CinéMagique, starring Martin Short and Julie Delpy, proudly pays tribute to the magic of cinema with a silver screen like no other, blurring the lines between reality and cinematic history.
An interrupted performance of some classic black and white pictures quickly leads to an action-packed journey through movie milestones from around the world. From the heart of a Wild West shoot-out you’re blasted into the sky above London with Mary Poppins, before climbing onboard a disaster-struck Titanic and landing in the dark domain of Darth Vader!
With a romantic pursuit of true love and and a pin-sharp wit, this triumph of special effects and imagination leads you all the way to a fairytale finale on the Yellow Brick Road!
Secrets
- CinéMagique takes its main theme from Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964), with additional original music by Bruce Broughton (Le Visionarium, Honey I Shrunk The Audience). Music from Star Wars and Gone With the Wind is also notably used during the film.
- The art deco Disney Studio 2, or the “Studio Theatre”, is thematically the main screening room of Walt Disney Studios – the place where crew gather at the end of a shoot to review their footage, or where old films are screened for reference.
History
- Rather than the Animatronic-filled Great Movie Ride of the Florida Studios park, a film-based tribute was always planned to transport guests through various movies in Paris. One original idea was that of a red balloon from the audience being sucked into the screen and a hapless father having to retrieve it via various movie set-pieces. Eventually the idea of a romance, providing a more immediate emotional “hook” for the audience, saw the creation of George and Marguerite.
