escape tomorrow escape tomorrow american black white independent fantasy horror film debut writer director follows unemployed father having increasingly bizarre experiences disturbing visions day family vacation premiered january film festival later personal selection roger_ebert shown 15th annual film festival illinois film official selection film festival time filmmakers working legal issues asked screened drew attention moore shot location permission owner operator parks disney reputation protective intellectual property cast crew guerrilla filmmaking techniques avoid attracting attention keeping scripts shooting handheld video cameras similar park visitors principal photography complete moore determined project secret disney edited south_korea similarly declined discuss film detail shown called ultimate guerrilla film compared work saw expressed strong doubts film shown wider audience legal issues involved negative depiction parks time premiere disney said aware film online supplement disney official encyclopedia included entry film suppressing film disney chose ignore escape tomorrow released simultaneously theaters video demand october company plot montage shows visitors rides visuals accompany rides ends man losing head riding day family vacation gets fired boss phone balcony family keeps news avoid vacation finds white van pulling hotel son locks balcony door jim calls wife emily let family leaves room takes park alongside french teenagers chance encounters girls increase interests jim begins pursue disturbing visions rides evil faces audio characters family talking badly fighting emily decision space mountain gives motion sickness chasing french girls jim takes daughter keeps tracking girls wife son return hotel later son wheelchair bound man jim spotted earlier knee jim takes park nurse treating daughter extremely unsettled cat flu apparently spreading parks patrons noting host know jim meet mysterious woman necklace jim blacks regains consciousness mid woman room claims parks actually secret prostitution ring services rich asian businessmen increasingly makes awkward exit eventually joins wife son pool sees french girls closer wife sees family returns tension jim emily comes head drunk jim tour spotting french girls emily argues jim obvious interest embarrassed returns hotel leaving jim ride attraction jim beautiful woman superimposed ride video footage landscapes promises soon ride spotting french girls approaches invites jim come refuses having brief vision spaceship earth exploding jim face walks jim notices disappears searches park guards knock unconscious jim secret detention facility pictures woman imagined ride video screens display images events happened earlier scientist resembling helmet covers jim head images scientist calls real jim appear screens dressed differently apparently family scientist discusses jim flights fantasy imagination experiment went theme park child father boss conspiracy firing plan closure buzz ride approached boarding area son distress scientists tells jim turned like jim father child damaging instrument panel medical scientist turns android jim escapes laboratory sewer searching jim trips wheelchair bound man suspects attacks realizing caused scene doubts man involvement returns room woman discovers captured wearing snow white costume woman time character princess tells bad things happen including park jim necklace pulls freeing jim spell returns hotel room puts family bed jim suffers digestive distress large blood recognizes symptoms cat flu begins panic bleed bathroom enters jim begs help closes door morning emily finds jim corpse cat eyes face disney cleaning staff arrive remove proof death fill head false memories riding buzz attraction jim body unmarked white van opening video screens real jim accompanied fantasy woman young girl check hotel watches van drive away cast middle aged father emily jim frustrated wife jim emily daughter jim emily son french teen girls woman man amy lucas scientist background moore native illinois frequently visited father orlando following parents divorce spent time nearby special physical place emotional space told filmmaker obviously lot father issues separate place later relationship deteriorated decided pursue career film attending film schools graduated town class moved southern_california began working story editor primarily uncredited hollywood married started family like father frequently took children wasn family trip emotional landscape past nearly forgotten hit like bullet family trip emotions grew stronger like ghost going rides longer talking anymore wife native soviet_union memories expectations like saw things fresh eyes nurse goes floors hospitals point turned princess fair said worse working ward hospital read biography took children frequently obsessed finding connection recalled later wrote screenplay escape tomorrow month inheritance grandparents provided bulk film budget triple originally planned production moore says decision use setting shoot parks disney reputation aggressively protecting intellectual property tolerant visitors videos visits youtube user created videos project positive image parks moore expect permission disney shoot given negative portrayal park instead guerrilla filmmaking techniques locations getting permission escape tomorrow film way disney parks british street artist shot scene exit gift shop parks collaborator managed footage detained questioned park security following year viral found footage short missing mansion filmed haunted mansion distributed online interference disney extensive pre production necessary unique nature film shoot dictated steps normally taken filmmaking charting position sun weeks advance use lighting equipment scenes rehearsed blocked hotel rooms actual locations walked entire movie times multiple scouting trips rolled camera moore says principal photography cast crew bought season passes resorts spent days florida returned california weeks making parks depicted film combination resorts actors crew entered parks small groups avoid attracting attention point camera department facial hair dress tourist attire provoked mutiny says moore despite actors wearing clothes days end moore told los_angeles_times gates suspect save day near end filming security thought celebrity family film shot video mode canon digital single lens cameras helped filmmakers look like typical park visitors compensate inability control lighting film shot mode shooting fast lenses wide open depth field razor thin black white helped enormously focus composition camera didn use focus moore recalled choice doesn shoot raw settings mode couldn color wanted moore comfortable result quality created forcing viewers familiar sights disney parks new way actors crew communicate store information script way looked like guests phones phones record sound addition digital taped actor body left running day day scenes moore felt comfortable takes scene found night scenes involved riding recognizable attractions parks required waiting long line buzz ride actors rode small world times scene right surprised ride operators weren little moore told new_york_times scene characters pass moore actors ride hours worked timing location filming production went interiors scenes shot green screen background second unit footage locations substituted allowing use crane shots photography moore took film south_korea edit prevent disney finding refused tell close friends visual effects company south korean monster film host post production tasks challenging production sound editors listen entire uncut tracks taped actors bodies order find dialogue content disney lyrics small world footage removed film avoid copyright infringement contributed light score similar hollywood golden age moore submitted completed film film festival independent films seek distributors little hope accepted festival corporate sponsors festival new director programming blown away escape tomorrow accepted festival non competitive category films limitations low budgets common independent films festival began utah secrecy movie continued festival website identified setting theme park critic recalls festival film publicist unwilling share details film strongly urged critics review declined identify setting film dropped broad hints fear alert disney lawyers premiere festival night fully attended word got attendees shows effectively sold reception review website rotten_tomatoes gave film rating based reviews site critical consensus reads intermittently successful execution escape tomorrow nonetheless visually inventive surreal metacritic film score based critics indicating mixed average reviews day weekend escape tomorrow widely discussed festival attendees new_york_times los_angeles_times ran articles film moore attention focused filmmaking reported people calling ultimate guerrilla film night premiere wrote possible film exists possible shot long scripted sequences actual rides possible saw film suggested shown disney work high priced sell wealthy asian businessmen simply true grew florida going entire life worked park child teenager employee parent disney sitting father shoulders disney parks kids sitting shoulders huge dna tell way pulled saw tonight film exist rational definition exist fascinating allowed times rough edges places technically uneven sense pacing concluded sort naive charm makes impossible look away critics concurred film artistic merit moore noir tale like super seat getting eye wrote fascinating los_angeles_times called provocative movies reporter seen years attending film festival wrote moore portrays ultimate horror gets point nearly scene conceded film production worth time watch critics found flaws great film story good ideas execution uneven wrote film recommending unlike seen similarly wouldn missed world qualified noting film lacked clarity musician comedian produced camera films site disney parks criticized film review saying half half need ambition fucking stated review bit surprised disney didn push legal action film claiming despite opinion film claimed film existence shows anybody modern technology saying drew couldn wrong film wasn possible inevitable matter youtube wrong history tell needs permission stuff anymore thought resources cameras pockets worldwide distribution existence escape tomorrow means symbolically content content borderline like racist birth nation new_york_post negative assessment calling fun discuss sit found filmmaking aspect intriguing amounted couple surreal moments taken place sufficiently large amusement park disney going disappointed film pure festival play theater owners start selling legal issues reviewer saw film speculated likely disney legal action prevent film shown outside festival disney lawyers probably climbing helicopters planning raid right wrote reviewers urged present late expressed regret readers likely denied chance film unclear basis legal claim disney moore took care avoid direct copyright infringement songs films played attractions intellectual property law clear aspects film science fiction writer distributed novel magic kingdom set 22nd century license believes possible trademark claim suppose disney bring suit violating park terms use harder cases copyright professor think disney intellectual property claim filmmakers committed broke rules violated terms entry tickets film different matter wrote new_yorker blog commentary social ideals clearly fall recognized category fair use probably stopped court copyright trademark laws despite film repeated use disney characters explained trademark law sufficient disney kind general intellectual property right trademark infringement case moore continued disney convince court use protected imagery movie reasonably lead viewers believe role film production think plausible argument scene disney princess attempts crush child eliminate possibility copyright sees moore use disney parks use simple window dressing transforms disturbing place example guests violation moore film designed viewers wanted lazy florida escape tomorrow clearly substitute buying ticket sees film offering artistic commentary cultural impact disney clearly falling fair use 1990s case brought artist sold photographs depicting american icon eaten vintage way calling attention toy doll role promoting women american culture court dismiss complaint judges annoyed lawsuits awarded attorney fees nearly million dollars artist judge think amendment asked ban art work film review raised issue intellectual property aside people appear film signed release real families children seen background shot gave permission knew filmed feature film slate allowed possibility especially children filmed parents consent noted law issue black white response disney disney return reporters calls comment took legal action festival confirmed cnn aware movie despite critical film shown outside festival observers saw situation complex disney attempt suppress film effort serve draw attention phenomenon known effect disney successfully prevent official distribution film easily distributed internet post review smith suggested disney prevent taking opposite course simply ignoring escape tomorrow letting attention dissipate director noted precedent film air pirates lawsuit disney spent years court underground published underground parody disney characters engaged explicit sex illegal drugs behavior avoided disney narratives suggested disney buy rights release film easily announced interest guarantee film distributor want match disney deep pockets feared legal response disney release escape tomorrow large potential audience disney enthusiasts antagonists disney making money property owns instead company apparent willingness joke edge moore expressed hope film shown released meant legal battle depends good case lawyers chance definitely fight worked hard years took lot let disappear waste time film release disney acknowledged way online supplement disney official encyclopedia includes entry escape tomorrow describing independent cult film filmed according hollywood reporter disney chose avoid responding film altogether seeking legal action effort prevent increased publicity
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