Captain EO (1986) on Netflix
Captain EO leads a ragtag crew on a journey to a dark, desolate world. They are sent to deliver a gift to the Supreme Leader, the witch who rules it.
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Plot summary
The Supreme Leader is a witch, and the world she governs is dark, desolate and mechanical. Captain EO is dispatched there with a ragtag crew whose errand is to hand her a gift, a song and dance. Robots number among those who travel with him. The captain sings and dances as the mission proceeds. The production used 70mm 3D photography, and its action was built to reach out of the screen into the auditorium, with lasers, smoke and starfields synchronized to the images. An estimated $30 million went into the production, at the time the most expensive film ever made on a per-minute basis.
Cast
- Cindy Sorensonas Geex (as Cindy Sorensen)
- Kahea Brightas Dancer
- Donald Devouxas Dancer
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Captain EO (1986)
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- Captain EO runs seventeen minutes and cost an estimated $30 million to produce; at the time it was the most expensive film ever made on a per-minute basis, at $1.76 million per minute.
- Walt Disney Imagineering and Eastman Kodak shot Captain EO using 70mm 3-D photography, and the film was completed in considerable secrecy at the request of Michael Jackson and George Lucas.
- Captain EO, a 3D film with in-theater effects such as lasers and smoke synchronized to the action, is regarded as one of the first "4D" films.
- Two new Michael Jackson songs appeared in Captain EO: "We Are Here to Change the World" went unreleased until 2004's Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, in a shorter edit, while "Another Part of Me" was an early mix later remixed for Jackson's 1987 album Bad.
- In 1987, a group of Disneyland cast members made an unofficial parody of Captain EO called Captain Eeyore, shot overnight and featuring criticism of the park's labor conditions.
- After Michael Jackson's death in 2009, Captain EO regained popularity online, and a fan campaign that had petitioned Disney for years to bring the attraction back reached its peak.
