Fantasia
- Release Date
- November 13, 1940
- Director
- James Algar , Samuel Armstrong , Ford Beebe , Norman Ferguson , Jim Handley , T. Hee
- Cast
- Leopold Stokowski , Deems Taylor , Julietta Novis , Corey Burton , Walt Disney , James MacDonald
- Runtime
- 120
- Main Genre
- Animation
- Writers
- Joe Grant , Dick Huemer , Lee Blair , Elmer Plummer , Phil Dike , Sylvia Moberly-Holland
- Tagline
- Superb! Enthralling! Amazing! Walt Disney's Incomparable FANTASIA
- Franchise
- Disney Animated Films
Summary
An innovative and revolutionary animated classic from Walt Disney, combining Western classical music masterpieces with imaginative visuals, presented with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. The eight animation sequences are colorful, impressive, free-flowing, abstract, and often surrealistic pieces. They include the most famous of all, Paul Dukas's "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Mickey Mouse as the title character battling brooms carrying endless buckets of water. Also included are J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"; Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite"; dinosaurs and volcanoes in Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"; the delightful "Dance of the Hours" by Ponchielli with dancing hippos, crocodiles, ostriches, and elephants; and Mussorgsky's darkly apocalyptic "Night on Bald Mountain."
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