The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) of the storyline of the film, the sorcerer's final anger with his apprentice which appears in "Fantasia" does not appear in Goethe's source poem, "Der Zauberlehrling". The popularity of the musical piece in "Fantasia" led to it being used again in "Fantasia 2000". A decade prior to "Fantasia", in 1930 William Cameron Menzies directed and Joseph M. Schenck produced a series of four short films of classical music. One of the four, based on the Dukas music, was titled "The Wizard's Apprentice"; this short film has been released on DVD and shown on Classic Arts Showcase. In 1931, the Dukas
Simon the Sorcerer (series) contains three games: The game also features a desktop virtual pet known as ""Demon in My Pocket"" as well as three "Simon the Sorcerer" desktop themes. The third adventure game in the series, Simon the Sorcerer 3D was initially designed fully in 2D and was intended to be released as a high quality 2D adventure. Due to publisher hesitation in picking up a 2D title, the developers later decided to switch it to a 3D adventure game. The game follows on directly after "Simon the Sorcerer II"'s open ending, with a cut-scene at the beginning telling the player a connecting