Bambi Comparison

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Signature Bluray Diamond Bluray Platinum DVD 55th Anniversary Laserdisc

Bambi: Inside Walt's Story Meetings

Picture-in-Picture track that recreates story and sweatbox sessions held between Walt Disney and his production team from 1937 to 1940.
Scene Specific Story Meetings With Walt Disney And His Crew. Introduced by Patrick Stewart.

The Making Of Bambi: A Great Prince Is Born (50 minutes)

Six-part documentary.
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Interactive Galleries

Character design sketches, background paintings, production pictures, storyboards and visual development images.

Still Frame Galleries

Concept Art, Story Sketches, Color Keys And Backgrounds, Character Designs (Bambi, Mother And Father, Flower, Friend Owl, Thumper and Faline), Posters, Production Stills
Original Concept Art and Character Design

Deleted Scenes (8 minutes)

Two in HD ("Two Leaves" and "Bambi Stuck on a Reed") two in SD from previous DVD ("Winter Grass" and "Bambi's First Snow"). Lacks introduction by Andread Deja. The Signature Blu-Ray has a higher resolution version of the last.
A short introduction by animator Andreas Deja to two short segments cut from the movie in storyboard form.

Deleted Song (2 minutes)

Long-lost song, "Twitterpated."

Inside the Disney Archives (9 minutes)

Examination of original artwork from the film's production.

Tricks of the Trade (7 minutes)

Excerpt as seen in several other releases

The Old Mill (9 minutes)

"Silly Symphony" animated short.
The Old Mill. Has introduction scene missing on BD.
Original Theatrical Trailer (2:12).

Disney View (HD)

Artwork by Disney artist Lisa Keene.

The Golden Age ( 6:24)

Listed under "Classic," but actually new to Blu-ray. Places Bambi in the context of other Disney animated films.

Disney's Big Book of Knowledge (HD)

Interactive game.

Studio Stories: Bambi (HD, 4:56)

Discusses how sequences were animated and how they aimed for realism. Also shows footage from the "Old Mill", which was a test for Bambi's camera angles.

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: "Africa Before Dark" (1080p, 5:50)

The Bambi Effect (3:00)

Impact of Bambi on future films.

Bambi Fawn Facts (3:34)

Trivia about animals.

DisneyPedia: Bambi’s Forest Friends

Fluff about the animals features in Bambi

Disney Time Capsule 1942 – The Year Of Bambi

Fluff piece that gives some basic context to Bambi's release.

Restoring Bambi (6 minutes)

About the digital restoration of deteriorating Nitrate negatives.

What’s Your Season: Personality Profile

Interactive personality quiz

Thumper Goes Exploring

Read-along story.

Virtual Forest

Endless loop of a forest.
Bambi: The Magic Behind The Masterpiece
isolated music and effects track
1988 theatrical re-issue trailer

Making Of The Masterpiece (15 minutes)

Documentary

Purist Remarks

The 1990 is allegedly the most accurate. The Platinum DVD release's colors match these. The Diamond Edition preserves original effects (e.g. ripple glass water). The 1997 LaserDisc has the original RKO logo.

The DVDBeaver review of the Diamond Blu-ray compares it agains the NTSC and PAl versions of the 2005 2-disc special edition DVD.

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