Bambi Meets Godzilla

1969 AnimationComedy 92 seconds Directed by Marv Newland

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About Bambi Meets Godzilla

Bambi eats grass. Godzilla's foot comes down and flattens him. The credits sit on that frame while Chopin's Raindrop Prelude keeps playing. Marv Newland made the whole short.

Cast & crew

More about Bambi Meets Godzilla

Newland wrote, photographed, produced, and directed this black-and-white student cartoon in Canada. The English Wikipedia times it at 92 seconds. Wikidata lists 2 minutes. The Academy Film Archive preserved it in 2009. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Themes

  • Grass
  • One foot
  • Credits on the wreckage
  • Bambi
  • Godzilla
  • Marv Newland
  • credits
  • Chopin

Look

Newland photographed the black-and-white cartoon himself.

Music

Chopin’s Raindrop Prelude runs under the credits after the foot comes down.

Preservation

The Academy Film Archive preserved it in 2009. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • Jerry Beck's The 50 Greatest Cartoons (1994) placed it at number 38.
  • The gag is one shot. The credits take the rest of the time.
  • No voice cast is listed.

Scenes

  • The foot lands, and the rest of the short is credits over the flattened deer.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Bambi Meets Godzilla)