At a cost of about one million dollars per minute of film, this was, minute for minute, the most expensive motion picture of all time.
Steven Spielberg was originally going to direct the movie but had to cancel because of a busy schedule. Francis Ford Coppola did the directing instead.
Revealing mistakes: The smokestack silhouettes behind the Evil Queen have smoke coming out their sides as well as their tops.
Crew or equipment visible: When the Captain is confronting the Evil Queen, he takes a few steps up the stairway for emphasis, accidentally revealing the puppeteer controlling the Fuzzball character sitting on his shoulder.
Crew or equipment visible: As Captain EO rises up through the floor in his initial entrance a roll of Gaffer tape is seen by his feet, accidentally left by a crew member.
References
Star Wars (1977)
Alien (1979)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Referenced in
Moonwalker (1988)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bloodlust! (#7.7)" (1994)
- Balleu: I have one more thing to show you. Crow: It's called Captain E-O.
Love & Pop (1998)
- Hiromi's final date of the night calls himself 'Captain Eo' after the Epcot Centre feature of the same name, and constantly talks to his stuffed toy 'Fuzzball'--an animal character from the film. The names were bleeped slightly to avoid a lawsuit.
Featured in
The Making of 'Captain Eo' (1986) (TV)
Spoofed in
Rush Hour (1998)
"Family Guy: The Courtship of Stewie's Father (#4.16)" (2005)
- Peter and Stewie watch Captain EO, and Michael Jackson runs out of the screen and grabs a kid in the audience.