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
Producer
Walt Disney
EAN
8717418274436
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102181691
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Fantasia
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2011
Genre
Family, Animation
Run Time
119 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate
U
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States of America
Reviews
USA 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
Conductor
Leopold Stokowski
Consumer Advice
Contains mild violence and scary scenes
Additional 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. 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.
Movie/TV Title
Fantasia
Sound source
Dolby Digital
Screenwriter
Elmer Plummer, Joe Grant, Otto Englander, Joseph Sabo, Erdman Penner, Webb Smith, Dick Huemer
Replacing a VHS copy of Fantasia , so familiar with the Characters .
Very popular with grandchildren.
A pity there are SO Many Previews of other Disney Products before the film
Also the visual scene selection is more complicated than it needs to be .
A simple track listing would be more useful , less time consuming.
Nothing can beat the original 1936 Fantasia - even my 3 and 5 year old granddaughters enjoyed it, and it was lovely nostalgic viewing for me, remembering when I first saw it in about 1960.
A great introduction of classical music to children. My 5 year old granddaughter loves it and the interpretation of the music through cartoon is magical.