Grand Canyon (1958)

Director:

James Algar

Release Date:

17 December 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Documentary

Plot:

Scenes from the Grand Canyon set to Ferde Grofé's "Grand Canyon Suite." |

Plot Keywords:

Canyon | Grand Canyon | Musical Suite | Lynx | Gila Monster

Awards:

Won Oscar.

Runtime:

29 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Finland:K-3 | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Shown with the initial release of Sleeping Beauty (1959).

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Grand Canyon Suite

Sort of like that huge diorama at Disneyland

A hypnotically beautiful film! Unlike the usual Disney documentaries this has no narration; nature just moves along to the Grand Canyon Suite. It has several amazing scenes like watching the wind whip the clouds over and through the mountains or the one where you can almost feel yourself floating along the river as the camera lens gets soaked. I just wish I can someday see it in the letterboxed format. **** out of ****