The Fantasia Anthology (3-Disc Collector's Edition)

The Fantasia Anthology (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
by James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley

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Actor: Corey Burton, Hugh Douglas (II), James MacDonald (II), Julietta Novis, Walt Disney
Director: Ford Beebe, James Algar, Jim Handley, Norman Ferguson, Samuel Armstrong
Primary Contributor: Leopold Stokowski
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 491 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-14
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video

DVD Reviews of The Fantasia Anthology (3-Disc Collector's Edition)

DVD Review: Thanks!
Summary: 5 Stars

The product came to me fast and undamaged, and i appreciated recieving it as fast and unharmed as possible, thank you so much!

DVD Review: The best from Disney
Summary: 5 Stars

Fantasia is the best film from Disney Studios. It's great to those who like movies and to those who like music, for kids and adults.

DVD Review: Different Generations
Summary: 3 Stars

I was really excited to buy this movie and see it again and show it to the children. I thought that they would enjoy it... boy was I wrong!
I guess that's the difference between my generation and kids nowadays... they have to have protagonist and an antagonist and some kind of plot!! They were really upset that all there was to it was music and short clips.
Personally I loved it... but I guess this is the age of spongebob squarepants nonsense (don't get me wrong I love the little guy) but there isn't really much appreciation for the more classy works!
Times are changing...

DVD Review: AMAZING.....!
Summary: 5 Stars

We had Fantasia on video for our children during the early nineties. Somehow we lost it but now our son (21 years old by now) gave us Fantasia on DVD. It is still as beautiful and amazing as it was to us in 1992 (or when produced by Disney in 1942...?) Hard to get but every dollar worth it!

DVD Review: All-time Favorite
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a movie for everyone. It is fantastic music combined with the animation and imagination of Disney. I personally liked the Classical music. Since the cutting of musical programs in schools, this is good exposure to the classics for children (and the whole family.) The narration between pieces of music is really good. It is informative and entertaining. This movie should not be missed. It is educational, entertaining, and extremely artistic.

Description of The Fantasia Anthology (3-Disc Collector's Edition)

Along with Fantasia and Fantasia 2000, the anthology set contains a third disc that examines a segment of both movies in detail. Each segment has an introduction that has experts (including Leonard Maltin), producer Roy E. Disney, or the animators setting up the piece's history. Notes on the music and dozens of design photos are included on all the segments, although others offer more intriguing features. Abandoned animation is shown on many segments, as are a few behind-the-scenes shorts; the most intriguing are experts from Walt Disney's hosted documentaries on how his company made movies. As for the photos, they are awkwardly catalogued and only the most patient of viewers would want to look at all of them. In some segments, though, these images are entertainingly produced as a "story reel," presenting these images--rough animation, sketches, pastel paintings--with the musical accompaniment. For those looking for a more well-rounded view of the films, the two one-hour documentaries on each film's disc lay the groundwork, but none of the anthology looks at how the first film was seen through the years or gives time to anyone who wasn't gung-ho about every element of the films. There is hardly a mention of embarrassing stereotypes that were matted (and still are) out of the "Pastoral" segment, or the intriguing aspect of the film as a '60s icon for the ultimate head-trip. Disney does let their guard down to show sequences that were being readied in 1940 for future editions (including a recently restored short scored to "Clair de Lune"). Most tantalizing is a look at how the special effects were done in the original film. The guide is a scrapbook that one of the technicians kept and was discovered only in 1990. Fans can only hope a reproduction will be made available someday. --Doug Thomas

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