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''Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln'' is a stage show featuring an Audio-Animatronic version of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, best known for being presented at Disneyland since 1965. It was originally showcased as the prime feature of the State of Illinois Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. One year after its debut at the World's Fair, the show opened at Disneyland, where it has undergone several changes and periods of hiatus over the years. Today ''Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln'' is an element of the Disneyland attraction ''The Disneyland Story presenting Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln'', which opened in 2009. Walt Disney originally conceived of a show that would pay tribute to all U.S. Presidents as part of a proposed extension of Main Street, U.S.A. in the 1950s. However, the technology at the time would not permit a show on the scale Disney wanted, and the Main Street extension proposal was abandoned (the presidential tribute was later built as The Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom). Disney's Imagineers opted to focus instead on creating a tribute to Lincoln, Disney's boyhood hero. In 1962, Robert Moses visited Disney seeking ideas for attractions for the upcoming World's Fair. Moses was intrigued by a prototype of the Audio-Animatronic Lincoln, and Disney agreed to build it. The show premiered at the World's Fair on April 22, 1964, and consisted of a pre-show highlighting the state of Illinois, followed by a theater presentation in which the Audio-Animatronic Lincoln gave a speech that included excerpts from multiple speeches actually delivered by Lincoln. It ran for the entirety of both of the World's Fair's 6-month seasons, and closed on October 17, 1965. During the second season of the World's Fair, a duplicate version of the show opened at Disneyland on July 18, 1965. The show ran until 1973, when it was replaced by ''The Walt Disney Story'', a biographical film on Walt Disney. Disneyland was criticized for this move, and in 1975 the show was replaced by ''The Walt Disney Story Featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln'', a hybrid of the two shows. The 1975 version of ''The Walt Disney Story Featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln'' underwent several minor changes over the years, and closed in 2000. In 2001, it was replaced with an attraction of the same name, but which had more of a focus on the American Civil War. This version closed in 2004, and from 2005 to 2009 the attraction was replaced with ''Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years'', a tribute to Disneyland's 50th anniversary which included exhibits on Disneyland in the pre-show and post-show areas and a film narrated by Steve Martin. The present-day attraction features a pre-show and post-show consisting of exhibits on the history of Disneyland and incorporates several elements of ''Disneyland: The First 50 Magical Years'', including an abridged version of the Steve Martin film presented on a television screen in the lobby. The main show features a short biographical film on Lincoln and an updated version of the original show. == World's Fair attraction == The original version of the attraction opened with the rest of the New York World's Fair on April 22, 1964, as ''Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln''. The overall theme of the show dealt with inspiration, justice, and the meaning of the United States Constitution.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = nywf64.com ) 〕 The pre-show consisted of a film with a depiction of paintings representing Illinois and a soundtrack featuring the Illinois state song with narration by Royal Dano and Disney Legends recipient Paul Frees.〔(Disney Legends - Paul Frees )〕 Guests then entered the main theater where the curtains opened to reveal an audio-animatronic figure of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a chair. He then stood up and gave a measured, dignified address, lasting 5 minutes and 15 seconds, that was actually a combination of several of his speeches. Royal Dano was also the voice of Lincoln. The show concluded with the curtains opening further to reveal the Rotunda of the United States Capitol Building. An abstract image of the American Flag was revealed behind the Rotunda as a backdrop, and a rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" could be heard.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = nywf64.com ) 〕 Lincoln's face was created by sculptor Blaine Gibson (also a Disney Legend)〔(Disney Legends - Blaine Gibson )〕 using a copy of a life mask of Lincoln made by Leonard Volk in Chicago in 1860.〔 〕 Lincoln's speech was compiled by James Algar (yet another Disney Legend), who was also the main writer and producer of the show.〔 As performed, the speech ran as follows:〔〔 〕〔 (Video of ''Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln'' as revised in 1984 ) (Windows Media Player 10, 14.4 MB, registration required). Retrieved September 17, 2009〕 The attraction closed at the end of the Fair's first season on October 18, 1964, and reopened for the second and final season from April 21, 1965, to October 17, 1965. At the end of the Fair, the State of Illinois Pavilion was completely demolished. Only valuable cultural artifacts and collections were returned to Illinois or elsewhere around the world. The original audio-animatronic figure of Lincoln was believed to have been lost. For many years, all that remained of the original version of the attraction were the memories of those who saw it, photographs, audio tapes and film recordings. Years later, it was discovered that the original Lincoln figure had been packed in a crate, shipped back to California and mysteriously forgotten for decades. After it was found, it formed the centerpiece of a 2005–2006 traveling exhibit entitled ''Behind the Magic: 50 Years of Disneyland''. The figure was displayed without clothing or skin, except for the iconic head. The packing crate was also exhibited. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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