| Actors: James Levine, Steve Martin, Harry Stanton, Bill Thompson, Thurl Ravenscroft Directors: Charles A. Nichols, Don Hahn, Eric Goldberg, Francis Glebas, Gaëtan Brizzi Genres: Kids & Family, Musicals & Performing Arts, Documentary, Animation Sub-Genres: Animation, 3-6 Years, 7-9 Years, 10-12 Years, Musicals, IMAX, Animation Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen - Animated,Closed-captioned DVD Release Date: 11/14/2000 Original Release Date: 01/01/2000 Theatrical Release Date: 01/01/2000 Release Year: 2000 Run Time: 1hr 14min Screens: Color,Widescreen Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 7 Members Wishing: 0 MPAA Rating: G (General Audience) Languages: English, French |
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  | Fantasia 2000 Actors: James Levine, Steve Martin, Harry Stanton, Bill Thompson, Thurl Ravenscroft Directors: Charles A. Nichols, Don Hahn, Eric Goldberg, Francis Glebas, Gaëtan Brizzi Genres: Kids & Family, Musicals & Performing Arts, Documentary, Animation G 2000 1hr 14min More ambitious in scope than any of its other animated films (before or to come), Disney's 1940 Fantasia was a dizzying, magical, and highly enjoyable marriage of classical music and animated images. Fantasia 2000 feature... more » |
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Member Movie Reviews David J. (optionman) from LAKEVILLE, MN Reviewed on 7/10/2012... Classic Disney movie. 0 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful. Mindy G. (soulfire77) from LISBON, ME Reviewed on 8/9/2010... As much as I love this movie, I wholeheartedly disagree with the rating it has been given. It is both scary for a General audience (children under 5 or 6 depending on the child), as well as boring for any child possibly under 12 years of age. The movie is filled with intermittent, informative monologues from famous actors and actresses which are geared for a much older audience. The music and animation is wonderful, but the story lines are scary for any young, impressionable audience. DEFINITELY rate this PG. If a future Fantasia is ever to be considered, I would implore Disney to add more famous compositions, with a wider variety of storylines appropriate for ALL ages. 0 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Movie ReviewsA great follow-up to the 1940 classic Wayne Steinhardt | Brooklyn, NY USA | 10/31/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "This movie is a worthy successor to the original Fantasia movie. The artwork in all the pieces was superb (although, you could tell the art from "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is old). This movie, as with the original, gave me a greater appreciation of classical music, while entertaining me with impressive visual imagery. The pieces are as follows:Beethoven, Symphony #5. A classical piece of music (who can't identify it upon hearing it?) portrayed as a good vs. evil contest. Respighi, Pines of Rome. Flying whales!! A great piece of music which builds to a fantastic finish. Has some cute moments with a baby whale. Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue. Easily the best (and longest) piece in the movie. Done in the drawing style of Al Hirschfeld, a magical tale is told of four people in Depression-era New York. A heartwarming, moving piece. Shostakovich, Piano Concerto # 2 Allegro Opus 102. A charming piece of music, used to tell the story of the Steadfast Tin Solder. Some of the scenes in this piece may be scary for little kids. Saint-Saens, Carnival of the Animals, Finale. A (very) short, but very funny piece which answers the age old question: "What happens when you give a flamingo a yo-yo?" I was laughing out loud at this one. Dukas, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. This is the same piece as from the original 1940 movie. Still worth watching after all these years. Elgar, Pomp and Circumstance. Donald and Daisy Duck star in this reinactment of the story of Noah's Ark. Fun to watch and enjoyable. Stravinsky, Firebird Suite. A wonderful story about life, death and rebirth. The piece builds to a wonderful ending, both in the story and in the music. Some of the younger children may be scared by some of the scenes in this piece as well. Overall, this movie is a wonderful addition to any home video library." Disney Classic - Part II Lonnie E. Holder | Columbus, Indiana, United States | 01/25/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "The original "Fantasia" was extremely experimental animation that attempted to broaden the appeal of animation at a time when animation primarily appealed to children. Walt Disney intended that the original "Fantasia," according to Roy Disney's commentary on the DVD, be a continuously changing work of art that would be different, and yet familiar, every time you watched it. "Fantasia 2000" is an attempt to be true to that vision.There are eight vignettes captured in the 74 minutes of this all-too-short DVD, with introductions for each of the vignettes by a host of familiar names such as Steve Martin, James Earl Jones, Penn and Teller, and Angela Lansbury, among others. I think that some of the vignettes work as well or better than those in the original, and others are okay but barely match the original.The two vignettes that I enjoyed the best are "Pines of Rome" and "Firebird Suit - 1919 Version." In the former we see a fantastic vision of whales that is wonderfully surrealistic and beautiful. The only flaw in the wonderful vision is that the vision ended all too soon. There is a lot in the vision that the animators could have been explored in much more depth. The "Firebird Suite - 1919 Version" includes a phenomenally-animated nymph. This nymph combined a flavor of Japanese Manga with traditional Disney animation to create a character style that is wondrous and beautiful. I longed for this segment to last longer.Disney animators once again created a new classic short in "Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102," which provides the music for "The Steadfast Tin Soldier." The story-telling is quite taut and well organized. However, just as with the "Pines of Rome" story, Disney animators could have expanded this vignette significantly.The remaining vignettes vary in quality and length. There is a cute new Donald Duck story with Noah's Ark as the backdrop, set to the music of "Pomp and Circumstance." There is a clever story set in New York City set to Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." There is pure silliness involving a group of flamingos and a yo-yo in "Carnival of the Animals, Finale." The one vignette remaining from the original is "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" starring Mickey Mouse, a classic for all times and ages.In addition to the film there are two musically-based animated shorts, "Melody" and "Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom." Both are clever and have made appearances on one of the original "Worlds of Disney" weekly shows and on The Disney Channel. There are also extensive commentaries and making of features that are okay if you are into the reasoning behind making of the movie and the process by which the music and concept for each of the features was selected, but much of it was pretty dry.On the down side, this DVD does feel like it should have been part of the original "Fantasia" to create a single work of adequate length and scope. I suspect that one day Disney will re-release both works on a single DVD, and I'll likely have to have that one too to keep my collection complete. On the up side, all of the animation is equal to or better than traditional Disney animation, and two particular works I thought were extremely good. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra provided the excellent music throughout, and makes this DVD and the original an easy way to introduce anyone to classic works of music. While the DVD is too short, the quality is excellent and well worth having in any collection of Disney animation, especially if you liked the original "Fantasia."" A worthy successor in every respect. Jay Rudin | 11/23/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "Who would have believed it? It really is a worthy successor to Fantasia.Everyone's already said that it's excellent music and excellent animation - which is true. What's been left out is that it's an incredible overview of all the best of what Disney animation has to offer. Even the introduction uses animation techniques impossible a few short years ago. It offers a proper tribute to the original while setting the stage (literally) for a whole new series of wonders.Beethoven's Fifth is stylized abstract animation -- just a glorious celebration of color, shapes and music, with a complexity impossible without modern computer enhancing techniques. Pines of Rome adds new dimensions to CGI animation. The whales are quite realistic, and their movements are serene and joyful.The Rhapsody in Blue segment combines a distinctive Anerican music style (Gershwin) to an equally distinctive American art style (Hirschfeld). Its stylized story-telling is delightful (and I would never have believed that a segment of Fantasia would ever be set in New York City). Don't recognize the name Hirschfeld? Well, neither did I - but I recognized that style of caricature instantly. And so will you.The Steadfast Tin Soldier is an excellent example of adapting a traditional fairy tale to modern animation. It's classic Disney story-telling with modern techniques, and the movement and art styles of the three main characters make them visually distinctive as well as helping the characterizations. The Carnival of the Animals is zany cartooning at its frenetic and silly best.Mickey in the Sorcerer's Apprentice is as good an example of Classic Disney as you could hope for.You can almost see the storyboard developing in Pomp and Circumstance. "The music is associated now primarily with graduation processions, so let's attach it to a traditional procession - the animals entering the Ark. We want some humor, so let's use Donald. We'll put him in charge of the animals - that will allow a lot of slapstick. Now, Walt always said for every laugh there must be a tear. How do we generate tears for Donald? He's lost Daisy, of course." It's a symbiotic whole of silliness, pomp, traditional story-telling, animated animals, sadness, joy, and love.The Phoenix is a natural tale of death and rebirth, using animal, plant, and volcanic movements that are precise, beautiful, incredibly realistic, and compellingly moving.The movie as a whole is incredible for animation fans, compelling for music fans, fascinating for artists, and satisfying for those (like me) for whom the original Fantasia is one of the best movies ever made."
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