![]() Lost and alone, the little elephant is befriended by Timothy Mouse, a wisecracking rodent with a brainwave idea – maybe Dumbo could become the world’s first and only flying elephant!Īlthough originally announced a couple of years ago and actually on release around the world for almost just as long now, Walt Disney’s most simple (and that’s a compliment!) cartoon feature Dumbo – one of my absolute favorites – finally arrives in a sparkling high-definition Blu-ray edition right in time for its 70th birthday, almost to the very day!Īfter the mega success of Snow White in 1937, and the then less than stellar box office runs of Pinocchio and Fantasia (partly based on the cutting off of revenue from foreign markets involved in the Second World War), Walt was looking for simpler entertainment that would take folks’ thoughts away from the carnage and destruction that was going on in Europe, and that would soon affect the American way of life as well. Ridiculed by the other elephants due to his oversized ears, this Jumbo Junior is soon re-christened Dumbo and, when the local boys also make fun of her baby, Mrs Jumbo finally breaks and attacks one of the kids, leading to her eventual incarceration. Walt Disney Productions (October 23 1941), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (September 20 2011), 1 Blu-ray Disc plus 1 DVD, 64 mins plus supplements, 1080p high-definition 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, DTS-HD 7.1 Master Audio and Original Restored Soundtrack, Rated G, Retail: $39.99īrought to a thriving circus by a mailman-style delivery stork, a little elephant finds his home with Mrs Jumbo, one of a posse of pachyderms. ![]()
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