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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:
21 July 1941 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
The Concert Feature See more »Filming Locations:
Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USABox Office
Budget:
$2,280,000 (estimated)Gross:
$361,800 (USA) (14 February 1941)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (restored roadshow) | (original release) | (cut) | (VHS)Sound Mix:
3 Channel Stereo (RCA Sound System)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, "Fantasia". What you're going to see are the designs and pictures and stories that music inspired in the minds and imaginations of a group of artists. In other words, these are not going to be the interpretations of trained ...
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(1808)
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Played by The Philadelphia Orchestra (as The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
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The filming of the final "Ave Maria" sequence was plagued by mishaps. To achieve the effect of moving through the scene, several panes of painted glass were used. The whole setup was over 200 feet long, and had to be redone three times. The first time the wrong lens was placed on the camera, and the subsequent film showed not only the artwork but the workers scurrying around it. The second time around, an earthquake struck the studio, and the shot was once again scrapped. The next morning, the shot was redone, the film was shipped to the lab, processed, and couriered to the premiere in New York where it was spliced into the final print with only four hours to spare. See more »Goofs
The creatures gathered at the dinosaur water hole include animals exclusive to different time periods. Stegosaurs lived only in the Jurassic Period, Ceratopsians only in the Cretaceous, and Dimetrodons only in the Permian. It is possible that this was not yet known in 1940. 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, "Fantasia". What you're going to see are the designs and pictures and stories that music inspired in the minds and imaginations of a group of artists. In other words, these are not going to be the interpretations of trained ...
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The roadshow cut shows the title card at the intermission rather than the beginning, as on most prints. See more »Soundtracks
"Symphony No. 6 ('Pastoral') Op. 68"(1808)
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Played by The Philadelphia Orchestra (as The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
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Disney's "Fantasia" is a pure classic.
What we are shown are a few animated musicals, filled with grand splendor and vivid colors.
"Fantasia" is one of those films that everyone knows by heart, and has watched since being a child.
My personal favorite was always the Mickey Mouse short - one of the darkest Mickey cartoons I've ever seen.
If you haven't seen "Fantasia" yet, then you must be from another planet. It is one of the best Disney musicals ever, which some push aside and forget too easily.
5/5 stars-
John Ulmer