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BookPrices.net - Fantasia 2000 (Walt Disney Pictures Presents)
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List Price: $26.99
Our Price: $3.39
Your Save: $ 23.60 ( 87% )
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Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Starring: Kathleen Battle, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Eric Goldberg, Ralph Grierson
Directed By: Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Eric Goldberg, James Algar, Francis Glebas
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Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780788824685
Format: Animated
ISBN: 0788824686
Label: Walt Disney Home Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video
Release Date: 2000-11-14
Running Time: 74
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Horrible.
Comment: I knew what I was getting as far as the movie with this purchase, however what the seller failed to mention was that the DVD was actually a bootleg. Not in new shrink wrap, it was in a cheap plastic slip with a printed cover. Worst of all, upon popping the DVD in the player to make sure it at least worked it is dubbed in JAPANESE!! This seller was by far the worst experience I have ever had on Amazon. No reply, no refund, nothing. I urge anyone who comes across this seller not to buy these cheap bootlegs from them.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Movie
Comment: This is a great movie for kids and adults. It's better than the first Fantasia. Besides the flying whale during the Pines of Rome (the only part I don't like--who thinks of flying whales with a song like the Pines of Rome?), everything is incredibly creative and exciting to watch!
Customer Rating:
Summary: Postive
Comment: I received this movie within a decent time and it was actually a wonderful movie. I am satisfied with my purchase.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not as good as the original
Comment: The original Fantasia is two hours long. Fantasia 2000 is only 75 minutes long. Sure, it's more attention-grabbing, but this is even less compelling than the original.
Beethoven's 5th is underused (only four minutes worth of music compared to the twenty minutes of the 6th). The second movement of "Pines of Rome" by Ottonio Respighi is entirely cut out. WHY? The Finale to "Carnival of the Animals" is more bombastic than it should be. "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin has some good points, so no loss there. "Pomp and Circumstance" by Sir Edward Elgar is a hit and miss. Donald Duck is supposed to be a nonchalant, hot-headed duck, but I guess political correctness got its wish here. Shostakovich's "Piano Concerto" is uninteresting, and it lacks the beauty and charm that's found in the original. And finally, they could've used the complete 1910 version of Igor Stravinsky's "Firebird" rather than the 1949 suite. The villain of the sequence is awe-inspiring, however.
So the animation is much better-looking than the original, but it lacks the intrigue and extreme risk-taking that was found in the original. So I give this a C+.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not the original, but still nice
Comment: I know that "Fantasia" was suppose to be a continual work-in-progress, but this is several decades too late to capture Walt's true vision, I'm sure. Still, I think it warrants 4 stars for beautiful music and some great animation.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Disney animators and filmmakers have again burst the boundaries of imagination with FANTASIA 2000. Fulfilling Walt Disney's original vision of uniquely fusing sight and sound in a full-length motion picture, this film begins where its predecessor, FANTASIA, left off, with seven completely new segments and the return of the popular "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." In this fun-filled movie, breathtaking images are coupled with classical music favorites. From Beethoven to Gershwin -- from flamingos bobbing yo-yos to a city in bluesy motion -- vivid animation brings the music of the masters to colorful life. Sixty years after the original masterpiece, Roy E. Disney has orchestrated a brilliant collaboration of more than 1,200 artists and technicians, including the animators of THE LION KING, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and ALADDIN -- to present FANTASIA 2000, a film filled with "dazzling moments" (The New York Times) and "arguably the greatest Disney film ever" (KNX/CBS Radio), that is sure to captivate viewers of all ages!
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