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R: ARCHIVE, S: MOVIES, D: 11/16/2000,

Fantasia 2000

(Disney)

This updated version of the 1940 classic features seven new segments but also includes Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice from the original. Big mistake: not even the lifelike CGI-morphed whales wallowing and taking flight to Respighi's Pines of Rome can compare to Mickey's nightmare of multiplying broomsticks. And though brevity may be the soul of wit in the flock-of-flamingoes-with-yo-yo sequence that accompany Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the Animals, music is more about the development of themes, and most of the segments in Fantasia 2000 are of pop-tune length and limited to a single idea or gag. Two exceptions: the Noah's Ark story, which is set to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches and stars Donald and Daisy Duck (has anyone else noticed her resemblance to Michele Pfeiffer?); and the closing rhapsody on Igor Stravinsky's Firebird.