Samuel Armstrong

Fantasia -- A groundbreaking Disney film featuring eight classical music pieces, accompanied by animation, to create a unique blend of sound and pictures.

Building upon Walt Disney's bold 1940 experiment in sight and sound, 'Fantasia/2000' offers an exciting showcase for the talents of a new generation of Disney animators and filmmakers as they visually interpret classical compositions. Originally conceived as a 'repertoire program' with changing musical selections, the film returns in time for the millennium with seven new selections and one returning favorite from the 1940 classic. World renowned conductor James Levine takes up the baton this time out as he leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Like its pioneering predecessor, 'Fantasia/2000' embraces all the latest technological tools and innovations to tell its stories and create breathtaking imagery

Artistically, 'Fantasia' represents one of the greatest collaborations in motion picture history. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra joined forces with Walt Disney and his team of top talents to create a form of motion picture entertainment that was unlike any that preceded it. With eight diverse pieces of classical music selected for the program, Disney and his storymen and artists took on the challenge of finding the appropriate images. Their goal was to create music you could see and pictures you could hear.

Artistically, 'Fantasia' represents one of the greatest collaborations in motion picture history. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra joined forces with Walt Disney and his team of top talents to create a form of motion picture entertainment that was unlike any that preceded it. With eight diverse pieces of classical music selected for the program, Disney and his storymen and artists took on the challenge of finding the appropriate images. Their goal was to create music you could see and pictures you could hear.