Michael Jackson’s Captain EO back at Disneyland
February 23rd, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Anaheim, Feb 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Michael Jackson’s ‘Captain EO’ is all set to make a comeback to Disneyland. The popular theme park officials said that that they will show the 1986 Michael Jackson musical from today, and also expect that the musical will run indefinitely.
Disney executive Heather Hust Rivera wrote on the Disneyland’s blog that the park would show a 70mm print of the 17-minute movie in the Tomorrowland Theater, with enhanced sound. He also added that the musical wouldn’t have the some of the special effects from the original presentation, as they can’t be replicated. It ought to be mentioned that the original presentation included lasers and smoke effects also.
The lead actor plays the role of a spaceship captain in the musical that uses the power of love and music to fight a witch queen played by Anjelica Huston. The original musical had a run at the Disneyland for more than a decade, from 1986 to 1997.
The “Captain EO” musical is of duration of over 17 minutes, and it costs an estimated $30 million. It also has an eclectic star cast that includes executive producer George Lucas, director Francis Ford Coppola, and Anjelica Huston as the evil Supreme Leader.
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