A groundbreaking Disney film featuring eight classical music pieces, accompanied by animation, to create a unique blend of sound and pictures.
Fantasia + Bonus
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Description
Artistically, "Fantasia" represents one of the greatest collaborations in motion picture history. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra joined forces with Walt Disney and his team of top talents to create a form of motion picture entertainment that was unlike any that preceded it. With eight diverse pieces of classical music selected for the program, Disney and his storymen and artists took on the challenge of finding the appropriate images. Their goal was to create music you could see and pictures you could hear.
Bonus content
DisneyView
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DisneyView expands your viewing experience beyond the original aspect ratio of the film by filling otherwise dark edges of the screen with beautiful custom paintings by Harrison Ellenshaw.
Audio Commentary by Disney Historian Brian Sibley
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Enjoy the film with audio commentary by Disney Historian Brian Sibley.
Walt Disney Interviews & Story Note Recreations, Hosted by John Canemaker
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Audio commentary with interviews and story note recreations by Walt Disney, hosted by John Canemaker.
FEATURETTES - The Schultheis Notebook: A Disney Treasure
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Take a peek inside the long-lost notebook of an animation effects wizard, who mastered techniques that were still considered a mystery to modern-day animators.
THE INTERSTITIALS - Introduction
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Find out why a popular music critic was chosen to serve as "your emcee and host through the adventure" of the film.
TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR
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Leopold Stokowski conducts an unmistakable piece of music set to still images bursting with shapes and colors.
THE NUTCRACKER SUITE
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This bonus video contains the following featurettes: Introduction - Animator and Disney Legend Frank Thomas reflects on the painstaking process required to achieve the delicate translucence of THE NUTCRACKER SUITE. Excerpt from "The Story of the Animated Drawing": Layering and Painting - Walt Disney takes you behind the scenes as artists use animation to interpret music.
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
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This bonus video contains the following featurettes: Introduction - One historian shares his belief that THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE may be the only cartoon that does Mickey Mouse justice. Deleted Animation: Mickey With The Broom - An alternate version of this famous scene follows Mickey into the room where a troublesome broom meets its fate. Story Reel - A series of still and animated pictures tell the story of a young apprentice who isn't quite ready to wear the magic hat.
THE RITE OF SPRING
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This bonus video contains the following featurettes: Introduction - Disney Animation Historian John Culhane explains how Disney animators took present-day audiences to prehistoric times. Excerpt from "Tricks of Our Trade": Effects Demonstration - Breaking windows, popping bubbles and playing with mud? All in a day's work for Disney animators.
THE PASTORAL SYMPHONY
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Discover how a meeting with his artists led Walt Disney to recreate the mythic Mount Olympus.
DANCE OF THE HOURS
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This bonus video contains the following featurettes: Introduction - Hear how animator and Disney Legend John Hench learned respect for the art of ballet while researching for DANCE OF THE HOURS. Excerpt from "Tricks of Our Trade": Live Action Model Reference - Disney animators observe a live ballet dancer in order to capture realistic movements. Unused Rough Animation - The lead alligator doesn't have to share the spotlight in this unused rough animation.
NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN
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This bonus video contains the following featurettes: Introduction - Historians revere Kay Nielsen, the talented illustrator whose work influenced the chilling visage of NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN. Excerpt from "The Plausible Impossible": Marrying Music and Visuals - Walt Disney himself explains how one art form can add even more life and vibrancy to another.
AVE MARIA
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Animator and Disney Legend Frank Thomas shares how one troublesome scene made it into the film just a few hours before the premiere.
THE FANTASIA THAT NEVER WAS
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This bonus video contains the following featurettes: Introduction - Hear how Walt Disney's dream of creating a never-ending concert feature may have been hindered by a world at war. Clair de Lune - Although completely scored and animated in 1940, Walt Disney's true vision for this piece could not be fully reconstructed until a workprint of the original was discovered in 1992. The Ride of the Valkyries - Reconstructed Story Reel - The Daughters of Wotan preside over an earthly battle before spiriting away the fallen in this colorful story reel. The Swan of Tuonela - Reconstructed Story Reel - Travel to the ancient Finnish underworld in this depiction of a departed soul's final journey. Invitation to the Dance - Reconstructed Story Reel - A plucky, winged horse experiences the joys and perils of leaving the nest in this story reel created from pencil sketches. Adventures in a Perambulator - Reconstructed Story Reel - Hand-drawn images take you through a day-in-the-life as it might look from a baby's carriage.
Trailers
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A collection of trailers for FANTASIA.
Cast and crew
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James Algar
Director -
Samuel Armstrong
Director -
Ford Beebe Jr.
Director -
Leopold Stokowski
Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra -
Deems Taylor
Self - Narrative Introductions -
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Themselves -
Corey Burton
Narrator: Deems Taylor overdubs (2000 restoration) -
Joe Grant
Writer -
Dick Huemer
Writer -
Lee Blair
Writer
Additional information
Directors
James AlgarSamuel Armstrong
Ford Beebe Jr.
Directors
Samuel Armstrong
Ford Beebe Jr.
Studio
DisneyStudio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Genres
AnimationFamily
Genres
Family
Writers
Joe GrantDick Huemer
Lee Blair
Writers
Dick Huemer
Lee Blair
Size
6.48 GB (1080p HD)3.9 GB (720p HD)
2.18 GB (SD)
Size
3.9 GB (720p HD)
2.18 GB (SD)
Additional terms
Terms of transactionWindows | Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 or later |
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Xbox | Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X |
Mobile | Windows Phone 8, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 or later |