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Ferdinand the Bull

Ferdinand the Bull

Ferdinand only wants to stop and smell the flowers.

19386.60h 8m

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.

Directed by Dick Rickard
Written by Martin Provensen, Munro Leaf, Vernon Stallings
Produced by Walt Disney
Box OfficeBudget: $66K0

Top Cast

Milt Kahl

Milt Kahl

Ferdinand (voice)

Don Wilson

Don Wilson

Narrator (voice)

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Ferdinand's Mother (voice)

Themes & Keywords

cartoonshort film

About Ferdinand the Bull

Ferdinand the Bull is a animation, comedy, family film released in 1938 exploring themes of cartoon, short film. Directed by Dick Rickard, it stars Milt Kahl, Don Wilson, Walt Disney. 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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