Fantasia.

Name: Fantasia
Genre: Animation, Classics, Family, Musical
Released: 1940-11-13
Duration: 125 min
Cast: Walt Disney, Deems Taylor, Leopold Stokowski

Let the music paint the picture.

Classical music becomes a series of animated worlds, from dancing creatures to an overconfident apprentice whose borrowed magic runs out of control. Each segment offers a different meeting of sound, movement and imagination.

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Why it’s a little special

A change of pace from a conventional story. Watch a favorite section, compare the pictures each piece suggests, or settle in for the whole musical journey.

BEFORE YOU PRESS PLAY

Know the story.
Know your little people.

General audiences

US film rating

Some sequences feature predators, dying dinosaurs, storms and frightening demons. The final dark segment includes ghostly and briefly nude fantasy figures; quieter music does not mean every scene is gentle.

Our notes are a starting point, not an age recommendation. G and PG films can still include intense moments. You know your family best.

BEHIND THE SCENES

The little details.

Directed by: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield
Starring: Walt Disney, Deems Taylor, Leopold Stokowski
Written by: Campbell Grant, Carl Fallberg, Otto Englander, Leo Thiele, Graham Heid, Sylvia Moberly-Holland, Vernon Stallings, Webb Smith, Joe Grant, Robert Sterner, Bianca Majolie, John McLeish, Erdman Penner, Norman Wright, Bill Peet, Phil Dike, Arthur Heinemann, Joseph Sabo, Perce Pearce, Albert Heath, Lee Blair, Dick Huemer, William Martin, Elmer Plummer
Release date: November 13, 1940
Runtime: 125 minutes
Genre: Animation, Classics, Family, Musical
Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Language: English