ABOVE: Orlando Sentinel Calendar front page “Captain EO Returns” 2 July 2010.
After a 16-year absence, Captain EO returned to EPCOT on Friday, July 2, 2010! Captain EO was the featured 3-D film at the Journey Into Imagination pavilion at Epcot from September 12, 1986-July 6, 1994. The popular movie was brought back to EPCOT on July 2, 2010, after Michael Jackson’s untimely death in 2009. The show closed permanently in 2015 but lives on in the hearts and minds of all those who just can’t get that song out of their heads! We are here to change the world!
No matter if you experienced the film hundreds of times or only once, it is worth another look. Have fun, relieve the past, and relive the 1980s as you experience Captain EO and his ragtag crew Hooter, Major and Minor Domo, Idy and Ody, and Fuzzball.
View two short segments with filmmaker/editor Walter Murch on his work on the Captain EO production (Audio segment 146) and what they had to do to get Michael Jackson to the set (Audio segment 147).
Whoopi Goldberg was selected to host “The Making of Captain EO” replete with drama, dance and delights. It is a must watch!
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Captain EO Returns - Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel front page heading 2 July 2010 - Captain EO is Back in 3-D at EPCOT.
Captain EO Returns - Orlando Sentinel Calendar
Orlando Sentinel Calendar front page "Captain EO Returns" 2 July 2010.
Captain EO Returns - Orlando Sentinel Calendar
Orlando Sentinel Calendar page 3 (top section) "Captain EO Returns" 2 July 2010.
Captain EO Returns - Orlando Sentinel Calendar
Orlando Sentinel Calendar page 3 (bottom section) "Old is new again: 'EO' is back!" 2 July 2010.
Captain EO Returns - Orlando Sentinel Calendar
Orlando Sentinel Calendar page 4 (top section) "Cover Story: 'Captain EO,' 2 July 2010.
Captain EO Returns - Orlando Sentinel Calendar
Orlando Sentinel Calendar page 4 (bottom section) "Cover Story: 'Captain EO,' 2 July 2010, continued from page 3.
Captain EO Returns - Orlando Sentinel Calendar
Orlando Sentinel Calendar page 4 (right section) "When 'EO' was born," 2 July 2010.
Walter Murch describes how he had to get Michael Jackson to come to the set.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThhleIA6UlI&list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzCodipONmNiROhYCUWyz_U&index=147Captain EO movie
Walter Murch discusses how he came to work on Captain EO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfwsiENByUU&list=PLVV0r6CmEsFzCodipONmNiROhYCUWyz_U&index=146