| Fantasia (Special 60th Anniversary Edition) | 
| Directors: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford I. Beebe
Actors: Leopold Stokowski, Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Walt Disney, Deems Taylor, Mickey Mouse
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (206 reviews)
Sales Rank: 698
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 125 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0788821172
UPC: 717951004611
EAN: 9780788821172
ASIN: B00003CX9W
Release Date: November 14, 2000
Theatrical Release Date: 1940
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Amazon.com essential video
Groundbreaking on several counts, not the least of which was an innovative use of animation and stereophonic sound, this ambitious Disney feature has lost nothing to time since its release in 1940. Classical music was interpreted by Disney animators, resulting in surreal fantasy and playful escapism. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra provided the music for eight segments by the composers Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Ponchielli, Bach, Dukas, and Schubert. Not all the sequences were created equally, but a few are simply glorious, such as "Night on Bald Mountain," "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and "The Nutcracker Suite." The animation ranges from subtly delicate to fiercely bold. The screen bursts with color and action as creatures transmute and convention is thrust aside. The painstaking detail and saturated hues are unique to this film, unmatched even by more advanced technology. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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 magical August 7, 2008
very satisfied with this purchase; I guess that if you pay a few extra $ you can probably get a better package (if you really want to), but apart from that everything is good in terms of quality of video/sound.
 Fantasia June 18, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can not rewiew Eantasia because I have a real problem with it. This problem is that I never received it and already I paid for it. really I don not know what is happeneing with my Fantasia.
 My fave May 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Watched this movie after my parents got it for me on video for the 60th anniversary edition. It has always been my favorite Disney movie and now I share it with my nieces. I was probably 3 when I first saw it so ignore those people who say kids won't like it I loved it. Probably shouldn't let kids see the last one til they're older though as it is rather scary. My nieces love the fairies and unicorns.
good movie...bad copy May 12, 2008
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Love the movie but I belive the copy I got is not origional. The bonus stuff was not on the DVD, the case did not include any of the documentation. The last two pieces were not viewable due to defects in the DVD. I guess when they release it again I'll have to buy another, but then I'm going to the source, not through Amazon.
In the Beginning... January 31, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This animated classic, a "concert feature," is the foundation of my film career. It is the basis for my love of animation, of classical music, of mythology and of dinosaurs. I must have been six or seven, maybe younger, when I saw it in the theatre. I screamed during the Night on Bare Mountain sequence; I remember trying to keep it together, trying not to scream, then one of the harpies (I know which one to this day) flew at the camera and I let out a high-pitched yelp, much like the YAP doled out by the small Who that saves the Whos in "Horton Hears a Who." Every head in the audience turned towards me in the dark. I've not screamed since.
I've seen the deleted, racist, scenes on YouTube, those awful stains on the otherwise lovely Pastorale sequence. I do think they should be restored so people can see what Disney was all about. I hate the idea of watching this movie in a happy dream without some reminder of the harsh social climates of the time. It is tantamount to the ignorance that included it in the film in the first place.
I'm sorry Deems Taylor had to be revoiced. And I seriously wish the Claire de Lune would have been included as a deleted scene on this disc. One can only get it by buying the other Fantasia discs and there is nothing worth anything on those. Fantasia 2000 runs like a series of CalArts student projects. Why not continue what Walt had planned? Ride of the Valkyries would have been a jaw-dropping short to open it with. The Swan of Tuonela, from the storyboards, would have been a haunting masterpiece.
Well, one can only hope for a proper, better disc. Until then, I will watch this edited, sanitized version - and try not to scream when the Harpy flies off the screen.
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