Fantasia 2000 (1999)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1999
Running Times: 75 mins
Format: colour 65mm (horizontal) IMAX 35mm 70mm
Ratio: 1.37:1 (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) 1.50:1 (IMAX version) 1.85:1 (35mm prints)
Sound: DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Walt Disney Productions
Executive Producer: Roy Edward Disney
Producer: Donald W. Ernst
Co-Producer (Rhapsody in Blue): Patricia Hicks
Associate Producer: Lisa C. Cook
Co-Associate Producer: David Lovegren
Production Manager: Lorry Ann Shea
Production Manager (Rhapsofy In Blue): Loni Beckner-Black
Assistant Production Managers: Beth Sherwood, Erin Riordan, Fred Hermann

SCRIPT
Script for Host Sequences: Irene Mecchi, David Reynolds
Story: Hans Christian Andersen (The Steadfast Tin Soldier - Piano Concerto #2)
Story Direction: Carl Fallberg, Perce Pearce (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Original Concept (Carnival Of The Animals): Joe Grant
Story Developers (The Sorcerer's Apprentice): Carl Fallberg, Perce Pearce

DIRECTION
Director: James Algar (The Sorcerer's Apprentice); Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi (The Firebird Suite); Francis Glebas (Pomp and Circumstance); Eric Goldberg (Rhapsody in Blue; The Carnival of the Animals); Don Hahn (host sequences); Pixote Hunt (Symphony No. 5)
Assistant Directors: Steve Fernandez, Bill Hoyt
Assistant Directors (New York): Paul F. Bernard, Terry Ham

ANIMATION
Supervising Animation Director: Hendel Butoy
Supervising Animator (Firebird - The Firebird Suite): John Pomeroy
Supervising Animator (Sprite - The Firebird Suite): Anthony De Rosa
Animation Supervisor (The Sorcerer's Apprentice): Bill Tytla, Fred Moore
Animation Supervisor (Elk - The Firebird Suite): Ron Husband
Supervising Animation: Hendel Butoy (Pines of Rome; Piano Concerto #2)
Animation: Christopher Romano
Animation (The Carnival Of The Animals): Eric Goldberg
Animator (Rhapsody In Blue): Nancy Beiman
Animation (The Sorcerer's Apprentice): Edward Love, George Rowley, Les Clark, Marvin Woodward, Preston Blair, Riley Thompson, Ugo D'Orsi, David Kuhn
Animation (Pines Of Rome and The Steadfast Tin Soldier): Darrin Butts
Assistant Animators: Peter Lepeniotis, Dave Mullins
Character Animator (Mickey Mouse, host sequences): Andreas Deja
Character Designer (The Pastoral Symphony): Lorna S. Soderstrom
Additional Artwork: Tom Sito
Backgrounds (Rhapsody In Blue): Natalie Franscioni-Karp
Backgrounds (The Sorcerer's Apprentice): Albert Dempster, Claude Coats, Eric Hansen, Stan Spohn
CGI Artistic Supervisors (Pines Of Rome): M.J. Turner, Susan Thayer
Clean-Up Artists (Rhapsody In Blue): Vera Lanpher-Pachece, Emily Jiuliano
Inbetweener: Stuart M. Ellis
Layout Supervisor (Rhapsody In Blue): Rasoul Azadani

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tim Suhrstedt
Assistant Camera: Suzy Zeffren
Lighting: Michelle Lee Robinson
Labs: CFI, Hollywood, California, USA; Technicolor, USA

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Post-Production Co-Ordinator: Lori Korngiebel
Editors: Jessica Ambinder-Rojas, Lois Freeman-Fox, Julia Gray, Craig Paulsen, Greg Plotts
Assistant Film Editor: Julia Gray
Musical Film Editor: Stephen Csillag (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)

MUSIC
Music: Armando Domínguez (Destino); Paul Dukas (L'apprenti sorcier); Edward Elgar (Pomp and Circumstance March No.1); George Gershwin (Rhapsody in Blue); Ottorino Respighi (Pines of Rome); Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Flight of the Bumblebee - uncredited); Camille Saint-Saëns (The Carnival of the Animals); Dmitri Shostakovich (Piano Concerto No.2); Igor Stravinsky (The Firebird Suite); Richard Wagner (Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries - uncredited); Jaromír Weinberger (Schwanda the Bagpiper - uncredited; Ludwig van Beethoven (Symphony No.5 in c minor, Op.67)
Songs Performed By: Kathleen Battle (featured soprano in Pomp and Circumstance)
Conductor: James Levine
Pianists: Yefim Bronfman (Piano Concerto #2; The Steadfast Tin Soldier); Ralph Grierson (Rhapsody In Blue); Gail Niwa (uncredited), Phillip L. Sabransky (uncredited) (The Carnival Of The Animals)
Solo Clarinet (Rhapsody In Blue): Jim Kanter (uncredited)
Violinist: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor (Rhapsody In Blue): Bruce Broughton
Conductor (The Sorcerer's Apprentice): Leopold Stokowski
Executive Music Producer: Peter Gelb
Music Editors: Adam Kay, Jennifer Nash, Mark Green
Music Arranger (Pomp And Circumstance): Peter Schickele
Music Production Supervisor: Tod Cooper

SOUND
Sound: Crew Chamberlain
Sound Producer: Jay David Saks
Sound Designer: Yann Delpuech
Sound Recording (The Sorcerer's Apprentice): C.O. Slyfield, J.N.A. Hawkins, William E. Garity
Supervising Sound Editor: Gregory King
Sound Editor: Robert L. Sephton
1st Assistant Sound Editor: Meg Taylor
Production Sound Mixer: Boston: G. John Garrett
Re-Recording Mixers: Shawn Murphy, Terry Porter
ADR Supervisor: Darren King
Boom Operator: Boston: Kelly Doran

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Dave Bossert, Richard E. Hollander
Visual Effects (Rhapsody In Blue): Mauro Maressa
Supervising Special Effects Animator: Ted Kierscey
CG Effects Light: Raymond K.L. Liu
Computer Graphics Technical Director: Sergi Sagas
Digital Supervisor (Walt Disney Feature Animation): Eric Hanson
Digital Production Manager: Toni Pace Carstensen
Digital Compositor: Rimas Juchnevicius (uncredited)
I/O Co-Ordinator: Brandon Craig (uncredited)
Render I/O Administrator: James Colby Bette
Modelers: Brian Wesley Green, Dave Mullins
IMAX Digital Film Restoration: Paul Edward Jackson
IMAX Digital To Film Output: Ken Semer, Kurt Schaefer
Technical Director (CGI Software): Thomas C. Meyer

RHYTHM AND HUES STUDIO
Visual Effects Executive Producer: Lee Berger
3D Artist: Geoffrey Harvey

VIFX
Digital Artist: Arthur Jeppe
Digital Compositor: Lisa L. Pollaro
Visual Effects Editor: Zeke Morales

CINESITE
Digital Restoration Supervisor: Jerry Pooler
Digital Restoration Artist: Nicole Herr

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Pixote Hunt (host sequences)
Art Directors: Tom Codrick, Dan Cooper, Susan Mckinsey Goldberg, Dean Gordon, Michael Humphries, Pixote Hunt, Carl Jones, William Perkins, Charles Philippi, Zack Schwartz, Alison Yerxa
Title Designer: Brian King
Artistic Co-Ordinator: Dave Bossert
Artistic Consultant (Rhapsody In Blue): Al Hirschfeld

MISCELLANEOUS
Ballet Choreographer (The Steadfast Tin Soldier): Kendra McCool
Production Assistants: Amy Taylor, Brett Drogmund, Erik Smith, Jason I. Strahs, Keith Lesser, Kevin Larkin, Michael Brassell, Mike Miller, Philip M. Cohen
Technology Crew: Derek Elliot Wilson, Jeffrey L. Sickler, Kevin John Hussey, Mark Roy Carlson, Mark W. Gilicinski, Peter L. Chun, Alan A. Patel, Ben Croy, Bill James, Brad Brooks, Brad Lowman, Carlos Quinonez, Charles Stoner, Elena Driskill, Graham S. Allan, Jack Muleady, James J. Sepe, Joe Suzow, John D. Hoffman, John Stimson, Kevin E. Keech, Laurie Tracy, Lawrence Chai, Le Hua, Letha L. Burchard, Li-Ming 'Lawrence' Lee, Loren Chun, Maria Gomez De Lizardo, Mark Jankins, Mark Kimball, Mark M. Tokunaga, Maryann McLeod, Michael C. Bolds, Michael Jedlicka, Michael S. Blum, Norbert Faerstain, Richard M. Barnes, Robert A. Mortensen, Robert Falco, Scott Garrett, Scott S. Terek, Thomas Moore Jr, Todd Scopio, Troy R. Norin

CASTING
Casting: Mary Hidalgo, Ruth Lambert

CAST
Deems Taylor (host (Fantasia Introduction) - archive footage)
Steve Martin (host)
Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy (animators - uncredited)

The Sorceror's Apprentice
Penn (real name: Penn Jillette) (host)
Teller (host)
Leopold Stokowski (conductor - archive footage)

Rhapsody in Blue
Quincy Jones (host)
Ralph Grierson (pianist)

Pines of Rome
Itzhak Perlman (host)

Piano Concerto No.2, Allegro, Opus 102
Bette Midler (hostess)
Yefim Bronfman (pianist - uncredited)

Carnival of the Animals
James Earl Jones (host)
Eric Goldberg (animator - uncredited)

Pomp and Circumstance
James Levine (host / conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Wayne Allwine (voice of Mickey Mouse)
Tony Anselmo (voice of Donald Duck)
Russi Taylor (voice of Daisy Duck)

Firebird Suite - 1919 Version
Angela Lansbury (hostess)

PLOT SUMMARY

Another compilation of short animated sequences set to a selection of classical music.

Argentina
Rating: Atp

Denmark
Rating: 7

Finland
Rating: K-6/4

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: U

Hong Kong
Rating: I

Mexico
Rating: A

Netherlands
Rating: AL

New Zealand
Rating: G

Norway
Rating: 7

Switzerland
Rating: 7

UK
Rating: U

USA
Rating: G

2000
Annie Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Character Animation (Eric Goldberg) - winner
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Effects Animation (Ted Kierscey) - winner
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (Susan Goldberg) - winner
Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature - nominated
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production (Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Carl Jones) - nominated

2001
Grammy Awards
Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media - nominated

PGA Golden Laurel Awards
Vision Award: Theatrical Motion Pictures - winner

TIMELINE

1999
December
17: USA - theatrical premiere in New York City
18: USA - 2 live performances in New York
21: UK - 2 live performances in London
22: France - live performance in Paris
27: Japan - live performance in Tokyo
31: USA - theatrical release

2000
January
1: Belgium - theatrical release, IMAX version
1: France - theatrical release, IMAX version
1: Hong Kong - theatrical release
1: Japan - theatrical release, IMAX version
1: Mexico - theatrical release, IMAX version
1: Netherlands - theatrical release, IMAX version
1: Singapore - theatrical release
1: Thailand - theatrical release, IMAX version
1: UK - theatrical release, IMAX version
1: USA - theatrical release, IMAX version

May
18: New Zealand - theatrical release
24: France - theatrical release, 35mm version
26: UK - theatrical release, 35mm version
31: Netherlands - theatrical release, 35mm version

June
1: Australia - theatrical release
2: Mexico - theatrical release, 35mm version
8: Argentina - theatrical release
8: Israel - theatrical release, 35mm version
8: Peru - theatrical release, 35mm version
14: Venezuela - theatrical release
16: Brazil - theatrical release
16: USA - theatrical release, 35mm version
30: Sweden - theatrical release

July
6: Czech Republic - theatrical release
15: Japan - theatrical release, 35mm version
20: Germany - theatrical release
20: Switzerland - theatrical release in German speaking region, 35mm version
27: Hungary - theatrical release, 35mm version

August
3: Hong Kong - theatrical release, 35mm version
4: Estonia - theatrical release
8: Indonesia - theatrical release in Jakarta
17: Malaysia - theatrical release

September
8: Italy - theatrical release
28: Netherlands - theatrical release

October
6: Denmark - theatrical release
12: Iceland - shown at the Reykjavik Film Festival
13: Iceland - theatrical release

November
14: USA - DVD release (Disney DVD (21269 - Fantasia Anthology); Disney DVD (19571 - Fantasia/2000 Special Edition))
16: Slovenia - theatrical release
23: Germany - DVD release (Disney DVD (Fantasia/2000 Special Edition))

Fantasia '99 - working title
Fantasia Continued - working title
Fantasia/2000 - alternative spelling

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Fantasia (1940)

SEE ALSO
The Abyss (1989)
Aladdin (1992)
The Lion King (1994)

Entertainment Weekly no.521 (14 January 2000) p.50
review (Toon Uo (B-) by Bruce Fretts)

Entertainment Weekly no.569 (17 November 2000) p.101
video review (by Ty Burr)

Film Review February 2000 p.23
review (by James Cameron-Wilson)

Première (France) February/March 2000 p.56
review (by Christophe Narbonne)

Svenska Dagbladet 30 June 2000
review (Genant kitsch by Kristoffer Leandoer)

Variety vol.377 no.7 (3 January 2000) pp.79-80
review (A light buffet of kid-friendly fare by Todd McCarthy)

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