captain eo is a 1986 american 3d science fiction film starring michael jackson and directed by francis ford coppola ( who came up with the name " captain eo " from the greek , cf. eos , the greek goddess of dawn ) that was shown at disney theme parks from 1986 through 1996 .

the attraction returned to the disney parks in 2010 as a tribute after jackson 's death .

the film 's executive producer was george lucas .

the film was choreographed by jeffrey hornaday and michael jackson , photographed by peter anderson , produced by rusty lemorande and written by lemorande , lucas and coppola , from a story idea by the artists of walt disney imagineering .

lemorande also initially designed and created two of the creatures , and was an editor of the film .

the score was written by james horner , and featured two songs ( " we are here to change the world " and " another part of me " ) , both written and performed by michael jackson .

the supreme leader was played by anjelica huston .

cinematographer vittorio storaro was the lighting director during much of the principal photography .

captain eo is regarded as one of the first " 4d " films ( 4d being the name given to a 3d film that incorporates in-theater effects , such as lasers , smoke , etc. , synchronized to the film ) .

captain eo was the first professional collaboration between coppola and lucas since american graffiti ( 1973 ) , and marked the end of a professional and personal estrangement between the two men following lucas ' decision not to direct apocalypse now ( 1979 ) .

captain eo

official black cap ( with eo logo ) from disneyland sold at the captain eo 2011 tribute . comes with a double sided
captain eo
tag .
well , technically captain eo did not come back to disneyland . the 2010 version of the attraction was called captain eo tribute .
captain eo , eo , captain eooo… . now i can’t get the song out of my head ! ! can’t wait for july 2nd !
one sided kid ' s shirt with the captain eo movie one sheet picture on the front . reads
captain eo tribute
with logo . comes with a double - sided captain eo custom tag . these shirts were sold at disneyland during the captain eo tribute in 2011 .
erica – “captain eo” is expected to return once the film previews are complete .
at disneyland , a new theater for captain eo would replace the space stage .
“we’ll also share a special “captain eo” announcement on twitter early next week . ”
debbie–“honey i shrunk the audience” has closed in order for captain eo to play .
captain eo begins with a male narrator setting the scene . he tells guests :
captain eo ( alternately , captain eo ) is a 1986 3 - d film which is shown at epcot , disneyland park , tokyo disneyland , and disneyland paris .
i heard that not all the in - theater effects returned when captain eo re - opened at disneyland . will this also be true for captain eo’s return to epcot ?
most guests reacted favorably to captain eo . a few newspaper articles were more critical .
love it or hate it , captain eo’s message to the world isn’t going anywhere .
part of the tribute at captain eo tribute was a new pre - show with flat screens showing footage from a tv documentary , the making of captain eo ( 1986 ) .
i am in disneyland now and just found out captain eo will be returning this tuesday .
buckethead - captain eo ' s voyage ( album review ) - sputnikmusic
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there are no critic reviews yet for captain eo . keep checking rotten tomatoes for updates !
are there any “captain eo” pins ? i would love to own one or trade for it .
star trader next door capitalized on the renewed interest in michael jackson and nostalgia for captain eo .
documentary of the making of michael jackson ' s captain eo film for the disney theme parks .
white vinyl bracelet used at the premiere of captain eo at disneyland . with
captain eo
logo , reads :
valid sep . 19 - 21 , 1986
. ( usa )
blue and gray visor with captain eo logo sold at disneyland and disney world . 1986 disney .
the logo design for captain eo inspired the logo for 1980s computer games company electric dreams software .
michael was great in captain eo . can ' t wait for my kids to see this .
kenny – “captain eo” is expected to return in the future , once the film previews are complete .
the lost legend of captain eo begins in a desolate and dark place : disneyland in the 1980s .
promo poster board for captain eo , signed by michael in black marker
michael jackson 1998
.
official brass pin with
movie one sheet
artwork that comes on a black plastic card . reads
captain eo tribute featuring michael jackson
. was sold at the captain eo tribute opening at disneyland .
sounds fun , but i am sad to see that captain eo will be missing for even longer now .
september 18 , 1986 : captain eo , a 3 - d film starring jackson , premieres at disneyland .
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black totebag with
captain eo
logo .
rip captain eo . the show is gone in disneyland and it looks like it will be too in epcot .
in the homestar runner cartoon
the house that gave sucky tricks
, marzipan dresses up as captain eo .
michael jackson ' s
captain eo
has temporarily closed at disneyland — and might be gone for good .
captain eo ' s crew ( from left to right ) : major domo , idey and ody , hooter .
i love captain eo my mother does too she says he ' s the finest super hero she ever saw .
jake – the attraction will be closed on april 10 . the last chance to see “captain eo” before the start of the preview is april 9 ; however , “captain eo” is expected to return at some point in the future .
the last place to watch captain eo was at epcot , where it was good bye on december 6 , 2015 .
sure , captain eo could still “return at a later date” to disneyland , but nobody still expects this to happen .
this kit comes in a black folder with purple
captain eo
logo . 1986 walt disney / eastman kodak .
this card comes in a special folding cardboard display holder with
captain eo
logo . the card features mickey and minnie mouse with characters from captain eo . tokyo disneyland / the walt disney company . c . 1988 ( japan )
getting there is half the fun , especially when the good captain starts boogying and the special effects start flying . captain eo . dvd only . no case or cover art included .
i am so disappointed that captain eo isn’t going to be in orlando . i was looking so forward to it . do you have any idea at all when captain eo will be coming to orlando . i can’t wait to see it .
at one time , captain eo was showing at disney parks in california , florida , japan , and france . the final place at which you could see captain eo was at cinémagique , presented by kodak , in discoveryland at disneyland paris . in late summer 1998 , the captain departed from paris as well .
hi ana . captain eo will run until at least the end of the year – the final closing date is tbd .
this is the song
we are here to change the world
from the
captain eo
attraction at disneyworld .
guitarist buckethead titled his 2010 album captain eo ' s voyage in reference to the passing of michael jackson . [ 19 ]
weiss , werner .
captain eo at yesterland
. . yesterland . com . retrieved on august 20 , 2012 .
hooter the elephant 15
plush doll from the micheal jackson 3d film captain eo , shown at disneyland and disney world .
captain eo
eventually opened at tokyo disneyland and disneyland paris . however , by 1998 , all of the
captain eo
attractions had ended their runs at the assorted disney parks throughout the world . the company was moved , however , to return the show to its parks in 2010 , starting with disneyland ' s version , renamed
captain eo tribute .
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poster from disneyland with
eo
logo and reads
featuring michael jackson
on bottom . sold at disneyland during the opening of the captain eo 2010 tribute .
at disneyland park in california , you can catch this limited time intergalactic preview in 3d with special in - theater effects at the magic eye theater in tomorrowland , where captain eo is typically shown . captain eo is expected to return at a later date .
heather are there any plans to do a premeire week - end like d . l did for captain eo back in the 80″s
at over 1 million dollars per minute , captain eo is one of the most expensive per - minute films of all time .
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promotional photo of mj from captain eo , with dancers . the back has typed caption :
nbc - tv will spotlight the new michael jackson starring 3 - d film captain eo saturday , sept . 20 . . .
this post just made the argument for why captain eo will one day be named to the smithsonian ' s national film registry .
for more swg remixes , visit : urltoken eo music / we are here to change the world track from the disney 3d movie ' captain eo ' , starring michael jackson . - singlewhiteglove -
“at disneyland park in california , you can catch this limited time intergalactic preview in 3d with special in - theater effects at the magic eye theater in tomorrowland , where captain eo is typically shown . captain eo is expected to return at a later date . ”
since we first announced the return of “ captain eo ” on the disney parks blog , there has been an incredible response from fans , and we’ve received many enthusiastic emails and phone calls asking exactly when the classic “captain eo” attraction featuring michael jackson will reopen .
i sure hope there will be plans to bring captain eo as well as magic journey to 3d blu - ray and dvd soon .
us flyer with captain eo images ; used to celebreate the 50th anniversary of ' snow white & the 7 dwarfs ' at disneyland .
signed captain eo one sheet poster signed
love michael jackson
in black sharpie pen . signature measures over 9
in length .
in early march , be on the lookout for a specially created captain eo embroidered nylon jacket . see merchandise and prices at disneyparks .
for captain eo tribute , the budget did not include bringing back the old effects , but the “new” effects were matched to the show .
captain eo and his space crew are on a mission to save the world from the evil queen by giving her a song and dance .
a celebration broke out to
another part of me
, as captain eo and his crew triumphantly exited and flew off into space .
silver thigh - high custom boots made for michael by his personal designer bill whitten , that he wore in disney ' s captain eo .
captain eo pencil sketches of
the supreme leader
, played by anjelica huston . signed
tom bari / burman ' 85 .
the costume for hooter is believed to be based on max rebo , from return of the jedi , because george lucas produced captain eo .
the preshow for the second incarnation of captain eo , consisted of the made for tv special
the making of captain eo
. the documentary was directed by muffett kaufman and hosted by whoopi goldberg . the film showed interviews with cast , crew and the producers of the film .
i am so happy that captain eo is returning . i was one of the people that signed the petetion for it’s return and want to thank disney for listening . thank you thank you thank you ! ! ! i will make a special trip just to see michael in captain eo .
after epcot opened , peter worked on several other disney projects including “american journeys , ” “captain eo , ” “muppet * vision 3d” and more .
michael jackson : we are here to change the world * 1986 * ( captain eo version ) ( . m4a / aac ) [ hq ]
excited for tomorrowland , but concerned for my eo . when is eo expected to return ? will it be once tomorrowland is in theaters ?
by this point , coppola was already involved in his next film , peggy sue got married that would open a month after captain eo , and lucas was struggling with howard the duck , which would open one month before captain eo —and work on the “star tours” attraction was falling behind schedule .
although built for captain eo , disneyland ' s magic eye theater , that seated about 700 guests , opened in may 1986 with the amazing magic journeys , the original 3 - d movie from epcot ' s imagination pavilion , in preparation for the captain eo debut . live theater special effects were added for the captain eo presentation including lasers , fiber - optic stars , and fog effects that were all painstakingly synchronized with the action on screen .
awesome ! i love captain eo ! i hope it will still be there in late september when i come down . thank you disney people ! 🙂
captain eo is only 17 minutes long and with a cost of 17 to 30 million $ it’s probably the most expensive movie ever created . a ‘making of’ was also produced and presented by whoopi goldberg . ‘the making of captain eo’ was broadcasted on may 15 1988 as a promotion for the attraction .
( featuring 3d like captain eo triangle on front of folded invite ) . authentic premiere invitation . captain e . o . from estate of actress tracy reiner . perfect for framing . 9 . 5
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unfolded .
the result of this collaboration was captain eo , which opened at disneyland on september 18 , 1986 ( six days after it opened at epcot center ) .
now , please continue to captain eo at epcot from 2010 to 2015 , and what replaced it ( updated yesterland article , originally published in 2015 ) .
brady macdonald .
iger : no plans to bring ‘captain eo’ back to disneyland
. . los angeles times . retrieved on september 26 , 2009 .
a flyer announcing the opening of the captain eo film at disney’s epcot center on september 19 and 20 , 1986 . signed by michael in silver marker .
i am planning a trip in september . i haven’t been there since they opened captain eo , so i hope they open it soon after this promo ends .
i noticed a comment indicating that the newly - released captain eo show in anaheim was slightly different than original show when it first debuted . has anything changed ?
‘stitch encounter’ to replace ‘captain eo’ at tokyo disney resort
. . stitch kingdom ( december 19 , 2013 ) . retrieved on december 19 , 2013 .
honey , i shrunk the audience was produced in 65mm and captain eo was shot in 70mm , therefore the resulting loss of picture is just under 10 % .
captain eo returning to walt disney world resort « disney parks blog
. . urltoken ( april 28 , 2010 ) . retrieved on december 4 , 2011 .
on december 19 , 2013 , tokyo disneyland announced it would be closing captain eo on june 30 , 2014 , to make way for stitch encounter in spring 2015 .
all the members of his crew then assure themselves that they will not fail , however idey and ody quickly inform the captain that an enemy patrol ship is flying by . although captain eo initially tries to outrun the patrol , they are hit by the ship ' s lasers . alarmed , captain eo asks for the map of the planet , only to find that hooter ate it . at this point , captain eo ' s superior , commander bog , appears on a holographic screen and demands to know what is going on ( as captain eo was late checking in ) . when the commander begins to realize that captain eo is in combat against orders , hooter throws something that sticks to the holographic image , obscuring bog ' s vision and keeping him from realizing what ' s happening . hooter then brings in the ship ' s sail , just before the ship enters a tunnel . despite their best efforts however , the ship still crashes onto the planet . after crashing , captain eo discovers that they have “landed” right next to the homing beacon , a fact that he is able to report to the commander . commander bog then gives eo further instructions , saying :
petersen worked at epcot when eo replaced an original park show , magical journeys .
this disparity of popularity was not lost on disneyland management . in september 2009 , the magic eye theater was temporarily closed to the public for several days . officially , the reason was to show captain eo to michael jackson’s children . but it was also an opportunity to test the feasibility of bringing back captain eo for a public run .
of course there was merchandising for captain eo but not in the amount that one would expect from a combined effort from lucas , disney and jackson . there are a few pins , several caps , some posters , stuffed creatures ( fuzzball , the geex and hooter ) , some pvc figures , t - shirts , keychains , wristwatches and a 3d comic . there never has been an official release of captain eo or ‘the making of captain eo’ on any format , though many bootlegs can be found online .
captain eo wound up running at disneyland until 1994 , and screened at orlando’s epcot from 1986 to 1997 , — at which point jackson’s scandals had alienated some of his fanbase . but the outpouring of grief that occurred after the singer’s death in 2009 led disney to return captain eo to many disney parks the following year . when it closes this year , eo will have run for nearly two decades and in four locations .
why can’t we just bring back captain eo permanently ? you know , in memory of michael . i bet he would have loved to see his movie back at epcot .
harrison ellenshaw , who was in charge of creating many of the groundbreaking space backgrounds in the star wars films , was brought in to be captain eo’s visual effects supervisor .
on november 13 , 2015 , disney announced that captain eo would be closing december 6 , 2015 , to make way for
disney & pixar short film festival
.
captain eo and his rugged crew set out on a mission to deliver a special gift to a wicked queen who lives on a dark , desolate world . getting there is half the fun , especially when the good captain starts boogying and the special effects start flying .
( i also agree that it’s time for captain eo to leave permanently . its time was long gone before sentiment brought it back , and even that’s wearing thin now . )
official reopening date set for ' captain eo ' featuring michael jackson
. . disney parks blog ( february 19 , 2010 ) . retrieved on february 19 , 2010 .
white long - sleeve shirt with a rainbow motif , ribbed neck and zip closure at back of neck . worn by michael jackson for his role in the film captain eo .
i really loved captain eo . this is prescious work of a master . long live the king & his legacy . r . i . p . michael . with love manvi
although built for captain eo , disneyland’s magic eye theater opened in may 1986 with the delightful magic journeys , the original 3d movie from epcot’s imagination pavilion . actually , magic journeys was no stranger to disneyland’s tomorrowland , having enjoyed a previous run at the outdoor space stage . in september of the same year , captain eo moved into the magic eye theater .
as a side note , it’s been fun having captain eo back , but i do hope that the imagineers have something new planned for the magic eye theater space in the future .
oh , oh… captain eo and his crew have been captured , taken to the wicked supreme leader ( played by anjelica huston ) , and sentenced . “justice” is swift and severe . captain eo accepts his sentence , one hundred years of torture , with grace . he tells the supreme leader that he has brought her a gift , which she will see—and hear .
on december 19 , 2013 , tokyo disneyland announced it would be closing captain eo on june 30 , 2014 , to make way for stitch encounter in spring 2015 . [ 14 ]
captain eo will stand alone . it’s not the greatest movie ever made , but it’s a great musical piece , up there with thriller . and it’s survived the test of time .
“ captain eo ran over budget . the biggest factor was special effects , some 150 of them , more per minute than lucas had used in star wars , ” eisner said .
same blue and gray ( battery operated ) lighted visor as the usa version , with captain eo logo except reads
tokyo disneyland
across the top . c . 1988 disney .
the story of the making of muppet vision 3 - d is deserving of an entire column and i am only mentioning it here to demonstrate that captain eo could have been a better film and cost less money . certainly muppet vision 3 - d has been inspirational in other similar projects that have been developed over the years , while captain eo became a trivial anecdote .
rich : though it shows all the signs of age that michael jackson’s face never did when he was with us ( alternate title : the picture of dorian eo ) , i loved this experience so much , and i give captain eo an a for anjelica huston alone .
this 17 - minute short staring michael jackson as captain eo follows a group of space travelers who are captured by the oppressive leaders of a remote planet and sentenced to 100 years of torture . the captain responds with an impromptu rock concert that transforms the evil leaders into peaceful humanoids .
it has been 16 years since captain eo played at epcot . we don ' t want to print spoilers , but here are a few elements of the production that might spark memories .
we are booked for sept . for our 20th wedding anniversary and our children’s birthdays . seeing captain eo will definitely make it a celebration for us ! pins , pins , pins ! !
supreme leader : “you think me beautiful ? ” captain eo : “very beautiful within , your highness , but without a key to unlock it… and that is my gift to you . ”
captain eo closed quietly and without fanfare at disneyland april 1997 . it had closed july 1994 at epcot , september 1996 at tokyo disneyland , and lasted until august 1998 at disneyland paris .
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poster comes sealed on a cardboard backing . features the movie one sheet with
eo
logo and reads
featuring michael jackson
on bottom . sold at disneyland paris during the opening of the captain eo 2010 tribute .
disney has said that
eo
is
expected to return at a later date ,
though some disney fan blogs — including dlandlive and mice chat — are speculating this could be the end of
eo .
the tokyo disneyland equivalent of the show recently announced the permanent closure of their
captain eo tribute ,
which will shutter on june 30 .
on march 26 , 2015 disney announced that captain eo would be temporarily closed on april 10 , 2015 . following this date , the theater showed a sneak peak of the 2015 disney movie
tomorrowland
. although the attraction returned following tomorrowland ' s release , on november 13 , 2015 disney announced that captain eo would be permanently closing . this happened on december 6 , 2015 , with eo being replaced with thee disney & pixar short film festival [ 1 ] .
the 3d technology for eo was groundbreaking , but also led to a rather deliberate produciton .
* technology : eo’s ship shows similarities to jabba’s luxury sail barge and the bantha ii cargo skiffs used by jabba . ubrikkian constructs both vehicles so eo’s ship could easily be another of ubrikkian’s products . dooku’s solar sailer used a star sail , just as eo’s ship does .
a celebration breaks out as eo and his crew triumphantly exit and flies off into space .
experience the singing , dancing , and song - writing talents of michael jackson as captain eo—on a quest to change the world . it’s a spectacular , 70 - millimeter , 3d space adventure .
in may 1998 , the former magic eye theater became the west coast home of the 3d movie honey , i shrunk the audience , which had already replaced captain eo at epcot in 1994 .
i also hope that captain eo has descriptive audio for the visually impaired . wouldn’t that be sweet ? something to improve over the original . amazing sound with description would make an amazing experience .
on november 13 , 2015 , disney announced that captain eo would be closing on december 6 , 2015 to make way for a
disney & pixar short film festival
. [ 1 ]
by june 19 , the
captain eo
attraction ' s sign had been removed , prompting super fan guy selga to sadly tweet :
i ' m going to be sick .
this is a dvd of the original captain eo show at disneyland . that is about all the information i have on it . it does play all the way through though . no scratches .
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folding brochure from disney world . has captain eo ads throughout with mickey , minnie , and
15 years
birthday cake on cover . 1986 kodak / disney world .
the original disney artwork for michael jackson ' s 3 - d short film captain eo which was used on the film poster , disney attraction posters , comic book art , and disney merchandising .
anaheim , california – michael jackson ' s 3 - d short film captain eo is playing again at disneyland , and the 24 - year - old space opera still holds up . mostly .
and what about the illumgrids seen in the cockpit of the ship ? they look a lot like the lights inside the death star . the planet where eo’s crew crashes seems to look like another death star trench . holograms and homing beacons are also known in the universe of captain eo .
i remember enjoying “captain eo” during its original run at epcot from 1986 - 1994 . but for some of you , it’ll be a new experience . the film features michael jackson as “captain eo” and a crew of disney - created space characters . during their journey , the group uses the power of dance , light and music to turn a colorless planet into a world of color and happiness .
ultra rare from captain eo anjelica huston supreme leader head cast . unfinished piece from disney imagineers . based on the makeup appliances applied to her actual face . the finished piece was display . . .
fuzzball . jackson ' s tiny , furry , flying companion serves no purpose other than to sell plush toys at the captain eo gift shop . ( they aren ' t even available anymore . )
it was the same movie in the same theater . the 3d technology and special effects of captain eo had been state - of - the - art in the 1980s , but looked dated when the show returned . audiences of 2010 were accustomed to digital 3d at their local cinemas and complex cgi wizardry , such as in james cameron’s avatar . in comparison , captain eo was downright old - fashioned .
captain eo agrees to that punishment , but also tells the queen that she is beautiful , but without a key to unlock that beauty . his crew transforms into a musical band , but before he can share his magical song , hooter accidentally stumbles into the equipment rendering it momentarily useless , angering the queen who orders her guards to capture captain eo and his crew . a short battle ensues before hooter repairs the equipment . eo’s song transforms the dark , mechanical inhabitants into agile and colorful backup dancers .
: the cosmos , a universe of good and evil , where a small group struggles to bring freedom to the countless worlds of despair . a rag - tag band lead by the infamous captain eo .
the cosmos : a 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 .
i can’t believe captain eo is back ! i saw this when i was 4 and it was way too intense for me . all i remember was crying and my mom having to take me out .
in december 2009 , disney officials announced that captain eo would return for a limited engagement to the disneyland resort only . on february 23 , 2010 , thousands of michael jackson and captain eo fans lined up outside the tomorrowland theater to welcome back the film that was on a 13 - year hiatus . they donned space gear , futuristic outfits and a couple even were dressed like the king of pop himself .
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double sided plastic shopping bag with handle from tokyo disneyland . reads ( in part ) :
3 - d musical motion picture space adventure : captain eo . . .
has blue
eo
logo on black
space
background ( same design on both sides ) .
captain eo needs to go away . it’s time has come and gone , come again , and now needs to be retired once and for all . please , please , please replace it with something new !
walt disney world continues its wave of nostalgia with the rebirth of captain eo - - a 3 - d sci - fi movie featuring michael jackson and a crew of fuzzy space explorers - - at epcot .
i saw captain eo on my senior class trip . by the time i returned to disney world again ( in 2008 ) it was long gone . it will be great to share this with my kids !
completed version of the entrance music to captain eo . i ' m still not totally happy with the audio quality but it was the best i could do . music composed by james horner special thanks to urltoken
in my subsequent visits to disneyland - - like one in the mid - ' 90s , when the magic eye theater was still showing the film - - i skipped captain eo entirely , opting for faster , more relevant thrills . a few years ago , on another trek to the park , captain eo was gone entirely , a mere memory , a relic . ( disneyland stopped showing the film in april 1997 . )
stacey – unfortunately , no . april 10 is the first day the “captain eo” attraction will be closed to prepare for the sneak peek , so the previews won’t be ready to go until sometime the following week .
captain eo returns to the disneyland resort for a limited engagement in honor of michael jackson , the king of pop who died june 25 , 2009 . this 3 - d movie that he starred in was revived in february 2010 at the southern california theme park and will run indefinitely . under the new title of captain eo tribute , the movie replaces the long - running honey , i shrunk the kids at the tomorrowland theater .
getting there is half the fun , especially when the good captain starts boogying and the special effects start flying . making of captin eo - whoopi goldberg . dvd contains the following dvd - region 1 u . . .
with the announcement that captain eo will return for a limited engagement at disneyland this february ( test screenings have already been done for disney executives and the jackson family , including jackson’s three children who had never seen the film ) , this seems like a good time to write as much of the story of captain eo that i know in the hopes that others will help fill in the gaps to this little documented footnote in jackson’s amazing career .
captain eo is a young adventurer who is supposed to bring peace to a planet that is being suppressed by an evil queen ruler ( anjelica huston ) . eo’s commander is commander bog ( dick shawn ) . eo sidekicks include the flying fuzzball , the geex ( an alien with three legs and two heads : idy and ody ) , hooter and the robotic duo major and minor domo . the geex was specially recruited for this mission because eo thought an extra crewmember was needed and that even in space two heads are better than one .
eo started playing again at disneyland in february and is also playing at disney parks in tokyo and paris .
captain eo was a 1986 american 3d science fiction film starring michael jackson and directed by francis ford coppola ( who came up with the name
captain eo
from eos , the greek goddess of dawn ) that was shown at disney theme parks from 1986 through 1996 . the attraction returned to the disney parks in 2010 as a tribute after jackson ' s death . the film was shown for the final time at epcot on december 6 , 2015 .
on july 2 , 2010 , following the death of michael jackson , captain eo returned to epcot as a tribute to the late singer . the film replaced honey , i shrunk the audience almost exactly 16 years after its initial closure . although the film had returned however , many of the original in - theater effects were removed when honey , i shrunk the audience was built , and thus they are not used in the second version of captain eo .
the two robot members of the crew transformed into musical instruments , and the crew members began to play the various instruments . as hooter ran toward his instrument , he tripped over eo ' s cape and broke it , stopping the music . the spell broken , the supreme leader ordered her guards to capture captain eo and his crew .
at this point ,
we are here to change the world ,
( a song written by michael jackson specifically for the film ) begins . during the introduction captain eo transforms various minions of the supreme leader into dancers that join him in the song . eventually , the supreme leader sends in her
whip warriors
( two soldiers who attack captain eo with electronic whips ) while
we are here to change the world
quietly continues in the background . although he struggles for a while , fuzzball ties the two whips together , incapacitating the warriors and allowing captain eo to use his energy powers on them . captain eo then transforms the prisoners trapped in the walls into another group of dancers , as the song continues in full force . captain eo next flies up to the supreme leader and transforms her into a beautiful woman , before using his energy to transform the lair into a beautiful palace with greek columns . with the sun now shining , everyone celebrates as “another part of me” ( the second original song in the film ) is performed . the film then ends with the triumphant crew flying off towards their next mission .
peter anderson is behind the disney 3d camera rig during filming of
captain eo
for disney ' s theme parks . francis ford coppola , the film ' s director , can be seen to the right of the camera .
when will they be closing honey i shrunk the kids close to start putting in captain eo ? i am going in the begging of june and i want to see honey i shrunk the kids one more time before it closes .
check back on the disney parks blog next week for more updates . we’ll also share a special “captain eo” announcement on twitter early next week . to be the first to hear it , follow us on twitter : @ disneyland .
captain eo opened at epcot on september 12 , 1986 , but the big premiere was scheduled for its disneyland opening on september 18 , 1986 . the film would later open in tokyo disneyland in 1987 and disneyland paris in 1992 .
over the past few months , the theater has been used for a variety of purposes , mostly to exhibit upcoming disney features like brad bird’s tomorrowland and disney•pixar’s inside out . but now captain eo is back and we couldn’t be more excited . it’s an attraction that feels so classically epcot , one that has one foot in fantasy and the other in science fiction ; that is both futuristic and warmly nostalgic . it’s an attraction shares epcot’s view of the future as a place where anything is possible and everything is super fun . captain eo is the story of “a ragtag band led by the infamous captain eo , ” and almost 30 years later , it’s enough to make you smile … and dance .
ãâ michael ' s wardrobe is mostly a white , leather space - captain number , but he accessorizes with a cape .
th 1986 was the grand opening . it was a huge celebration with movie stars and music stars . also on the dvd will be the complete captain eo attraction in full screen and wide screen . getting there is h . . .
white ceramic mug with blue and purple logo sold at disneyland paris during the 2010 eo tribute re - release .
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round foil balloon with blue and purple
eo
logo on black background . c . 1988 disney
please tell me honey , i shrunk the audience is coming back… please , please , please ! i am looking forward to seeing captain eo . . but i think once will be enough ! i love honey , i shrunk the audience .
there was a wealth of talent on the set of the film , which led to groundbreaking work — but also some difficulty . everyone had strong opinions ( and other projects ) vying for their attention , which slowed down captain eo considerably .
captain eo disneyland ride - compilation dvd ( tv special , ride , music video ) . it contains the following - set of 5 dvds featuring over 15 hours of recordings from cnn ' s live coverage of his shocking d . . .
though we may be surprised that coppola directed this musical , he did in fact direct several musicals earlier in his career , such as ‘finian’s rainbow’ and ‘the cotton club’ . rumours say that coppola didn’t really do a lot on captain eo .
upon arriving on the planet , the crew was captured by the henchmen of the supreme leader , and brought before her . she sentenced the crew to be turned into trash cans , and captain eo to 100 years of torture in her deepest dungeon . before being sent away , captain eo told the supreme leader that he saw the beauty hidden within her , and that he brought her the key to unlock it : his song ,
we are here to change the world
.
captain eo provided both and was a welcome addition to the list of epcot offerings . this is also the first time that the eisner publicity machine was used to its maximum ability . as part of the media campaign , the new disney channel broadcasted a 45 minute special on “the making of captain eo” hosted by whoopi goldberg . the show itself was nothing short of spectacular and the sheer number of in - theater effects really did elevate the status of this film to a true attraction .
over the years , the crowds disappeared . movie - based attractions tend to have less repeat appeal than rides . michael jackson’s star shined less brightly . after a run of over ten years at disneyland , captain eo closed quietly in april 1997 .
around the time huston was offered the job , she won raves for her performance in prizzi’s honor ( which would later win her an academy award for best actress ) . prizzi’s honor debuted in early june , weeks before captain eo began shooting .
jackson wrote two new songs for the film , one of which , “we’re here to change the world , ” was used in the climactic stand - off between captain eo and the queen , and culminated with jackson leading an army of dancers .
i know there must be much more to the story of captain eo , but nobody has written much of anything , so here , for future researchers , is what little i know to help them better understand that small footnote in jackson’s life .
in
captain eo ,
lasers fire through the audience and science - fiction robots spin past your head . in
bebop bamboozled ,
dancers threw a few frisbees off the tv screen , and all the long shots lost their perspective .
disney enthusiasts will be excited to find special captain eo inspired merchandise created in celebration of the re - opening of the attraction . merchandise will include , ladies and men’s tees , fleece , military and beanie style hats , posters and souvenir items .
i really love captain eo mj is not only a fantastic singer and dancer he ' s also an amazing actor he really acts very well < 3 < 3 we ' re here to change the world < 3 . . another part of me
in fact , captain eo is a wonderful example of people trying to build their own little empires ( often by overstating their contribution or pointing an accusatory finger at someone else ) and , as a result , it got out of control . when i mentioned that captain eo was a troubled production , i didn ' t fully appreciate how troubled it was and one of the reasons again was too many chiefs not listening to the common sense of others and the lack of necessary pre - planning .
in 1994 captain eo disappeared in epcot and the other disney parks followed ( disney resort paris was the last one in 1998 ) . eo was replaced by ‘honey , i shrunk the audience’ . reasons for the disappearance of eo include the fact that the special effects had become too old but the fact that jackson was accused for the first time in 1993 of sexual harassment may have been the main reason . one can understand that this was not at all to the liking of disney .
to make way for this new offering , “ captain eo , ” the current occupant of magic eye theater will say its final farewell december 6 . hope many of you are able to come out to see them change the world one more time .
we are visiting disney world later this year and are very excited for this attraction . although we also love honey i shrunk the audience… why not have both ? some showings of captain eo and others of honey i shrunk the audience ? thank you !
adds to the greatness of michael jackson . this was closed at disneyland when i was a kid , so i didn ' t really remember it that well , but it was brought back after michael jackson ' s passing . captain eo is an amazing short 3d film the great minds of francis ford coppola and george lucas behind it . aside from having mj , his dancing , and singing it it , this film has a good message behind it . captain eo will never get old to me .
the comic book was actually published in two sizes , the normal comic book size and this huge , 17
x 11
size which is the most collectible one . in both cases the cover was captain eo ' s famous artwork . . .
this film was always my achilles heel i love both captain eo i ' ve come to dream xd , draw . . . i love it . i ' m too in love with him . it ' s my dream , my inspiration . .
the film for captain eo is really a mix between the two remaining concepts . the first was for a pan - like character that defeated an ice queen with power of music and dance , and a space opera originally titled “intergalactic music man . ”
representing the height of 1986 movie technology , captain eo was a lavish collaboration between disney and george lucas ' industrial light & magic studio . directed by francis ford coppola and starring jackson at the zenith of his career , the 17 - minute film was shown only in custom - built theaters in disney parks from 1986 to 1994 . following jackson ' s death in 2009 , fans clamored for captain eo ' s return , and disney brought it back , though only to disneyland , on feb . 23 .
ãâ the ship is manned by a
ragtag band led by the infamous captain eo .
that ' s michael jackson , backed by a bunch of furry creatures that have a bad - - yet unspecified - - combat record . the most comic of the comic relief is a character named hooter , who keeps foiling things , which makes the captain giggle . hooter also plays keyboard .
lemorande : we suddenly had a way bigger star . she became famous very quickly after captain eo . she didn’t have an oscar before we hired her . if she had an oscar before we hired her , i’m sure she wouldn’t have done the job .
we went to epcot again in december and needless to say , i was unsuccessful in the few attempts i made to “accidentally” end up near the ride and , “well , since we’re here we might as well just see captain eo again . . . ”
when captain eo begins , the furry puppets and outdated robots might disappoint you , but the supreme leader definitely won’t . anjelica huston gives a chilling performance as a transhuman evil queen whose torso is connected to the ceiling with dozens of coiling wires . she’s alien , she’s human , she’s machine , and she’s totally awesome . she sentences mj’s crew to be turned into trash cans and captain eo himself to “one hundred years of torture in my deepest dungeon . ” that’s when the captain of pelvic thrusts pulls out a great song to unlock the beauty hidden within the evil queen , and though she battles him fiercely with her cybernetic “whip warriors , ” in the end she’s transformed into her true , lovely , definitely human self . her twisted , metallic world turns into a lush paradise in which she seems equally at home , and she and captain eo are now the best of friends . what is not to love ?
the others all ran away , leaving captain eo to fight the whip warriors alone . eo was trapped by a closing gate and was preparing for a last stand as both the whip warriors drew their whips back for a final blow . fuzzball dropped his instrument and speedily flew over to tie the two whips together , causing the whip warriors to be thrown off balance and giving eo an opportunity to transform them as well . with no further obstacles , eo used his power to transform the remaining four henchmen ( not yet unleashed ) and they , the transformed whip warriors and the other dancers , pressed forward in dance before eo transformed the supreme leader into a beautiful woman , her lair into a peaceful greek temple , and the planet into a verdant paradise .
disneyland’s “exclusive , limited engagement” turned out not to be so exclusive . captain eo reopened at disneyland paris on june 12 , 2010 ; at tokyo disneyland on july 1 , 2010 ; and at epcot on july 2 , 2010—without “tribute” tacked onto the movie’s name .
the film told the story of captain eo ( michael jackson ) and the ragtag crew of his spaceship on a mission to deliver a gift to
the supreme leader
( anjelica huston ) , who lived on a world of rotting , twisted metal and steaming vents . captain eo ' s alien crew consisted of his small flying sidekick fuzzball , the double - headed navigator and pilot idey ( debbie lee carrington ) and ody ( cindy sorenson ) , robotic security officer major domo ( gary depew ) , a small robot , minor domo ( who fits like a module into major domo ) , and the clumsy elephant - like shipmate hooter ( tony cox ) who always managed to upset the crew ' s missions . dick shawn played captain eo ' s boss , commander bog .
when eo finally reaches their destination they fall under attack from patrol cruisers . the can evade the enemy fire but crash on the surface . since hooter has eaten the map , they have no idea where they are . guards immediately surround eo and his crew so it seems they have landed in the right place after all . the evil queen ruler , who looks like a metallic spiderlike witch , convicts eo to severe punishments . eo apologises but wishes to present her with a gift before his punishment begins . eo asks her not only to see the gift but listen to it as well . major and minor turn into a drum and guitar that are being used by hooter and the geex . de queen sees what’s happening and orders her guards to intervene but eo’s power turn them into dancers . the queen then sends her whip warriors who are far stronger than the regular guards . the warriors corner eo but fuzzball saves the day and eo can transform the warriors into allies as well . when all her guards are defeated , the queen is without a proper defence . eo uses all his power and turns her into a beautiful woman . the metallic environment of her fortress and the planet transform into a lush paradise . eo’s mission is a huge success .


thirteen women is a 1932 american pre-code psychological thriller film , produced by david o. selznick and directed by george archainbaud .

several characters were deleted from the film 's final release , including those played by leon ames , phyllis fraser , and betty furness ( in what would have been furness ' film debut at the age of 16 ) .

the film premiered in october at the roxy theater in new york city on october 15 , 1932 , then released in los angeles , and a few other cities in november 1932 .

originally running seventy-three minutes , the studio edited fourteen minutes out of the picture prior to release .

the film was re-released in 1935 ( post-code ) by rko , hoping to turn a profit by cashing in on the growing popularity of stars dunne and loy .

thirteen women has been cited as an early " female ensemble " film .

thirteen women

women , war & peace is a co - production of thirteen and fork films .
vampires , weres a . . . : thirteen ( women of the other world # 13 )
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on february 21 , 2012 , thirteen women was released on manufactured - on - demand dvd through the warner archive collection . [ 8 ]
if you are on twitter you can follow thirteen at @ thirteenwnet and me at @ e20launderette . on instagram , find thirteen at @ thirteenwnet and me at @ gothamtomato .
we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of thirteen by kelley armstrong .
makers : women in film airs tuesday , october 7 at 9 p . m . on thirteen , and october 10 at 6 p . m . on wliw world .
hall , mordaunt ( 1932 ) .
another murder mystery . thirteen women . . .
, part of multiple film reviews , the new york times , october 15 , 1932 . retrieved november 22 , 2017 .
, which spotlights the first fifty women in morocco to graduate from an imam academy in rabat .
you can also find the text of thirteen women online at the internet archive : urltoken . be sure to browse through one of the formats that preserve david berger’s illustrations from the book , some of which were pretty strong stuff for their time .
aha ! it was something called “thirteen men” ( first edition ) . correctly surmising the reason for its placement there , i immediately started reading it .
the french political thinker alexis de toqueville travelled extensively through the united states in gathering research for his book democracy in america . in this excerpt , he described the belief that american men and women lived in “separate spheres : ” men in public , women in the home . this expectation justified the denial of rights to women . all women were denied political rights in nineteenth century america , but only a small number of wealthy families could afford to remove women from economic production , like de toqueville claimed .
thirteen women : urltoken shortly before shedding her snakeskin vamp persona for good by wrapping herself in the ermine confines of nora charles , myrna loy terrified and terrorized as the murderous mesmerist ursula georgi in the pre - code horror show thirteen women . following a racist sorority ' s cruel rebuff , half - caste ursula embarks on a blood - thirsty trail of deceit and murder until only one woman ( irene dunne ) is left to face her . aside from the allure and interest of its two leading ladies - - each on the cusp of their ascension into cinema legend - - thirteen women ' s delights are rather more diabolical and devastating than the more domestic concerns of a traditional
women ' s picture .
from its breathless and terrifying ( and arrestingly staged ) opening aerial atrocity through its stabbings , suicides and hidden bombs , thirteen women ' s relentless pace startles and astonishes , ever driven by loy ' s portrayal of ursula ' s unalloyed and unapologetic evil . - - - - - - 1 , 000 + rare films , tv movies , and series on dvd direct from the studio . urltoken
featuring narrators matt damon , tilda swinton , geena davis and alfre woodard , women , war & peace is the most comprehensive global media initiative ever mounted on the roles of women in war and peace .
when the u . s . troop surge was announced in late 2009 , women in afghanistan knew that the ground was being laid for peace talks with the taliban . peace unveiled follows three women in afghanistan who are risking their lives to make sure that women’s rights don’t get traded away in the deal .
after thirteen years held captive by her kidnapper , ivy moxam escapes . piecing back together the version of family life that existed before is no easy task .
thirteen - year - old danielle bregoli , aka the “cash me outside” girl , is slamming the “dr . phil show” for its editing , which she says “was
• from jana pruden of the walrus : thirteen years ago , a five - year - old girl named tamra keepness disappeared in regina . she has never been found
women have been present in the film industry since its inception , but often in roles that make them all but invisible . makers : women in film brings due recognition to those who have worked hard to make hollywood more inclusive . while there’s still a long way to go , here are ten more women who changed the shape of the movie industry :
from bbc three’s thirteen and the oscar - winning room to the the unbreakable kimmy schmidt and 10 cloverfield lane , british and american pop culture has been gripped by the kidnap narrative .
four women brawled at a traffic light in florida , with one suspect appearing to use a baton as a weapon . p
thirteen - year - old danielle bregoli , aka the
cash me outside
girl , is slamming the
dr . phil show
for its editing , which she says
was
thirteen women was made into a film within a few months of its publication in 1932 . starring irene dunne and myrna loy , “thirteen women” is a good example of a talkie from the brief period before the hayes code took effect , and was considered so lurid that rko trimmed out two of the dozen deaths in the picture soon after its first release . you can read several appreciations of the film , at the irene dunne project and une cinephile . and , if you have the stamina , you can watch the whole thing online at youtube : part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , and part 6 .
laura benanti , patti lupone , sherie rene scott and nikka graff lanzarone in
women on the verge of a nervous breakdown .
fictional story is that of “the indiana mole women” , four women kept in an underground bunker by a doomsday cult leader , who told them that the world above ground had burnt to nothing . despite its surface tonal silliness , it shares dna with the story of “
hartigan - o’connor , ellen . ties that buy : women and commerce in revolutionary america . philadelphia : university of pennsylvania press , 2009 .
worldwide – 35 . 6 per cent – will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime . we know more about the lingering psychological affects physical and sexual abuse have on women , and we also know that the women that surround us are not solely defined by these experiences .
the idea of separate spheres also displayed a distinct class bias . middle - and upper - classes reinforced their status by shielding “their” women from the harsh realities of wage labor . women were to be mothers and educators , not partners in production . but lower - class women continued to contribute directly to the household economy . the middle - and upper - class ideal was only feasible in households where women did not need to engage in paid labor . in poorer households , women engaged in wage labor as factory workers , piece - workers producing items for market consumption , tavern and inn keepers , and domestic servants . while many of the fundamental tasks women performed remained the same—producing clothing , cultivating vegetables , overseeing dairy production , and performing any number of other domestic labors—the key difference was whether and when they performed these tasks for cash in a market economy .
thirteen women is a 1932 american pre - code psychological thriller film , produced by david o . selznick and directed by george archainbaud . it stars myrna loy , irene dunne and ricardo cortez . the film is based on the 1930 bestselling novel of the same name by tiffany thayer and was adapted for the screen by bartlett cormack and samuel ornitz . [ 1 ]
the vast majority of today’s conflicts are not fought by nation states and their armies , but rather by informal entities : gangs and warlords using small arms and improvised weapons . women , war & peace reveals how the post - cold war proliferation of small arms has changed the landscape of war , with women becoming primary targets and suffering unprecedented casualties . yet they are simultaneously emerging as necessary partners in brokering lasting peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict . with depth and complexity , women , war & peace spotlights the stories of women in conflict zones from bosnia to afghanistan and colombia to liberia , placing women at the center of an urgent dialogue about conflict and security , and reframing our understanding of modern warfare .
several characters were deleted from the film ' s final release , including those played by leon ames , phyllis fraser , and betty furness ( in what would have been furness ' film debut at the age of 16 ) . the film portrays only eleven women , not thirteen , with fraser and furness playing the two characters edited out of the film . [ 2 ]
thirteen women , who were sorority sisters at the all girl ' s college st . alban ' s , all write to a clairvoyant
swami
( c . henry gordon ) who by mail sends each a horoscope foreseeing swift doom . however , the clairvoyant is under the sway of ursula georgi ( myrna loy ) , a half - javanese eurasian woman who was snubbed at school by the other women owing to her mixed - race heritage , eventually forcing georgi to leave school . she now seeks revenge by manipulating the women into killing themselves or each other . she also goads the clairvoyant into killing himself by falling into the path of a subway train .
dublin , thomas . transforming women’s work : new england lives in the industrial revolution . ithaca , n . y : cornell university press , 1994 .
thirteen ( or 13 ) marks the end of an era . for at least a few years , there won ' t be any full - length women of the otherworld books . i ' m still hoping she will write some spin - offs in the form of a trilogy or something . i think i ' m completely in denial that this actually might really be the end . i have had a hard relationship with the last few books in this series , but thirteen returned to that what made me fall in love with the series . awesome characters , cute interactions , and plenty of action . i w
. reticker is one of the world’s leading documentary filmmakers putting a lens on the real - life dramatic stories of women’s rights and international social justice issues .
simply by calling attention to the multitude of films that do not meet the criteria , bechdel has exponentially raised awareness of misrepresentation of women in the movies .
explores kimmy’s techniques for dealing with her trauma , but also in many ways aligns itself with modern american sitcoms about women in new york city . we are explicitly interested in women telling their own stories . arguably , to tell their own nuanced , varied , individual stories , these characters must first survive their kidnaps .
disney also co - founded the daphne foundation , which works with low - income communities in the five boroughs of new york city . her work in philanthropy , women’s engagement and leadership , and conflict resolution has been recognized through the epic award from the white house project , the changing the landscape for women award from the center for the advancement of women , and the prestigious international advocate for peace ( iap ) award from the cardozo law school’s cardozo journal of conflict resolution .
, the first full length documentary about the impact of hiv on women in the u . s . she produced and directed the 2005 emmy award - winning documentary
for the pbs series wide angle , which focuses on the role of women in rebuilding post - genocide rwanda . she also garnered an emmy for directing and producing
halttunen , karen . confidence men and painted women : a study of middle - class culture in america , 1830 - 1870 . yale university press , 1982 .
• a remarkable story by washington post reporter craig m . whitlock on the fbi’s investigation of complaints that bobby knight groped women at u . s . spy agency
ellen hartigan - o’connor , ties that buy : women and commerce in revolutionary america ( philadelphia : university of pennsylvania press , 2009 ) , 138 . [ ↩ ]
it also reflects a culture more specifically interested in female experience than before , as well as one in which women writers have more creative influence than ever . emma donoghue’s
“it has to ( 1 ) have two women in it , ( 2 ) who talk to each other , about ( 3 ) something other than a man . ”
held back the release of
thirteen women
to take advantage of irene´s great success in
back street
didn´t help matters . it seems this story of deleting one victim after the other , which reminds slightly of slasher elements of our modern films was just too brutal for contemporary moviegoers - and i assume that this film was quite a shock for irene dunne fans having still the impression of
back street
on their minds .
thirteen marks the final entry for full - length novels in the otherworld series . perhaps uncreative with its title , thirteen can also indicate bad luck and superstition , so maybe it works well enough . i ' m happy the author changed the formula up a bit by having this be multiple point of view . the series has been filled with a few mains , not just one , so having their individual perspectives makes sense . still she mainly makes this a savannah book , leaving the young witch as the focal point to wrap
thirteen women who were schoolmates send to a swami for their horoscopes . little do they realize that ursula , a half - breed asian , is using her hypnotic powers over the swami and them to lead them or their families to their deaths . it seems that she too went to their school , but was forced to leave by their bigotry , and is exacting revenge . will she be stopped in time to save laura ' s son , bobby ?
” : three young women who were kidnapped and kept in an bunker , where they were sexually abused and tortured ( sometimes becoming pregnant ) . they escaped after ten years underground .
women , war & peace premiered on your local pbs station in the autumn of 2011 . the bold five - part series challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace is men’s domain .
thirteen women who were schoolmates send to a swami for their horoscopes . little do they realize that ursula , a half - breed asian , is using her hypnotic powers over the swami and them to lead them or their families to their deaths . it seems that she too went to their school , but was forced to leave by their bigotry , and is exacting revenge . will she be stopped in time to save laura ' s son , bobby ? written by robert tonsing
with a trapeze mishap , the
marvel circus
begins a series of horrifying accidental deaths , which seem to be hypnotically predicted by an exotic
swami
from the far east . as the bodies pile up , a connection becomes clear ; they are among the
thirteen women
who attended a boarding school with sexy mystic myrna loy ( as ursula georgi ) . it quickly becomes evident that ms . loy is seeking revenge against twelve schoolgirls . they were cruel to , and exposed loy , who was trying to pass as white .
do you know what it means to be a half - breed , a half - caste in world rule by whites ?
loy asks . sensible irene dunne ( as laura stanhope ) tries to reassure the still friendly women , but they are understandably wary . handsome detective ricardo cortez ( as barry clive ) investigates the deaths , which threaten to include ms . dunne ' s cute son . there are a few good moments , but they don ' t add up . * * * * * thirteen women ( 9 / 16 / 32 ) george archainbaud ~ myrna loy , irene dunne , ricardo cortez , jill esmond
thirteen is the final book for kelley armstrong’s women of the otherworld . while i’m very sad to see the end of one of my favorite series , i’m also glad that armstrong chose not to drag it out until she was beating a dead horse . the world is turning to chaos as the supernatural liberation movement sets into motion their plans to expose the supernatural population . with powerful demons now choosing sides , all the factions of the otherworld must work together if they hope to successfully stop the m
blewett , mary h . men , women , and work : class , gender , and protest in the new england shoe industry , 1780 - 1910 . urbana : university of illinois press , 1988 .
the women , war & peace podcast series features interviews with gloria steinem , sheryl wudunn , mona eltahawy , gayle tzemach lemmon , and many more . find the full series on our site or on itunes .
while the market revolution remade many women’s economic roles , their legal status remained essentially unchanged . upon marriage , women were rendered legally dead by the notion of coverture , the custom that counted married couples as a single unit represented by the husband . without special precautions or interventions , women could not earn their own money , own their own property , sue , or be sued . any money earned or spent belonged by law to their husbands . women shopped on their husbands’ credit and at any time husbands could terminate their wives’ access to their credit . although a handful of states made divorce available—divorce had before only been legal in congregationalist states such as massachusetts and connecticut , where marriage was strictly a civil contract , rather than a religious one—it remained extremely expensive , difficult , and rare . marriage was typically a permanently binding legal contract .
that´s an interesting , odd , disturbing little film which hadn´t the luck of being successful in its time but has got some appreciation in the last years . after poor reviews ,
thirteen women
was edited from its initial 74´minutes down to 59´minutes , which is the duration of the print we can watch nowadays . those missing 15 minutes explain some of the discrepancies of the script - to start with the fact that there are only 10 women and not the announced 13 . two characters were deleted completely and as rumors will have it a scene of myrna chasing irene through a train - i´d love to watch that ! considering what is packed in the surviving 60 minutes one can only imagine what happened in this missing quarter of an hour . even the fact that
pamela hogan is an executive producer of women , war & peace , producer / writer of the film about bosnia which kicks off the series – i came to testify – and co - writer of the series’ fourth film , the war we are living , about colombia . previously , she has been at the forefront of making pbs’s emmy - winning , international documentary series wide angle , a standard setter in the coverage of global women’s issues .
similar domestic expectations played out in the slave states . enslaved women labored in the fields . whites argued that african american women were less delicate and womanly than white women and therefore perfectly suited for agricultural labor . the southern ideal meanwhile established that white plantation mistresses were shielded from manual labor because of their very whiteness . throughout the slave states , however , aside from the minority of plantations with dozens of slates , the majority of white women by necessity continued to assist with planting , harvesting , and processing agricultural projects despite the cultural stigma attached to it . white southerners continued to produce large portions of their food and clothing at home . even when they were market - oriented producers of cash crops , white southerners still insisted that their adherence to plantation slavery and racial hierarchy made them morally superior to greedy northerners and their callous , cutthroat commerce . southerners and northerners increasingly saw their ways of life as incompatible .
thirteen women features the only film appearance of actress peg entwistle . entwistle became despondent over her career and jumped to her death from hollywood sign on september 16 , 1932 . the film premiered in new york on october 15 ( almost exactly a month after her suicide ) , and in los angeles in november . [ 2 ] [ 7 ] entwistle had a supporting role as
hazel cousins
in the original cut with scenes running approximately sixteen minutes long . her time onscreen was subsequently cut to four minutes after the film performed poorly for test audiences . [ 1 ]
which is also , of course , what also makes them almost irresistable . if you’re going to read a bad book , you don’t want one that’s half - heartedly bad , one whose author betrays any misgivings or sense of aesthetic standards . you want a full , unrepentant wallow–and that’s exactly what you get . in the case of thirteen women , you get adultery–both hetero - and homosexual–suicide , murder , rape , revenge , envy , gossip , corruption , show business , clairvoyance , yoga , blackmail , and chain letters . and i probably left something out of that list .
as myrna is typecast in this period as exotic vamp - still some way to the
thin man myrna
- irene is typecast as being poised , behaved and sensible - the most interesting aspect being that she is totally defined through motherhood in this film . irene´s screen persona certainly had a maternal streak through the years ; she played 18 times a mother in her 41 films . i can´t imagine that
thirteen women
was much of an acting challenge for irene - not after
back street
- but it´s surely once again a consolidating of her screen image .
this review was posted at under the covers it is sad to see a series that i love come to an end but it ' s also refreshing to see one ending on such a high note . oftentimes series just start falling on the quality and originality of the books but women of the otherworld has always either kept steady or improved . and thirteen is one of the best books in the series ! a truly perfect grand finale . and all i can do is applaud ms . armstrong for a job well done and now go cry in a corner because i won ' t
domestic expectations constantly changed and the market revolution transformed many women’s traditional domestic tasks . cloth production , for instance , advanced throughout the market revolution as new mechanized production increased the volume and variety of fabrics available to ordinary people . this relieved many better - off women of a traditional labor obligation . as cloth production became commercialized , women’s home - based cloth production became less important to household economies . purchasing cloth , and later , ready - made clothes , began to transform women from producers to consumers . one woman from maine , martha ballard , regularly referenced spinning , weaving , and knitting in the diary she kept from 1785 to 1812 . 41 martha , her daughters , and female neighbors spun and plied linen and woolen yarns and used them to produce a variety of fabrics to make clothing for her family . the production of cloth and clothing was a year - round , labor - intensive process , but it was for home consumption , not commercial markets .
malenda m . edwards to sabrina bennett , 4 apr 1839 , quoted in thomas dublin , ed . , farm to factory women’s letters , 1830 - 1860 ( new york : columbia university press , 1993 ) , 74 . [ ↩ ]
june mathis was one of the most powerful women in hollywood in the 1920s . she served as the first ( and most highly paid ) female executive at mgm , and wrote the hugely successful 1921 film the four horseman of the apocalypse .
in the
note from the author
at the end of thirteen , she says this is the last book in the otherworld series but raises the possibility of revisiting the world - presumably through the darkest powers and darkness rising series , which are clearly related in supernatural - powers / ideas but so far haven ' t quite been played out . ( less )
women might also parlay their feminine skills into businesses . in addition to working as seamstresses , milliners , or laundresses , women might undertake paid work for neighbors or acquaintances or combine clothing production with management of a boarding house . even slaves with particular skill at producing clothing could be hired out for a higher price , or might even negotiate to work part - time for themselves . most slaves , however , continued to produce domestic items , including simpler cloths and clothing , for home consumption .
pray the devil back to hell is the astonishing story of the liberian women who took on the warlords and regime of dictator charles taylor in the midst of a brutal civil war , and won a once unimaginable peace for their shattered country in 2003 .
this fantastic movie is based on the bestselling novel of the same name written by tiffany thayer . the movie is not faithful to the book . there are a few differences . the plot for this one is about a woman , ursula georgi ( myrna loy ) , revolted by the fact that she was snubbed by the other women owing to her mixed - race heritage decides to revenge by tricking the women into killing each other and themselves . curious fact : the 12th and 13th women scenes were deleted from the film , leaving it with only 11 . also , peg entwistle ' s scenes in the original cut had 20 minutes , then it was cut to 16 minutes and then reduced to 4 minutes . each women received a horoscope , sent by a clairvoyant
swami
( c . henry gordon ) , on which it tells that each one of them will die by commiting suicide or by the hand of others . georgi also hypnotizes the victims , leading them to commit suicide . in the end , when she confronts the last survivor of the women , laura stanhope ( irene dunne ) , doesn ' t kill her . ursula hypnotizes her into falling asleep . after that , she is caught and runs to the back of the train jumping to her death .
alison bechdel although she works as a cartoonist , alison bechdel has been a hugely influential figure in the world of film . in her comic dykes to watch out for , she outlines a set of criteria that are meant to score films’ depictions of women .
is an executive producer of women , war & peace , producer of the film pray the devil back to hell and writer on peace unveiled , the third film in the series about afghanistan . her longtime passion for women’s issues and peacebuilding led her to producing films . she has executive produced films that address various social issues , including family affair , playground , sun come up ( academy award® nominee 2011 , best documentary short ) and return , and is involved in several more films in various stages of development and production .
the film premiered in october at the roxy theater in new york city on october 15 , 1932 , [ 2 ] then released in los angeles , [ 3 ] and a few other cities in november 1932 . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] a limited national release came in 1933 . originally running seventy - three minutes , the studio edited fourteen minutes out of the picture prior to release . the film was re - released in 1935 ( post - code ) by rko , hoping to turn a profit by cashing in on the growing popularity of stars dunne and loy . thirteen women has been cited as an early
female ensemble
film . [ 6 ]
, about the role of women in re - building post - genocide rwanda . she also directed wide angle’s post - film interviews , including conversations with arundhati roy , james a . baker iiird , joseph stiglitz , leon panetta , susan rice , and george mitchell .
in 1741 , english colonists in new york city felt anxious . they worried about spanish and french plans to gain control of north america . they felt threatened by a recent influx of irish immigrants , whose catholicism might incline them to accept jobs as spanish spies . and , above all , they feared that the city ' s growing slave population , now numbering about 20 % of the 11 , 000 residents of manhattan and increasingly competing with white tradesmen for jobs , might revolt . when a series of thirteen fires broke out in march and april of 1741 , english colonists suspected a negro plot - - perhaps one involving poor whites . much as in salem a half century before , hysteria came to colonial america , and soon new york city ' s jails were filled to overflowing . in the end , despite grave questions about the contours of the suspected conspiracy , thirty - four defendants were executed . thirteen black men burned at the stake and seventeen more hanged . in addition , four alleged white ringleaders - - two men and two women - - made trips to new york city ' s gallows .
in cities , where women could buy cheap imported cloth to turn into clothing , they became skilled consumers . they stewarded money earned by their husbands by comparing values and haggling over prices . in one typical experience , mrs . peter simon , a captain’s wife , inspected twenty - six yards of holland cloth to ensure it was worth the £130 price . 42 even wealthy women shopped for high - value goods . while servants or slaves routinely made low - value purchases , the mistress of the household trusted her discriminating eye alone for expensive or specific purchases .
this understanding of the young woman kidnapped as a human being with a full , rounded life that both precedes and extends beyond her relationship with her kidnapper reveals a society with a greater awareness of both the extent of violence against women , and its impact . we know now that , for example ,
and while thirteen is fiction , part of that realness lies in the fact that , unlike a grisly headline , it moves beyond the misery . sensitivity is key but so too is suspense and – though there’s no kimmy schmidt - style screwball comedy –some humour . “there’s a lot of hope and humanity , ” dickens insists , before adding in a deadpan voice , “hopefully people don’t watch it and go , ‘that was a bit of a downer . ’”
the idea for the five - part thriller , which airs on the now web - only bbc3 , came from the londoner’s fascination with what happens once survivors are out of the public eye . “there are so many of those real - life horror stories of people who are taken , and i do think people are traditionally more interested in what happened wherever they were kept , ” dickens explains . “but i just thought : what happens to these women – and it does tend to be women – after the press is out of their face ? how do they begin to return to real life ? ”
chaudry travels internationally to documentary forums , festivals and markets ; has been a judge and panelist for the independent filmmaker project , silverdocs , pov , among others ; and is as an advisor on a feature documentary about floating schools and solar power in bangladesh . in addition to her documentary work , chaudry was a senior editor for a national women’s health magazine ; reported for the new york times ; produced a women’s health website for lifetime television ; and performs voiceovers . she holds degrees from columbia college and the columbia graduate school of journalism and is a member of the american federation of television and radio artists .
her plays include abeyance ( druid debut , druid theatre co ) , pumpgirl ( bush / traverse / manhattan theatre club ) , which won the 2007 susan smith blackburn award , the stewart parker award and was nominated for the irish times best new play , strandline ( fishamble ) which was shortlisted for the susan smith blackburn award and nominated for the meyer whitworth award , and bogwog ( npc ) o’neill centre connecticut . lally the scut was named by fintan o ' toole ( irish times ) as irish play of the year 2015 and poena 5x1 premiered in the underbelly at the edinburgh festival 2016 , receiving fantastic reviews . her short plays include thirteen ( women in power and politics , tricycle theatre ) , shaving the pickle ( 59e59 nyc ) and rubberfoot ( pentabus ) .
the war we are living travels to cauca , a mountainous region in colombia’s pacific southwest , where two extraordinary afro - colombian women are braving a violent struggle over their gold - rich lands . they are standing up for a generation of colombians who have been terrorized and forcibly displaced as a deliberate strategy of war .
watching thirteen women i wonder what merle oberon must have thought . she lived in real life what myrna loy ' s character was experiencing in the film . it was only after she died that it came out that merle was of mixed racial origin . she successfully passed her entire life . loy who was in fact caucasian until she became the incarnation of the perfect wife and mother played a whole lot of these exotic characters . she borrows a bit from her performance as fu manchu ' s daughter in playing a woman who is exacting terrible revenge on members of a sorority at a finishing school who discovered her background and used it to get her expelled . it was her ticket into the white world and respectability as she saw it . using c . henry gordon as a phony swami she has unpleasant horoscopes made against her thirteen enemies . loy doesn ' t want to just kill them , she wants to torment them and uses gordon as her means . loy wants maximum satisfaction . in the case of irene dunne who she sees as her chief enemy loy also has plans for dunne ' s child as well . a whole lot of women dominate this film as the sisters like kay johnson , jill esmond , florence eldridge and more . ricardo cortez plays the police sergeant who tracks down loy and edward pawley plays another of the men she uses in her fiendish schemes . as this was a before the code film , there was some frank talk about racism under the guise of snobbery . no doubt that dunne and the rest were guilty of it . it drove loy off the deep end and she enacts a terrible vengeance . a really good before the code film that should be better known .
in the first half of the nineteenth century , families in the northern united states increasingly participated in the cash economy created by the market revolution . the first stirrings of industrialization shifted work away from the home . these changes transformed americans’ notions of what constituted work , and therefore shifted what it meant to be an american woman and an american man . as americans encountered more goods in stores and produced fewer at home , the ability to remove women and children from work determined a family’s class status . this ideal , of course , ignored the reality of women’s work at home and was possible for only the wealthy . the market revolution therefore not only transformed the economy , it changed the nature of the american family . as the market revolution thrust workers into new systems of production , it redefined gender roles . the market integrated families into a new cash economy . as americans purchased more goods in stores and produced fewer at home , the purity of the domestic sphere—the idealized realm of women and children—increasingly signified a family’s class status .
it’s the most contemporary project that barnard has been involved with in a while , and slightly jarring to see him using an iphone and offering up predictions on the future of tv . he reckons that true crime hits like making a murderer have had an effect on what audiences want from scripted drama . “we’ve had so many period dramas and all the rest of it . we want to watch real situations happen in the now , ” he says , citing thirteen as an example of what he sees as a larger trend .
i ' ve been a fan of the otherworld series ever since i picked up bitten and fell in love with the hot , complicated and largely dysfunctional romance between clay danvers and elena michaels . over the years , i have liked some stories more than others . some had better narrators , others had a stronger story arc , and yet others appealed more to the romance lover in me . but these last two otherworld books took the series to an entirely different level . thirteen was everything i wanted . . . everything i n
in thirteen’s opening episode , protagonist ivy moxam ( jodie comer ) begins to answer those questions , as she makes her escape from the bristol basement where she’s been held for 13 years . the world has carried on in the 26 - year - old’s absence : her parents have separated , her younger sister is engaged and her first love tim is married . unable to believe that ivy is alive , her sister even demands that the police carry out a dna test to make sure that the person claiming to be her sister isn’t an imposter .
never dwells or reimagines her sexual trauma ; it is dealt early on in the single throwaway line : “yes , there was weird sex stuff in the bunker . ” in fact , all these narratives focus not on the immediate experience of victimhood , but ultimately on survival . the singular experience these women share is not that they are kidnapped , but that they escape .
war redefined , the capstone of women , war & peace , challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain through incisive interviews with leading thinkers , secretaries of state and seasoned survivors of war and peace - making . interviewees include secretary of state hillary clinton ; liberian peace activist leymah gbowee ; bosnian war crimes investigator fadila memisevic ; and globalization expert moisés naím .
please note : as this is a new release , this will be a mostly spoiler - free review of “thirteen” . however , since the other books have been out for a while , they are fair game . please do not reveal spoilers in the comments to allow others the chance to enjoy the book . there’s something about reaching the final book in a series that you love that makes you a little crazy . there’s a large part of you that’s excited and says , “it’s here ! finally ! ” however , there’s also a smaller part of you that whispe
i came to testify is the moving story of how a group of 16 women who had been imprisoned and raped by serb - led forces in the bosnian town of foca broke history’s great silence – and stepped forward to take the witness stand in an international court of law . their remarkable courage resulted in a triumphant verdict that led to new international laws about sexual violence in war .
lauren feeney is the senior web producer for women , war & peace . an award - winning documentary filmmaker and multimedia journalist , lauren’s reporting has taken her from the crime - infested streets of west philadelphia to the mountains of northern pakistan . her work has been featured on pbs and pbs . org , al jazeera english , newyorktimes . com , urltoken and the huffington post , among others . before joining women , war & peace , lauren was the senior editor for pbs’s need to know and the senior multimedia producer for pbs’s wide angle . while at wide angle , she produced an online - exclusive series of documentary shorts called focal point , which was nominated for a webby award . lauren is a graduate of bard college and the columbia university graduate school of journalism .
loy is a half - japanese , half - indian woman forced to leave a college sorority because of 12 racist members . she sets up a plan for revenge using gordon , an astrologer , to assist her . he comes up with terrifying horoscopes for the assorted victims that frighten the women into doing terrible things . one kills herself , while another murders her husband . the . . . read more
, kidnapped women are a very specific staple of the patriarchal canon . when we view the girl suffering at the hands of her abuser , the male gaze functions in a specific voyeuristic way : the straight male viewer can both , on one level , distance himself from ( and condemn the actions of ) the abuser , pitying his victim whilst simultaneously enjoying the on - screen depiction of transgressive sexual fantasies .
the revolution reverberated across the country . more and more farmers grew crops for profit , not self - sufficiency . vast factories and cities arose in the north . enormous fortunes materialized . a new middle class ballooned . and as more men and women worked in the cash economy , they were freed from the bound dependence of servitude . but there were costs to this revolution . as northern textile factories boomed , the demand for southern cotton swelled , and american slavery accelerated . northern subsistence farmers became laborers bound to the whims of markets and bosses . the market revolution sparked explosive economic growth and new personal wealth , but it also created a growing lower class of property - less workers and a series of devastating depressions , called “panics . ” many americans labored for low wages and became trapped in endless cycles of poverty . some workers , often immigrant women , worked thirteen hours a day , six days a week . others labored in slavery . massive northern textile mills turned southern cotton into cheap cloth . and although northern states washed their hands of slavery , their factories fueled the demand for slave - grown southern cotton and their banks provided the financing that ensured the profitability and continued existence of the american slave system . and so , as the economy advanced , the market revolution wrenched the united states in new directions as it became a nation of free labor and slavery , of wealth and inequality , and of endless promise and untold perils .
just as children were expected to be sheltered from the adult world of work , american culture expected men and women to assume distinct gender roles as they prepared for marriage and family life . an ideology of “separate spheres” set the public realm—the world of economic production and political life—apart as a male domain , and the world of consumers and domestic life as a female one . ( even non - working women labored by shopping for the household , producing food and clothing , cleaning , educating children , and performing similar activities . but these were considered “domestic” because they did not bring money into the household , although they too were essential to the household’s economic viability . ) while reality muddied the ideal , the divide between a private , female world of home , and a public , male world of business defined american gender hierarchy .
f marnie dickens crossed paths with tina fey , she reckons they would have a laugh about their differing approaches to writing about kidnap and survival . “i’d be like , ‘your show looks more fun to write , ’” the emerging screenwriter quips . while dickens has a playful nature that extends from her frequent witticisms to her bright blue nails , her debut drama is essentially the antithesis of unbreakable kimmy schmidt , fey’s offbeat comedy about a twentysomething cult escapee . don’t expect a weepy life - affirmer like lenny abrahamson’s oscar - nominated room , neither ; thirteen also subverts traditional abduction tales , but it’s a more adrenaline - charged offering .
these images are each taken from a different film , novel , or tv show . but they’re all variations on the same story . a girl suddenly disappeared . she was just a child , or perhaps a teenager . she vanished from the face of the earth so completely that even her own family have resigned themselves to never seeing her again , and never knowing why . she’s been missing for five , thirteen , fifteen years , alive and imprisoned all the while in a suburban cellar or basement or shed . and then , as suddenly as she disappeared , she is miraculously reinserted into her old life : once lost , now found .
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the story is , at best , preposterous . a group of women , all former members of a literary club at a prestigious girls’ school , receive mysterious letters from a swami yogadachi . the letters foretell some terrible event that will occur to each within the next few weeks . and sure enough , it does–at least to the first few . one commits suicide . another starves to death . a third murders her cheating husband in front of his entire office .
education equipped young women with the tools to live sophisticated , genteel lives . after sixteen - year - old elizabeth davis left home in 1816 to attend school , her father explained that the experience would “lay a foundation for your future character & respectability . ” 34 after touring the united states in the 1830s , alexis de tocqueville praised the independence granted to the young american woman , who had “the great scene of the world…open to her” and whose education prepared her to exercise both reason and moral sense . 35 middling young women also utilized their education to take positions as school teachers in the expanding common school system . bristol academy in tauten , maine , for instance , advertised “instruction…in the art of teaching” for female pupils . 36 in 1825 , nancy denison left concord academy with references indicating that she was “qualified to teach with success and profit” and “very cheerfully recommend [ ed ] ” for “that very responsible employment . ” 37
thirteen white women who all went to school together are marked for death by a half - caste woman that they were cruel to as kids . irene dunne plays the lead , an early precursor to the final girl from slasher movies made decades later . myrna loy as the killer is the principal reason to watch . she was cast as asian or half - asian a lot in early films . here , whatever they ' ve done to her makeup - wise works because she ' s stunning . ricardo cortez plays the detective investigating the case . it ' s nice to see an actual police detective be smart and not bumbling or corrupt . notable as the only film of peg entwistle , a young actress who infamously committed suicide by jumping off of the hollywood sign . one of the earliest movies with a female ensemble . the racial subject matter is also pretty frank for the time . i mentioned slasher films before . well , structurally this one is very similar so , in a sense , it ' s one of the earliest examples of what would become that subgenre . it ' s a very interesting movie with some good performances , clever direction , and bonus historical value .