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>

PlotEdit

The opening credits, consisting of roles filled by Newland himself,<ref name="Jardin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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 distributionEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The program ran in repertory theaters across America for several years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The short was also included on VHS home video releases of Godzilla 1985 and Fantastic Animation Festival.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Sequels and remakesEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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In 2015, a live action remake was created by Scotty Fields.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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