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The executive review of Captain Eo went off without a hitch from a technical standpoint, and after another show for Jackson’s children and family, the Eo equipment was dismantled and the Honey! attraction reopened to Disneyland visitors by Saturday.’Ĭlearly, Disney’s chief exec had more than a passing interest in Captain Eo.
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Chmielsewski of the LA Times, the posthumous surge in Jackson’s popularity and music sales inspired Disney President Robert Iger to arrange for a special presentation of Captain Eo for a handful of top studio executives, to "see if there were some possibilities." According to Chielsewski, Iger reportedly found the film "charming," and "funny, too."Īccording to noted Disney sourcehound Al Lutz of, the September 8th screening took place at Disneyland Anaheim, and happened this way: ‘The Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! show was quietly closed, and Imagineers moved in with a truckload of equipment used to install the Captain Eo show for a special executive presentation planned for early Thursday. The answer has to do with the public’s insatiable appetite for all things Michael Jackson. But why bring it back after all this time? Wax effigy of Michael Jackson unveiled last month at the new Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum on Hollywood Blvd. (Read a lively first-person account of the show at ).
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When exhibited with the full arsenal of in-theater enhancements–i.e., fiber-optic star fields, realistic explosions, and lasers whizzing overhead–the effect was fairly spectacular. And the film was loaded with eye-popping 3D visuals.
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The film played at Walt Disney World Orlando from September 12th, 1986 till July 6th, 1994, when The Magic Eye Theater was closed for retooling into its current 3D attraction, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! (based on Disney’s 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids!).Ĭaptain Eo was a likable little movie that benefited from having been lensed before Jackson’s surgical addictions had gotten the better of him. The 17-minute epic cost about $30 million, which works out to a little over $1.76 million per minute, making it one of the costliest films ever produced for the running time. With all that talent on board, Captain Eo was bound to be expensive, and it was. (According to OC Weekly’s Matt Coker, Steven Spielberg was offered the job, but passed due to other obligations.) The film was produced by George Lucas and Rusty Lemorande, with Francis Ford Coppola directing. The venue had previously hosted the 3D film, Magic Journeys, and was retrofitted with lasers, smoke machines and fiber-optic effects to create a more immersive experience. At WDW Orlando, the film was shown in Kodak’s Magic Eye Theater (now the Imagination Institute), located in the Imagination! pavilion at Epcot Center. The film’s dance numbers were choreographed by Jeffrey Hornaday ( Flashdance), and Jackson himself wrote the two musical numbers, We Are Here to Change the World (later included in the 2004 limited-edition box set, Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection), and Another Part of Me, a version of which appeared on Jackson’s record-breaking album, Bad, and was also released as a 1988 single.Ĭaptain Eo was shot in 70mm 3D for projection in specially-equipped theaters at Walt Disney World Orlando, Disneyland Anaheim, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Park Paris. Giger’s designs for Ridley Scott’s Alien. The film was heavily influenced by The Wizard of Oz, and Star Wars, with Angelica Huston’s makeup reminiscent of H.R. Academy Award-winner Angelica Huston ( Prizzi’s Honor, The Royal Tenenbaums), played the sinister, reptilian Supreme Leader who is ultimately redeemed by Eo’s music, while comedic actor Dick Shawn appeared in a holographic cameo as Eo’s supervisor, Commander Bog, looking very Jor-El-like with his Marlon Brando hair and eyebrows. The 1986 musical sci-fi extravaganza starred Jackson as the human captain of a band of gregarious space creatures on a mission to vanquish the forces of darkness with joy and music. Disney Chairman Robert Iger is downplaying the rumor–but not dismissing it altogether–while members of Team Disney Anaheim are reportedly hammering out the logistics for a possible January rollout. Incredible as it sounds, reliable sources say Disney Imagineers are mulling over plans to un-mothball Captain Eo for a return engagement. Returning soon to a theme park near you: Michael Jackson in Captain Eo?