom Bambi fought in the first movie. Bambi meets up with old friends Thumper and Flower, who try to help him live up to his father's expectations. At last, The Great Prince realizes that he needs to stop looking at Bambi as "The Young Prince" or for that matter as a burden, and instead see him for what he really is-a son. The movie reaches its end when The Great Prince shows Bambi the place "where I first met your mother." | The film deals with ] animals in a wood. The main character is a young ], Bambi. His mother died, and he is first raised by his father, the Great Prince, who is at first uncomfortable and clumsy with this role. The Prince asks Friend ] to find a suitable doe to raise Bambi. While growing up, Bambi tries to impress his father by showing his capabilities. This movie brings back several characters from the first film, (see Characters) including Ronno, who takes great delight in ] Bambi. Some people may recognize Ronno as the stag whom Bambi fought in the first movie. Bambi meets up with old friends Thumper and Flower, who try to help him live up to his father's expectations. | ||
| But unbeknownst to everyone, the evil wolf, Count Tunbarr, who has just returned to the forest, is trying to kill the Great Prince and become King with the help of his three henchwolves, Malcolm, Brtus, and Patchy. bambi must now defeat the scheming wolves in order to save his father. At last, The Great Prince realizes that he needs to stop looking at Bambi as "The Young Prince" or for that matter as a burden, and instead see him for what he really is-a son. The movie reaches its end when The Great Prince shows Bambi the place "where I first met your mother." | |||
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| Bambi II | |
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| File:Bambi2.jpgPoster from the theatrical release of Bambi II in Brazil | |
| Directed by | Brian Pimental |
| Written by | N/A |
| Produced by | Jim Ballantine Jeffrey Moznett Dave Okey |
| Starring | Alexander Gould Patrick Stewart Brendon Baerg Nicky Jones Andrea Bowen Anthony Ghannam Keith Ferguson Eli Linnetz Brian Pimental Carolyn Hennesy Cree Summer Christopher Lee Ariel Winter McKenna Cowgill Emma Rose Lina |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
| Release dates | January 26, 2006 (theatrical release in Argentina) February 7, 2006 (video premiere in the US) May 26, 2006 (theatrical release in Australia) |
| Running time | 73 min. (in the US) 75 min. (in France) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | N/A |
Template:Infobox Film rating Bambi II is a Disney animated feature that premiered on January 26, 2006 in Argentina. Although it eventually had been released in theatres in 25 countries, in the USA and some other countries it was a direct-to-video release (released on February 7, 2006). The film is a midquel, the story taking place in the middle of Bambi. It was discontinued on home video on April 17, 2006.
Summary
Template:Spoiler The film deals with anthropomorphic animals in a wood. The main character is a young deer, Bambi. His mother died, and he is first raised by his father, the Great Prince, who is at first uncomfortable and clumsy with this role. The Prince asks Friend Owl to find a suitable doe to raise Bambi. While growing up, Bambi tries to impress his father by showing his capabilities. This movie brings back several characters from the first film, (see Characters) including Ronno, who takes great delight in tormenting Bambi. Some people may recognize Ronno as the stag whom Bambi fought in the first movie. Bambi meets up with old friends Thumper and Flower, who try to help him live up to his father's expectations. But unbeknownst to everyone, the evil wolf, Count Tunbarr, who has just returned to the forest, is trying to kill the Great Prince and become King with the help of his three henchwolves, Malcolm, Brtus, and Patchy. bambi must now defeat the scheming wolves in order to save his father. At last, The Great Prince realizes that he needs to stop looking at Bambi as "The Young Prince" or for that matter as a burden, and instead see him for what he really is-a son. The movie reaches its end when The Great Prince shows Bambi the place "where I first met your mother."
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Characters
- Bambi: The Young Prince. Saddened and traumatized by the loss of his mother, Bambi is nevertheless thrilled to be hanging out with his Dad. But his irrepressible energy is a challenge for his father, The Great Prince of the Forest.
- The Great Prince of the Forest: Bambi's father. He is the oldest and wisest of the deer in the forest. But even his years of experience can't prepare him for the task of raising his rambunctious son.
- Thumper: A rabbit, one of Bambi's two best friends. His most notable role in the movie is his attempts to teach Bambi to act tough. While Bambi does eventually learn the meaning of courage, it is not the result of Thumper's lessons. Thumper also spends much of his time fleeing from his sisters.
- Flower: A bashful skunk. Bambi's other best friend. Not as strong a character as Thumper, although certainly stronger smelling. In a related note, another skunk which is presumably one of Flower's parents briefly appears shortly after the Groundhog scene. Neither of Flower's parents appeared at all in the first movie.
- Bambi's mother: Deceased. Though she only appears in one of Bambi's dreams, she is in a sense present throughout the film - whenever she is mentioned Bambi's father gets downhearted. This could be a result of his guilt in being unable to save her.
- Faline: Bambi's love interest. Little has changed since the first movie. Just as before, her appearance seems to invariably put soap under Bambi's hooves.
- Friend Owl: A friendly-but-irritable old owl. He is asked by The Great Prince to find a suitable doe to raise Bambi. Naturally, he finds one with less-than ideal timing, as Bambi and his father are finally starting to bond.
- Mena: The doe Friend Owl finally found in his search for a suitable surrogate mother for Bambi. Apparently she grew up with Bambi's mother.
- Ronno: He grew up to be the stag who fought Bambi over Faline in Bambi. Although his name was never uttered in the original film, he was named Ronno in the book on which Bambi was based, and has been called Ronno in related merchandise since then. In this film, he is a young deer and a typical bully: snotty, egotistical, and inwardly a coward. He acts like a tough guy on the outside, at one point bragging about going one on one with Man and winning. But at the first appearance of dogs he runs away crying for his mother. He is slightly older than Bambi.
- Porcupine: A minor character and certified grouch, the extremely territorial and vindictive porcupine in the movie is generally a problematic character. His ferocity is evidenced by the fact that, while most porcupines tend to have a tail poofy with weaponry, his tail is relatively quite small, obviously from frequent use. Bambi's first encounter with him ends in Bambi suffering quills in his hindquarters. Round two sees things very much turned around, with the Porcupine being reduced to Catapult ammo. And round three... well, you'll have to judge the winner of that one for yourself.
- Man: The human hunter, or hunters, who lure the deer out to the meadow using a deer call. In the first movie, man was not present in any scenes, but in this film a glint from a rifle is seen. Man also uses hunting dogs to track down and chase the deer.
Voice Cast
- Alexander Gould: Bambi
- Patrick Stewart: The Great Prince of the Forest
- Brendon Baerg: Thumper
- Nicky Jones: Flower
- Andrea Bowen: Faline
- Anthony Ghannam: Ronno
- Keith Ferguson: Friend Owl
- Eli Linnetz: Bambi (Singing)
- Brian Pimental: Groundhog/Porcupine
- Carolyn Hennesy: Bambi's mother
- Cree Summer: Mena
- Ariel Winter: Thumper's sisters
- McKenna Cowgill: Thumper's sisters
- Emma Rose Lina: Thumper's sisters
Additional Voices
- Donnie Dunagan: Bambi (archived recording)
- Fred Shields: The Great Prince of the Forest (archived recording)
- Frank Welker: Dogs
International Ratings
- USA: G
- Switzerland: 0 (canton of Geneva)
- Portugal: M/4
- Argentina: Atp
- Switzerland: 7 (canton of Vaud)
- UK: U
- Norway: A
- France: U
- Netherlands: AL
- Finland: K-3
- Brazil: Livre
- Canada: G
- Sweden: Btl
- Australia: G
Titles in Different Languages
- Portuguese: Bambi 2 - O Grande Príncipe da Floresta
- Spanish: Bambi 2 - El Príncipe del Bosque
- German: Bambi 2 - Der Herr der Wälder
- French: Bambi 2
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on CD by Walt Disney Records on February 7th 2006. The executive producer for the soundtrack album was Matt Walker.
Soundtrack listing
- There is Life - Alison Krauss
- First Sign of Spring - Michelle Lewis
- Through Your Eyes - Martina McBride
- The Healing of a Heart - Anthony Callea
- Snow Flakes in the Forest - Bruce Broughton
- Bambi's Dream - Bruce Broughton
- Being Brave (Part 1) - Bruce Broughton
- Being Brave (Part 2) - Bruce Broughton
- Battle On Wolf Summit - Bruce Broughton
- Bambi and the Great Prince / End Credit Suite - Bruce Broughton
- *Sing the Day - Anika Noni Rose, Harrison Chad, Marcus Carl Franklin, Leon Thomas and Chorus
- **Main Title (Love is a Song) - Frank Churchill
- **Little April Shower - Frank Churchill
- **Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song - Frank Churchill
- * Sing the Day was originally used in the "Being Brave" sequence
- ** These tracks are from Bambi, the original film
Songs used in the film
- "Love is a Song" (silent version) (Note: This version of this song was not on the soundtrack disc. 2nd Note: The only version of this song on the soundtrack disc was the one from Bambi.)
- "There is Life" - performed by Alison Krauss
- "Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song" (Groundhog's version) - performed by Brian Pimental (Note: This version of this song was not on the soundtrack disc. 2nd Note: The only version of this song on the soundtrack disc was the one from Bambi.)
- "First Sign of Spring" - performed by Michelle Lewis
- "Through Your Eyes" - performed by Martina McBride (featured in end credits)
- "The Healing of a Heart" - performed by Anthony Callea (featured in end credits)
Trivia
- In the original Bambi, Thumper had five sisters. In Bambi II, he only has four.
- A skunk's characteristic smell was never utilized, or was an issue, for Flower in Bambi. It is both utilized and becomes an issue for Flower (and his best friends) in Bambi II.
- This movie was first titled Bambi and the Great Prince, but was changed to Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest and later Bambi II.
- Alexander Gould, the new voice of Young Bambi, was also the voice of Nemo in Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo.
- When this 2006 midquel was released in United States, Japan, Canada, and the United Kingdom, it was a direct-to-video release; however, when it was released in France, it was a theatrical release and will be released theatrically in the rest of Europe, Brazil, Australia, and other countries.
- This movie appears to break the record of longest interval between a sequel and its predecessor , previously held by The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Return to Oz (1985). Bambi was released in 1942; Bambi II in 2006, almost sixty-four years later.
- Following its moratorium strategy, in which releases are made available for a limited time only, Disney gave the DVD a 70-day window for its initial U.S. release.
- The film sold 2.6 million DVDs in its first week.
- While Thumper tells the Great Prince of the Forest about the porcupine, he says "And he walks around like this - hai, hai, hai". Hai is a Japanese word for "yes". It was probably only intended, however, to give the impression of a sumo wrestler.
- Bambi's coloring has changed very little since the first movie. Faline's coloration, however, is a darker brown than it was before- closer to her adult coloration. This may have been intended to reflect her personality which is (in some ways) much more mature than Bambi's. Conflicting with this, however, is the fact that Faline is the only fawn in the movie who keeps her spots all the way through.
- While alive, Walt Disney expressed his desire to never make sequels to his classic animated features, with the exception of Fantasia. Despite Walt's wishes, the Disney corporation has released several sequels. Many fans are sure, though, that if he could see the finished products he would agree they were good.
- When Bambi's friends are all heading to their homes after the less-than-enjoyable first brush with Ronno, Flower is seen heading home with another skunk-most likely one of his parents. This is odd because neither of Flower's parents was seen in the first movie at all.
Double-Takes
There are several scenes in Bambi II which are noticeably similar to scenes from the first movie, Bambi. For example:
- The beginning of Bambi 2 is essentially the same scene in which Bambi's father, The Great Prince, tells him that his mother is dead in the first movie. However, some viewers have noted that where The Great Prince said "Come my son," in the first movie, here he only says "Come." This is probably because it would not fit in the overall flow of things for The Great Prince to be so familiar this early in the movie.
- In one scene Bambi is shown following his father through snow that, while barely knee-deep on the Great Prince, is neck-deep (and at one point even deeper) on Bambi. The scene is reminiscent of Bambi's first encounter with snow in the original movie.
- In the groundhog scene, Bambi's response to Faline's sudden appearance is exactly the same as when he becomes "twitterpated" in the first movie: his face takes on a stunned expression and he staggers backward, tripping over a rock.
- When the song, "Let's Sing a Gay Little Spring Song", was playing in the original Bambi, Friend Owl was annoyed by all the singing birds keeping him awake. In Bambi II, after the groundhog announces that spring has come, all the gathered animals start singing the song, to which Friend Owl moans, "Oh, not that song." Ronno prematurely ends the song.
- In Bambi II, Ronno finds himself buried in snow when a great heap of it falls on him from a branch, similar to what happened to Bambi in the first movie.
- When Bambi's father saves him from a pack of hunting dogs, we see him fighting with a style nearly identical to the way Bambi fought in the first movie when he saved Faline from another, larger pack of dogs.
- While trying to teach Bambi to growl, Thumper adjusts the position of Bambi's front legs much as he did while trying to teach Bambi to ice-skate in the original movie. This similarity could be construed as prophetic, since in both cases Thumper's efforts ended in disaster.
- Following Bambi's less-than-fortunate encounter with a porcupine, Ronno attempts to drive Faline along with his budding antlers, much the same as he did in Bambi when he tried to break up a romantic scene between the pair. Faline protests, and Bambi speaks up on her behalf. The events that follow, however, are somewhat different from what happened in the first movie.
- As Bambi is leaving his father to go with Mena, Ronno turns up again, but goes too far in mocking Bambi, which goads him into fighting. Bambi and Ronno's juvenile fight is shot-for-shot and move-for-move identical to their adult battle over Faline in Bambi. Unlike the first movie's fight, this fight is interrupted without a winner when Mena attempts to stop them.
- At one point Mena gets her foot caught in a snare (way to go, Ronno). She orders Bambi and Ronno to run. Ronno runs screaming for his mother. Bambi freezes briefly, then bolts. As he runs, Mena shouts after him, "Faster! Faster, Bambi! Don't look back! Keep running! Keep running!" Hearing his mother's last words repeated word-for-word stops Bambi in his tracks.
- Near the end of the movie Bambi knocks a hunting dog off a cliff. The scene in which this occurs is similar to a scene in the first movie in which he saves Faline from a similar predicament.
- A few moments after the above scene comes another double-take in which Bambi appears to be dead and his father is telling him to get up. This is reminiscent of a scene in the first movie when Bambi had been shot and the fire was closing in. Some fans regard the similarity as being vague because the scene in the first movie was very tense with the fire closing in, whereas the scene in Bambi 2 is one more inclined to get viewers choked up.
- Towards the end, as Bambi's antlers begin to emerge, they are momentarily snagged in a low-hanging branch laden with what appear to be cherry blossoms. This is reminiscent of the scene where he becomes "twitterpated" in the first movi
Quotes
Thumper: "Being brave is easy. I can teach you."
Bambi: "You can?"
Thumper: "Sure. Watch this." (takes a deep breath) "AAARRGH!"
Flower: (whispering to Bambi) "I think he's got a hairball."
Thumper: "I'm a mountain lion! Raarrgh!"
Bambi" "Oh! I'm a-a bear!" (gives his attempt at a growl)
Flower: "I'm a turtle. Rrrrgg." (Bambi and Thumper look at him like he's crazy) "What? Turtles are soooo scary."
Faline: (hearing a scream) "What was that?"
Ronno" "Aah, probably just some poor dumb animal caught in a trap. So anyway. I was thinking..."
Bambi: (in the distance) "YEEEOOOOOOOOW!"
Faline: *gasp* "Bambi!" (dashes off)
Ronno: "Hey! I wasn't finished talking about me!"
Flower: (after a turtle bites Ronno on the nose and won't let go) "See? I told you turtles were scray."
Bambi: "Oh! I gotta' go! My father's waiting for me!" Everyone: "Bye, Bambi." Thumper: "Aww, Bambi, you never have time for us anymore." Faline: "Yeah. Isn't it wonderful?"
Bambi: "What were you like-when you were my age?"
Great Prince: "Me? Well, let me think... Actually, I was a lot like you."
Rumors
- Prior to the movie's release it was incorrectly believed that The Great Prince would be seeking a new mate - namely Mena. (see Characters) It was also mistakenly believed that it was Mena who sang, "There is Life."
DVD
1. Disney's FastPlay: This feature will play a selection of trailers, the movie, and a selection of bonus features without needing you to touch the remote.
2. Tagline: A Son's Courage. A Father's Love.
3. Summary: One of the silver screen's most cherished characters makes his triumphant return in Disney's spectacular all-new movie, Bambi II. The eagerly awaited next chapter of Bambi's unforgettable story continues for a whole new generation in a film that's sure to delight your entire family. Join Bambi as he reunites with his father, The Great Prince, who must now raise the young fawn and teach him the ways of the forest. But, in the adventure of a lifetime, the proud parent discovers that there is much he can learn from his spirited young son. Thumper, Flower, Friend Owl and your favourite characters return - and you'll meet some wonderful new friends - as Bambi's magnificent tale continues. Illustrated in the breathtaking animation style of the original classic and bursting with enchanting new songs, Bambi II is truly a wonder to behold.
4. Bonus features:
a) Backstage Disney:
-The Legacy Continues - A "Making of" featurette
-Bambi's Trivia Track - Fun Facts about Bambi II
b) Games and Activities
-Thumper's Hurry and Scurry Game
-Disney Sketch Pad - Disney animator Andreas Deja teaches you how to draw Thumper
5. Technical Specifications:
May only apply to feature film:
-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
-DTS 5.1 Digital Surround Sound
-Family-Friendly Widescreen (1.78:1) - Enhanced For 16x9 Televisions
-French Language Track