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{{Infobox film
| name           = Captain EO
| image          = Captain_EO_poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [[Francis Ford Coppola]]
| writer         = {{Plainlist|
* [[George Lucas]]
* [[Rusty Lemorande]]
* Francis Ford Coppola
}}
| producer       = Rusty Lemorande
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Michael Jackson]]
* [[Anjelica Huston]]
* [[Dick Shawn]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Peter Anderson (cinematographer)|Peter Anderson]]
| editing        = [[Lisa Fruchtman]]<br />[[Walter Murch]]
| music          = [[James Horner]]
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Pictures|The Walt Disney Company]]<br />[[Lucasfilm]]<br />Three DDD Productions
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|1986|9|12|Florida}}
| runtime        = 17 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $23.7 million (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|23.7|1986}}}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}} dollars){{inflation-fn|US}}<ref group="nb">Cost of the film only</ref>
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Captain EO''''' is a 1986 American [[3D film|3D]] [[science fiction]] [[short film]] shown at several [[Disney Experiences|Disney theme parks]] from 1986 until 1998. The film, starring [[Michael Jackson]], was directed by [[Francis Ford Coppola]]. 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 [[Death of Michael Jackson|Jackson's death]] the previous year. The film was shown for the final time at [[Epcot]] on December 6, 2015.

A co-production between [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] and [[Lucasfilm]], in collaboration with [[Walt Disney Imagineering]], the film's executive producer was [[George Lucas]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=January 31, 2022 |title=Star Tours: Inside the Secret History of Disney's Classic 'Star Wars' Ride |url=https://www.thewrap.com/star-tours-complete-history-making-of-explained-disney-parks/ |access-date=April 29, 2024 |work=The Wrap |archive-date=May 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525141030/https://www.thewrap.com/star-tours-complete-history-making-of-explained-disney-parks/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was [[choreographed]] by [[Jeffrey Hornaday]] and Jackson, [[Cinematography|photographed]] by [[Peter Anderson (cinematographer)|Peter Anderson]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://disneylandalumni.org/DACBLOG/this-disney-alumni-is-an-oscar-winner/ |title=This Disney Alumnus is an Oscar Winner |last=Eades |first=Mark |work=Disney Alumnus is an Oscar Winner |date=2014 |access-date=2015-06-29 |archive-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922100645/http://disneylandalumni.org/DACBLOG/this-disney-alumni-is-an-oscar-winner/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insidethemagic.net/2014/03/unsung-epcot-center-hero-honored-with-academy-award-continues-groundbreaking-work-in-theme-park-attractions/ |title=Unsung EPCOT Center hero honored with Academy Award |last=Eades |first=Mark |date=2014-03-28 |access-date=2015-06-29 |archive-date=August 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825101028/http://www.insidethemagic.net/2014/03/unsung-epcot-center-hero-honored-with-academy-award-continues-groundbreaking-work-in-theme-park-attractions/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 film|"4D" films]] (a 3D film that incorporates in-theater effects, such as lasers, smoke, etc., synchronized to the film).<ref name="oldisnew">{{cite news |title=What's old is new again as 'Captain EO' returns to Epcot |first=Dewayne |last=Bevil |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=June 30, 2010 |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-tdd-tips-captain-eo-returns-063010,0,4337078.story |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104073126/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/the-daily-disney/os-tdd-tips-captain-eo-returns-063010,0,4337078.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |access-date=October 27, 2010 }}</ref>

==Plot==
Captain EO and his ragtag crew are sent to a desolate world run by a witch known as the Supreme Leader to deliver a gift to her. Upon their arrival, the crew is captured and brought before the Supereme Leader, who sentences Captain EO to 100 years of torture in her deepest dungeon. Before he is sent away, Captain EO has his robot crew transform into musical instruments before he sings "We Are Here to Change the World", using his powers to change the guards into dancers. After defeating two Whip Warriors, he flies up to the Supreme Leader and transforms her into a beautiful woman, her lair into a peaceful [[Ancient Greek temple|Greek temple]], and the planet into a [[paradise]]. A celebration breaks out to "[[Another Part of Me]]", as Captain EO and his crew triumphantly exit and fly off into space, ending the film.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Michael Jackson]] as Captain EO
* [[Anjelica Huston]] as The Supreme Leader
* [[Dick Shawn]] as Commander Bog
* [[Tony Cox (actor)|Tony Cox]] as Hooter
* [[Debbie Lee Carrington]] as Geek (Idy)
* Cindy Sorensen as Geek (Ody)
* Gary DePew as Major Domo
* [[Percy Rodriguez]] as The Narrator
}}

==Production==
''Captain EO'' made full use of its [[3D film|3D effects]]. The action on the screen extended into the audience, including asteroids, lasers, laser impacts, smoke effects, and starfields that filled the theater. These effects resulted in the seventeen-minute film costing an estimated $30 million to produce.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cadman |first=Chris |title=[[Michael Jackson]]: For the Record |year=2007 |publisher=Authors OnLine |isbn=978-0-7552-0267-6 }}</ref> At the time, it was the most expensive film ever produced on a per-minute basis, averaging out at $1.76 million per minute.<ref>{{cite book |last=Smit |first=Christopher |title=Michael Jackson: Grasping the Spectacle |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=oyTMsHhKVhoC&pg=PA120|year=2012 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd |isbn=9781409441441|page=120 }}</ref> Walt Disney Imagineering and [[Eastman Kodak]] used 70mm 3-D photography to shoot the film, which was completed in considerable secrecy at the request of Jackson and Lucas.<ref name=AH117NL>{{cite magazine|date=May 15, 1987|title=Captain EO: A 3-D Thriller from the Stars|author=[[Michael Eury]]|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=117}}</ref>

''Captain EO'' began filming on July 15, 1985.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Making of 'Captain EO': Lucas, Coppola, and Michael Jackson's Messy, Miraculous Disney Space Adventure|date=December 9, 2015|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-making-of-captain-eo-lucas-coppola-and-162110246.html|access-date=November 18, 2021|archive-date=November 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118201448/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-making-of-captain-eo-lucas-coppola-and-162110246.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2010 version did not include the in-theater laser and starfield effects. It did utilize hydraulics previously used for ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!]]'' to make the seats shake along with Captain EO's spaceship, as well as LED flood-lighting, which was new to the theater. The hydraulics were also used for the bass-heavy musical numbers, and the seats bounced to the beat of Jackson's song. ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!'''s hidden water sprayers were employed when Hooter sneezed, and that attraction's leg ticklers were also reused for the Supreme Leader's Whip Warriors.

==Music==
The show's orchestral score was composed by [[James Horner]], with additional score composed and performed by Tim Truman, while the area and pre-show music was written by [[Richard Bellis]].

Two new songs appeared in the film: the first, "[[We Are Here to Change the World]]", was not officially released until 2004 as part of ''[[Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection]]'', but this version was a shorter edit of the full-length song; the second was an early mix of "[[Another Part of Me]]", which later appeared on Jackson's 1987 album ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' in remixed form and was subsequently released as a single.

[[Soul (music)|Soul]]/[[R&B]] singer [[Deniece Williams]] covered "We Are Here to Change the World" on her ''As Good As It Gets'' album in 1988.<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r21881|pure_url=yes}}|title=AllMusic: "A Good As It Gets"|access-date=May 29, 2007 |work=allmusic.com|year= 2006 }}</ref>

==Merchandising==
Concurrent with the opening of the attraction, a behind-the-scenes [[documentary]] special titled ''Captain EO: Backstage'' was produced for television by MKD Productions. The piece was directed by Muffett Kaufman and was hosted by [[Whoopi Goldberg]]. It featured interviews with the cast, writers and director.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= The Making of Captain EO|series= The Disney Sunday Movie|series-link= Walt Disney anthology television series|network= ABC|airdate= 1986}}</ref>

On September 20, 1986, NBC aired Captain EO's Grand Opening Ceremony. The show was hosted by [[Patrick Duffy]] and [[Justine Bateman]] and featured [[Starship (band)|Starship]] performing "[[Sara (Starship song)|Sara]]" and "[[We Built This City]]". [[Belinda Carlisle]] and [[Robert Palmer]] also performed. [[George Lucas]] was interviewed. The special also showed the making of Captain EO with a lot of behind the scenes footage. There was also a parade.

The story was adapted as a [[comic book]] with art by [[Tom Yeates]] for [[Eclipse Comics]], with [[stereoscopy]] effects by [[Ray Zone]]. Released in April 1987, ''Captain EO'' was #18 in Eclipse's 3-D series and was issued in two formats: regular sized, for distribution to the national network of comic book stores; and [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] sized, sold at Disneyland as a souvenir.<ref name=AH111NL>{{cite magazine|date=February 15, 1987|title=Newsline|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=111}}</ref> Yeates was contractually required to maintain the likenesses of the cards, and was given tightly-controlled slides of the film to work from.<ref name=AH117NL/> In 1989, ''[[Amazing Heroes]]'' named the comic the third best 3D comic of all time, praising Yeates' artwork.<ref name=AH158XOK>{{cite magazine|date=February 1, 1989|title=X of a Kind - The Best of 3-D|author=Valentino|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=158}}</ref>

Toys available included plush versions of Idey and Ody, Hooter, and the "Fuzzball" character. Other merchandise included trading cards, pins, keychains, a T-shirt of the film's logo, and a glow-in-the-dark T-shirt with the same three-color pattern painted across it that Captain EO wore in the film.

==Reception and legacy==
[[File:Captain EO Sign.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The Sign installed for the revival of ''Captain EO'' at Disneyland in 2010]]
[[File:Captain EO waiting area in Tokyo Disneyland 2013.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Captain EO waiting area at Tokyo Disneyland in 2013]]
In 1995, a decade after the attraction originally opened, ''Captain EO'' made its only television appearance on [[MTV]], albeit in a down-converted 2-D version. It has not aired again since, nor has it officially been issued on home video, although bootleg videos exist.

After the [[death of Michael Jackson]] on June 25, 2009, ''Captain EO'' regained popularity on the Internet. For several years, a small group of fans had petitioned Disney to bring back the attraction and Jackson's death had brought this campaign to a peak.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork-orange/eo/ |title=Disneyland Urged to Bring Back Michael Jackson's Captain EO |last=Coker |first=Matt |date=June 26, 2009 |newspaper=OC Weekly |access-date=May 10, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101163450/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/a-clockwork-orange/eo/ |archive-date=November 1, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> Soon afterward, Disney officials were seen in Disneyland at the Magic Eye Theater and reportedly held a private screening of ''Captain EO'' to determine if it could be shown again. On September 10, Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] said, "There aren't plans to bring back ''Captain EO'' at this time ... We are looking at it. It's the kind of thing that, if we did it, would get a fair amount of attention and we'd want to make sure we do it right."<ref>{{cite web|author=Brady MacDonald|url=http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/iger-no-plans-to-bri-5337/|title=Iger: No plans to bring 'Captain EO' back to Disneyland|access-date=September 26, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918145706/http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/index.php/iger-no-plans-to-bri-5337/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 18, 2009, Disney announced that ''Captain EO'' would return to Tomorrowland at Disneyland, beginning in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2009/12/18/jacksons-captain-eo-to-return-to-disneyland/|title=Jackson's 'Captain EO' to return to Disneyland}}</ref> Social and Print Media Manager Heather Hust Rivera from Disneyland Resort confirmed this on the [[DisneyParks]] Blog and stated that ''[[Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!]]'' would be closing. That attraction hosted its final public showing in the Magic Eye Theater at midnight on January 4, 2010, to make way for ''Captain EO'''s return.

The attraction reopened at Disneyland on February 23, 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/02/official-reopening-date-set-for-captain-eo-featuring-michael-jackson/ |title=Official Reopening Date Set for 'Captain EO' Featuring Michael Jackson |publisher=Disney Parks Blog |date=February 19, 2010 |access-date=February 19, 2010 |archive-date=February 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100222035124/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/02/official-reopening-date-set-for-captain-eo-featuring-michael-jackson/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and subsequently returned to [[Tomorrowland (Disney Parks)|Discoveryland]] at [[Disneyland Park (Paris)]] on June 12, 2010, to [[Epcot]] at Walt Disney World on July 2,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/04/captain-eo-returning-to-walt-disney-world-resort/ |title=Captain EO Returning to Walt Disney World Resort « Disney Parks Blog |publisher=Disneyparks.disney.go.com |date=April 28, 2010 |access-date=December 4, 2011 |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004000556/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/04/captain-eo-returning-to-walt-disney-world-resort/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and to [[Tokyo Disneyland]] on July 1. At Epcot, the film had a "soft opening" (actual opening to the public prior to the official opening) on June 30, two days prior to its official reopening.

The attraction's return was billed as "''Captain EO'' Tribute" to distinguish the presentation of the film from its original 1986–1997 run. The new presentation made use of existing in-theater special effects held over from ''Honey, I Shrunk the Audience!'', but many of the original "4-D" effects—such as the enormous fiber-optic "starfield" wall, along with smoke and lasers—had been removed from the building at the show's first closing and were not returned for the revived presentation.<ref name="Captain EO at Yesterland">{{cite web|last=Weiss|first=Werner|title=Captain EO at Yesterland|url=http://www.yesterland.com/eo.html|publisher=Yesterland.com|access-date=August 20, 2012|archive-date=August 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818222838/http://yesterland.com/eo.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The removed special effects from the original presentation are also missing in the Epcot, Tokyo Disneyland, and Disneyland Paris revivals that followed.

On December 19, 2013, Tokyo Disneyland announced it would be closing ''Captain EO'' on June 30, 2014, to make way for ''[[Stitch Encounter]]'' in spring 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-stitch-encounter-tokyo-67757/ |title='Stitch Encounter' to Replace 'Captain EO' at Tokyo Disney Resort |publisher=Stitch Kingdom |date=December 19, 2013 |access-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219232706/http://www.stitchkingdom.com/disney-stitch-encounter-tokyo-67757/ |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Beginning July 4, 2014, the Magic Eye Theater at Disneyland was used to present a sneak peek of [[Marvel Studios|Marvel Studios']] ''[[Guardians of the Galaxy (film)|Guardians of the Galaxy]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Slater|first=Shawn|title='Guardians of the Galaxy' Sneak Peek Landing in Disney Parks July 4|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/06/guardians-of-the-galaxy-sneak-peek-landing-in-disney-parks-july-4/|publisher=DisneyParks Blog|access-date=June 9, 2014|date=June 9, 2014|archive-date=June 11, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611062531/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/06/guardians-of-the-galaxy-sneak-peek-landing-in-disney-parks-july-4/|url-status=dead}}</ref> originally with the expectation that ''Captain EO'' would return to the venue at a later date. Since then, the theater space was used for sneak previews of forthcoming films including ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]''<ref>{{cite web|last=Slater|first=Shawn|title=Sneak Preview of 'Big Hero 6' Coming to Disneyland Park September 26|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/09/sneak-preview-of-big-hero-6-coming-to-disneyland-park-september-25/|publisher=DisneyParks Blog|access-date=September 15, 2014|date=September 15, 2014|archive-date=September 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917034539/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2014/09/sneak-preview-of-big-hero-6-coming-to-disneyland-park-september-25/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Tomorrowland (film)|Tomorrowland]]'' with the venue itself later renamed the Tomorrowland Theater.<ref>{{cite web|last=Slater|first=Shawn|title=Exclusive Sneak Peek of Disney's 'Tomorrowland' Coming to Disney Parks in April|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/03/exclusive-sneak-peek-of-disneys-tomorrowland-coming-to-disney-parks-inapril/|publisher=Disney Parks Blog|access-date=March 26, 2015|date=March 26, 2015|archive-date=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327150208/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/03/exclusive-sneak-peek-of-disneys-tomorrowland-coming-to-disney-parks-inapril/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Tomorrowland Theater at Disneyland would also be used to present scenes from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' films as part of the park's "Season of the Force" event.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glover|first=Erin|title=Details on Season of the Force, Coming November 16 to Disneyland Park in California|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/09/details-on-season-of-the-force-coming-november-16-to-disneyland-park-in-california/|work=Disney Parks Blog|access-date=September 24, 2015|date=September 24, 2015|archive-date=September 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925144455/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/09/details-on-season-of-the-force-coming-november-16-to-disneyland-park-in-california/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On November 13, 2015, Disney announced that ''Captain EO'' would close at Epcot on December 6, 2015, to make way for a "Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival".<ref name="2015 closing">{{cite web|last1=Fickley-Baker|first1=Jennifer|title='Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival' To Debut At Epcot's Magic Eye Theater|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/11/disney-pixar-short-film-festival-to-debut-at-epcots-magic-eye-theater/|website=disneyparks.disney.go.com|publisher=Disney Parks|access-date=14 November 2015|archive-date=November 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114015521/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/11/disney-pixar-short-film-festival-to-debut-at-epcots-magic-eye-theater/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Logo ===
In 1987, [[Electric Dreams Software]] began using a logo very similar to the one from ''Captain EO''.<ref>''[[Crash (magazine)|CRASH]]'' issue 60 (January 1989, page 59 [https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/magazines/pages/crash/60/59] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512042110/https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/magazines/pages/crash/60/59|date=May 12, 2024}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[List of Epcot attractions]]
* [[List of 3D films]]
* [[List of former Disneyland attractions]]
* [[List of Tokyo Disneyland attractions]]
* [[List of most expensive films]]
* [[2014 in amusement parks]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0090793|Captain EO}}
* {{TCMDb title|492947|Captain EO}}
* [http://wdwhistory.com/wiki/Captain_EO ''Captain EO'' at WDWHistory.com]
* [http://www.mouseplanet.com/9085/The_Untold_Story_of_Captain_EO The Untold Story of Captain EO]
* [http://www.mouseplanet.com/9123/More_Untold_Tales_of_Captain_EO More Untold Tales of Captain EO]
* [http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/captain-eo/ Disneyland: Captain EO]
* [https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/captain-eo-starring-michael-jackson/ Walt Disney World's Epcot: Captain EO]

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