![]() Post-production was done in Korea for about a month, partly to keep the Disney-themed production a secret with the language barrier. Moore added a shot of the Siemens’ robot scientist’s head coming off after the Sundance screening to nail down the fact that this was a parody and not meant to be taken seriously.ġ9. The black bar over the tube in Jim’s hand in the Siemens dome obscures the Neosporin product name.ġ8. There is a man who is known for skywriting messages about Jesus over the Disney parks.ġ7. The shot of the Walt Disney statue, which pans up to the word “Jesus” in the sky is an actual shot. The massive explosion seen in the distance at Epcot is a real FX explosion that takes place at the end of the fireworks show.ġ6. Even though Moore thought the French girl fantasy was a bit cliche, he went with them because he couldn’t find Portuguese-speaking teenage girls who fit the roles.ġ5. The French girls Jim follows around the park were originally scripted as Brazilian girls because it is not uncommon to see sets of Brazilian girls touring the park together in matching T-shirts. Moore insists on several occasions it is not about his father and they haven’t directly spoken to each other in about twenty years.ġ4. Moore’s father believes the movie is about him, and he sent an email to the film’s producer after the second day of the Cannes Film Festival about this. This spooked the crew, so they went to using zoom lenses for most of the rest of the film.ġ3. ![]() When the camera operators were constantly changing lenses, an actual Disney photographer came over to help them out and offer advice, thinking they were just photography nerds. One of the first shots inside the Disney parks was at Epcot because it was the most daring, being so out in the open and with a lot of security present. Even the actor playing Jim took some issue with it.ġ2. Many viewers have said when Jim fixates on the younger of the two French girls that this is the creepiest part of the movie. The girl that was originally cast as the daughter was pulled from the film before production because her parents objected to the fact that Jim would leave her in the other room while committing adultery.ġ1. (The most popular place is Las Vegas, according to Moore.)ġ0. Moore was partially inspired for the story in this film because he once heard that Disney park are the second most popular place for people to commit suicide while on vacation. Moore says he read somewhere on the internet that there is a hidden Mickey in the sparkle of the rich woman’s necklace when she meets Jim. In order to get the light to match throughout the day, the crew used sun charts to track the location of the sun for the shoot.Ĩ. The entire production schedule was delayed a day because the B-camera operator missed his flight, and he had much of the camera equipment with him.ħ. A lot of the other ride sequences – including footage on Pirates of the Caribbean, The Haunted Mansion, and the Jungle Cruise – were cut because it was repetitive.Ħ. ![]() The Buzz Lightyear ride did, indeed, shut down during one of their waits in line, which they ended up using in the film. The crew spent many days shooting on the rides in the park, including more than a dozen rides on the It’s a Small World Ride with a 45-minute wait each time. The man taking a picture of the family as they enter the park is an actual Disney photographer.ĥ. When Randy Moore was a child, he always wanted to stay in a hotel for his visits to Disney, but he never was able to because his father lived in Orlando.Ĥ. When the family gets on the elevator in the beginning, they are on the second floor, but the opening shots of Jim ( Roy Abramsohn) on the balcony is on a much higher floor.ģ. The opening train sequence, which includes the decapitation, was not initially intended for the beginning of the film, but it was included because it fit so nicely with the music.Ģ. ![]() ![]() Escape from Tomorrow (2013)Ĭommentators: Randy Moore (writer/director), Lucas Lee Graham (cinematographer)ġ. Writer/director Randy Moore sat down with his cinematographer Lucas Lee Graham in January of 2014 to record the commentary of the film they had shot in the fall of 2010 (with pick-ups in the spring of 2011), which is included on the DVD release of the film. Ignored by the Disney company so as to not give additional attention to the movie with the Streisand Effect, Escape from Tomorrow was eventually released to a certain degree of success in theaters and video on demand. However, after being championed by clearance counsel Michael Donaldson, the film was released. Even though it was meant as a parody of the “Happiest Place on Earth,” lots of people thought that Escape from Tomorrow would never get released. Instead, it was Escape from Tomorrow, an independent film effort, much of which was shot in the Walt Disney parks without permission from the company. One of the most surprising films to be released in 2013 was not a massive blockbuster. ![]()
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