1982 3D film directed by Murray Lerner
Magic Journeys
was a
3D film
created by
WED Enterprises
for presentation at
Disney theme parks
. It was featured at four different parks over the course of its 11-year run.
History
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On October 1, 1982,
Magic Journeys
premiered as one of the opening-day attractions at the
Journey Into Imagination
pavilion in
Walt Disney World
's
EPCOT Center
.
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It was written and directed by
Murray Lerner
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and featured a song composed by
Robert and Richard Sherman
. A preshow presentation, anchored by another Sherman Brothers song, "Makin' Memories", played before the film during its EPCOT Center run.
Starting on June 16, 1984, it began a two-year run at Disneyland, first on the outdoor Space Stage and then inside the newly constructed Magic Eye Theater in Tomorrowland.
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In early 1986, the film was removed from Disneyland and EPCOT Center in order to make way for a new 3-D film,
Captain EO
.
In December 1987,
Magic Journeys
returned to Walt Disney World at the
Fantasyland Theater
inside the
Magic Kingdom
, where it was paired with the 1953 3-D short
Working for Peanuts
. The film played in this venue for six years until it closed in December 1993 in order to make room for
Legend of the Lion King
.
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Plot
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Magic Journeys
looked at the world through the eyes of a child. The film started with children running through a meadow and looking at clouds. Someone blew on a dandelion and the seeds then flew away, turning into stars and then turned into the sun. Next the kids were seen flying a kite at the beach. The kite then turned into a bird, a fish, a school of fish, a flock of birds, bird wings, a Pegasus, a horse and then finally into a merry-go-round. While the children rode the carousel, they began reaching for a brass ring spinning next to the carousel; the carousel spins around the moon and bats fly out past the riders. The moon becomes a witch, a mask, an
Olmec head
, and more until turning into a cat. A boy reaches out to the cat and it turns into the Sphinx, which turns into a lion jumping through a hoop in the circus. Trapeze artists and acrobats fly through the air and several clowns amuse the children.
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The circus then gives way to reveal it as only a miniature with small flying machines coming up through the roof of the room into the stars. The kids move through a room of balloons and encounter a magician. At the end of this act, the room gives way as the kids descend through a starscape and return to the meadow with the dandelion unblowing itself.
Cast
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- Phil Baron
as Magician
- Michelle Baron as Female Funambulist
Soundtrack
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The film's preshow song, "Makin' Memories" and the film's theme song, "Magic Journeys", can be found on the 1991 CD
The Official Album of Disneyland and Walt Disney World
. Both songs also appear on the album
The Sherman Brothers Songbook
.
See also
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Notes
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Animation produced by
Triple-I
, and titles designed by Van Der Veer Photo Effects.
References
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a
b
Strodder, Chris (2008).
The Disneyland Encyclopedia
.
Santa Monica, California
: Santa Monica Press LLC. p.
251
.
ISBN
978-1-59580-033-6
.
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Geryak, Cole (December 9, 2016).
"Disney Extinct Attractions: Magic Journeys"
.
The Laughing Place
. Retrieved
17 July
2020
.
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Fisher, Bob (February 1983).
"State-of-the-art 3-D: Disney's 65mm 2-camera system for Magic Journeys"
.
American Cinematographer
(February 1983): 63?64, 84?101.
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Kurtti, Jeff (1996).
Since the World Began: Walt Disney World, The First 25 Years
. New York, New York:
Hyperion
. p. 65.
ISBN
0-7868-6248-3
.
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Beard, Richard R. (1982). Lory Frankel (ed.).
Walt Disney's EPCOT
. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. p. 105.
ISBN
0-8109-0819-0
.
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