Fantasia 2000

Ernst, Donald W., (film producer.). Disney, Roy Edward, (film producer.). Hunt, Pixote, (film director,, art director.). Butoy, Hendel, (film director,, animation director.). Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 (film producer,, performer.). Goldberg, Eric, (film director.). Algar, James, 1912-1998 (film director.). Glebas, Francis, (film director.). Brizzi, Gaëtan, (film director,, screenwriter.). Brizzi, Paul, (film director.). Hahn, Don, (film director,, screenwriter.). Fallberg, Carl, 1915-1996 (screenwriter.). Pearce, Perce, (screenwriter.). Grant, Joe, (screenwriter.). Mecchi, Irene, (screenwriter.). Reynolds, David (Dave), (screenwriter.). Jones, James Earl, (host.). Jones, Quincy, 1933- (host.). Midler, Bette, (host.). Perlman, Itzhak, 1945- (host.). Jillette, Penn, (host.). Teller, (host.). Lansbury, Angela, 1925- (host.). Martin, Steve, 1945- (host.). Levine, James, 1943-2021 (conductor,, host.). Broughton, Bruce, 1945- (conductor.). Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977 (conductor.). Allwine, Wayne, (performer.). Anselmo, Tony, (performer.). Taylor, Russi, (performer.). Grierson, Ralph, 1942- (pianist.). Bronfman, Yefim, (pianist.). Niwa, Gail, (pianist.). Sabransky, Philip L., (pianist.). Battle, Kathleen, (singer.). McCool, Kendra, (choreographer.). Dalí, Salvador, 1904-1989 (writer.). Hench, John, (writer.). Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Standhaftige tinsoldat. English. (Added Author). Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827 Symphonies, no. 5, op. 67, C minor. (Added Author). Respighi, Ottorino, 1879-1936 Pini di Roma. (Added Author). Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 Rhapsody in blue. (Added Author). Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 2, op. 102. (Added Author). Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921 Carnaval des animaux. (Added Author). Dukas, Paul, 1865-1935 Apprenti sorcier. (Added Author). Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934 Pomp and circumstance. No. 1-4. (Added Author). Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 Zhar-ptit︠s︡a. Suite. (1919) (Added Author). Penn & Teller, (host.). Chicago Symphony Orchestra, (performer.). Chicago Symphony Chorus, (performer.). Philadelphia Orchestra, (performer.). Walt Disney Pictures, (production company.). Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), (film distributor.).

Summary: This semi-sequel to Disney's classic 1940 film Fantasia, inspired by Walt Disney's vision of Fantasia as an ongoing project, features seven all-new animated interpretations set to classical music performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as the famous "Sorcerer's Apprentice" sequence starring Mickey Mouse from the original version.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
Edition: Special edition.
Publisher: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, [2013]
Copyright: 2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. Special features: Musicana (Walt Disney's inspiration for a sequel to Fantasia); Dali & Disney: a date with Destino (documentary); short film Destino; Disney's virtual vault; audio commentaries.
Formatted Contents Note:	Opening/main title / written by Irene Mecchi and David Reynolds ; directed by Don Hahn -- Symphony no. 5 / composed by Ludwig van Beethoven ; director and art director, Pixote Hunt -- Pines of Rome / composed by Ottorino Respighi ; director, Hendel Butoy -- Rhapsody in blue / composed by George Gershwin ; direction and story by Eric Goldberg ; Ralph Grierson, piano -- Piano concerto no. 2, op. 102. Allegro / composed by Dmitri Shostakovich ; director, Hendel Butoy ; ballet choreography by Kendra McCool ; Yefim Bronfman, piano ; based on the story Steadfast tin soldier by Hans Christian Andersen -- Carnival of the animals, finale = Carnaval des animaux / composed by Camille Saint-Saëns ; direction, animation and story by Eric Goldberg ; Gail Niwa, Philip L. Sabransky, piano -- The sorcerer's apprentice / composed by Paul Dukas ; director, James Algar ; performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra -- Pomp and circumstance, marches 1, 2, 3, and 4 / composed Sir Edward Elgar ; director, Francis Glebas ; Kathleen Battle, soprano -- Firebird suite, 1919 version / composed by Igor Stravinsky ; direction, design and story by Gaëtan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi -- Destino / directed by Dominique Monfery ; executive producer, Roy Edward Disney ; producer, Baker Bloodworth ; story by Salvador Dalí & John Hench (2002, 7 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Destino: Directed by Dominique Monfery ; executive producer, Roy Edward Disney ; producer, Baker Bloodworth ; story by Salvador Dalí & John Hench ; production designer, Thierry Fournier ; music by Armando Doninguez ; English lyrics by Ray Gilbert ; performed by Dora Luz ; additional music by Michael Starogin ; editor, Jessica Ambinder-Rojas ; animation, David Berthier, Dominque Monfery, Yoshimichi Tamura ; production company, Disney Studios France. Fantasia 2000: Cinematography, Tim Suhrstedt ; directors: Pixote Hunt, Hendel Butoy, Eric Goldberg, James Algar, Francis Glebas, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Don Hahn ; host sequences directed by Don Hahn ; supervising animation director, Hendel Butoy ; writers: Gaëtan Brizzi, Carl Fallberg, Perce Pearce, Joe Grant ; host sequences written by Don Hahn, Irene Mecchi, and David Reynolds ; editors, Jessica Ambinder Rojas, Lois Freeman-Fox ; art directors, Pixote Hunt, Dean Gordon, William Perkins, Susan McKinsey Goldberg, Michael Humphries, Tom Codrick, Charles Philippi, Zack Schwartz, Daniel Cooper, Carl Jones ; production designer of host segments, Pixote Hunt.
Participant or Performer Note:	Hosts: Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Penn & Teller, James Levine, Angela Lansbury ; voice talent: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselino, Russi Taylor, Walt Disney. Music performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus ; conductors: James Levine, with Bruce Broughton (Rhapsody in blue), Leopold Stokowski (The sorceror's apprentice) ; performers: Ralph Grierson (piano, Rhapsody in blue), Yefim Bronfman (piano, Piano concerto no. 2), Kathleen Battle (soprano, Pomp and circumstance).
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: G.
System Details Note:	Blu-ray disc; 1080p High Definition, 16x9/1.78:1 aspect ratio; 7.1 DTS-HD English; 5.1 DTS Spanish/Dutch; 5.1 Dolby Digital Portuguese/Belgian/Polish/Hebrew.
Language Note:	DTS 7.1 HD audio in English; DTS 5.1. audio in Spanish and Dutch; Dolby Digial 5.1. in Portuguese, Belgian, Polish, and Hebrew; subtitles in English, English for the hearing impaired, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, and Hebrew.