Fantasia 2000

Fantasia 2000 is a 1999 American animated film & Walt Disney's 38th animated film & the sequel to 1940's Fantasia. It was produced by Roy E. Disney (the nephew of Walt Disney) & Donald W. Ernst, & stars James Levine & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This film has been rated G (MPAA/USA [certificate #36995]), G (Canadian English), and G (Canadian French). I would give this movie 99% of a star.

TRAILER(S):

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MUSIC PIECES:

1: 5th Symphony in C minor by Ludwig Van Beethoven

2: Pines of Rome by Ottorino Respighi

3: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin

4: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Allegro, Op. 102 by Omitri Shostakovich (Based on the story "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" by Hans Christian Andersen)

5: The Carnival of the Animals, Finale by Camille Saint-Saens

6: The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas (from the 1st Fantasia)

7: Pomp and Circumstance - Marches 1, 2, 3 and 4 by Edward Elgar (Based on the story "Noah's Ark" from the Book of Genesis)

8: The Firebird Suite (1919 Version) by Igor Stravinsky

MOVIE INFO:

Walt Disney Pictures. December 17, 1999 (January 01, 2000 for the IMAX release). Fantasy-Musical (DUH!)-Family. 74min./color. DVD/BD; 2-D.

THOUGHTS:

I think this is an excellent sequel to Fantasia because it returned "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"!

Walt Disney's Fantasia

Walt Disney's Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film & Walt Disney's 3rd animated film. It was produced by Walt Disney, written by Joe Grant & Dick Huemer, narrated by Deems Taylor, & stars Leopold Stokowski (Irwin Kostal does the 1982 digital re-recording) & the Philadelphia Orchestra. This film has been rated G (PCA #5920) USA, G Canada, although this should've been rated PG for scary images. I would give this movie 100% of a star.

TAGLINE:

All the BEAUTY...All the DELIGHT...All the EXCITEMENT of the world's greatest music!

TRAILER(S):

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MUSIC PIECES:

1: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach

2: The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

3: The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas

4: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky

5: This isn't really a music piece, just an intermission called Meet the Soundtrack where Deems Taylor narrates it.

6: The Pastoral Symphony a.k.a. 6th Symphony in F major by Ludwig Van Beethoven

7: Dance of the Hours from the opera La Gioconda by Amilcare Ponchielli

8.1: A Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky

8.2: Ave Maria by Franz Schubert

MOVIE INFO:

Walt Disney Pictures. November 13, 1940. Fantasy-Musical (DUH!)-Family. 125min./color. DVD/BD; 2-D.

MY THOUGHTS:

I think that this is a great film because seeing what the music shows is excellent!

WALT DISNEY'S THOUGHTS:

Yes even Disney had his own thoughts about Fantasia. This is what he said;

Fantasia is timeless. It may run 10, 20, or 30 years. It may run after I'm gone. Fantasia is an idea in itself. I can never build another Fantasia. I can improve. I can elaborate. That's all.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 2010 American fantasy adventure film that is based on the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe poem of the same name (also the Paul Dukas symphonic poem as well). It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Jon Turteltaub, & stars Jay Baruchel (David "Dave" Stutler), Jake Cherry (Young Dave), and Nicolas Cage (Balthazar Blake). This film has been rated PG (MPAA/USA (certificate #46139) for fantasy action violence, some mild rude humor and brief language, PG (Canadian English), and G (Canadian French). I would give this movie 63 stars.

TAGLINE:

It's The Coolest Job Ever.

TRAILER(S):

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PLOT:

Balthazar tries to teach his apprentice how to use magic while battling evil sorcerers and sorceresses.

MOVIE INFO:

Walt Disney Pictures. July 08, 2010. Action-Adventure-Dramedy-Fantasy. 109 min./color. DVD/BD;2-D. USA.

THOUGHTS:

I think this is a great film, because it's extremely funny, and it looks awesome!