'Captain EO' i Californien på ubestemt tid :-)

Min veninde, Jennifer, sendt mig kopi af en mail, hun fik fra Disney i Californien, hvor de skriver, at Captain EO kommer til at køre dér på ubestemt tid :-)

Jennifer spurgte, om jeg ikke vil skrive om historien for Captain EO og hjælpe hende med at sprede ordet. Det har jeg gjort på fb og synes, at jeg lige vil dele det med jer. Det er på engelsk for, at alle på fb har en chance for at forstå det. Hvis nogen ønsker det på dansk, kan I med fordel bruge http://translate.google.com/#da|en|

'Captain EO' in California INDEFINETLY :-)
by Mike's Moonwalker on Monday, July 18, 2011 at 6:47pm

'Captain EO' in 3D was shown at Disney parks around the world in the mid 1980s. After Michael died, Disney Land decided to bring the attraction back to life seeing that the documentary 'This Is It' had made over $1.3 billion in theaters by end of 2009.

'Captain EO' was an ambitious project from the days when 3D movies were new, and you had to wear green and red glasses to see them. The 17-minutes sci-fi adventure movie was directed by Francis Ford Coppola ('Apocalypse Now' and 'Godfather' films), had George Lucas ('Star Wars') as executive producer. Music was written by Michael Jackson. It premiered at Park EPCOT, Walt Disney World, Florida on September 12th 1986, starring Michael Jackson as the space captain, Captain EO.

The movie cost a massive $30 million to produce. It included "4D" elements such as breeze, lasers, smoke effects and star fields. At the time it was the most expensive film ever produced if measured per minute (at $1.76 million). 'Captain EO' was a success for Disney. It was promoted as a "4D attraction" and attracted a satisfactory amount of visitors into the amusement park. Disney decided to launch 'Captain EO' at their park in California that same year and opened later in Tokyo (1987) and Paris (1992).

'Captain EO' had its final performance on August 17th 1998 in Paris. But when Michael Jackson died in 2009 and revenues for "This Is It" exceeded $1.3 billion, Disney decided to revive 'Captain EO', first in California (February 2010), then Paris (June 2010) and finally in Tokyo (July 2010) and EPCOT Florida (July 2010). Disney Imagineers have enhanced the performance with an improved digitizing film, live 3-D effects and a new moveable floor in the hall.

Disney has announced that 'Captain EO' will remain as a PERMANENT attraction in Tokyo. And now as you see from the letter below, 'Captain EO' will be in California INDEFINETLY :-)

I'm posting this letter with the permission from my friend, Jennifer Dean, who contacted Disney about the permanence of 'Captain EO'. THANK YOU, JENNIFER! And thanks to ALL of you who have visited 'Captain EO' in California. You all have a part in this :-)

Another victory for Michael's legacy and for MJ Fans around the world!

7/09/2011

Dear Jennifer,

Thank you for your e-mail to the DISNEYLAND® Resort.

You will be pleased to know that our Captain EO has been returned INDEFINETLY.

Again, thank you for taking the time to write. We hope you will have the

opportunity to visit the DISNEYLAND® Resort soon and trust your visit

will be pleasant in all regards.

Sincerely,

Linda T

DISNEYLAND® Resort

Guest Communications

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