Other deletions were Prelude in G minor and Troika by Sergei Rachmaninoff and a rendition of "The Song of the Flea" by Mussorgsky which was to be sung by Lawrence Tibbett. Thirty-three microphones were placed around the orchestra in the recording sessions that captured the music onto eight optical sound recording machines placed in the hall's basement. Mickey was redesigned by Fred Moore into his current design starting in The Pointer;, here, though, he is dressed in a red sorcerer robe and, to complete the look, he dons his master's Sorcerer Hat. Duke is a construction worker who dreams of becoming a jazz drummer; Joe is a down-on-his-luck unemployed man who wishes he could get a job; Rachel is a little girl who wants to spend time with her busy parents instead of being shuttled around by her governess; and John is a harried rich husband who longs for a simpler, more fun life. However, Walt felt that the piece couldn't be used because it was too closely associated with the Germans, due to the fact that Wagner was one of Hitler's favorite musicians.

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For inspiration on the routines in Dance of the Hours, animators studied real life ballet performers including Marge Champion and Irina Baronova. In the final musical segment, "Waltz of the Flowers," autumn fairies color everything they touch brown and gold with their wands. Film critic Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote that the film "often has the feel of a giant corporate promotion whose stars are there simply to hawk the company's wares" while noting the film "is not especially innovative in its look or subject matter. Based on the 1797 poem " Der Zauberlehrling" by Goethe, the segment is the only one featured in both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000.

It premiered at the Florida Film Festival on March 6, 2004 and later appeared as a feature before the film Raising Helen; however, it did not appear on the DVD release of the film. This edit featured the RKO distribution logo being replaced with that of Buena Vista Distribution since RKO had not been part of a release since 1946. Eisner finally gave the green-light to the film in 1991, and had Disney serve as executive producer on the basis that its production was funded by the proceeds from the video sales. Because Katzenberg continued to express some hostility towards the film, Disney held development meetings without him and reported directly to Eisner instead, something that author James B. As of now, the film has yet to have a wide Blu-ray/DVD re-release, but on April 20, 2021, the 2010 2-Movie Collection edition was repackaged with Celebrating Mickey as a Disney Movie Club Exclusive, known as "The Best of Mickey", except its menus are different.

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To close the film, Disney wanted a piece that was "emotionally equivalent" to the Night on Bald Mountain and Ave Maria segments that closed Fantasia. He found The Sorcerer's Apprentice fit well with the rest of the film and the battle in Symphony No. Only selected parts of the animation were stretched, while all live action scenes remained unchanged.

The idea of a Fantasia sequel was revived shortly after Michael Eisner became chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company in 1984, when Walt's nephew, vice chairman Roy E.

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It relaxed its exclusive distribution contract with Disney, which wanted a more prestigious exhibit in the form of a limited-run roadshow attraction. Though Fantasia's production developed, the setup used for The Sorcerer's Apprentice was abandoned for different multi-channel recording arrangements.He found Rhapsody in Blue to be the second-best in the film with its witty, hyper-kinetic evocation of the melting pot with sharply defined characters. John Hubley, the segment's art director, explained that it was later curtailed by Disney to avoid controversy from creationists, who promised to make trouble should he connect evolution with humans.