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Fantasia (1940)
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A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music. |
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| Leopold Stokowski | ... |
Himself - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra
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Deems Taylor | ... |
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Disney animators set pictures to Western classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" features Mickey Mouse as an aspiring magician who oversteps his limits. "The Rite of Spring" tells the story of evolution, from single-celled animals to the death of the dinosaurs. "Dance of the Hours" is a comic ballet performed by ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators. "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Ave Maria" set the forces of darkness and light against each other as a devilish revel is interrupted by the coming of a new day. Written by David Thiel <d-thiel@uiuc.edu>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
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Walt Disney's Fantasia See more »Filming Locations:
Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$2,280,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$980,798 (USA) (10 February 1985) (169 Screens)Gross:
$25,363,371 (USA) (1990)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
USA: (restored roadshow version) | USA: (original release) | USA: (cut version) | USA: (VHS version)Sound Mix:
3 Channel Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Narrator: How do you do? My name is Deems Taylor, and it's my very pleasant duty to welcome you here on behalf of Walt Disney, Leopold Stokowski, and all the other artists and musicians whose combined talents went into the creation of this new form of entertainment...
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Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski (uncredited)
Played by The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra (as The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski See more »
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For "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", Mickey Mouse was redesigned by Fred Moore to give him a more modern look and eyes with pupils for the first time. By the time the movie was finally released (two years after "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was supposed to be finished as a stand-alone short), four regular Mickey Mouse films (starting with The Pointer and the promotional short Mickey's Surprise Party) had been completed and released using the new Mickey design. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: During the "Pastoral" segment, when the first centaur and centaurette walk away together arm-in-arm, a bush in the lower right fails to track properly, and winds up going with the pair. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Narrator: How do you do? My name is Deems Taylor, and it's my very pleasant duty to welcome you here on behalf of Walt Disney, Leopold Stokowski, and all the other artists and musicians whose combined talents went into the creation of this new form of entertainment...
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Originally, the production credits were on a booklet distributed at the roadshow showings. They were finally put on screen for the 50th anniversary re-release. See more »Soundtracks
"Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565"Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski (uncredited)
Played by The Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra (as The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski See more »
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