Synopsis

Disney animators set pictures to classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. "The Sorceror's Apprentice" features Mickey Mouse as an aspiring magician who oversteps his limits. "The Rite of Spring" tells the story of evolution, from single-celled animals to the death of the dinosaurs. "Dance of the Hours" is a comic ballet performed by ostriches, hippos, elephants and alligators. "Night on Bald Mountain" and "Ave Maria" set the forces of darkness and light against each other as a devilish revel is interrupted by the coming of a new day.

A groundbreaking film by Walt Disney featuring a brilliant series of animated sequences set to notable concert music conducted by Leopold Stokowski of The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Suggestions

Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Fun and Fancy Free
Melody Time
Nightmare Before Christmas, The
Peter Pan (1953)
Pinocchio (1940)
Sword in the Stone, The
Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The