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Captain EO is an attraction located in the [[Imagination!]] pavilion at [[Epcot]].
==Attraction History==
Captain EO got it's beginning when Michael Jackson's adviser, David Geffen called Disney. The pop singer was coming off the blockbuster album “Thriller” and Geffen thought that Jackson (a huge Disney fan) should make a movie for the company. Geffen called his longtime friend (and head of the Disney Studio) Jeffrey Katzenberg and pitched his idea. Although Disney was interested in the idea, Katzenberg and Michael Eisner asked Jackson if he would make a movie/music video for Disneyland. Imagineer Rick Rothschild then drew up three different story lines, before both he and Jackson picked the same one to do- Captain EO.
As part of his agreement to do the attraction, Jackson insisted that either George Lucas or Steven Spielberg be involved in the project. Since George Lucas was already working with Disney to create [[Star Tours]], he was brought in to work on the new film. Joining him, was director Francis Ford Coppola, actress Angelica Houston and Rusty Lemorande (who wrote the screenplay with Lucas). Famed composer James Horner wrote the score for the film, and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro worked the lighting and photography. Jackson also wrote two new songs for the attraction, "We Are Here to Change the World" and "Another Part of Me". The movie was shot in 3D, and in-theater effects were used to enhance guest’s experience. Because of these effects, many consider Captain EO to be the first 4D movie ever created.
On July, 6 1994, following a decrease in both the film and Jackson's popularity, Captain EO was replaced by a new 4D film [[Honey, I Shrunk the Audience]]. Although now without a home in the Disney Parks, MTV showed the film (in regular 2D) on June 26, 1996 (the only known time the film was shown outside of Disney). On July 2, 2010, following the death of Michael Jackson, Captain EO returned to Epcot as a tribute to the late singer. The film replaced Honey, I Shrunk the Audience almost exactly 16 years after its initial closure. Although the film had returned however, many of the original in-theater effects were removed when Honey, I Shrunk the Audience was built, and thus they are not used in the current version of the attraction.
On March 26, 2015 Disney announced that Captain EO would be temporarily closed on April 10, 2015. Following this date, the theater will show showed a sneak preview peak of the 2015 Disney movie "Tomorrowland". It is expected that Captain EO will return when previews for Although the attraction returned following Tomorrowland are finished. On 's release, on November 13, 2015 Disney announced that Captain EO would be permanently closing . This happened on December 6, 2015 and that the , with EO being replaced with thee Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival would be opening shortly after to replace the film <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/captain-eo/news/13nov2015-epcots-captain-eo-to-be-replaced-by-disney-and-pixar-short-film-festival-next-month.htm </ref> .
==Attraction Plot==
