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** The cause of the fire is also fictionalized. The real-life fire was caused by an accident as electrical repairs were being made to the Hell's Gate attraction. In the movie, Vandervere -- in trying to stop the Medici troupe from helping Dumbo's mother escape execution [[note]]Dumbo and Collette had gained access to the control tower and cut power to the park, so as to thwart Vandervere and his men[[/note]] -- in a panicked moment of overzealousness attempts to restore power to the park but completely overloads the electrical system.

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** The cause of the fire is also fictionalized. The real-life fire was caused by an accident as electrical repairs were being made to the Hell's Gate attraction.attraction, in which, following an power outage, a worker accidentally knocked over a bucket of hot tar, which found an ignition source and started the inferno. In the movie, Vandervere -- in trying to stop the Medici troupe from helping Dumbo's mother escape execution [[note]]Dumbo and Collette had gained access to the control tower and cut power to the park, so as to thwart Vandervere and his men[[/note]] -- in a panicked moment of overzealousness attempts to restore power to the park but completely overloads the electrical system.
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* If you are inspired by this film and want to help India elephants who have been abused and brutalized as "performers", go to [[http://www.wildlifesos.org Wildlife SOS]]. You can also finance places like the [[https://www.elephants.com/ Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary]] for ex-circus elephants in the U.S.
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* If you are inspired by this film and want to help India elephants who have been abused and brutalized as "performers", go to [[http://www.wildlifesos.org Wildlife SOS]]. You can also finance places like the [[https://www.elephants.com/ Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary]] for ex-circus elephants in the U.S.
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* PlayingAgainstType: In stark contrast to the bulk of his filmography, which consists of either very dark films with a few comedies sandwiched in, this is probably the most lighthearted and family friendly of Creator/TimBurton's films next to ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''.

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* PlayingAgainstType: In stark contrast to the bulk of his filmography, which consists of either very dark films with a few comedies sandwiched in, this is probably the most lighthearted and family friendly and lighthearted of Creator/TimBurton's films next to ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''.
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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each (and it's a "''Film/BatmanReturns'' Reunion" of sorts for the three of them), and the third for Creator/EvaGreen. It's also Creator/AlanArkin's second collaboration with Burton since ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' and his first one since Arkin's CareerResurrection in 2006. Composer Music/DannyElfman, production designer Rick Heinrichs, film editor Chris Lebenzon and costume designer Colleen Atwood return to collaborate with Burton once more.

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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each (and it's a "''Film/BatmanReturns'' Reunion" of sorts for the three of them), and the third for Creator/EvaGreen. It's also Creator/AlanArkin's second collaboration with Burton since ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' and his first one since Arkin's CareerResurrection in 2006. Composer Music/DannyElfman, production designer Rick Heinrichs, film editor Chris Lebenzon and costume designer Colleen Atwood return returned to collaborate with Burton once more.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $170 million (not including advertising). Break-even point: [[https://screenrant.com/dumbo-movie-box-office-bomb-disney-budget/ $350 million.]] Gross: $277 million.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $170 million (not including advertising). Break-even point: [[https://screenrant.com/dumbo-movie-box-office-bomb-disney-budget/ $350 million.]] Gross: $277 million.
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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each (and it's a "''Film/BatmanReturns'' Reunion" of sorts for the three of them), and the third for Creator/EvaGreen.

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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each (and it's a "''Film/BatmanReturns'' Reunion" of sorts for the three of them), and the third for Creator/EvaGreen. It's also Creator/AlanArkin's second collaboration with Burton since ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' and his first one since Arkin's CareerResurrection in 2006. Composer Music/DannyElfman, production designer Rick Heinrichs, film editor Chris Lebenzon and costume designer Colleen Atwood return to collaborate with Burton once more.
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* FakeAmerican: Irishman Creator/ColinFarrell does a rather fluent American accent for Holt Harrier.

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* FakeAmerican: Irishman Creator/ColinFarrell does a rather fluent American accent for Holt Harrier. Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins (Millie and Joe) are also actually Brits doing American accents.
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*FakeAmerican: Irishman Creator/ColinFarrell does a rather fluent American accent for Holt Harrier.
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** The cause of the fire is also fictionalized. The real-life fire was caused by an accident as electrical repairs were being made to the Hell's Gate attraction. In the movie, Vandervere -- in trying to stop the Medici troupe from helping Dumbo's mother escape execution [note](Dumbo and Collette had gained access to the control tower and cut power to the park, so as to thwart Vandervere and his men)[/note] -- in a panicked moment of overzealousness attempts to restore power to the park but completely overloads the electrical system.

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** The cause of the fire is also fictionalized. The real-life fire was caused by an accident as electrical repairs were being made to the Hell's Gate attraction. In the movie, Vandervere -- in trying to stop the Medici troupe from helping Dumbo's mother escape execution [note](Dumbo [[note]]Dumbo and Collette had gained access to the control tower and cut power to the park, so as to thwart Vandervere and his men)[/note] men[[/note]] -- in a panicked moment of overzealousness attempts to restore power to the park but completely overloads the electrical system.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Dreamland was a real amusement park on New York City's Coney Island owned by real estate developer William H. Reynolds. The park opened in 1904 and was very sophisticated and high-tech for its day. In 1911, electrical malfunction started a huge fire that destroyed most of the park and the park was never rebuilt. The movie's Dreamland is based on the real-life Dreamland, from the demonstrations on future technology down to the sideshows (including an act featuring a clown firefighting troupe responding to a skyscraper fire) to the park's destruction. Unlike the real-life events:

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Dreamland was a real amusement park on New York City's Coney Island owned by real estate developer William H. Reynolds. The park opened in 1904 and was very sophisticated and high-tech for its day. In 1911, an accident while attempting to repair an electrical malfunction started a huge fire that destroyed most of the park and the park was never rebuilt. The movie's Dreamland is based on the real-life Dreamland, from the demonstrations on future technology down to the sideshows (including an act featuring a clown firefighting troupe responding to a skyscraper fire) to the park's destruction. Unlike the real-life events:



** The cause of the fire is also fictionalized. The real-life fire was caused by an accident as repairs were being made to the Hell's Gate attraction. In the movie, Vandervere -- in trying to stop the Medici troupe from helping Dumbo's mother escape execution [note](Dumbo and Collette had gained access to the control tower and cut power to the park, so as to thwart Vandervere and his men)[/note] -- in a panicked moment of overzealousness attempts to restore power to the park but completely overloads the system.

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** The cause of the fire is also fictionalized. The real-life fire was caused by an accident as electrical repairs were being made to the Hell's Gate attraction. In the movie, Vandervere -- in trying to stop the Medici troupe from helping Dumbo's mother escape execution [note](Dumbo and Collette had gained access to the control tower and cut power to the park, so as to thwart Vandervere and his men)[/note] -- in a panicked moment of overzealousness attempts to restore power to the park but completely overloads the electrical system.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Dreamland was a real amusement park on New York City's Coney Island owned by real estate developer William H. Reynolds. The park opened in 1904 and was very sophisticated and high-tech for its day. In 1911, electrical malfunction started a huge fire that destroyed most of the park and the park was never rebuilt. The movie's Dreamland is based on the real-life Dreamland, from the demonstrations on future technology down to the sideshows (including an act featuring a clown firefighting troupe responding to a skyscraper fire) to the park's destruction. Unlike the real-life events:
** The owner's name was changed to V.A. Vandervere and was depicted simply as a smug, unethical promoter indifferent to others and the safety of his animals.
** The fictional Dreamland was destroyed in 1919, eight years after the real park was destroyed.
** The real-life Reynolds was able to recoup his losses by selling the land where Dreamland once stood and cashing in on outstanding bonds. In the movie, Vandervere's future is unclear, as he is last seen watching the park being destroyed by the fire.
** The cause of the fire is also fictionalized. The real-life fire was caused by an accident as repairs were being made to the Hell's Gate attraction. In the movie, Vandervere -- in trying to stop the Medici troupe from helping Dumbo's mother escape execution [note](Dumbo and Collette had gained access to the control tower and cut power to the park, so as to thwart Vandervere and his men)[/note] -- in a panicked moment of overzealousness attempts to restore power to the park but completely overloads the system.
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* UnderminedByReality: Disney puts out a movie about the evils of corporate mergers... just days after concluding a massive deal to buy out 20th Century Fox. This was [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/03/26/dumbo-review-tim-burton-colin-farrell-eva-green-danny-devito-michael-keaton-walt-disney-fox/#51fca8886207 not lost]] [[https://film.avclub.com/tim-burton-s-live-action-dumbo-bites-the-corporate-hand-1833553819 on professional]] [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/26/18282326/dumbo-review-live-action-remake-tim-burton critics]].

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* UnderminedByReality: Disney puts out a movie about the evils of corporate mergers... just days after concluding a massive deal to buy out 20th Century Fox.Fox, and immediately started massive lay-offs. This was [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/03/26/dumbo-review-tim-burton-colin-farrell-eva-green-danny-devito-michael-keaton-walt-disney-fox/#51fca8886207 not lost]] [[https://film.avclub.com/tim-burton-s-live-action-dumbo-bites-the-corporate-hand-1833553819 on professional]] [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/26/18282326/dumbo-review-live-action-remake-tim-burton critics]].
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* NamesTheSame: The name of Vandevere's amusement park is [[{{Franchise/Kirby}} Dream Land]].

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* NamesTheSame: The name of Vandevere's amusement park is [[{{Franchise/Kirby}} Dream Land]].Dreamland]].
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* NamesTheSame: The name of Vandevere's amusement park is [[{{Franchise/Kirby}} Dream Land]].
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* PlayingAgainstType: In stark contrast to the bulk of his filmography, which consists of either very dark films with a few comedies sandwiched in, this is probably the most lighthearted and family friendly of Creator/TimBurton's films.

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* PlayingAgainstType: In stark contrast to the bulk of his filmography, which consists of either very dark films with a few comedies sandwiched in, this is probably the most lighthearted and family friendly of Creator/TimBurton's films.films next to ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''.
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* PlayingAgainstType: In stark contrast to the bulk of his filmography, which consists of either very dark films with a few comedies sandwiched in, this is probably the most lighthearted and family friendly of Creator/TimBurton's films.
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* UnderminedByReality: Disney puts out a movie about the evils of corporate mergers... just days after concluding a massive deal to buy out 20th Century Fox. This was [[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/03/26/dumbo-review-tim-burton-colin-farrell-eva-green-danny-devito-michael-keaton-walt-disney-fox/#51fca8886207 not lost]] [[https://film.avclub.com/tim-burton-s-live-action-dumbo-bites-the-corporate-hand-1833553819 on professional]] [[https://www.polygon.com/2019/3/26/18282326/dumbo-review-live-action-remake-tim-burton critics]].
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* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Holt is voiced by the movie actor Hidetoshi Nishijima, who some anime fans would recognize him as the voice of Kiro Honjo in ''Anime/TheWindRises''.
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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each (including a "''Film/BatmanReturns'' Reunion" for the three of them), and the third for Creator/EvaGreen.

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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each (including (and it's a "''Film/BatmanReturns'' Reunion" of sorts for the three of them), and the third for Creator/EvaGreen.
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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each, and the third for Creator/EvaGreen.

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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth Creator/TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each, each (including a "''Film/BatmanReturns'' Reunion" for the three of them), and the third for Creator/EvaGreen.
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* FanNickname ''[[Literature/WaterForElephants Water For Flying Elephants]]''

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* FanNickname ''[[Literature/WaterForElephants Water For Flying Elephants]]''
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* ProductionPosse: This is the fourth TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in each, and the third for Creator/EvaGreen.

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* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time that Danny Devito has [[Film/BatmanReturns played a character who was involved in a circus]]. It's also not the first time he's worked with Michael Keaton in a Tim Burton movie.
* ProductionPosse: Creator/EvaGreen having been in most of Burton's films ever since ''Film/DarkShadows'', filling the void left by Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter who stopped being in Burton's films once they broke up.

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* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time that Danny Devito has [[Film/BatmanReturns played a character who was involved in a circus]]. It's also not the first time he's worked with Michael Keaton in a Tim Burton movie.
* ProductionPosse: Creator/EvaGreen having been in most of Burton's films ever since ''Film/DarkShadows'', filling This is the void left by Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter who stopped being fourth TimBurton movie that Creator/MichaelKeaton and Creator/DannyDeVito have appeared in Burton's films once they broke up.each, and the third for Creator/EvaGreen.
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* ProductionPosse: Creator/EvaGreen having been in most of Burton's films ever since ''Film/DarkShadows''.

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* ProductionPosse: Creator/EvaGreen having been in most of Burton's films ever since ''Film/DarkShadows''.''Film/DarkShadows'', filling the void left by Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter who stopped being in Burton's films once they broke up.
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* ProductionPosse: Creator/EvaGreen having been in most of Burton's films ever since ''Dark Shadows''.

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* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time that Danny Devito has [[Film/BatmanReturns played a character who was involved in a circus]]. It's also not the first time he's worked with Michael Keaton in a Tim Burton movie.
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* ProductionPosse: Creator/EvaGreen having been in most of Burton's films ever since ''Dark Shadows''.

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