#Walt Disney 1940

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"...WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ARE THE DESIGNS AND PICTURES AND STORIES THAT MUSIC INSPIRED IN THE MINDS AND IMAGINATIONS..."

PIC INFO: Resolution at 1016x1600 -- Spotlight on the theatrical release movie poster design for "Fantasia" a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. Artist unknown.

"...What you're going to see are the designs and pictures and stories that music inspired in the minds and imaginations of a group of artists. In other words, these are not going to be the interpretations of trained musicians, which I think is all to the good. Now, there are three kinds of music on this "Fantasia" program. First, there's the kind that tells a definite story. Then there's the kind, that while it has no specific plot, does paint a series of more or less definite pictures. Then there's a third kind, music that exists simply for its own sake."

-- THE NARRATOR (Deems Taylor)

[First Lines and Introduction to "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"] 

Source: https://ryanmccormickfilmhistory.blogspot.com/2014/12/fantasia-1940.html.

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Night on Bald Mountain - Fantasia (1940)

[thebarroomortheboy]

After his mother is taken away, Dumbo is seen standing on his own, swaying sadly from side to side. This is actually an accurate depiction of what elephants do when they are emotionally distraught. x

DUMBO (1941) | dir. Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson and Wilfred Jackson

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Pinocchio (1940)

Directed by: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, and Bill Roberts

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[esqueletosgays]

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1949)

Director: Jack Kinney & Clyde Geronimi

[theknucklehead]

When you really think about it, Disney's Fantasia was technically the first AMV ever made.

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Used as live-action reference models for Disney's artists, the deer pictured here were welcome visitors to Walt's dream factory. They helped studio chief and artist alike prepare for the animated film 𝑩𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊 (1942).

[brokehorrorfan]

Funko has revealed a Headless Horseman Deluxe Pop from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Due out in September, the 6.25" vinyl figure costs $30.

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José Carioca is a positive representative of Brasil who hates fascists, what’s not to love about him!

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[auntymurda]

fantasia. 1940.

[vhshistory]

November 1, 1991: Disney's Fantasia (1940) is released on VHS.

Released over 50 years after its original theatrical release, the film was a huge hit on home video, selling over 14.2 million copies by 1992.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow background artwork (1949)

[thebarroomortheboy]

The Night On Bald Mountain sequence was cut from the film when originally released on video. When the sequence was shown in 1940 the studio was overrun with calls and letters from parents who complained that the sequence scared their children. It has since been restored to its original place in the film on subsequent home video releases.

NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN | FANTASIA (1940) | dir. Wilfred Jackson

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A section of The Rite of Spring animation sequence from Walt Disney’s Fantasia - 1940.

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Breakdown of this scene:

Pinocchio (1940)

Jiminy Cricket animation by Milt Kahl