Dumbo Dvd

Dumbo is a 2019 American fantasy period adventure film directed by Tim Burton, with a screenplay by Ehren Kruger. The film is a live-action remake of Walt Disney’s 1941 animated film of the same name, which is based on the novel by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl. The film stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green and Alan Arkin. The story follows a family that works at a failing traveling circus as they encounter a baby elephant with extremely large ears who is capable of flying.

Plans for a live-action film adaptation of Dumbo were announced in 2014, and Burton was confirmed as director in March 2015. Most of the cast signed on for the feature in March 2017 and principal photography began in July 2017 in England, lasting until November. It was the first of four live-action (or photo-realistically computer-generated) remakes of prior traditionally-animated films that Disney released in 2019, along with Aladdin, The Lion King, and Lady and the Tramp.

Dumbo premiered in Los Angeles on March 11, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 29, 2019. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes calls the film “more workmanlike than wondrous”. The film grossed $353 million worldwide on a $170 million budget, which was not as commercially successful as Aladdin or The Lion King. The soundtrack was composed by Danny Elfman.

Plot

In 1919, equestrian performer and World War I amputee Holt Farrier returns after the war to the Medici Brothers’ Circus, run by Max Medici. The circus has run into financial troubles and Medici had to sell the circus’ horses after Holt’s wife and co-performer, Annie, died from the Spanish flu outbreak, so Medici reassigns Holt as the caretaker for the circus’ pregnant Asian elephant “Mrs. Jumbo”. Mrs. Jumbo gives birth to a calf with unusually large ears and Medici orders Holt to hide the ears before allowing the public to see the calf.

However, the calf accidentally reveals his ears in his debut performance in Joplin, Missouri, and the crowd laugh and mockingly name the calf as “Dumbo” while pelting him with peanuts and other objects. Mrs. Jumbo, horrified and enraged by her son’s mistreatment, rampages into the ring, causing extensive damage and accidentally collapsing the big top, which results in the death of abusive handler Rufus. Afterwards, to prevent a public relations problem, Medici resorts to selling Mrs. Jumbo. Holt’s son and daughter, Joe and Milly Farrier, comfort Dumbo and discover that he can fly by flapping his ears. The children also discover that feathers are the key to Dumbo’s willingness to fly.

In another performance, Dumbo plays the role of a firefighter clown to put out a fire with water sprayed from his trunk, but the performance goes awry, and Dumbo is trapped on a high platform surrounded by flames. Milly delivers a feather to Dumbo, giving him the confidence to fly. The audience is astounded when Dumbo flies and word of his talent begins to spread. V. A. Vandevere, the entrepreneur and owner of a bohemian amusement park called Dreamland in New York City, approaches Medici and proposes a collaboration; Medici would become Vandevere’s partner and the Medici Brothers’ Circus’ troupe would be employed to perform at Dreamland.

Later, Vandevere demands that Dumbo should fly with French trapeze artist, Colette Marchant. Colette and Dumbo’s debut performance at Dreamland goes awry with Dumbo nearly falling off a high platform leading to him trumpeting in alarm since there is no safety net. Dumbo hears his mother’s call in response and realizes that his mother is in an exhibit (Nightmare Island) elsewhere in Dreamland. Dumbo flies out of the circus ring, reuniting with his mother, much to the disappointment of the audience. Fearing that Mrs. Jumbo may become a distraction to him and ruin his reputation, Vandevere orders her to be terminated. Vandevere also fires all the Medici performers from Dreamland.

When Holt and the rest of the Medici troupe learn that Vandevere intends to kill Dumbo’s mother and it’s no longer safe for the two elephants to live with them, they resolve to set both her and Dumbo free. The circus performers utilize their various talents to break Mrs. Jumbo out of her enclosure while Holt and Colette guide Dumbo to fly out of the circus. Vandevere attempts to stop them, but starts a fire triggered by the mismanagement of Dreamland’s electricity system, which spreads and destroys the park.

After Dumbo saves Holt and his family from the fire, Holt, Colette, the kids, and the troupe bring Dumbo and his mother to the harbor, where they board a ship back to their native home in India. Some time later, the renamed Medici Family Circus is re-established and flourishes with Colette as the newest troupe member, Milly as host of a science lecture exhibit, and performers dressed as animals in line with the circus’s new policy of not using wild animals in captivity for entertainment.

Meanwhile, Dumbo and his mother reunite with a herd of wild elephants who applaud their newest members as he flies with joy for their future to come.

Cast

A head shot of a dark-haired, bearded man smiling behind a microphone
Colin Farrell stars as the film’s protagonist for director Tim Burton. The additional main cast of Keaton, DeVito, Green, and Arkin all previously worked with the director.
Colin Farrell as Holt Farrier, a World War I veteran, former circus equestrian performer from Kentucky and the widowed one-armed father of Milly and Joe who is reassigned by Medici as handler of the circus’s elephants.
Michael Keaton as V. A. Vandevere, a ruthless and enigmatic entrepreneur and amusement park owner who buys Medici’s circus to exploit Dumbo for his bohemian amusement park, Dreamland.
Danny DeVito as Max Medici, a boisterous, noisy, energetic, and cheerful ringmaster and owner of the Medici Brothers’ Circus who is loosely based on the ringmaster from the original film.
Eva Green as Colette Marchant, a sassy and good-spirited French trapeze artist and Vandevere’s faux girlfriend who performs at Dreamland.
Alan Arkin as J. Griffin Remington, an investor.
Nico Parker as Milly Farrier, Holt’s curious science-minded daughter.
Finley Hobbins as Joe Farrier, Holt’s enthusiastic son.
Roshan Seth as Pramesh Singh, a snake charmer.
DeObia Oparei as Rongo the Strongo, a strongman who also works as the circus accountant.
Joseph Gatt as Neils Skellig, a South African hunter and Vandevere’s right-hand man.
Miguel Muñoz Segura as Ivan the Wonderful, an illusionist.
Sharon Rooney as Miss Atlantis, a mermaid performer.
Zenaida Alcalde as Catherine the Greater, an illusionist and Ivan the Wonderful’s wife.
Michael Buffer as Baritone Bates, a Dreamland ringmaster.
Phil Zimmerman as Rufus, an abusive elephant handler.
Ragevan Vasan as Pritam Singh, Pramesh’s nephew.
Frank Bourke as Puck, an organ grinder.
Edd Osmond as the motion-capture of Dumbo, a young Asian elephant with big ears that grant him flight.
Zelda Rosset Colon as Annie Farrier, a circus equestrian performer, the late wife of Holt, and the mother of Millie and Joe.
Benjamin “Bendini” French” as a contortionist at the circus.
Jana Posna as a poodle trainer at the circus.
Jo Osmond as a cook at the circus.
Jewels Good as Mademoiselle Flambé.