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Fantasia 2000 is a 1999 animated musical film and sequel to Disney's 1940 classic Fantasia. It features eight segments set to classical music, performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and introduced by celebrities.
Fantasia 2000: Directed by James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt. With Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler. An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.
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- Animation, Family, Fantasy
- James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi
- 2000-06-16
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The film begins with the sound of a modern symphony orchestra tuning and Deems Taylor's introduction from Fantasia. Panels showing various segments from Fantasia fly in outer space and form the set and stage for a 100-person modern symphony orchestra. 100 musicians take their seats and tune up as 22 animators and 22 artists draw at their desks befo...
Origins
The plan for the original Fantasia movie was for it to be a kind of permanently running show, periodically adding new episodes while others would be rotated out. However, the film's failure to achieve success at the box office, combined with the loss of the European market due to World War II, meant that the plan went unused. Accordingly, Fantasia 2000implemented this idea by retaining the sequence with Mickey Mouse as the sorcerer's apprentice, arguably the most popular segment from the orig...
When the film was first released to IMAX cinemas in 2000, it featured a multiple-channel sound system that surrounded the audience similar to when Walt Disney released the original film using Fantasound. This sound system was put to comical effect in the narrative segment preceding Pomp and Circumstance, where Mickey Mouse went searching for Donald...
Fantasia 2000 was officially announced at a conference held by Disney in February 1999 in New York City where The Carnival of the Animals was screened for the first time. The film premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York City on December 17, 1999, for three nights as part of a five-city concert tour. The animation was presented on a screen above the ...
On Rotten Tomatoes, Fantasia 2000holds an approval rating of 82% based on 82 reviews, with an average rating of 7.1/10. Its consensus reads: "It provides an entertaining experience for adults and children alike." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Timesdescribes some of the animation as "powerful" though others are "a little pedestrian", but noted the ...
Fantasia 2000 first opened in theaters on January 1, 2000, for a four-month run at IMAX venues, becoming the first animated feature-length film shown in the format, along with a six-channel digital sound system. A temporary theater costing almost $4 million was built for its run in Los Angeles, as Disney could not reach an agreement to exclusively ...
Fantasia 2000 was released on its own on VHS and DVD in 2000, together with the 60th Anniversary Edition DVD of Fantasia. A DVD box set, The Fantasia Anthology, was also released, including the two films and a bonus disc with special features entitled Fantasia Legacy. These editions are currently unavailable, "locked" in the "Disney Vault". Both fi...
All musical selections performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and conducted by James Levine, except where noted.
This is the fourth time Mickey Mouse appeared in a sorcerer outfit, since the original Fantasia and the 1986-2001 Walt Disney Home Video and the Walt Disney Classicson-screen logos.This is the second time Roy O. Disney introduced on a VHS opening preview, since 1994 with the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection issue of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.Some of the animals in the Pomp and Circumstance suite resemble animals from other past Disney animated films and shorts, such as the owls from The Old Mill, the turtles and vultures from Snow Whit...The Pomp and Circumstance segment was added at the insistence of Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who had just seen his son graduate and wanted a song "everyone can relate to."For more videos related to this film, check out our curated playlist: • Fantasia 2000 (2000) Fantasia/2000 (74 min) Synopsis: A new generation of Disney animators showcase their talents in...
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In this returning classic in Walt Disney Pictures' animated extravaganza "Fantasia 2000," directed by James Algar and music by Paul Dukas, the versatile Mickey Mouse finds himself in over his...
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Experience an extravaganza of sight and sound in Fantasia 2000, the triumphant classic inspired by Walt Disney's vision of Fantasia as a continuing work-in-progress. Fully immerse yourself in the wonders of this innovative blend of music and animated imagery.
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Inspired by Walt Disney's vision of the original Fantasia as a work-in-progress, Fantasia 2000 continues that vision in a creative blend of classical music and the latest animated imagery, featuring "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and seven new sequences.
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