Fantasia
 
 
 

Disney animators set pictures to classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra. "The Sorceror's Apprentice" features Mickey Mouse as an aspiring magician who oversteps his limits. "The Rite of Spring" tells the story of evolution, from single-celled animals to the death of the dinosaurs. "Dance of the Hours" is a comic ballet performed by ostriches, hippos, elephants and alligators. "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Ave Maria" set the forces of darkness and light against each other as a devilish revel is interrupted by the coming of a new day.

Awards:

Fantasia won the Honorary Academy Award, WonHonorary Award in 1946. For their unique achievement in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney's production Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form (certificate).

Directed by:

James Algar (segment "The Sorcerer's Apprentice")
Samuel Armstrong (I) (segments "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor", "The Nutcracker Suite") 
Ford Beebe (segment "The Pastoral Symphony")
Norman Ferguson (segment "Dance of the Hours")
Jim Handley (segment "The Pastoral Symphony")
T. Hee (segment "Dance of the Hours")
Wilfred Jackson (segment "Night on Bald Mountain")
Hamilton Luske (segment "The Pastoral Symphony")
Bill Roberts (I) (segment "Rite of Spring")
Ben Sharpsteen
 

Cast:

Leopold Stokowski.... Himself
Deems Taylor.... Himself
Walt Disney.... Mickey Mouse(voice)
Hugh Douglas (II).... Narrator (1982 re-release)(voice)
Julietta Novis.... Soloist ("Ave Maria")(voice)