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- A series of eight famous pieces of classical music, conducted by Leopold Stokowski and interpreted in animation by Walt Disney 's team of artists. Being the first of is kind, Fantasia is a cinematic musical experience that combines Western classical music with stunning visual animation from Walt Disney and his team of animators.
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Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sharpsteen.
- Leopold Stokowski became involved in the film after a chance meeting with Walt. In 1937, Walt Disney began developing plans to set an animated short to composer Paul Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," which helped plant the idea for what would become "Fantasia."
- Salvador Dalí was originally going to be involved in Fantasia. A collaboration between surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney seems unlikely. However, the two creatives were drawn to each other and became great friends.
- It is the longest Disney animated feature. These days, it isn't uncommon for big-screen blockbusters to push a three-hour runtime. Animation, meanwhile, remains fairly consistent in terms of film length, usually sitting around the 90 to 100-minute mark.
- A controversial character depiction was removed from Fantasia. There is no shortage of controversial scenes in Disney's back catalog. Variety reports that this prompted them to add stronger content warnings ahead of some of their films on Disney+.
- Dopey Might Have Been the Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Once again it all started with a Mouse. Walt wanted to star Mickey in an animated version of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and Fantasiaevolved from that miniature musical.
- Stokowski Was a Superstar. The original 1940 theatrical poster reads “Walt Disney’s Fantasiawith Stokowski.” Aside from distributors and the like, other people rarely shared billing with Walt on a Disney production’s poster.
- Dinosaurs Ruled the Screen. The animation for Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” — considered a truly avant-garde work at the time of production — audaciously portrays Earth’s formation and some of our planet’s early inhabitants.
- Bela Lugosi Posed for “Night on Bald Mountain” To inspire their animation, the Disney animators would sometimes enlist an actor to perform the characters, and for Fantasia‘s “Night on Bald Mountain,” sequence, director Wilfred “Jaxon” Jackson brought in horror movie great Bela Lugosi to act out the evil actions of Chernabog, the god of evil for animator Bill Tytla.
- IT WAS THE FIRST FILM TO USE STEREOPHONIC SOUND. The scope and soundstage of Fantasia were too grand for the standard theater setup of 1940, but instead of making a film that worked within the limitations of the technology, Disney and his team had to develop a way to upgrade theaters to match the concert experience of the film.
- IT IS DISNEY’S LONGEST ANIMATED FEATURE. For its general release and past restorations, Fantasia was cut to reduce its running time, but at two hours and six minutes, the film is still the longest animated feature the studio has ever made.
- WALT WANTED IT TO BE A 4D EXPERIENCE. Transcendent sound was not the only idea that Disney had for his concert feature. Having assembled a classical music super squad helmed by Leopold Stokowski, Disney’s imagination was moving at full tilt.
- IT WAS A COMMERCIAL FAILURE AT FIRST. Fantasia. is regarded as one of the highest grossing films of all time (when adjusted for inflation) with over $83 million at the box office, but it did not open to huge numbers.
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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.
