Michael Jackson plays Captain EO in the new 70mm, 3-D space-fantasy featurette that costars Anjelica (Prizzi's Honor) Huston, Dick (The Producer's) Shawn and an assortment of Disney-created musical instrument characters. Captain EO can be seen at only two theaters in the world: in the Imagination Pavilion at the Florida EPCOT park and in Tomorrowland at the Anaheim Disneyland in California.
The film opens with a laser and explosion filled space chase. Captain EO soon finds himself skimming the surface (a la the trench sequence in Star Wars) of a trash strewn, colorless planet inhabited by a collection of suitably grim black-and-white nasties. They are confronted by the Supreme Leader (Houston), who hangs batlike from the ceiling and looks like a Gigeresque version of the Wicked Witch of the West, Captain EO and his crew defeat the forces of darkness using the power of music, dance and light to transform the evil denizens into a magical world of color and happiness. Animation buffs will appreciate the similarity of concept to the old Van Buren animated short "The Sunshine Makers"— a cult classic.
Featured are two new Michael Jackson songs with choreography by Jeffrey Hornaday and incidental music by James Horner. […]
