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I saw the film just once as a child sometime in the late 60s. What I took away from it was that Uncle Remus was a free-spirited, warm-hearted role model who was a lot more fun than the uptight mother who forced her son to dress like Little Lord Fauntleroy. I'm sure I would cringe a lot more seeing it now, but I don't believe the racial aspect affected my outlook at the time.

SPLASH MOUNTAIN, the Disney ride, is quite charming in how it applies a dark edge to the morals it incorporates. Also, all the voices are done in the same heavy Southern accents (I recall being) in the film, so I assume the clips shown on the Disney Channel back in the 80s used the original soundtracks.

Michael Kerpan wrote:Another vote for Pinocchio as Disney's greatest work ever. Might pick Dumbo as no. 2 (thanks to the Blu-Ray -- STILL missing here in the USA).

Who knows if this will hold, but Amazon is now showing this with a 9/20/11 release date.

I THINK the Dumbo BR was announced in the US last year -- and then disappeared from the schedule.