Captain EO (1986)

Directed by

Francis Ford Coppola

Genre

3D film, science fiction film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

17 min

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A spaceship captain and his misfit crew land on a dark planet ruled by a wicked queen. They use song and dance to transform her hostile world.

playfulenergeticwhimsicalflashynostalgicupbeatcampyfantastical

What happens

Captain EO is a 1986 American 3D science fiction short film shown at several Disney theme parks from 1986 until 1998. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and stars Michael Jackson. The film was shown as part of an attraction with in-theater effects. The attraction returned to the Disney theme parks in 2010 as a tribute after Jackson's death the previous year. The film was shown for the final time at Epcot on December 6, 2015. The film was a co-production between Walt Disney Studios and executive producer George Lucas, in collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering. It was choreographed by Jeffrey Hornaday and Jackson, photographed by Peter Anderson, produced by Rusty Lemorande and written by Lemorande, Lucas and Coppola, from a story idea by the artists of 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 Jackson. Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro was the lighting director during much of the principal photography. Captain EO is regarded as one of the first "4D" films (a 3D film that incorporates in-theater effects, such as lasers, smoke, etc., synchronized to the film). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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