Captain EO
| Captain EO | |
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| Directed by | Francis Ford Coppola |
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| Produced by | Rusty Lemorande |
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| Cinematography | Peter Anderson |
| Edited by | Lisa Fruchtman Walter Murch |
| Music by | James Horner |
Production company | Three DDD Productions |
| Distributed by | The Walt Disney Company |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23.7 million ($70 million in 2025 dollars) |
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).
- 1986 films