Bringing Fantasia’s Dinosaurs To Life
With dinosaurs that popping up frequently at the Disney theme parks over the decade, we must remember it all began with Fantasia.
Tag Archives: Fantasia
The Satanist’s Apprenctice
Last year the CW television series Legends of Tomorrow did an episode that was part live action and part animation. In case you missed it – here’s the story.
Disney Animation in IMAX
How the Disney Company experimented with re-presenting some of their animated features on a mammoth theater screens – using one of the most technologically advanced theater systems in the world.
Walt Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” on Records
In this anniversary year of both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000, we take a Spin through a stack of recordings inspired by Mickey Mouse’s classic clash with bewitched brooms.
Lost “Fantasia”: The Disappearance of Sunflower
Though Disney has been aggressive in removing any trace of Sunflower from Fantasia, one may be able to find these scenes complete and uncensored.
In His Own Words: John Hench on “Fantasia”
John Hench’s work on Disney animation is often forgotten, and his contribution to Fantasia has not really been documented – even in the book he wrote himself.
Animation Anecdotes #398
In 1991, Michael Eisner announced that the VHS release of the Disney’s Fantasia would only be available for 50 days and then “permanently withdrawn from the market”.
It’s Different with the Classics
Fantasia posed a problem for the Music Department at the Walt Disney studio. How do you put lyrics to “Night On Bald Mountain”?? Answer: You don’t!
Animation Anecdotes #284
Edna Phillips who was the principal harpist in Fantasia recalled, “I was banished to the pit beneath the stage so that the rustle of my skirt against the harp couldn’t be heard by the microphones.”
Animation Anecdotes #280
“It all pretty much started when I was sitting in (Michael) Eisner’s living room with a dish of Gummi Bears sitting on the coffee table.” – Gary Krisel, on the origin of The Disney Afternoon.
