Dumbo

Dumbo
Režija	Ben Sharpsteen
Producent	Walt Disney
Scenario	Roman Helen Aberson Harold Pearl Sinopsis Otto Englander Joe Grant Dick Huemer
Naracija	John McLeish
Uloge	Edward Brophy Herman Bing Margaret Wright Sterling Holloway Cliff Edwards
Muzika	Frank Churchill Oliver Wallace
Studio	Walt Disney Productions
Distribucija	RKO Radio Pictures
Datum(i) premijere	23. 10. 1941 (1941-10-23)
Trajanje	64 min.
Zemlja	Šablon:SADk
Jezik	engleski
Budžet	$813,000
Bruto prihod	$1,600,000

Dumbo je američki animirani film iz 1941. godine, koga je producirao Walt Disney i koji je primjerno prikazan 23. oktobra 1941. u distribuciji RKO Radio Pictures.

Četvrti film u seriji Walt Disneyevih animiranih klasika, Dumbo se temelji na priči Helen Aberson i ilustracijama Harolda Pearla za prototip lutke ("Roll-a-Book"). Glavni lik je Jumbo Jr., polu-antropomorfni slon kome su dali podrugljiv nadimak "Dumbo". Ismijavaju ga zbog velikih ušijuju, ali je on zapravo sposoban letjeti pri čemu svoje uši koristi kao krila. Kroz cijeli film, njegov jedini prijatelj, osim majke je miš po imenu Timothy — što je odnos koji parodira stereotipno neprijateljstvo miševa i slonova.

Dumbo je napravljen kako bi pokrio financijske gubitke filma Fantasia. Napravljen je na jednostavan i ekonomičan način, te je sa 64 minuta trajanja jedan od najkraćih Disneyevih animiranih filmova.

Radnja

Šablon:Spoiler While circus animals are being transported, Mrs. Jumbo, one of the elephants, receives her baby from a stork. The baby elephant is quickly taunted by the other elephants because of his large ears, and they nickname him "Dumbo".

Once the circus is set up, Mrs. Jumbo loses her temper at a group of boys for making fun of her son, and she is locked up and deemed mad. Dumbo is shunned by the other elephants and with no mother to care for him, he is now alone, except for a self-appointed mentor and protector, Timothy Q. Mouse, who feels sympathy for Dumbo and becomes determined to make him happy again.

The circus director makes Dumbo the top of an elephant pyramid stunt, but Dumbo's ears causes the stunt to go wrong, injuring the other elephants and bringing down the big top. Dumbo is made a clown as a result, and plays the main role in an act that involves him falling into a vat of pie filling. Despite his newfound popularity and fame, Dumbo hates this job and is now more miserable than ever.

To cheer Dumbo up, Timothy takes him to visit his mother. On the way back Dumbo cries and then starts to hiccup so Timothy decides to take him for a drink of water from a bucket which, unknown to him, has accidentally had a bottle of champagne knocked into it. As a result, Dumbo and Timothy both become drunk and see hallucinations of pink elephants (the famous Pink Elephants on Parade sequence).

The next morning, Dumbo and Timothy wake up in a tree. Timothy wonders how they got up in the tree, and concludes that Dumbo flew up there using his large ears as wings. With the help of a group of crows, Timothy is able to get Dumbo to fly again, using a psychological trick of a "magic feather" to boost his confidence.

Back at the circus, Dumbo must perform his stunt of jumping from a high building, this time from a much higher platform. On the way down, Dumbo loses the feather and Timothy tells him that the feather was never magical, and that he is still able to fly. Dumbo is able to pull out of the dive and flies around the circus, finally striking back at his tormentors as the stunned audience looks on in amazement.

After this performance, Dumbo becomes a media sensation, Timothy becomes his manager, and Dumbo and Mrs. Jumbo are given a private car on the circus train.

Glasovi

• Naslovni lik je Dumbo, a što je nadimak koji nosi Jumbo Jr., slon s velikim ušima pomoću kojih može letjeti. Kao i Dopey/Glupko u Snjeguljici i sedam patuljak, Dumbo nema govornu ulogu.
• Edward Brophy kao Timothy Q. Mouse, antropomorfički miš koji postaje jedini prijatelj Dumboa i njegove majke Mrs. Jumbo. On uči Dumboa kako postati "deveto čudo svijeta", odnosno jedini keteći slon na svijetu. Nigdje se ne spominje po imenu, ali je njegov potpis vidljiv na ugovoru za novinsku fotografiju na kraju filma.
• Verna Felton (van špice) kao Mrs. Jumbo, Dumbova majka; također i kao Slonovski matrijarh, ženski vođa cirkuskih slonova.
• Herman Bing kao Direktor cirkusa, iako ne istinski zao, prikazan je kao strog i povremeno bahat čovjek. Pojavljuje se kao negativac u Disney's Villains' Revenge
• Margaret Wright kao Casey Junior, lokomotiva koja vuče cirkuski vlak. Casey Junior ima 2-4-0 aranžman kotača, četverokotačni vagon, veliki dimnjak u obliku repa, malu kapicu, kratkio kotao, malu kupolu sa zviždaljkom na vrjhu i mali hvatač ispred.
• Sterling Holloway kao Mr. Stork
• Cliff Edwards kao Jim Crow
• Hall Johnson Choir kao Crow Chorus
• Noreen Gammill kao Slon Catty
• Dorothy Scott kao Slon Giddy
• Sarah Selby kao Slon Prissy
• Malcolm Hutton kao Skinny
• John McLeish kao narator

Eksterni linkovi

• Službeni veb-sajt
• Dumbo na sajtu IMDb
• Dumbo na Big Cartoon DataBase
• Dumbo na Rotten Tomatoes-u (en)