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
The Accidental Sorcerer themes but SFF World felt the combination did not work. The Accidental Sorcerer The Accidental Sorcerer is the first book in the "Rogue Agent" series by Australian writer Karen Miller. "The Accidental Sorcerer" follows haphazard wizard Gerald Dunwoody as he begins his employment as Royal Court Wizard to King Lional of New Ottosland, mentored by his friend Monk. Gerald takes the job reluctantly, and soon discovers that the King may not have his best interest in mind. "The Accidental Sorcerer" was published in September 2008 by Voyager Books, an imprint of Harper Collins. "Publishers Weekly" called it "droll" and "whimsical".