Pearl gasps and points in fear.Looking out the window, John sees an almost supernatural figure - a Preacher dressed all in black standing under the streetlight in front of their house." Homer's memories of his experiences as a sailor and the torpedo explosion that caused him to lose both hands are shared in an upbeat tone - except for some mixed uncertainties and fears about returning home to his next-door girlfriend Wilma:Homer: I didn't see much of the war.In full view of Johnnie, she ouches and admires the war medal pinned on the front of her brother's Confederate jacket.Writer Paul Osborn's screenplay adapted John Steinbeck's 1952 novel with the same title for this dramatic Warner Bros.With the release of a sequel,Bambi II (2006), it marked another milestone.It became the oldest Disney classic to have a direct-to-video sequel - a world record of 64 years - for the longest gap between film installments.