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Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by WaltDisney Productions. With story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer, and productionsupervision by Ben Sharpsteen, it is the third feature in the Disney animated features canon. The film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski; seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of Ceremonies, who introduces each segment in live action interstitial scenes.Disney settled on the film's concept as work neared completion on The Sorcerer's Apprentice, an elaborate Silly Symphonies short designed as a comeback role for Mickey Mouse, who had declined in popularity. As production costs grew higher than what it could earn, he decided to include the short in a feature-length film with other segments set to classical pieces. The soundtrack was recorded using multiple audio channels and reproduced with Fantasound, a pioneering sound reproduction system that made Fantasia the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound.
Movie Details :
Directed by:See Credits
Produced by:Walt Disney
Written by:Joe Grant,Dick Huemer,
Starring:Leopold Stokowski,The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Narrated by:Deems Taylor
Music by:See Credits
Cinematography:James Wong Howe
Production company:Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by:Walt Disney Productions,RKO Radio Pictures,
Release dates: November 13, 1940 (Broadway Theatre),January 29,
1941 (Carthay Circle Theatre),April 10, 1942 (United States),
Running time:126 minutes
Country :United States
Language:English
Story About :
Fantasia : In 1936, Walt Disney felt that the Disney studio's star character Mickey Mouse needed a boost in popularity. He decided to feature the mouse in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, a deluxe cartoon short based on the poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and set to the orchestral piece by Paul Dukas inspired by the original tale. The concept of matching animation to classical music was used as early as 1928 in Disney's cartoon series, the Silly Symphonies, but he wanted to go beyond the usual slapstick, and produce shorts where "sheer fantasy unfolds ... action controlled by a musical pattern has great charm in the realm of unreality."Upon receiving the rights to use the music by the end of July 1937,Disney considered using a well-known conductor to record the music for added prestige. He happened to meet Leopold Stokowski, conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1912, at Chasen's restaurant in Hollywood, and talked about his plans for the short. Stokowski recalled that he did "like the music"; was happy to collaborate on the project, and offered to conduct the piece at no cost.