(Source: Entertainment Weekly)
This little indie movie hasn't received that much buzz--yet. But as the October 11th release date approaches, I have a feeling it might.
A good question might actually be: will the film actually be released? After all, the movie was filmed secretly in the parks, without the company's knowledge or permission, and no doubt features many Disney landmarks/icons (which are protected or allegedly protected by varying degrees of copyright). There are literary scholars/critics who can't get permission to use a photo of Cinderella's castle in their books (which, undoubtedly, criticize Disney), so why would a filmmaker who clandestinely obtained footage be allowed to use the images?
I suppose it all depends on how the park is portrayed. The basic gist of the plot is that a father, while on a family vacation at Disney, learns that he has lost his job and essentially loses his mind. Is Disney essential to the plot? Would the father have still lost his mind if he had been vacationing at Universal Studios or King's Dominion? Or is there something about the Disney experience that sparks the descent into madness?
If so, I can't imagine the Disney execs sitting idly by. This is a company that ferociously protects its image -- there are numerous stories of preschools receiving cease-and-desist letters for painting a figure of Mickey Mouse in a wall mural. But if Randy Moore and Company are merely using Disney for shock value -- hoping for a reaction from Disney that would (1) draw more attention to the film (and thus make them more money) or (2) allow them to denounce Disney as the big, bad, authoritarian monster that censors creative freedom, then perhaps Disney is right not to take any action.
As far as I know, they haven't yet, but again, the release date is still a month away.
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