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Ferdinand the Bull

1938 · 8 min

A gentle, charming cartoon that feels like a warm fable, with playful animation and a sweet message about being true to yourself.

Directed by
Dick Rickard
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Family
Tagline
Ferdinand only wants to stop and smell the flowers.
Overview
This Oscar-winning short tells of a bull who preferred to sit under trees and smell flowers to clashing horns with his fellow animals. As luck would have it, an untimely bee reveals Ferdinand's ferocious side via pained howls and wild stomping. This lands him in the bull-fighting arena amidst characters based on Walt's animators with a matador reportedly modeled after Walt himself.

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Directed by
Dick Rickard
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Family
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • freedom
  • family
  • nature
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism2
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
animation, comedy, family
Directed by
Dick Rickard
Starring
Milt Kahl, Don Wilson, Walt Disney
Music
Albert Hay Malotte
Runtime
8 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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