Fantasia

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Fantasia is a groundbreaking 1940 animated musical film by Walt Disney that combines classical music with innovative animation in a series of imaginative segments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
animated film
anthology film
musical film
basedOn classical music compositions
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Bill Roberts
Ford Beebe
Hamilton Luske
James Algar
Jim Handley
Norman Ferguson
Samuel Armstrong
T. Hee
Wilfred Jackson
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
featuresCharacter Mickey Mouse
Yen Sid
followedBy Fantasia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fantasia 2000
format feature-length film
genre animation
fantasy
musical
hasSegment Hail Mary
surface form: Ave Maria

Dance of the Hours
Night on Bald Mountain
The Nutcracker, Op. 71
surface form: The Nutcracker Suite

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
surface form: The Pastoral Symphony

The Rite of Spring
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
surface form: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
hasTheme interpretation of music through imagery
innovativeElement Fantasound stereophonic sound system
medium traditional hand-drawn animation
musicBy Leopold Stokowski
notableFor combining classical music with animation
nonlinear anthology structure
pioneering stereophonic sound in film exhibition
orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra
originalLanguage English
partOfFranchise Disney animated features
surface form: Disney animated features canon
producer Walt Disney
productionCompany Walt Disney Pictures
surface form: Walt Disney Productions
releaseDate 1940-11-13
releaseYear 1940
runtimeMinutes 125
setIn various fantastical settings
targetAudience family
usesTechnology Fantasound stereophonic sound system
surface form: Fantasound

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this entity surface form: Disney animated features (early 1940s)
this entity surface form: Disney film Fantasia
Fantasia followedBy Fantasia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fantasia 2000
James Algar notableWork Fantasia
Mickey Mouse notableWork Fantasia
Norman Ferguson notableWork Fantasia
Ted Sears notableWork Fantasia
Walt Disney notableWork Fantasia
Tarzan precedes Fantasia
subject surface form: Tarzan (1999 film)
this entity surface form: Fantasia 2000