It was 1984. Michael Jackson was as the height of his career. His 1982 album Thriller, already the best-selling album of all time, was still on the charts. In 1983, Jackson had debuted the moonwalk. His 1984 “Victory” tour played to sold-out stadiums. Michael Jackson wasn’t just a pop star. He was a cultural phenomenon.
Captain EO, starring the late Michael Jackson, debuted at Disneyland on September 18, 1986 and continuously ran until April, 1997. Due to the thousands of requests for its return via internet sites and calls, the “happiest place on Earth” just may bring back the 3-D musical and visual revolutionary 17 minute film.
In honor of the King of Pop’s tragic, untimely death and in honor of celebrated life, Captain EO could again grace the screen of the specially designed 500-seat theater, replacing the 10 year old Honey I Shrunk The Audience due to steadily declining interest.
The film was shot on 70 millimeter film and cost approximately $30 million to make and in 1986 that was an unbelievably extravagant budget for a “short film”. The film showcases two of Michael Jackson’s songs: “We are Here to Change the World” and “Another Part of Me”. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, executive-produced by George Lucas, choreographed by Jeffrey Hornaday, photography by Peter Anderson, produced by Rusty Lemorande, and written by Lemorande, Lucas and Coppola.
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