If Dumbo has one weakness, it is that its ending feels too contained. The film's short length is never an issue except for in the last scene, which certainly works in achieving poignancy, but feels as though it could be granted a few extra minutes in which to resolve. Nevertheless, that complaint is minor in light of everything else about the movie that goes right. Its brevity and simplicity mean that it often gets overshadowed by the studio titans that surround it, but its strong emotional appeal and sensible execution have ensured its enduring legacy. Blu-ray - 70th Anniversary Edition/ 2016 Blu-ray - 75th Anniversary Edition/Disney Movie Club Exclusive (Version #1)

Voytko, Lisette (November 13, 2019). "Here Are 5 Movies Disney Plus Put 'Cultural' Warnings On". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019 . Retrieved November 14, 2019.DVD - 70th Anniversary Edition - FastPlay Version #2/ 2016 DVD - 75th Anniversary Edition/Disney Movie Club Exclusive - FastPlay Version #2

Kroll, Justin (April 4, 2017). "Michael Keaton in Talks to Play Villain in Tim Burton's 'Dumbo' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019 . Retrieved April 4, 2017. New on the Charts". Billboard. Vol.94, no.43. October 30, 1982. p.33. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023 . Retrieved September 25, 2019– via Google Books. Celebrating Dumbo" (14:50) is also carried over from the previous release. In it, Roy E. Disney, John Canemaker, Leonard Maltin, Don Hahn, Andreas Deja, Ron Clements, and other Disney notables reflect on the artistic merits and cultural legacy of the film. Though it's far from the in-depth productions that have appeared on other animated classics' DVDs (it feels more like an individual segment from one of those), it makes for a stimulating and exciting viewing. True to its name, the piece is truly a celebration of the film and joining in on the commemoration is a lot of fun. Dumbo: Big Top Edition takes up 5.76 GB and presents the film with an average bitrate of 7.25 Mb/s. Compare that to the 6.63 GB usage of disc space and 7.27 Mb/s average bitrate on the last release and you might expect a decline in quality all around for the Big Top Edition. That simply isn't the case. It can't be said that this new transfer is a solid improvement all around. It's also frustrating that a classic as revered as Dumbo isn't getting the same kind of overhaul that its successor, Bambi, did. There is little question, however, that the picture presented by the Big Top Edition is preferable to that of the 60th Anniversary Edition. The one exception is the "Pink Elephants on Parade" scene, which, again, didn't look very good on the last release to begin with and shows a little bit of improvement here despite its general decline in quality. It should be noted that the appearance of some scenes is still quite unsatisfying on the new release despite improving on the previous one. UltimateDisney.com's Top 100 Disney Songs Countdown (featuring "Pink Elephants on Parade" and "Baby Mine")

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Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace scored the film while Ned Washington wrote the lyrics to the songs. For their work on the score, Churchill and Wallace won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Churchill and Washington's work on " Baby Mine" also garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. a b c d "Dumbo (film)". D23. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023 . Retrieved March 27, 2020. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Diamond Edition Blu-ray) • Pinocchio (Platinum Edition) • Bambi (Diamond Edition Blu-ray)

The crows and Timothy Q. Mouse were not included in the 2019 live-action/CGI remake of Dumbo. [63] In 2019, it was reported that an edited version of the animated film without the crows would be featured on the forthcoming Disney+ service. [64] However, the film does appear on Disney+ uncensored, with an advisory in the synopsis warning "it may contain outdated cultural depictions." [65] [66] In 2021, the film was one of several that Disney limited to viewers 7 years and older on their service Disney+, citing similarity of the crows' depictions to "racist minstrel shows". [67] Awards and nominations Award McCullagh, Jim (May 18, 1991). " 'Robin' To Perk Up Midsummer Nights" (PDF). Billboard. p.78. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 8, 2023 . Retrieved September 27, 2019.Fritz, Ben (March 10, 2015). "Tim Burton to Direct Live-Action 'Dumbo' for Disney". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015 . Retrieved March 10, 2015. a b Armstrong, Josh (April 22, 2013). "From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece's animated adventures in screenwriting". Animated Views. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019 . Retrieved May 4, 2013. Evry, Max (June 16, 2017). "Do Justice League Reshoot Pics Show the Hall of Justice?". Comingsoon.net. Archived from the original on June 21, 2017 . Retrieved June 22, 2017. Tim Burton's Dumbo is also building sets at Cardington, so some of these props and set pieces could be for that film as well. What do you think the structure could be? Hall of Justice? Watchtower? Steppenwolf's lair? Dumbo's circus? The new disc doesn't lose any games or activities, but it does add one new one: "DisneyPedia: 'My First Circus'." Now I've always been a big fan of the "DisneyPedia" featurettes, which are basically mini-nature documentaries designed to present children with an overview that is relevant to the DVD it is included on and filled with fun footage from various Disney works. Imagine my disappointment, then, when I saw that to get to the eight different "DisneyPedia" subjects, one must first endure an annoying wheel-spinning, question-answering game for each. The game is easy and may well amuse a younger audience, but even for them, the inability to directly access a particular circus animal (to which this game is dedicated) or to repeat one of the segments will be frustrating. The featurettes themselves are at least quite enjoyable and make the pain of the game worth it.

Ben, Simon (July 13, 2003). "Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition". Animated Views. Archived from the original on May 8, 2011 . Retrieved May 11, 2011. Dumbo had its television premiere on September 14, 1955, [25] albeit severely edited, as an installment of the Disneyland television show. The film was shown unaltered on September 17, 1978, as part of a two-night salute to the program's 25th anniversary.Dumbo was completed and delivered to Disney's distributor, RKO Radio Pictures, on September 11, 1941. [23] RKO initially balked at the film's 64-minute length and asked Disney to add another ten minutes. Disney refused, "No, that's as far as I can stretch it. You can stretch a thing so far and then it won't hold. The picture is right as it is. And another ten minutes is liable to cost five hundred thousand dollars. I can't afford it." [24] The film was re-released in theaters in 1949, 1959, 1972, and 1976. [8] Television broadcast Made to recoup the financial losses of both Pinocchio and Fantasia, Dumbo was a deliberate pursuit of simplicity and economy for the Disney studios. At 64 minutes, it is one of Disney's shortest animated features. Sound was recorded conventionally using the RCA System. One voice was synthesized using the Sonovox system, but it, too, was recorded using the RCA System. a b "Dumbo". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012 . Retrieved January 5, 2012.