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...course, it can. This time Axel is investigating a gang of counterfeiters operating out of an L.A. theme park, meant to suggest Disneyland. The mystery is minimal, just an excuse to get everybody on the rides. Steven E. de Souza's script is not so much written as constructed -- boom boom here, bang bang there. John Landis' direction consists mostly of just running the camera...
...That's Disneyland and Disney World and Disney everything. I know. I am an expert on Disney. I've done Catastrophe Canyon five times and can recall every diorama of the Great Movie Ride in order. I've seen it all in the company of my son, age 9, who loved every innocent, campy, vulgar...
...know if Michael Crichton reads Eco, but he had the perfect riposte in Jurassic Park, when its creator dismisses the marauding dinosaurs and general chaos with "When they opened Disneyland, nothing worked." To which the wise-guy mathematician responds, "But when the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists...
...March 1987 Disney opened its first studio store, at California's Glendale Galleria, 30 miles from Disneyland. The store was an immediate hit; and rather than eating into park revenue and attendance, it helped promote them. The company now has stores in the U.S., Canada, Britain, Germany and Japan. The Champs Elysees Superstore and another in Frankfurt opened late last year. And Disney is planning stand-alone stores on the Warner model in upmarket venues like Michigan Avenue in Chicago and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan...
...course, there are other things to do and see in Pasadena. Football fans will want to visit the Rose Bowl, and art buffs shouldn't miss the Norton Simon Museum or the Huntington Art Gallery and Library. Southern California's more famous attractions, such as Disneyland and Hollywood, are only short drives away. The beaches, mountains and deserts that usually attract spring break crowds are equally nearby...