Walt Disney's Nine Old Men Jun 3, 2008
When Walt Disney produced Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, he had already assembled a talented core of animators who would stick with him until his death in 1966, weathering World War II, a nasty animator's strike, and near-bankruptcy after box office failures like Fantasia and Sleeping Beauty ... He specialized in animating Mickey throughout the decades, drawing such classic sequences as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" in Fantasia, and the "Mickey and the Beanstalk" sequence in Fun & Fancy... (Suite101.com)
How Pixar got to be the best in the business Jun 2, 2008
The first book about the Walt Disney Studio was written in conjunction with the release of "Fantasia" in 1940. Eighteen years later, Bob Thomas' "The Art of Animation" finally captured the feel of the studio. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Summer DVDviewing guide May 27, 2008
Fantasia (1940) - Yes, this Disney classic counts as an art film. It was a flop when first released, but many of its segments, including some purely abstract animation, stay in memory: The naked little water sprites playing with centaurs and the dinosaurs facing death to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Davids battle on 'Idol' May 21, 2008
He also pulled his punches on Fantasia s hot mess performance last Wednesday: Fantasia s a great girl ... True it was hard not to take your eyes off of Fantasia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Nine Old Men: Wolfgang Reitherman May 13, 2008
Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman (June 26, 1909 - May 22, 1985) was the "action man," animating such classic showdowns as the dinosaur battle in Fantasia, the Monstro chase scene in Pinocchio, and the clash between Prince Phillip and Maleficient the Dragon in Sleeping Beauty. Reitherman's talents extended beyond his animation. (Suite101.com)
Q&A: Syesha Mercado eyes a bigger stage May 8, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Syesha Mercado, who has sung everything from the Beatles Yesterday to Fantasia Barrinos I Believe, is the last woman standing among the Season 7 American Idol final four. In this exclusive interview, the 21-year old from Sarasota, Fla. (MSNBC -- News)
Nine Old Men: Ollie Johnston May 3, 2008
He also oversaw the "Pastoral Symphony" sequence in Fantasia. Johnston contributed to virtually every Disney animated film over the next 30 years, working closely with Frank Thomas. (Suite101.com)
Seven Fields man wins Disney job Apr 23, 2008
Mr. Muchoney and the two other finalists competed last week in games that included towel folding, face painting and Disney trivia, a strong suit of the man who loves the movies "Monsters, Inc." and "Fantasia." Videos of the competition were posted on the Web site and people voted online for their favorite contestant. But it wasn't a cutthroat reality competition. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Obituary: Ollie Johnston Apr 17, 2008
By way of Pinocchio (1939), with Johnston's celebrated nose job, came Fantasia (1940), which stirred much controversy, as exemplified by Graham Greene's reaction to Johnston's Pastoral Symphony section: "To illustrate Beethoven with a romantic ballet of centaurs and a comic Pegasus is almost aesthetic blasphemy.". Bambi brought further controversy, with accusations that the expressions Johnston gave to mother and offspring when the mother is killed provoked childish nightmares, though Johnston's... (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
'Golden age' Disney animator dies Apr 17, 2008
His first feature film was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, and he went on to work on classic Disney animated films such as Fantasia, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, and The Jungle Book. His famous scenes included the heartbreaking death of Bambi's mother at the hands of a hunter. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Ollie Johnston, 95, veteran Disney animator Apr 17, 2008
LOS ANGELES Ollie Johnston, the last of the "Nine Old Men" who animated "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Bambi" and other classic Walt Disney films has died ... Johnston contributed animation and direction to classics such as 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' 'Pinocchio,' 'Fantasia,' 'Song of the South,' 'Cinderella,' and 'Alice in Wonderland' and many others ... Johnston worked as an assistant animator on "Snow White," became an animation supervisor on "Fantasia" and "Bambi" and... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Veteran Disney animator dies Apr 16, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Ollie Johnston, the last of the "Nine Old Men" who animated "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Bambi" and other classic Walt Disney films has died ... Johnston worked as an assistant animator on "Snow White," became an animation supervisor on "Fantasia" and "Bambi" and animator on "Pinocchio.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Veteran Disney animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95 Apr 16, 2008
Johnston contributed animation and direction to classics such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio," "Fantasia," "Song of the South," "Cinderella," and "Alice in Wonderland" and many others ... Johnston contributed animation and direction to classics such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio," "Fantasia," "Song of the South," "Cinderella," and "Alice in Wonderland" and many others ... Johnston contributed animation and direction to classics such as "Snow White and the... (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Famed Walt Disney Animator Johnston Dies Apr 16, 2008
He contributed animation and direction to classics such as "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Pinocchio," "Fantasia," "Song of the South," "Cinderella," and "Alice in Wonderland.". Johnston also worked on "Peter Pan," "Lady and the Tramp," "Sleeping Beauty," "Sword in the Stone," "Mary Poppins," "The Jungle Book," "Robin Hood," "The Rescuers," and "The Fox and the Hound.". (Click2Houston, TX)
Movie: The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Apr 6, 2008
"The Thief of Bagdad...ranks next to Fantasia as the most beguiling and wondrous film of ths troubled season," wrote Bosley Crowther of The New York Times (12/6/40). In a preview story titled "Korda Opens Stops On Trick Camera Effects For His 'Thief of Bagdad,'" Life magazine (10/14/40) called the movie "one-third Arabian Nights, one-third Disney fable and one-third Shubert musical." The latter was in reference to Miklos Rozsa's Oscar-nominated music score. (Suite101.com)
A look into the birthplace of Silicon Valley Mar 25, 2008
Hewlett and Packard's first big customer was another California corporate icon, Walt Disney Co., which ordered eight of the HP oscillators to use in developing the movie "Fantasia.". Another remnant of HP's roots, a ham radio, sits on another bench in the garage. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Japanese returning a trove of lost Disney art Mar 20, 2008
She said other highlights included two backgrounds from the "Nutcracker Suite" and "Rite of Spring" sequences in the 1940 film "Fantasia.". Multimedia. (International Herald Tribune)
Hotlist of Jim Carrey movies Mar 15, 2008
Fantasia (1940): Great not just because of what it is - great classical music set to what is jaw-dropping animation still, head-blowing-off at the time - but of what it promised animated films could be. Which is to say, anything. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Wanted: Munchkins and Flying Monkeys 03-09-2008 Mar 9, 2008
For the past year, Hall has been performing on Broadway in Oprah Winfrey s production of The Color Purple starring American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino, Grammy Award-winning gospel artist Bebe Winans and Rnd Chaka Khan. I was the understudy for Harpo, the role played by Bebe Winans, and was a featured actor and dancer portraying the role of Bobby in the musical, Hall says. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
And The Oscar Goes To... Feb 22, 2008
Eleven-year-old Nash, who previously portrayed a young Fantasia Barrino in a 2006 TV movie, will perform "Raise It Up" at the Academy Awards. NOMINATED SONGS: "Happy Working Song," "So Close" and "That's How You Know" FILM: "Enchanted" (Walt Disney Pictures) ARTIST(S): Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz SOUNDTRACK CHART PEAK: No. 5 on Top Soundtracks chart; No. 39 on the Billboard 200SOUNDTRACK COPIES SOLD: 199,000 (Sales through the week ending Feb. 17, 2008 according to Nielsen... (Billboard.com)
Walt Disney Biography Feb 9, 2008
Unfortunately, the profits from Snow White were consumed by the making of Pinocchio , Fantasia , and Bambi. By the end of WWII, Disney owed Bank of America over $4 million. (Suite101.com)
Broadway colors outside the lines Jan 26, 2008
The replacement casting of "American Idol" alum Fantasia Barrino in the lead role of Celie also gave "Color Purple" a sizeable boost a year into its run. Conversely, "Passing Strange" has no celebrities, nor is writer-composer-star Stew convinced it will fly with the same demo flocking to "Color Purple.". (Variety)
'Idol' strikes it rich Jan 13, 2008
Ad buyers hooked on 'Idol' too - Los Angeles Times. File photo"American Idol" judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell return for the show's seventh season. (Los Angeles Times)
Joan Marcus / Disney University of Georgia grad Tituss Burgess gives a deliciously funny performance as Sebastian the crab in "The Little Mermaid" on Broadway.• Story Jan 11, 2008
Based on Hans Christian Andersen's fable and Disney's beloved 1989 animated film that netted songwriters Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman an Oscar for the catchy "Under the Sea," "The Little Mermaid" is a fluttering fantasia that will appeal to preschoolers, parents and that all-important in-between generation known as tweens. You know, the kids who wear Heelys. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
NAACP honors best of year Jan 9, 2008
Fantasia) (Arista Records/Sony BMG)Bow Wow on (Columbia Records)Eddie d Levert (Atlantic)Sounds of Blackness (Sounds of Blackness Records)Stephen Marley n "Jr. Gong" Marley (Universal Republic). Jazz ArtistDee Dee Bridgewater (DDB Records (UMG))Herbie Hancock (Verve)Kirk Whalum (Rendezvous Entertainment)Patti Austin (Rendezvous Entertainment)Randy Crawford ample (PRA Records). (Variety)
'The Lion King' Jan 6, 2008
He admits, "it's always a bit of a surprise when I sit and talk with theater people, because when you hear Disney you immediately think Norman Rockwell or Main Street Disneyland." But he points out that Walt Disney gets a bad rap: "When people say 'Disneyesque,' they forget 'Fantasia.' Disney made an offer to Salvador Dali. He was a futurist. 'Dumbo' is a flight of fancy with wacky, wacky ideas. Most people don't know the oeuvre.". Schumacher does. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Enter the genie Nov 30, 2007
This is the third childrens theatre presentation produced by Istana Budaya, after Siti di Alam Fantasia (2001) and last years Ali Baba, said Istana Budayas deputy director general (artistic) Muhamad Juhari Shaarani during a media preview last week. Nur Farina Nadia plays Princess Jasmin and Saiful Azlan Saiful Annuar is Belang in Aladdin. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
20 Films That Changed CGI Nov 29, 2007
Even masters of other animated forms, such as Hayao Miyazaki, recognize the genius in movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Fantasia, Sleeping Beauty and 101 Dalmations. Ratatouille is the first CGI animated film to be directly compared with Disney's greatest work. (Suite101.com)
Sarandon had wicked good time Nov 24, 2007
"I was terrified of the dancing broomstick in Fantasia," she says. "And completely distraught over Bambi -- that whole thing.". (Winnipeg Sun)
Move Over Britney Nov 13, 2007
And then, with less fanfare but just as important, Aretha Franklin s got her Duets album called "Jewels in the Crown." There are a couple of new tracks with Fantasia and John Legend, as well as some recent chart hits with Annie Lennox (the great Sisters Are Doin It For Themselves ), George Michael ("I Knew You Were Waiting for Me"), plus Keith Richards, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, Frank Sinatra and Mary J Blige. It s a must-have for any music fan. (Fox News)
CAN'T 'XANADU' IT ENOUGH Oct 16, 2007
He is what is known in theater circles as a "Fanadu." These are the ultra-super-die-hard fans of the '80s roller-skating fantasia turned genuinely hysterical Broadway play currently enjoying its fourth month of a successful run at the Helen Hayes Theatre. "Fanadu is a bit generic now," Purves delicately chides me at the outset of our interview. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Little Einsteins' a classical gas for kids Oct 2, 2007
"Go a step beyond 'Fantasia.'" That's how executive producer Eric Weiner, formerly with "Dora the Explorer," articulates the show's ambitious goals. "Setting a story to classical music has been done before. [We] wanted to make the score as visual and concrete as possible -- how is music doing what it is doing?". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Floyd Norman is Disney Legend Sep 14, 2007
- Marge Champion was a dancer who, as part of the Marge and Gower Champion husband-and-wife dance team, shot to prominence in the 1950 s. She also modeled for Disney on such movies as Snow White, Fantasia and Pinocchio. As animator dryly noted, "the best part is that Floyd will be inducted at a ceremony along with Michael Eisner, subject of at least a thousand unflattering Floyd Norman gag cartoons. Can't wait to see the photo of the two of them being enshrined together.". (Suite101.com)
Photo File, Inc. Launches Disney Gold Records Collection Sep 7, 2007
The collection will feature timeless classics including The Lion King, Fantasia, Sleeping Beauty, A Child's Garden of Verses, and a special tribute titled The Princesses, a celebration of four of the most beloved Disney Princess films of all time: The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Cinderella, and Beauty and The Beast. "The soundtracks to the Disney movies are as celebrated and timeless as the movies themselves," said Photo File President Keith Holden. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dual options Aug 31, 2007
Astro tapped into the young talents it uncovered via Astro RIAs Akademi Fantasia. Disney Hong Kong conducted the casting and found the suitable voices. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
More of this story Aug 19, 2007
Fantasia defies doubters in lead in Color Purple. After it was announced that Fantasia would take over the lead role in the Broadway musical he Color Purple, she recalls her co-stars as being warm, friendly and supportive ... Fantasia has received rave reviews, boosted a box office that had started to slump and, some say, improved a successful commercial production that was lacking critically. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Guru Screen: Five Steady Eddies Aug 12, 2007
One interesting note: One of Hewlett-Packard's first customers was Walt Disney Studios, which purchased equipment from HP that it used to create and test an innovative sound system for the movie Fantasia. Hewlett-Packard, which is in the black since the July 19 downturn, is another fast-grower that my Lynch-based strategy likes. (Forbes)
Top 10 Animated Films Jul 29, 2007
Fantasia (James Algar, Samuel Armstrong and others, 1940) The film that nearly bankrupted Walt, these animated segments set to classical music received a limp response on release, but over the years built up critical and popular acclaim. "Fantasia" stars centaurs, dinosaurs and ballet-dancing animals, but it's the cautionary tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice, starring an out-of-his-depth Mickey Mouse, that still steals the show. (CNN -- International)
Are we there - ooh, SpongeBob! Jul 22, 2007
Dumbo: The 1941 film that saved Disney (after the box office bomb, Fantasia) was going on the cover of Time until Pearl Harbor. Dumbo is a baby elephant with saddlebag ears that only a mother can love. (Globe and Mail)
Summer Blockbusters' Home Run Derby Jul 7, 2007
That's where Walt, employing his own all-star team of animators, hit his other home runs on the top 50 No. 20, Fantasia; No. 23, Mary Poppins (a live-action/animation combo); No. 27, The Jungle Book; No. 28, Sleeping Beauty; No. 36, Pinocchio; and No. 45, Bambi. Lucas, Spielberg Clean Up. (BusinessWeek)
Obituaries in the News Jul 3, 2007
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Longtime Disney animator Art Stevens, who began his studio career working on ``Fantasia'' and went on to co-direct ``The Fox and the Hound'' and ``The Rescuers,'' has died ... He worked on ``Fantasia,'' ``Bambi'' and other 1940s features before becoming a full-fledged animator with the 1953 film ``Peter Pan. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Art Stevens, 92; animator worked on 'The Fox and the Hound' Jul 1, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- Art Stevens, a veteran Disney animator who launched his career at the studio working as an artist on the 1940 classic "Fantasia" and later co directed "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Rescuers," died May 22 at his home after suffering a heart attack, a Disney spokesman said ... on May 1, 1915, Mr. Stevens began his career as an in-betweener -- an artist who makes the drawings between the animator's key poses -- on "Fantasia .He was an in-betweener on "Bambi" and several other... (Boston Globe)
Art Stevens, animated several Disney classics Jul 1, 2007
July 1, 2007 LOS ANGELES - Art Stevens, a veteran Disney animator who launched his career at the studio working as an artist on the 1940 classic "Fantasia" and later co-directed "The Fox and the Hound" and "The Rescuers," has died ... on May 1, 1915, Stevens began his career as an in-betweener - an artist who makes the drawings between the animator's key poses - on "Fantasia," for which he worked on the "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor," "Pastoral Symphony," "Nutcracker Suite" and "Night on Bald... (Newsday -- State)
What's on your top 10 movies list? Jun 30, 2007
Casablanca Gone with The Wind The Wizard Of Oz Singing In The Rain Roman Holiday Fantasia An Affair To Remember Ben-Hur Guess Whose Coming to Dinner It's A Wonderful Life Mr Smith Goes To Washington To Kill A Mockingbird Oops. That's twelve. (NPR)
‘Ratatouille’ a feast of sound, sight and story Jun 29, 2007
How dreary would life be without the animated gifts of the Walt Disney Studios: Fantasia, Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella, Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and dozens more that have enchanted moviegoers for decades. Enter the world of Pixar Animation, and we take that Disney magic to the next level with A Bug s Life, Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
A rat atop the food chain Jun 29, 2007
Remy navigating the bilge-water rapids of Paris' sewers rivals the epic "Fantasia" scene of Mickey swirling in the vortex of the flood he unleashed as the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Highly amusing are the scenes in which ratso-Remy, hiding under Linguini's toque, controls the boy like a marionette, tugging on his hair to indicate what his hands should do. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Coast' and 'Spring' dominate the Tonys Jun 11, 2007
In a nod to a current big seller from a previous season, members of the "Jersey Boys" cast sang "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)." And, ostensibly because this year's regional honoree, Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, had backed "The Color Purple," the show also featured a "Purple" song from "American Idol" idol Fantasia. Surely the longing to capture a Nielsen household or two from the "Sopranos" finale had nothing to do with that -- nor with the odd inclusion of gushing paeans to live theater... (Boston Globe -- Living)
'Awakening' wins 8 Tony Awards Jun 11, 2007
That nod was acknowledged in a performance by Fantasia Barrino from "The Color Purple," the Broadway hit that originated at the Alliance. And the winners are. (Variety)
Broadway bounces toward billion Jun 9, 2007
And after starting to flag at the box office, "The Color Purple" has seen a healthy uptick with the arrival in the lead role of "American Idol" alum, Fantasia Barrino. Creatively risky output sold more modestly but staked a claim in the spotlight. (Variety)
LIFETIME Television's Original Drama 'Army Wives' Is Most-Watched Series Premiere in Network's 23-Year History Jun 6, 2007
Online -- Video streams of "Army Wives" on LifetimeTV.com rose 94% from Sunday to Monday (first time Lifetime ever streamed an entire episode online); -- "Army Wives" programming section on LifetimeTV.com had the most traffic of any network program since the August '06 Lifetime Original Movie "The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life Is Not a Fairy Tale," Lifetime's second most-watched movie ever; -- The series generated the highest traffic to the LifetimeTV.com home page since February '07; -- Yahoo's... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Terrence McNally's `The Ritz' returns to Broadway this fall Jun 5, 2007
"The Color Purple." A musical version of Alice Walker's novel, now starring Fantasia, about one woman's triumph over adversity. Broadway. (FOX News)
Ratatouille roundup Jun 4, 2007
But keep in mind that great reviews don t mean great box office: Fantasia, arguably Disney s greatest animated movie, bombed on its initial release. And Bird's first flick, The Iron Giant, got hammered at the box office, thanks to a lousy promo from Warner Bros. (Suite101.com)
After 60 years, Dali's animation to be aired at Tate May 31, 2007
Scores of set designs and storyboards stayed in the Disney archives largely ignored until seven years ago, when Mr Disney projected a few of the images behind the actor Bette Midler as she introduced the re-mastered copy of the studio's music animation Fantasia. To his shock, a lawyer warned him that a contract ruled that the images would only become the outright property of the studio when Destino was completed. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Walt Disney Academy Award Winner May 30, 2007
1940 saw another facet to Disney's many talents with Fantasia. Fantasia introduced stereophonic sound using a special sound system called Fantasound ... 28 million to produce but Fantasia did win Disney another Academy Award for broadening the scope of the motion picture both as an art form and as entertainment. (Suite101.com)
Future bright for Jordin Sparks May 25, 2007
She could be huge on the Disney Channel," he said. Not all the winners have turned their Idol experience into long-term recording success. The career of last year's winner, Taylor Hicks, is lagging, and Fantasia Barrino (2004) has moved on to Broadway with a role in The Color Purple. Sparks has a good shot at success at her young age because of solid backing from her family as well as the American Idol machine, according to Celia Hirschman, who markets artists, runs a small record label and... (AZCentral)
Leslie Gray Streeter's blog May 24, 2007
Because you never heard Fantasia sing "Summertime" or Elliott do "A Song For You?" or even Katharine "Never Leslie's Favorite" McPhee nail "Somewhere Over The Rainbow?" ... - LaKisha: Her "God Bless The Child" reminded me of Fantasia's "Summertime" - absolutely instinctively brilliant ... Other than that, I'd like to point out how awful it was to cut Quincy Jones off when he was trying to push Fantasia's role in "The Color Purple," like he was some nobody. (The Palm Beach Post)
Jordin Sparks wins 'American Idol' May 24, 2007
Victor Fantasia appeared in a weepy TV movie of her life, while also-ran Jennifer Hudson jumped to the big screen and won an Oscar for Dreamgirls. To flourish, Sparks will need to polish her act, Hasty said. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Lifetime Television Announces Winner of 'The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairy Tale' National Essay Contest May 23, 2007
Anta, a health program manager in Jacksonville, Florida, and one guest will travel to Los Angeles to attend the season finale of "American Idol." The contest was launched in conjunction with the Lifetime Original Movie about "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino, "The Fantasia Barrino Story: Life is Not a Fairy Tale." The movie followed Fantasia's journey from her complicated childhood to her triumphant success on the third season of "American Idol" and was Lifetime's most watched movie of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Is the thrill gone? Win or lose, nearly all 'American Idol' constestants are cashing in May 22, 2007
Fantasia , the season- three winner, is currently starring in a Broadway production of "The Color Purple," but her runner-up, Diana DeGarmo , had already appeared in the Broadway version of "Hairspray." Lisa Tucker, last year's 10th-place finisher, has been cast in a Fox pilot. Season four's Constantine Maroulis, just off a run on Broadway's "The Wedding Singer," picked up a role on "The Bold and the Beautiful." Of course, season three's Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar this year for her role in... (Boston Globe)
House where Hewlett-Packard was founded gets historic designation May 18, 2007
Walt Disney used it in 1940 to improve the sound on his groundbreaking, feature-length animated movie, "Fantasia.". Even with the landmark designation, the house will be open to the public only rarely, out of deference to the neighbors. (WSJA.com, AL)
SPAC announces more updates May 17, 2007
Today's hectic lifestyles have created a demand for entertainment and recreational choices that the whole family can enjoy together,'' she said, citing examples including fireworks after the July 4 performance of the New York City Ballet and a matinee during which the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform Saint-Saens' ``Carnival of the Animals'' and selections from the Walt Disney movie ``Fantasia. . (Albany Times Union)
Sizzle fizzles but still sweet for Sotheby's May 12, 2007
The lilac-hued Brack was rendered in cartoon style, resembling a cel from the Walt Disney movie Fantasia. Estimated at just $600,000 to $800,000, its price overtook that of the previous record-holder, the same artist's saturnine pub scene The Bar from 1956, which brought $3. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Arts & Theater Apr 29, 2007
Fans of Disney and good dancing will not want to miss the Emerald Coast Ballet's presentation of Walt Disney's "Fantasia" tonight at the Saenger Theatre. . (Pensacola News Journal)
Once Upon a Time Walt Disney Apr 24, 2007
View the "Night on Bald Mountain" sequence from Fantasia next to a clip from F.W. Murnau's Faust, and it's obvious that Disney had watched this classic horror movie closely ... Figures like Ub Iwerks (a crucial figure in Disney's early development), Earle, Tenggren, Claude Coats (who did the backgrounds for Cinderella), and Ward Kimball, Bill Tytla and Fred Moore (whose animation genius on Dumbo saved Disney after the box office failure of Fantasia) all get their due in this exhibit. (Suite101.com)
Broadway gets Easter boost Apr 10, 2007
But tuners "LoveMusik" and "110 in the Shade" will join the fray, and replacement star Fantasia joins "The Color Purple" this week, which could bring in some extra coin, as well. Date in print: Tue. (Variety)
