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Shot for just $2.3M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Fantasia
"The most sensational sound you'll ever see!"
1940 2h 4m EN
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AnimationFamilyFantasy
Synopsis
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Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.
βThe most sensational sound you'll ever see!β
Cast
Deems Taylor
Narrator - Narrative Introductions
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse (segment 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice') (voice)
Julietta Novis
Soloist (segment 'Ave Maria') (singing voice)
Leopold Stokowski
Self - Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Wilfred Jackson
- Writers
- Dick Huemer, Joe Grant
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Grossed $76M β a 33.5Γ return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
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ERA
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86 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
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CINEMA
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Part of the "Fantasia Collection" β so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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AWARDS
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Directed by Wilfred Jackson, shot by James Wong Howe. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Stephen Csillag shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Deems Taylor and Walt Disney and Julietta Novis carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The most sensational sound you'll ever see!".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Wilfred Jackson directs. James Wong Howe behind the camera. Stephen Csillag cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $2.3M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Grossed $76M β a 33.5Γ return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
- 386 years old β a genuine piece of film history.
- 4Part of the "Fantasia Collection" β so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 5Directed by Wilfred Jackson, shot by James Wong Howe. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Editor Stephen Csillag shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Deems Taylor and Walt Disney and Julietta Novis carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "The most sensational sound you'll ever see!".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0032455 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 11 themes, including "classical music", "cartoon", "villain", "orchestra".
- 11Released under 26 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- James Wong Howe
- Editing
- Stephen Csillag
- Runtime
- 124 min Β· 2h 4m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,280,000
- Box office
- $76,411,819
- Return
- 3351% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- G
- IMDB
- Fantasia (1940)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 95% π Fresh
- Metacritic
- 96/100
- IMDB rating
- 7.7/10 Β· 110,233 votes
- MPAA
- G
Awards
9 wins & 1 nomination total
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Part of
Fantasia Collection
Disney's Fantasia films are a series of animated shorts in which a short film is produced to match a particular musical piece.
Also by
Wilfred Jackson
Stills Β· wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Community reviews
What people are saying
- John Criticβ 10/10
5 stars βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ My personal icon for classical music and the source of famed 20th Century conductor Leopold Stokowski being my idol due to his shadowy leading image!!!
- CinemaSerfβ 7/10
Where to start with this wonderfully evocative interpretation of seven timeless pieces of classical music that accompany perhaps not Disney's most detailed, but still wonderful animations. It is essentially a series of short stories - each as different from the other as you can imagine. I think that's the most important principle when enjoying this - you must use your imagination. The representations try, with varying degrees of success, to put more defined, ambiguous and occasionally abstract imagery alongside the music - some with humour (frequently using animals, birds, insects etc.) through to far more sinister and challenging imagery, that at times reminded me of something Fritz Lang might have produced in the 1920s. It is a little too episodically presented - and the intermission needlessly robs it of flow but as a colourful introduction to classical music it takes some beating. (Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice was my favourite!)
Production companies
Who made it
Walt Disney Productions
US
Key crew
- ProducerWalt Disney
- AnimationDon Patterson
- AnimationLes Clark
- AnimationWolfgang Reitherman
- AnimationEric Larson
- AnimationWard Kimball
- AnimationFrank Thomas
- AnimationJohn Lounsbery
- MusicLudwig van Beethoven
- MusicAmilcare Ponchielli
- MusicJohann Sebastian Bach
- MusicPaul Dukas
- MusicPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- MusicIgor Stravinsky
- MusicModeste Moussorgsky
- MusicFranz Schubert
- ConductorLeopold Stokowski
- Production SupervisorBen Sharpsteen
- Sound RecordistJ.N.A. Hawkins
- Sound RecordistWilliam E. Garity
- Music DirectorEdward H. Plumb
- EditorStephen Csillag
- Sound RecordistC.O. Slyfield
- AnimationAmby Paliwoda
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- classical music
- cartoon
- villain
- orchestra
- musical
- cartoon mouse
- wizard
- live action and animation
- whimsical
- amused
- joyful
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Theatrical (limited)1940-11-13GΒ· New York City, New York (roadshow version)
- Theatrical1941-06-20
- Theatrical1946-09-01Β· Re-release
- Theatrical1990-10-05Β· Re-mastered general release version
- Theatrical1982-04-02Β· Digitally re-recorded version
- Digital2021-01-01Β· DVD / Blu-ray and digital as "The Best of Mickey Collection" (exact date unknown)
- Physical1991-11-01GΒ· Walt Disney Home Video #1132 [ππππΌ] / [Ξ²etβΊπ] / [πaserπiscπΏ] 120 minutes
- Physical2000-11-01Β· Triple DVD (anthology)
- Physical2010-11-01Β· DVD / Blu-ray
Also known as
International titles
- The Concert FeatureUS
- FantajiaJP
- FantazijaRS
- Highbrowski by StokowskiUS
- Walt Disney's FantasiaUS
- Bach to Stravinsky and BachUS
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