deFreese, Barry wrote: > Actually, Fantasia was supposed to get updated every couple of years and > re-released to show the updates in technology in animation and the growth of > music. It was basically supposed to be a continuing work in progress but as > you say, after he passed away that dream was never realized.
As I recall, the dream was never realized because Fantasia didn't make much money in its first release. Walt had another 25 years to put out an update before his death in the '60s, but he never did, so I don't think it's quite accurate to say that his death was the crucial factor. Of course, we now have Fantasia 2000, which utterly fails to live up to the standards of its famous predecessor, though the flamingo sequence is the funniest thing to come out of Disney in at least 30 years. Craig
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