The Steadfast Tin Soldier
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"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 Octobe
Illustration by Vilhelm Pedersen, Andersen's first illustrator (1850)
Fantasia 2000
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Fantasia 2000 is a 1999 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and the sequel to Fantasia. Like its predecessor, the film consists of animated segments set
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
…the story around a young deaf boy who receives the toys for Christmas, and uses Signed Exact English for all dialogue. In the 2000 Disney animated film Fantasia 2000, an adaptation of the tale is set to the first movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major by Dmitri Shostakovich. The segment differs from Andersen's…
Theatrical release poster
Roy E. Disney had pitched the idea of a sequel to Fantasia.
Eric Goldberg, director of Rhapsody in Blue and The Carnival of the Animals, Finale
The Firebird was inspired by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.