Disney's Dumbo (1941) Pitch Meeting

Dumbo was released in 1941, supervised by director-director Ben Sharpsteen, and wanted to be a simple and cheap movie that could recover some of the studio's money after Fancy it turned out to be a financial fiasco. Fancy I had been working for years, but after the launch of production, something unfortunate happened: Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The war that ensues in Europe naturally weighs on the box office which has a strong impact Fancyand Disney needed a fast, inexpensive movie to make a difference.

What we are trying to say here is that the actual field meeting for Dumbo involved a lot of severe instructions from the studio to not spend too much money. The resulting film was only 64 minutes long, but it simply tells the story of an elephant mother for her big-eared offspring and a shot elephant baby who learns to fly, conquered the public, and Dumbo became the biggest Disney box office success of the decade. Fast forward in the 2010s, and Disney was plunging back into the pool of his most beloved animated films to give them the remake treatment.

From Burton Dumbo tells the story by introducing Michael Keaton as a magnate of the gourmet attraction park, VA Vandevere, who persuades circus owner Max Medici (Danny DeVito) to accept an acquisition, before revealing that He was only interested in the flying elephant of Medici. Once the circus has been merged with Dreamland, Vandevere, its own attraction, virulently triggers all circus performers, with the exception of Dumbo. What is a little bit embarrbading considering that Disney has just acquired 20th Century Fox for $ 71 billion and is closing down smaller brands like Fox 2000 and firing employees. Oops.