Product Information
Walt Disney took a big chance with this ambitious anthology of animated fantasies. First, he set them to lengthy classical music pieces, and then he boldly experimented with different forms of animation, sometimes jettisoning any sort of narrative altogether. The result is a sometimes mesmerizing, sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening, but always beautiful moviegoing experience. A box-office failure when first released, it's now considered a timeless treasure. Highlights include: Mickey Mouse in 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice', the leaping hippos and alligators in 'Dance of the Hours', the rise and fall of the dinosaurs set to Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring', the dancing mushrooms of Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker Suite', and Mussorgsky's 'Night on Bald Mountain', with its fearsome winged demon raging at the heavens.Product Identifiers
ProducerWalt Disney
EAN8717418288556
eBay Product ID (ePID)102143924
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleFantasia
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2011
LanguageEnglish
GenreFamily, Animation
Run Time119 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsUSA Today - [A] fearless mix of classical music and animation, Variety - There is something in FANTASIA for every taste, New York Times - One of the landmarks of American animation, as well as a key document in the popularization of classical music
Additional InformationWalt Disney took a big chance with this ambitious anthology of animated fantasies. First, he set them to lengthy classical music pieces, and then he boldly experimented with different forms of animation, sometimes jettisoning any sort of narrative altogether. The result is a sometimes mesmerizing, sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening, but always beautiful moviegoing experience. A box-office failure when first released, it's now considered a timeless treasure. Highlights include: Mickey Mouse in 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice', the leaping hippos and alligators in 'Dance of the Hours', the rise and fall of the dinosaurs set to Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring', the dancing mushrooms of Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker Suite', and Mussorgsky's 'Night on Bald Mountain', with its fearsome winged demon raging at the heavens.<BR>One of Walt Disney's ambitions for the project was to rerelease the film periodically over the years with new sequences. Though the film was regularly rereleased, it wasn't until 1999 that his intention was finally realized with the premiere of FANTASIA 2000, a lavish follow-up that included a digitally restored Sorcerer's Apprentice and a host of new material. The original FANTASIA, however, remains a one-of-a-kind auditory and visual experience that is still, in many ways, far ahead of its time.
ScreenwriterElmer Plummer, Joe Grant, Otto Englander, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, Webb Smith, Dick Huemer
ConductorLeopold Stokowski
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleFantasia
NarratorDeems Taylor
Consumer AdviceContains mild violence and scary scenes