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1986 was a good year. [[Disney]] had recently acquired a new president, Michael Eisner, who was bursting with ideas to revitalize the company's flagging animation and theme park divisions. [[George Lucas]] was still riding high on the success of the [[Star Wars]] trilogy. And [[Michael Jackson]] was firmly enthroned as the King of Pop, the biggest star in the world and possibly the most famous person in ''history''. So the three entertainment giants, plus director [[Francis Ford Coppola]], teamed up in order to capitalize on one another's success, and created the 17-minute [[3D Movie]] ''Captain EO'' for exclusive release at the [[Disney Theme Parks]].
Jackson portrays the eponymous [[The Captain|captain]], leader of a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] including the robotic security officer Major Domo, hairy two-headed navigator(s) Idee and Odee, elephantine slob Hooter, and Fuzzball, a flying...thing...resembling [[Mix-and-Match Critters|a cross between a rat, a monkey, and a butterfly.]] 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. Upon landing, they are captured and dragged before the [[Star Trek
The film played at Disneyland and EPCOT Center from 1986 until the mid-Nineties. The overseas parks took a little longer to get it, but it did successfully run at the Tokyo and Paris complexes. While allegations of child abuse had begun to taint Jackson's reputation by the time it closed in the U.S., it was more advances in theme park technology and the march of time (style-wise) that led it to be put to pasture. However, with the singer's death -- and children of [[The Eighties]] reaching an age to be nostalgic about their childhoods -- ''Captain EO'' is once again playing at Disneyland (as "Captain EO Tribute"), Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, and Epcot as well, making it possibly the only [[Disney Theme Parks]] attraction to replace the attraction that replaced it initially.
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There's also a very rare [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atm5FZPpf0E Cast Member produced parody], [[Winnie the Pooh|Captain Eeyore]], that's generally one big [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] once it gets to its take on the film's final battle.
(By the by...George Lucas collaborating with a notable filmmaker and an internationally-renowned musician on a creature-filled fantasy project...bet he couldn't do that twice in one year, ''[[Labyrinth
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* [[Disco Tech]]
* [[Eighties Hair]]: Another one of Captain EO's boundless gifts: bald, lifeless cyborgs are turned into mulleted dancers straight out of ''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' ([http://www.imdb.com/search/name?roles=tt0090793,tt0086999&sort=alpha no, really]).
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Femme Fatalons]]: in 3D, right in your face.
* [[Fridge Horror]] / [[Designated Hero]]: Hang on... so the plot is EO and crew visiting an alien world, confronting its (apparently) rightful ruler, and using mysterious powers to brainwash and ''mutate'' the inhabitants against their will? And these are ''our heroes?''
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** Hooter = Max Rebo + Gonzo
** Major Domo = C-3PO + Sam Eagle
** Fuzzball = Ewoks + [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Waldo_C._Graphic Waldo C. Graphic], as seen in fellow [[Disney Theme Parks]] 3D film ''[[Muppet
** EO's Ship = The Millenium Falcon + [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Swinetrek The Swinetrek, the ship from Pigs In Space]
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