Synopsis
Fantasia (1940) Disney animators set pictures to Western classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" features Mickey Mouse as an aspiring magician who oversteps his limits. "The Rite of Spring" tells the story of evolution, from single-celled animals to the death of the dinosaurs. "Dance of the Hours" is a comic ballet performed by ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators. "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Ave Maria" set the forces of darkness and light against each other as a devilish revel is interrupted by the coming of a new day. ??David Thiel

Awards: 8 wins & 1 nomination total
Budget: $2,280,000 (estimated)
Worldwide Gross: $76,411,819
Soundtrack: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 (Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach)


James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr.
Leopold Stokowski, Deems Taylor, The Philadelphia Orchestra
1941-09-19 (United States)
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