Fantasia 2000 (1999)
Directed by James Algar / Gaetan Brizzi / Paul Brizzi / Hendel Butoy / Francis Glebas / Eric Goldberg / Don Hahn / Pixote Hunt / Gaëtan Brizzi
Genres - Music, Children's/Family, Musical |
Sub-Genres - Animated Musical, Children's Fantasy |
Release Date - Jan 1, 2000 (USA), Jan 1, 2000 (USA - Limited) |
Run Time - 75 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Emru Townsend
Initially released to IMAX theaters at the crescendo of millennial fever and 60 years after the original Fantasia, Fantasia 2000 was meant to revitalize Walt Disney's goal of a constantly evolving film, with new segments replacing old ones with each re-release. Only The Sorcerer's Apprentice remains, with seven new shorts. Angular, abstracted butterfly-like shapes fly through the air in Beethoven's Symphony No. 5; computer-animated whales take flight in Respighi's Pines of Rome; Al Hirschfeld's caricatures of New York life come alive in George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Hans Christian Andersen's The Steadfast Tin Soldier is retold with computer animation against Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102; frantic flamingos try to stop their yo-yoing comrade in Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals, Finale; Donald and Daisy Duck play Noah and his wife trying to manage the ark to Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance; and the cycle of life, death, and rebirth are celebrated in Stravinsky's Firebird Suite.
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High Artistic Quality, High Budget, High Production Values