The first time I saw it was at the premiere which was in 1942, and until then I didn’t really know exactly what the storyline was because the recordings were done individually and in segments.” As for Thumper’s adorable bubbly laugh, “There was something that caused that laughter to come out. I was kind of a rambunctious kid and pretty vocal about various things so it probably wasn’t that difficult to get me to laugh.”īehn remembers touring the animation studio to see some of the drawings the animators were working on. In interviews, Dunagan and Behn spoke about their experiences in making the film and what has kept it so meaningful to them over the years.īehn was so young that he does not remember much about the recording sessions. “I remember going into the sound studio with a sound director and he would read the lines with the inflection that they wanted and then I would repeat the lines back. I wasn’t a really heavy reader in those days.
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During the 75th anniversary of the film he and Peter Behn discussed how the film has impacted their lives.Disney’s 1942 classic Bambi featured two of the most memorable voices in animated movie history, both from very young children. The title character, a young deer, was voiced by Donnie Dunagan, already a veteran of seven movies at age seven, and Bambi’s friend Thumper was voiced by Peter Behn, a first-time performer who was only four years old when he started recording. The two boys recorded their performances separately and never met until a couple of years ago when they appeared together on an episode of The View. Every Veterans Day, he would receive letters and mail from former veterans and children thanking him not only for his service but for voicing Bambi, who has been a childhood icon for many Americans. In interviews, Donnie Dunagan loves talking about veterans from The Vietnam War and former soldiers who served with the United States Marine Corps discovering that their drill sergeant was actually the voice of Bambi (which he kept a secret for 50 years).In later years of his life, however, he's become very open about voicing the character and is actually proud of playing the role. Donnie Dunagan was quiet about voicing Bambi during his youth.Prior to this, neither of them had ever seen each other since both voiced their characters separately. In 2011, The View was able to get Donnie Dunagan (Young Bambi) and Peter Behn (Young Thumper) to meet each other for the first time.Also becomes Heartwarming in Hindsight due to the midquel, serving as one last testament to how much Bambi trusts and sticks by his father. Leading Bambi out of the fire afterwards while constantly pausing to ensure his son is behind him.It's mostly Tough Love at first, but then just as Bambi's almost on his feet, the Great Prince gives him a final nudge upright himself. The Great Prince pep talking his injured son into getting up out of the fire.Despite his bluntness and how imposing he seems to the young fawn, his voice softens as he takes the heartbroken Bambi under his wing. Though it's mixed with the definitive Tear Jerker of the film, how the Great Prince reveals his relations to Bambi.This is also the only time we see all three characters together on screen as a family unit. The Great Prince arrives and personally escorts him out of harm's way until his mother catches up to them, and if you look closely, he never takes his eyes off Bambi until after his mother does catch up.
Even without the midquel's expansion, there are subtle details in the Great Prince's behavior that make it clear he cares for Bambi:.When the female skunk begins flirting with him, Flower becomes hard as a rock and completely turns pink before eventually following her away from Bambi and Thumper. Before Thumper meets Miss Bunny, Flower meeting an unnamed female skunk is also adorably sweet to look at.While the scene is funny, its also one of the most heartwarming scenes in the film. Especially the way she notices Thumper staring at her and starts singing and tries making herself look good around him. The scene where Bambi's friend Thumper starts falling in love with a female bunny ( officially named "Miss Bunny").Then he calls a big flower a "butterfly." Bambi apparently assuming the role of Great Prince at the end, looking down at Faline and his children in the same way his father did when he was born.One of them even nibs their sibling's ear. The birth of Bambi's children (Faline gives birth to boy-girl twin fawns) at the end of the movie.
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