Fantasia/2000

bigImage FANTASIA/2000 brings to fruition Walt Disney's dream of creating a "concert film" with a perpetually changing repertoire. Sixty years after the release of Disney's classic 1940 experiment in sight and sound, a new generation of Disney animators and filmmakers offer an exciting showcase for today's audiences as they visually interpret classical compositions by Beethoven, Shostakovich, Respighi, Gershwin, Dukas, Saint-Saens, Elgar, and Stravinsky. This animated extravaganza features seven new selections and one returning favorite from the original classic. World renowned conductor James Levine takes up the baton and leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Like its pioneering predecessor, FANTASIA/2000 embraces all the latest technological tools and innovations to tell its stories and create breathtaking imagery.

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Film Info

Type: Documentary

Release date: December 31, 1999

Run time: 80 minutes

Format: 1570

Genre: Animation

Director(s): Hendel Butoy

Producer(s): Don Ernst, Roy Disney

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

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Credits

Produced by the Walt Disney Company. Producers: Don Ernst, Roy E. Disney, and Donald Ernst. Supervising Director: Hendel Butoy. Segment Directors: Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Paul Brizzi, Eric Goldberg, James Algar, Pixote Hunt, Don Hahn, and Gaetan Brizzi. Starring: James Earl Jones, Quincy Jones, Steve Martin, Penn & Teller, Angela Lansbury, and James Levine. Executive Producer: Roy E. Disney. Music performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by James Levine; and Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. With Music By: Paul Dukas, Edward Elgar, James Levine, George Gershwin, Igor Stravinsky, and Ottorino Respighi. Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Film Editing: Jessica Ambinder-Rojas, Lois Freeman-Fox, Julia Gray, Craig Paulsen, Gregory F. Plotts.

Reviews

BMZ Reviews:

BMZ Review of Fantasia By Herb Lash

Mickey in the Sky With Diamonds By Ross Anthony

Outside Reviews:

"Fantasia to the 'Max'" By Randall King, Winnipeg Sun (Jam! Movies)

"Bigger, better Fantasia" By Louis B. Hobson, Calgary Sun

"Fantasia/2000" By Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Max-imizing 'Fantasia' for 2000" By Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle

"Fantasia 2000" By Luke Buckmaster, In Film Australia