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Fantasia, Walt Disney's animated masterpiece of the 1940s, grew from a short-subject cartoon picturization of the Paul Dukas musical piece The ...Show synopsisFantasia, Walt Disney's animated masterpiece of the 1940s, grew from a short-subject cartoon picturization of the Paul Dukas musical piece The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Mickey Mouse was starred in this eight-minute effort, while the orchestra was under the direction of Leopold Stokowski. Disney and Stokowski eventually decided that the notion of marrying classical music with animation was too good to confine to a mere short subject; thus the notion was expanded into a two-hour feature, incorporating seven musical selections and a bridging narration by music critic Deems Taylor. The first piece, Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", was used to underscore a series of abstract images. The next selection, Tschiakovsky's "Nutcracker Suite", is performed by dancing wood-sprites, mushrooms, flowers, goldfish, thistles, milkweeds and frost fairies. The Mickey Mouse version of "Sorcerer's Apprentice" is next, followed by Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring", which serves as leitmotif for the story of the creation of the world, replete with dinosaurs and volcanoes. After a brief jam session involving the live-action musicians comes Beethoven's "Pastorale Symphony", enacted against a Greek-mythology tapestry by centaurs, unicorns, cupids and a besotted Bacchus. Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" is performed by a Corps de Ballet consisting of hippos, ostriches and alligators. The program comes to a conclusion with a fearsome visualization of Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain", dominated by the black god Tchernobog (referred to in the pencil tests as "Yensid", which is guess-what spelled backwards); this study of the "sacred and profane" segues into a reverent rendition of Schubert's "Ave Maria". Originally, Debussy's "Clair de Lune" was part of the film, but was cut from the final release print; also cut, due to budgetary considerations, was Disney's intention of issuing an annual "update" of Fantasia with new musical highlights and animated sequences. A box-office disappointment upon its first release (due partly to Disney's notion of releasing the film in an early stereophonic-sound process which few theatres could accommodate), Fantasia eventually recouped its cost in its many reissues. For one of the return engagements, the film was retitled Fantasia Will Amaze-ya, while the 1963 reissue saw the film "squashed" to conform with the Cinemascope aspect ratio. Other re-releases pruned the picture from 120 to 88 minutes, and in 1983, Disney redistributed the film with newly orchestrated music and Tim Matheson replacing Deems Taylor as narrator. Once and for all, a restored Fantasia was made available to filmgoers in 1990. A sequel, Fantasia 2000, was released in theaters in 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviHide synopsis
Fantasia – DVD
(2000)
directed by Albert Heath, Ben Sharpsteen, Bianca Majolie, Bill Roberts, Ford I. Beebe, Graham Heid, Hamilton Luske, James Algar;...
Fantasia – VHS
(1992)
directed by Albert Heath, Ben Sharpsteen, Bianca Majolie, Bill Roberts, Ford I. Beebe, Graham Heid, Hamilton Luske, James Algar;...
Fantasia [Blu-ray] – Blu-Ray
(1940)
directed by Albert Heath, Ben Sharpsteen, Bianca Majolie, Bill Roberts, Ford I. Beebe, Graham Heid, Hamilton Luske, James Algar;...
Fantasia – DVD
(1940)
directed by Albert Heath, Ben Sharpsteen, Bianca Majolie, Bill Roberts, Ford I. Beebe, Graham Heid, Hamilton Luske, James Algar;...
Description:Paul J. Smith, James MacDonald, 1942 Run time: 120. VHS movie...Paul J. Smith, James MacDonald, 1942 Run time: 120. VHS movie in very good condition. Plays perfectly. Minor shelf wear to the case.
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Description:Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Very good. 1942 Run time: 120....Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, Very good. 1942 Run time: 120. Complete with case and tape, 100% GUARANTEE! fast shipping, shipped with delivery confirmation, if your not satisfied with purchase please return item for full refund, buyer pays return shipping.
The original Fantasia was seen in theaters in 1942. I saw it then. It is still my most memorable movie and I wanted to share it with my grand kids. It brought the same reaction from them. The classical music combined with the imagery of delightful comedy was powerfully entertaining.
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