Impressions de France | |
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Epcot | |
Area | World Showcase, France |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | October 1, 1982 |
General statistics | |
Attraction type | Movie Theater |
Designer | WED Enterprises |
Theme | Tour of France |
Music | Arranged by Buddy Baker; includes works by Boieldieu, Debussy, Offenbach and Saint-Saëns |
Duration | 18:00 |
Closed captioning available
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Impressions de France (Impressions of France) is a film about France and the featured attraction in the France Pavilion of Epcot's World Showcase at Walt Disney World in Florida. The movie is projected onto five adjacent screens, giving 220° coverage and resembling Circle-Vision 360°.
Impressions de France is one of the original Epcot park attractions, which has been playing every day since the park opened in 1982. This travelogue type of film attraction offers pavilion guests a tour of the French countryside, major cities, various regions and important structures. Set to a soaring musical score written and arranged by Buddy Baker (composer), the film encompasses the music of classical French composers such as Claude Debussy and Camille Saint-Saëns. The film is the work of director Rick Harper and produced by two-time Academy Award nominee Bob Rogers. The film's aerial views, mixed with closer views, include, among other things, the Eiffel Tower, the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe, the French Alps, Versailles, scenes from Cannes, Notre Dame de Paris and scenes from Normandy. The movie is presented with a lively classical soundtrack and narrated by Claude Gobet.
Here is the list of the scenes from an official list:
Buddy Baker arranged the film score and conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in the recording of the score.