Film· 2019· Drama

Dumbo

by Tim Burton

Dumbo: it draws on 1 recorded source.

Open on the map

What influenced Dumbo

The works this one is recorded as drawing on.

Dumbo

Animation · 1941

RemakeLOW

Burton's film is the live-action remake of Disney's 1941 animation, one of the run of remakes Disney made of its own library through the 2010s. What survives: the elephant born with oversized ears, the separation from his mother, Mrs Jumbo's rampage and chaining, the feather, and the discovery that he can fly. Filed LOW on fidelity. The 1941 film is 64 minutes told almost entirely from the animals' side, with Timothy Q. Mouse as Dumbo's only ally and the crows carrying the last act. The remake hands the story to a human family, invents the Medici circus and a corporate villain, and drops both the crows and the pink elephants sequence. The premise is the same; very little else is.

About the work

Dumbo

A young elephant, whose oversized ears enable him to fly, helps save a struggling circus, but when the circus plans a new venture, Dumbo and his friends discover dark secrets beneath its shiny veneer. Dumbo is a 2019 American fantasy period adventure film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger. It is a live-action adaptation of Walt Disney's 1941 animated film, and stars Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Eva Green, and Alan Arkin.