Bambi Meets Godzilla
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Bambi Meets Godzilla is a 1969 black-and-white animated short student film produced entirely by Marv Newland.<ref name=oscar/> Less than two minutes long, the film is seen as a classic of animation; it was listed #38 in the book The 50 Greatest Cartoons (1994).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Plot
The opening credits, consisting of roles filled by Newland himself,<ref name="Jardin">Template:Cite web</ref> scroll over an image of the fawn Bambi serenely grazing on a field of grass and flowers while the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's recording of William Tell's Ranz des Vaches plays in the background. After the credits, Bambi looks up to see Godzilla's foot coming down, squashing him flat (set to the final chord of the Beatles' "A Day in the Life"). After a moment, the closing credits appear alongside the image of Godzilla's foot atop Bambi.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The closing credits give acknowledgement to Tokyo "for their help in obtaining Godzilla for this film". Godzilla's toe claws wiggle once and the cartoon ends.
Screenings and distribution
In 1973, Bambi Meets Godzilla was paired with John Magnuson's Thank You Mask Man by Randy Finley and Specialty Films in Seattle and released widely under the title The King of Hearts and His Loyal Short Subjects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The program ran in repertory theaters across America for several years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The short was also included on VHS home video releases of Godzilla 1985 and Fantastic Animation Festival.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>1978 fantastic animation festival vhs rip|Internet Archive</ref>
The Academy Film Archive preserved Bambi Meets Godzilla in 2009.<ref name="oscar">Template:Cite web</ref>
Sequels and remakes
- In 1976, the black-and-white sequel Bambi's Revenge was released.<ref>Norman Gibson, Ernest Geefay, John Roope and Frank Wetzel (1976) "Bambi's Revenge"</ref>
- In 1999, the 3D-animated color sequel Son of Bambi Meets Godzilla was released.<ref>Amazon.com: Spike & Mike's Classic Festival of Animation</ref>
- In 2013, animator Coda Gardner made a frame-by-frame recreation of the original via tracing the film frames and assembling the animation via digital video editing.<ref name="Jardin" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- In 2015, a live action remake was created by Scotty Fields.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
See also
- Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown
- Escalation
- Mickey Mouse in Vietnam
- List of films featuring dinosaurs
References
External links
- 1969 films
- 1969 comedy films
- 1960s monster movies
- 1960s parody films
- 1960s American animated films
- 1960s Canadian animated films
- 1960s English-language films
- American animated comedy films
- Animated crossover films
- American Godzilla films
- American parody films
- Canadian black-and-white films
- Disney parodies
- Canadian animated short films
- American animated short films
- Works based on Bambi
- American student films
- Canadian student films
- Animated films without speech
- Animated films about deer and moose
- Canadian comedy short films
- American comedy short films
- Canadian animated comedy films
- American crossover films
- Comedy crossover films
- Counterculture of the 1960s
- English-language science fiction horror films
- English-language short films
- American animated black-and-white films
- English-language Canadian films
- 1969 animated short films
- American black comedy films