Captain EO

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Captain EO
Image:Movie eo poster.jpg
Attraction type	3-D Film with special effects
Theme	Space opera
Music	Written by James Horner
Starring	Michael Jackson, Angelica Huston
b Director	Francis Ford Coppola
Executive Producer	George Lucas
Photographer	Vittorio Storaro
Writer and producer	Rusty Lemorande
Replaced	Magic Journeys
Replaced by	Honey, I Shrunk the Audience

Epcot
Opening date	September 12, 1986
Closing date	July 6, 1994

Disneyland
Opening date	September 18, 1986
Closing date	April 7, 1997

Tokyo Disneyland
Opening date	March 20, 1987
Closing date	September, 1996

Disneyland Park (Paris)
Opening date	April 12, 1992
Closing date	August 17, 1998

Captain EO (alternately, Captain Eo) is a 3-D film which was formerly shown in Disney theme parks.

The film stars Michael Jackson. It was directed by Francis Ford Coppola, executive-produced by George Lucas, photographed by Vittorio Storaro, produced by Rusty Lemorande, and written by Lemorande, Lucas and Coppola. The score was written by James Horner, and featured two songs ("We Are Here To Change The World" and "Another Part of Me") by Michael Jackson. The Supreme Leader was played by Anjelica Huston.

Contents 1 The story 2 Special effects 3 Merchandising 4 Trivia 5 See also 6 External links

The story

The movie tells the story of Captain EO and the ragtag crew of his spaceship on a mission to deliver a gift to a wicked alien queen, the Supreme Leader on her home world of rotting, twisted metal and steaming vents. Captain EO's alien crew consists of his small flying sidekick Fuzzball, the double-headed navigator and pilot Idee and Odee, robotic security officer Major Domo, a small robot (unnamed in the film, but called "Minor Domo" in the televised "Making Of" special) who fits like a module into Major Domo, and the clumsy elephantlike shipmate Hooter (Tony Cox) who always manages to blunder the crew's missions.

Upon arriving on the planet, the crew is captured and sentenced to be tortured. Before being sent away, EO tells the Queen that he sees the beauty hidden within her, and that he brings her the key to unlock it: his song.

The two robot members of the crew transform into music instruments and the crew members begin to play the various instruments. As Hooter runs toward his instrument, he trips over EO's cape and breaks his instrument, stopping the music. The spell broken, the Queen orders her guards to capture Captain EO and his crew.

Hooter manages to repair his instrument and sends out a blast of music, providing EO with the power to throw off the guards. He uses his power to transform the dark hulking guards into agile dancers who fall into step behind him for a dance number. As EO presses forward toward the Supreme Leader she unleashes her Whip Warriors, two cybernetic defenders each with a whip and shield that can deflect EO's power.

The others all run away leaving Captain EO to fight the whip warriors alone. EO is trapped by a closing gate and is preparing for a last stand as both the whip warriors draw their whips back for a final blow. Fuzzball drops his instrument and speedily flies over to tie the two whips together, causing the whip warriors to be thrown off balance giving EO an opportunity to transform them as well. With no further obstacles, EO uses his power to transform the Queen into a beautiful woman, her lair into a peaceful Greek temple and the planet into a verdant paradise.

A celebration breaks out as EO and his crew triumphantly exit and fly off into space.

Special effects

Captain EO was unique in that the actions on the screen extended into the audience. Theaters were specially constructed or modified to show the film.

Effects included lasers that shot over the audience's head, laser impacts appearing on the wall, smoke effects, and starfields that filled the theater.

Lasting just 17 minutes but with cost estimates between U.S. $17 million and $30 million, Captain EO was at the time the most expensive film ever produced on a per-minute basis due to the advanced 3-D film techniques and the interactive theaters.

Merchandising

The story was adapted in the comic book Eclipse 3-D Special #18.

Trivia

• The design of the Borg Queen from Star Trek: First Contact was influenced by the Supreme Leader.^{[citation needed]}
• Logo design for Captain EO inspired the logo for 1980s computer games company Electric Dreams Software.^{[citation needed]}
• It has been reported that the full movie of Captain EO has been banned from every video website, specifically YouTube, due to the fact that its content was used without permission.^{[citation needed]}
• In an episode of Family Guy The Courtship of Stewie's Father which features a scene at Walt Disney World, a young boy watches the movie and says "Wow, it seems like Michael Jackson is coming right at me!" Jackson then comes out of the movie, grabs the boy and runs out of the theater, an obvious stab at the child molestation charges against Michael Jackson at the time.
• The costume for Hooter is based on Max Reebo, from Return of the Jedi.

See also

• List of past Epcot attractions
• List of past Disneyland attractions

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