| Signature Bluray | Diamond Bluray | Platinum DVD | 55th Anniversary Laserdisc |
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Bambi: Inside Walt's Story MeetingsPicture-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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| These should be cross-checked |
Interactive GalleriesCharacter design sketches, background paintings, production pictures, storyboards and visual development images. |
Still Frame GalleriesConcept 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." |
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Inside the Disney Archives (9 minutes)Examination of original artwork from the film's production. |
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Tricks of the Trade (7 minutes)Excerpt as seen in several other releases |
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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. |
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The Golden Age ( 6:24)Listed under "Classic," but actually new to Blu-ray. Places Bambi in the context of other Disney animated films. |
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Disney's Big Book of Knowledge (HD)Interactive game. |
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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. |
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Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: "Africa Before Dark" (1080p, 5:50) |
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The Bambi Effect (3:00)Impact of Bambi on future films. |
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Bambi Fawn Facts (3:34)Trivia about animals. |
DisneyPedia: Bambi’s Forest FriendsFluff about the animals features in Bambi |
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Disney Time Capsule 1942 – The Year Of BambiFluff piece that gives some basic context to Bambi's release. |
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Restoring Bambi (6 minutes)About the digital restoration of deteriorating Nitrate negatives. |
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What’s Your Season: Personality ProfileInteractive personality quiz |
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Thumper Goes ExploringRead-along story. |
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Virtual ForestEndless loop of a forest. |
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| Bambi: The Magic Behind The Masterpiece | |||
| isolated music and effects track | |||
| 1988 theatrical re-issue trailer | |||
Making Of The Masterpiece (15 minutes)Documentary |
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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.