“Captain EO: Just another part of me”A Michael Jackson tributean article by Rik De Lombaerde & Tim Veekhoven
This article originally appeared (in Dutch) in TeeKay Magazine issue 34 (September 2005). Permission to reproduce information from this website / article must be obtained from the authors. |
“La Toya (his sister, red.) and I are very different, (…). She doesn’t understand what I see in ‘Star Wars’, ‘Close Encounters’ or ‘Jaws’. Our tastes are miles apart.“ – Michael Jackson in ‘Moonwalk’
“George Lucas told me his daughter’s first words were ‘Michael Jackson’. I felt on top of the world when he told me that.” – Michael Jackson in ‘Moonwalk’
INTRODUCTION
“The Cosmos and the universe of good and evil where a small group struggles to bring freedom to the countless worlds of despair; a rag-tag band led by the infamous Captain EO”.
Thus starts the 3D short movie cooperation between Disney, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Jackson. The popular 3D gig was shown in Disney parks between 1986 until 1998.
