Captain EO | |
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Promotional poster for Captain EO
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Epcot | |
Area | Future World |
Coordinates | 28°22′21″N 81°33′05″W / 28.3725°N 81.5515°W |
Status | Closed |
Opening date | September 12, 1986 (original) July 2, 2010 (reopened) |
Closing date | July 6, 1994 (original) December 6, 2015 (reopened) |
Replaced |
Magic Journeys (original) Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (Closed in 2010) |
Replaced by |
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (original) Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival (second) |
Disneyland | |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 33°48′41″N 117°55′02″W / 33.81145°N 117.91725°W |
Status | Closed |
Opening date | September 18, 1986 (original) February 23, 2010 (reopening) |
Closing date | April 7, 1997 (original) June 22, 2014 (reopening) |
Replaced |
Magic Journeys (original) Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (reopened) |
Replaced by |
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (original) Star Wars Path Of The Jedi (reopened) |
Tokyo Disneyland | |
Area | Tomorrowland |
Coordinates | 35°37′57″N 139°52′45″E / 35.6324°N 139.8791°E |
Status | Closed |
Opening date | March 20, 1987 (original) July 1, 2010 (reopened) |
Closing date | September 1, 1996 (original) June 30, 2014 (reopened) |
Replaced |
Magic Journeys (original) Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (reopened) |
Replaced by |
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (original) Stitch Encounter (reopened) |
Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
Area | Discoveryland |
Coordinates | 48°52′29″N 2°46′48″E / 48.8748°N 2.7799°E |
Status | Closed |
Opening date | April 12, 1992 (original) June 12, 2010 (reopened) |
Closing date | August 17, 1998 (original) April 12, 2015 (reopened) |
Replaced by |
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! (original) Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival(reopened) |
General statistics | |
Attraction type | 3-D film with special effects |
Designer |
Walt Disney Imagineering Industrial Light & Magic |
Theme | Space opera |
Music | James Horner |
Duration | 17 minutes |
Starring |
Michael Jackson Anjelica Huston Dick Shawn |
Director | Francis Coppola |
Executive producer | George Lucas |
Cinematographer | Peter Anderson |
Visual, Lighting and Photographic Consultant | Vittorio Storaro |
Writer and producer | Rusty Lemorande |
Budget | $23.7 million |
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Captain EO | |
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Film poster
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Directed by | Francis Coppola |
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Starring | |
Music by | James Horner |
Cinematography | Peter Anderson |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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17 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $23,700,000 |
Captain EO was a 1986 American 3D science fiction film starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Coppola (who came up with the name "Captain EO" from the Greek, cf. Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn) that was shown at Disney theme parks from 1986 through 1996. The attraction returned to the Disney Parks in 2010 as a tribute after Jackson's death. The film was shown for the final time at Epcot on December 6, 2015.
The film's executive producer was George Lucas. The film was choreographed by Jeffrey Hornaday and Michael Jackson, photographed by Peter Anderson, produced by Rusty Lemorande and written by Lemorande, Lucas and Coppola, from a story idea by the artists of Walt Disney Imagineering. Lemorande also initially designed and created two of the creatures, and was an editor of the film. The score was written by James Horner, and featured two songs ("We Are Here to Change the World" and "Another Part of Me"), both written and performed by Michael Jackson.
The Supreme Leader was played by Anjelica Huston. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro was the lighting director during much of the principal photography. Captain EO is regarded as one of the first "4D" films (4D being the name given to a 3D film that incorporates in-theater effects, such as lasers, smoke, etc., synchronized to the film).