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Fantasia

A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music, ranging from the abstract to depictions of mythology and fantasy, and settings including the prehistoric, supernatural and sacred.

Director

James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr.

Year

Genre

animation, family, fantasy

Box Office

$76,408,097

Production

Walt Disney Productions

Awards

8 wins & 1 nomination

Homepage

http://movies.disney.com/fantasia

Part of Collection

Fantasia Collection: Fantasia, Fantasia 2000

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Self - Narrative Introductions

Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra

Leopold Stokowski

Themselves

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Narrator: Deems Taylor overdubs (2000 restoration)

Mickey Mouse (segment 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice')

Narrator (1982 version)

Percussionist

James MacDonald

Narrator (1985 version)

Soloist (segment 'Ave Maria')

Violinist

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Leopold Stokowski - Fantasia

Leopold Stokowski

You know, it's funny how wrong an artist can be about his own work. - Fantasia

You know, it's funny how wrong an artist can be about...

And now we're going to hear a piece of music that tells a very definite storyAs a matter of fact in this case the story came firstand the composer wrote the music to go with itIt's a very old story one that goes back almost 2 000 yearsA legend about a - Fantasia

And now we're going to hear a piece of music that tells...

Mr. Stokowski. Mr. Stokowski. My congratulations, sir. Congratulations to you, Mickey. Gee, thanks. - Fantasia

Mr. Stokowski. Mr. Stokowski. My congratulations, sir....

When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet, The Rite of Spring... - Fantasia

When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet, The Rite of Spring...

When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Rite of Springhis purpose was in his own words to express primitive lifeAnd so Walt Disney and his fellow artists have taken him at his wordInstead of presenting the ballet in its original formas a simple series - Fantasia

When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Rite of Springhis...

And now we'll have a 15 minute intermission - Fantasia

And now we'll have a 15 minute intermission

Before we get into the second half of the programI'd like to introduce somebody to yousomebody who's very important to FantasiaHe's very shy and very retiringI just happened to run across him one day at the Disney studiosBut when I did I suddenly - Fantasia

Before we get into the second half of the programI'd...

Now look Will the soundtrack kindly produce a soundGo on don't be nervous Go ahead Any soundWell that isn't quite what I had in mind - Fantasia

Now look Will the soundtrack kindly produce a soundGo on...

Now one of the strings, say, the violin. - Fantasia

Now one of the strings, say, the violin.

And now... - Fantasia

Very pretty. - Fantasia

All right. - Fantasia

Go on. Go on. Drop the other shoe, will you? - Fantasia

Go on. Go on. Drop the other shoe, will you?

Well, now to finish, suppose we see some of the percussion instruments, beginning with the bass drum. - Fantasia

Well, now to finish, suppose we see some of the percussion...

Thanks a lot old man - Fantasia

Thanks a lot old man

The symphony that Beethoven called the Pastoralhis sixth is one of the few pieces of music he ever wrotethat tells something like a definite storyHe was a great nature lover and in this symphonyhe paints a musical picture of a day in the countryNow of - Fantasia

The symphony that Beethoven called the Pastoralhis sixth is...

Now we're going to do one of the most famous and popular ballets ever writtenThe Dance of the Hours from Ponchielli's opera La GiocondaIt's a pageant of the hours of the dayWe see first a group of dancers in costumesto suggest the delicate light of - Fantasia

Now we're going to do one of the most famous and...

The last number on our Fantasia program is a combination of two pieces of music so utterly different in construction and mood that they set each other off perfectly. - Fantasia

The last number on our Fantasia program is a combination of...

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A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music, ranging from the abstract to depictions of mythology and fantasy, and settings including the prehistoric, supernatural and sacred.

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Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr.

Writer: Joe Grant, Dick Huemer, Lee Blair

Production: Walt Disney Productions

Genre: animation, family, fantasy

Year: 1940

MetaScore: 96/100

ImdbRating: 7.7

BoxOffice: $76,408,097

Released: 19 Sep 1941

Awards: 8 wins & 1 nomination

Homepage: http://movies.disney.com/fantasia

Fantasia Collection: Fantasia, Fantasia 2000

Also watch: Fantasia 2000, Dumbo, Pinocchio, Bambi, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Ferdinand the Bull, The Lady Eve, The Sword in the Stone, Balto, Fun and Fancy Free, Mary Poppins, The Three Caballeros, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Flubber, Chicken Little, The Jungle Book, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Khumba, The Prophecy II