Disney is going all out for their release of FANTASIA 2000 by launching an
exclusive four-month run of the film in IMAX theaters around the world from
January 1 through April 30, 2000. The updated version will debut with a
five-city, London Philharmonic Orchestra-accompanied tour starting in
December 1999. The tour, which will pass through Los Angeles, London, Paris and
Tokyo, will have its world premiere December 17 at Carnegie Hall in New
York City with a concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In addition,
Disney will host a New Year's Eve gala for 2,000 guests at the Pasadena
Civic Auditorium with a special screening of the film. Dick Cook, Walt
Disney chairman, comments, "The exclusive 90-minute IMAX engagements offer
us the opportunity to enhance the moviegoing experience and present the
film as the visual and audio sensation that it is meant to be." The
supervising director of FANTASIA 2000 is Hendel Butoy and segment directors
are Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Paul and Gaetan Brizzi and Pixote
Hunt.