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 Facts about topic: (Fantasia (movie))   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fantasia was originally released in 1940 by Walt Disney Productions itself as a roadshow (additional info and facts about roadshow) release, since Disney's distributor RKO Radio Pictures (additional info and facts about RKO Radio Pictures) backed out of the film.
In 1942, RKO had the 125-minute Fantasia chopped down to 83 minutes (done by deleting the entire Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (additional info and facts about Toccata and Fugue in D Minor) segment and shortening the live-action Deems Taylor (United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)) sequences as much as possible).
Fantasia was edited once again in 1947, adding the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (additional info and facts about Toccata and Fugue in D Minor) back into the film, but still keeping the Deems Taylor (United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)) sequences as short as possible.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fa/fantasia_(movie).htm   (3665 words)

  
 Fantasia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, composed in 1910 by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Fantasia, a 1940 film produced by Walt Disney, combining animated segments set to classical music with live-action wraparounds.
Show tango, also called Fantasia, is a more theatrical and exaggerated form of Argentine tango developed to suit the stage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fantasia   (255 words)

  
 Fantasia (movie) Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ ColorfulImaginations.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fantasia is a 1940 motion picture, the third in the Disney animated features canon, which was a Walt Disney experiment in animation and music.
The original version of Fantasia was never released again after 1941, and although some of the original audio elements no longer exist, a 2000 DVD release version attempted to restore as much of the original version of the film as possible.
Fantasia was edited once again on July 20, 1946, adding the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor back into the film, but still keeping the Deems Taylor sequences at a minimum.
www.colorfulimaginations.com /encyclopedia/Fantasia_(movie)   (3798 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino, or simply Fantasia (born June 30, 1984 in High Point, North Carolina), is an African-American rhythm and blues singer, who came to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol.
Fantasia Barrino is the winner of the third season of the reality/talent-search television series American Idol.
Fantasia's rise to the final two on American Idol had been plagued with controversies ranging from accusations of racism to concerns over rigged voting and busy telephone signals.
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 fantasia on Encyclopedia.com
In the 16th and 17th cent., however, the term designated a contrapuntal piece employing imitation and thus was one of the forerunners of the fugue.
Group of horsemen perform fantasia during the festivities marking the Moussem of Moulay Abdallah.
The fantasia consists of the technics of war performed by the arabs during their conquests, (PAR54051)
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 Fantasia Barrino - Fantasia Barrino American winner of American Idol 3, Fantasia Barrino won American Idol 3!
Fantasia is so unique and so beautiful and the way she sang I Heard it Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye just sent chills up and down my spine.
Fantasia was looking very elegant in that fl evening dress and starting out her performance from amidst the audience was a great touch.
Fantasia's favourite movie was last year's classic from Pixar Finding Nemo and she would be singing the Gershwin classic Summertime (which, for me, is tough, because nobody on this planet can touch Jenny Gear's version of Summertime...
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 Fantasia Barrino #1 Fan site
Fantasia, Jennifer and Latoya the best singers in the group were in the bottom 3.
Fantasia was in the top 3 as she should be tonight.
Fantasia was safe tonight and will be moving on to perform next week for us.
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 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Fantasia/2000 at Epinions.com
In and of itself "Fantasia" was (and remains) a masterpiece: The perfect coupling of animation and classical music.
He, in fact, demanded more: He said the film "Fantasia" could only be shown in theaters that were properly outfitted to accommodate the film.
Originally, the story goes, Disney intended to make "Fantasia" an organic work--a film that was constantly changing: Here a new segment, there a new musical score; here the removal of a known character, there the addition of a previous unknown.
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 blackfolk: Fantasia, Still Beating the Odds (from vh1.com)
Fantasia's highest hope for the fall has nothing to do with her opening slot on Kanye West's tour or her two nominations at the American Music Awards.
In the book, which Fantasia dictated to a freelance writer, the singer reveals that her mother is also functionally illiterate and that Fantasia was so ashamed of her own struggle it kept her from ever applying for a job.
Fantasia is now working with a tutor and is sharing her story to inspire others who struggle with reading and writing.
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 After 'Idol,' Fantasia shows off her style - More reality TV news, features - MSNBC.com
But Fantasia is nothing if not versatile, and on a trip to find fashions for her summer tour, she brought The Associated Press along to show she doesn’t just have style — she has styles.
Fantasia arrives at the HandM store in midtown Manhattan with a publicist, two stylists, her manager and a reporter.
Fantasia is looking for something that will turn heads — and she sees something she likes as soon as she walks in the store: A white peasant shirt with eyelets, and a brown belt that hangs around the waist.
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 Walt Disney's Fantasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fantasia came in to Walt's mind because of Walt Disney's concern for the career of Mickey Mouse.
Walt's idea for Fantasia was that it be "music you hear, and pictures you see." Production began in 1937, with the Sorcerers Apprentice as the main segment.
It means two things, a compositions in which the composer strays from the accepted form, and a potpourri of familiar arts, both apply to the film.
www.justdisney.com /Features/Fantasia   (570 words)

  
 Fantasia: Fantasia Ceiling Fans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Brand Name Fantasia is synonymous with Ceiling Fans, being the pioneers of the decorative fan market in the UK.
Fantasia Ceiling Fans have been recognised as an Investor in People organisation after achieving the standard in May 2005.
Fantasia embraces a commitment to training and development and looks forward to the benefits that improved people performance delivers.
www.fantasia-fans.co.uk   (146 words)

  
 Fantasia/2000 (1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fantasia 2000's segments are presented by Disney animated favorites such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Fantasia 2000 is certainly a commendable and worthwhile sequel but by no means is it near as impressive as its predecessor.
The animation for the film is really something to behold, especially in the film's book-ending sequences Symphony #5, in which a group of stunning whales travel through a beautiful icy ocean, and Firebird, in which the title character spreads a wave of fire throughout the land destroying anything it touches.
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 Fantasia Idol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Fantasia Barrino - Dressing Fantasia-style News & Observer, NC - Jun 26, 2005
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 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Fantasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
According to Stokowski,; he wondered why Disney planned to stop at a short subject; why not a full-length film with several other musical works to suggest "the mood, the coloring, the design, the speed, the character of motion of what is seen on the screen," as he later expressed it.
In short, a fantasia, which means a free development on a given theme.
In preparing for Fantasia, Disney subscribed to a box at the Hollywood Bowl where, he told a colleague, he invariably fell asleep, lulled by the music and the warmth of the polo coat he liked to wear.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100422   (932 words)

  
 Fantasia (1940)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Trivia: The 1947 re-release was distributed with Peter and the Wolf (1946), which was originally a segment in Make Mine Music (1946), shown as a featurette, much the way the first two or three Disney "Winnie the Pooh" shorts were shown before the main feature in theatres.
This was the closest Walt Disney ever got to "continuously updating" Fantasia with new segments, although the "Peter and the Wolf" cartoon was not actually incorporated into "Fantasia".
Fantasia is a light that will shine for generations to come.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0032455   (701 words)

  
 ABC News: Fantasia's Memoirs Reveal Experiences With Illiteracy, Rape
The singer, known to her fans as simply Fantasia, admits that while charming American television viewers and wooing the judges to become a pop star, she was hiding the fact that she was barely able to read or write.
Fantasia said she would fake it and apologize if she pronounced something incorrectly.
Afraid the vocal coach would discover she couldn't read the lyrics, Fantasia listened to the words, memorized them and did such a good job the sultry tune became her theme song.
abcnews.go.com /2020/OnlyinAmerica/story?id=1170655&page=1   (401 words)

  
 Fantasia (1940)
Fantasia (1940), a Disney animated feature-length "concert" film milestone, is an experimental film integrating eight magnificent classical musical compositions with enchanting, exhilarating, and imaginative, artistically-choreographed animation.
Fantasia 2000 was the first feature-length animated film released in the IMAX format.
Two of its most famous segments (of ten animated vignettes) were (1) Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (narrated by Sterling Holloway) [distributed with the re-release of Fantasia in 1947 as an 'update'], and (2) Casey at the Bat.
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 Fantasia (2004)
In Fantasia, Hong Kong is a hopeful, cheery, four-color fantasyland where the working class can find their fortunes and even get the girl—genie or not.
Things to help the Fantasia experience along: actual (or even cursory) knowledge of the actors and films being lampooned, a partiality to mugging popstars, and a huge mess of people to laugh along with.
Things that hurt the Fantasia experience: nobody else in the room, a depressing outlook on life, and a complete and utter and contempt for the wacky Hong Kong Cinema of the sixties and seventies.
www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews/fantasia.htm   (1109 words)

  
 Fantasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fantasia co-owners Mike Chang and Sam Wang say their caffeinated drinks are so good that people are willing to go to great lengths to secure a few sips.
In fact, the demand for Fantasia's milk tea in Milpitas may evolve into a November expansion into the South Bay community, the co-owners say.
Fantasia Coffee and Tea is located at 10933 N. Wolfe Road in the Cupertino Village.
www.svcn.com /archives/cupertinocourier/09.16.98/Fantasia.html   (444 words)

  
 Fantasia (1940)
Released in 1940, Fantasia was a critical and popular failure in its own day (Roger Ebert blames a war-related shortage of whimsical spirit); but with the passage of time it has gradually been completely vindicated.
Originally, Walt Disney boldly conceived of Fantasia not as a single static film, but as a "new form of entertainment" with a repertoire that would be regularly updated and rereleased, new sequences replacing old ones and perhaps old favorites returning from time to time.
Thematically, the imagery in Fantasia is drawn from a far-ranging array of conceptual fields: nature and the four seasons (Nutcracker); legend and mythology (Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Pastoral Symphony, respectively); prehistoric times (Rite of Spring); even Christian concepts of sacred and profane, heaven and hell (the climactic Bald Mountain / Ave Maria sequence).
www.decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/1715   (925 words)

  
 Foxes on Idol
Fantasia has heard these charges, and they’ve had an effect on her.
Fantasia doesn’t see it that way at all, “There are times I see Diana open her mouth (we’ve learned that’s her euphemism for singing) and I’m like Good God Almighty, here she comes!
Fantasia was charged with seeming arrogant when she had her sassy waltzes with Simon, which kind of surprised her, “The people who are backstage would say ’you’re so silly’ and that was it at the time.
www.foxesonidol.com /cgi-bin/ae.pl?mode=1&article=article1572.art&page=1   (1388 words)

  
 mtv.com - News - 'I Made It' Declares Tearful 'Idol' Winner Fantasia Barrino
Cowell, who called Fantasia his favorite after the final 12 were determined (see "Simon Cowell Picks Favorites As 'American Idol' Finals Begin"), got his dream as well.
Fantasia, who hopes winning allows her to collaborate with her idol, Aretha Franklin, said her secret was simple.
When Fantasia's debut is released, she might have some competition.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1487957/20040527/american_idol_12_finalists.jhtml?headlines=true   (1137 words)

  
 eBay - VHS: Fantasia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Though the film was regularly rereleased, it wasn't until 1999 that his intention was finally realized with the premiere of FANTASIA 2000, a lavish follow-up that included a digitally restored "Sorcerer's Apprentice" and a host of new material.
FANTASIA is number 58 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies.
FANTASIA was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1990.
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 Amazon.com: Fantasia (60th Anniversary Special Edition): DVD: Leopold Stokowski,Deems Taylor,Walt Disney,Corey ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Disney originally saw FANTASIA as a film that could be re-released with a mix of old and new selections every few years, and the most interesting material on the "Legacy" disk is a restored "Clair de Lune" (made for and then cut from the original FANTASIA) and various storyboard ideas for future sequences.
FANTASIA 2000, however, is trivial, occasionally interesting but not greatly memorable and not a piece that one would normally go out of the way to purchase.
Purchasers should alos remember that the original FANTASIA does not often appeal to very young children, and if the purchase is being made for a child you are likely to be disappointed in their response.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CX9W?v=glance   (3588 words)

  
 Fantasia & Fantasia 2000: The Fantasia Anthology DVD Review
The Fantasia Anthology is a box set that commemorates and celebrates the history of this legendary project.
It includes Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 on DVD (both of which you can buy separate from this set), plus an exclusive disc carrying a bounty of extra materials called “The Fantasia Legacy”.
Since Fantasia 2000 is of course more recent than its predecessor, it takes advantage of the DVD format more readily and the results are splendid.
www.ultimatedisney.com /fantasia.html   (1693 words)

  
 The Fantasia Anthology (1940)
With the advances in computer animation, even during the making of the film, and the widespread use and acceptance of the digital medium for creative purposes, this was a terrific means of displaying the arts of animation in all their glories.
Of course, given the historical nature of some of this material, this is easily overlooked in the overall sense, but it is a great shame that this sort of material is not and cannot be subjected to full blown restoration: in many respects, some of this material is as important as the film itself.
Surprisingly, some of the more recent Fantasia 2000 story reel stuff is very obviously blighted with film artefacts to an extent that almost equals some of the earlier Fantasia material.
www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=4054   (9485 words)

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