Fantasia

Fantasia (1940) starring Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Narrated by Deems Taylor. Walt Disney Studios creates a marriage of classical music and animation, with eight different sections filling out this two-hour movie. Included are Bach's Toccata and Fugue; Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony (excerpt); "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (with Mickey Mouse); "A Night on Bald Mountain"; "The Dance of the Hours" (with dancing hippos and alligators); and Stravinski's "Rite of Spring" (showing evolution through the dinosaurs). Fantasia is a fantastic movie. It even includes subtitles for the hearing-impaired. Grade: A-