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Jan 19, 2010 by News Gatherer
With Michael Jackson’s tragic death in June 2009, there was a flood of special magazines and media tribute projects that abundant the activity and achievements of the innovative singer/dancer. I eagerly flipped through all of those magazines and watched the specials in hopes that there would be a area devoted to the film Captain EO, a high-profile Disney project about which I really capital to know more. Strangely, it wasn’t alike mentioned in best of these tributes.
Even in Jackson’s own autobiography, Moon Walk, appear just two years after the premiere of Captain EO, there are almost three paragraphs. That’s all. One paragraph devoted to Jackson’s affection for Walt Disney, another describing briefly the plot of the film, and, finally, a mention that Jackson flew up to Skywalker Ranch to consult with George Lucas on the project.
Jackson’s affection, some might alike say obsession, with Disney was well-known. …. He often visited the Disney theme parks (sometimes in disguise), the entrance to Neverland Ranch was inspired by the entrance to Disneyland, and he had a large accumulating of Disney memorabilia (some of it exclusively created by Disney artists).
With the announcement that Captain EO will return for a limited assurance at Disneyland this February (test screenings accept already been done for Disney executives and the Jackson family, including Jackson’s three children who had never seen the film), this seems like a good time to address as abundant of the adventure of Captain EO that I know in the hopes that others will help fill in the gaps to this little documented footnote in Jackson’s amazing career.
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