bet he couldn't do that twice in one year, or could he?Ĭaptain EO provides example of the following tropes: George Lucas collaborating with a notable filmmaker and an internationally-renowned musician on a creature-filled fantasy project. There's also a very rare Cast Member-produced parody, Captain Eeyore, that's generally one big Funny Moment once it gets to its take on the film's final battle.īy the by.
a song and dance performance that literally changes the world. At the last second, he and the crew manage to produce the gift. Upon landing, they are captured and dragged before the Borg Queen-esque Supreme Leader, who orders EO imprisoned and tortured for the intrusion. The bumbling crew is just one mistake away from being drummed out of their (unspecified) organization, so for some reason they have been assigned a diplomatic mission of the utmost importance: delivering a goodwill gift to the Supreme Leader ( Anjelica Huston, who won an Oscar for Prizzi's Honor not long before this premiered) of a dismal planet.
resembling a cross between a rat, a monkey, and a butterfly. Jackson portrays the eponymous captain, leader of a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits including the robotic security officer Major Domo, robot buddy Minor Domo, hairy two-headed navigator(s) Idee and Odee, elephantine slob Hooter, and Fuzzball, a flying. So three entertainment giants, plus director Francis Ford Coppola, teamed up in order to capitalize on one another's successes, and created the 17-minute 3-D Movie Captain EO for exclusive release at the Disney Theme Parks. New company president Michael Eisner wanted to revitalize the company's flagging animation and theme park divisions, while George Lucas was still riding high on the success of the Star Wars trilogy and Michael Jackson was the biggest star of The '80s period. 1986 was a good year for The Walt Disney Company if no-one else.
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