Fantasia (1940)
| Release Date | 13 November 1940 |
| Budget | $2,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $76,000,000 |
| Tagline | Superb! Enthralling! Amazing! Walt Disney's Incomparable FANTASIA |
| Genre | Animation, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Walt Disney Studios, Burbank, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | 4-Track Stereo, 70 mm 6-Track, Dolby, Fantasound, Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Animated |
| Film Class | Animated Musical, Children's Fantasy, Musical Fantasy |
| Niche Genre | Children's/Family |
| Mood | Other Dimensions |
| Themes | Wizards and Magicians, Mythical Creatures |
| Tones | Stylized, Fanciful, Lavish, Humorous, Lyrical, Sweeping |
| Tags | Alligator, Apprentice, Ballet Dance, Centaur, Classical Music, Dance [art], Elephant, Fantasy, Hippo, Magic, Reality, Satan, Sorcerer, Water, Well [container] |
Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. It is the third feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The film consists of eight segments set to pieces of classical music as conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which were performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music critic and composer Deems Taylor provides live-action introductions to each segment.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Deems Taylor
Narrator
James MacDonald
Percussionist
Paul J. Smith
Violinist
Director
Samuel Armstrong
Ford Beebe
Norman Ferguson
Jim Handley
T. Hee
Wilfred Jackson
Hamilton Luske
Bill Roberts
Paul Satterfield
Ben Sharpsteen
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Writer
Joe Grant
Dick Huemer
Lee Blair
Elmer Plummer
Phil Dike
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Sylvia Moberly-Holland
Norman Wright
Albert Heath
Bianca Majolie
Graham Heid
Perce Pearce
Carl Fallberg
William Martin
Leo Thiele
Robert Sterner
John McLeish
Otto Englander
Webb Smith
Erdman Penner
Joseph Sabo
Vernon Stallings
Campbell Grant
Arthur Heinemann
Producer
Ben Sharpsteen
producer
Cinematographer
Max Morgan
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Editor
John Carnochan
Art Director
Ken Anderson
Bruce Bushman
Arthur Byram
Tom Codrick
Robert Cormack
Harold Doughty
Yale Gracey
Hugh Hennesy
John Hubley
Dick Kelsey
Gordon Legg
Kay Nielsen
Lance Nolley
Ernie Nordli
Kendall O'Connor
Charles Payzant
Curt Perkins
Charles Philippi
Thor Putnam
Herbert Ryman
Zack Schwartz
Terrell Stapp
McLaren Stewart
Al Zinnen
Production Manager
Ben Sharpsteen
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Bruner
assistant director
Mike Holoboff
assistant director
Sound Department
William E. Garity
sound recordist
J.N.A. Hawkins
sound recordist
Terry Porter
sound restoration: 1990 restoration
C.O. Slyfield
sound recordist
Alexander Rannie
historian: Fantasound
Visual Effects
Joshua Meador
special animation effects , effects animator
Gail Papineau
special camera effects
Leonard Pickley
special camera effects
Miles E. Pike
special animation effects
John Reed
special animation effects
Edwin Aardal
effects animator
Tom Barnes
effects animator
Jerome Brown
effects animator
Brad Case
effects animator
Andy Engman
effects animator
Frank Follmer
effects animator
Abra Grupp
digital paint artist: restoration
Dan MacManus
effects animator , special animation effects
John McManus
effects animator
Sandy Strother
effects animator
Cornett Wood
effects animator
Animation Department
Edwin Aardal
animator
Dick Anthony
background artist
Preston Blair
animator
James Bodrero
character designer
Jack Bradbury
animator
Paul Busch
animator
Nino Carbe
background artist
Bob Carlson
animator
Les Clark
animator
Claude Coats
background artist
Charles Conner
background artist
Merle Cox
background artist
Al Dempster
background artist
Ugo D'Orsi
animator
Phil Duncan
animator
Art Elliott
animator
John Elliotte
animator
Norman Ferguson
animation supervisor
Roy Forkum
background artist
Hugh Fraser
animator
Franklin Grundeen
animator
Harry Hamsel
animator
Eric Hansen
background artist
John Hench
background artist
Ray Huffine
background artist
Bill Justice
animator
Lynn Karp
animator
Ward Kimball
animation supervisor
Paul B. Kossoff
animator
Ethel Kulsar
character designer , background artist
Eric Larson
animation supervisor
Ed Levitt
background artist
Ray Lockrem
background artist
Hicks Lokey
animator
John Lounsbery
animator
Ed Love
animator
Don Lusk
animator
Brice Mack
background artist
Dan MacManus
animator
Murray McClellan
animator
John McManus
animator
Joshua Meador
animation supervisor , animator
John P. Miller
character designer
Fred Moore
animation supervisor
James Moore
animator
Milt Neil
animator
Gerald Nevius
background artist
Lester Novros
animator
Art Palmer
animator
Don Patterson
animator
Ray Patterson
animator
Elmer Plummer
character designer
Martin Provensen
character designer
Wolfgang Reitherman
animation supervisor
Art Riley
background artist
George Rowley
animator
Duke Russell
character designer
William Shull
animator
Grant Simmons
animator
Lorna S. Soderstrom
character designer
Stan Spohn
background artist
Joe Stahley
background artist
Ed Starr
background artist
Robert Stokes
animator
Robert Storms
background artist
Howard Swift
animator
Norman Tate
animator
Riley Thomson
animator
Don Tobin
animator
Harvey Toombs
animator
Don Towsley
animation supervisor
Bill Tytla
animation supervisor
John Walbridge
character designer
Bernard Wolf
animator
Cornett Wood
animator
Marvin Woodward
animator
Cy Young
animator
Robert W. Youngquist
animator
Jack Dunham
inbetween artist
William T. Hurtz
animation assistant
Bill Melendez
assistant animator
Paul Murry
animator, inbetween artist
Retta Scott
animator
Bob Wickersham
animator
Editorial Department
Bill Wilner
assistant editor
Music Department
Stephen Csillag
musical film editor
Charles Henderson
choral director
Irwin Kostal
conductor
Shawn Murphy
score mixer: 1982 rerecording
Edward H. Plumb
musical director
James MacDonald
musician: percussion
Paul J. Smith
musician: violin
Deems Taylor
musical advisor
Other Crew
Leon Briggs
technical manager
Pete Comandini
color restoration
Richard Dayton
color restoration
Jules Engel
choreographer
Don Hagens
color restoration
Oskar Fischinger
concept
Production Company
Walt Disney Pictures
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Distributor
Walt Disney Productions
RKO Radio Pictures
Apurock
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
,
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
, ,
Buena Vista Pictures
Cosmo Coordinate
DHV
Daiei Motion Picture Company
GP Museum Soft
Gativideo
Orustak Pictures
Walt Disney Home Video
Miscellaneous
RCA Corporation
sound recording
The Philadelphia Orchestra
music performed by
Walt Disney Records
soundtrack
Westminster Choir of Westminster Choir College
choir
YCM Labs
film restoration: 1990
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