Ferdinand the Bull
1938 · 8 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 3,868 VOTES · DIR. Dick Rickard
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 100 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:36 Once upon a time in sunny Spain
00:00:53 But not Ferdinand.
00:01:12 Sometimes his mother, who was a cow
00:01:30 and butt your head?
00:01:45 And because she was an understanding mother
00:02:06 until he was very big and very strong.
00:02:24 and smell the flowers.
00:02:46 so the men would think they were strong and fierce
00:03:08 but he didn't look where he was sitting
00:03:41 - ¡Bravo! - ¡Excelente!
00:04:00 What a day it was!
00:04:41 Then came the matador, the proudest of all.
00:05:22 Hooray!
00:05:37 When Ferdinand saw the lovely flowers, he ran to the middle of the ring.
00:05:59 But the matador was the maddest of all.
00:06:13 The matador, he made very ugly faces.
00:06:28 The matador, he was furious.
00:06:43 ... and smelled.
00:06:56 Give it to me!
00:07:29 And for all I know, he is sitting there still
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed100
Dialogue density12.5 lines / min
First line00:00:36
Final line00:07:29
Production Record
DirectorDick Rickard
LanguageEnglish
Budget$66,260
IMDb votes3,868