Short storyline
Disney animators set pictures to Western classical music as Leopold Stokowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra. "The Sorcerer'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.
More info:
Runtime: USA: 124 min (restored roadshow version) | USA: 125 min (original release) | USA: 80 min (cut version) | USA: 118 min (VHS version)
Release Date: 6 January 1942 (USA)
Country: USA
Box office: Budget: $2,280,000 (estimated). Opening Weekend: $6,047,613 (USA) (5 October 1990) (481 Screens). Gross: $7,650,882 (USA) (12 May 1985)
Soundtrack: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BMV 565