WORLD PREMIERE CELEBRATION
FOR DISNEY’S THIRD
“PIRATES”
ADVENTURE -- “PIRATES
OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT
WORLD’S END” --
TO RAISE $3 MILLION FOR THE
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION®
STAR-STUDDED
SWASHBUCKLING DISNEYLAND
PREMIERE ON MAY 19TH IS THE
HOTTEST EVENT OF THE YEAR;
PUBLIC CAN PURCHASE TICKETS
FOR THE FIRST TIME
The Walt Disney Company is
helping to make wishes come
true for children all over the
world by donating proceeds from
the highly anticipated World
Premiere of Walt Disney
Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer
Films’ “Pirates of
the Caribbean: At World’s
End,” to the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of America and
Make-A-Wish® International,
it was announced today by _Dick
Cook, Chairman, The Walt Disney
Studios. The event will take
place on May 19th at
Disneyland® Park in
Anaheim, California, with all
of the film’s stars
expected to participate. This
gala celebration for the third
installment of the enormously
popular “Pirates”
saga will raise $3 million for
Make-A-Wish efforts, with
Disney providing an initial
donation in excess of $1
million to the charities, in
addition to underwriting the
entire cost of the Premiere (so
that 100 percent of the ticket
income will benefit both
Make-A-Wish organizations).
This is the first time that
the public has been invited to
participate in a
“Pirates” Premiere.
Individual tickets are priced
at $1,500, and are now
available for sale at www.piratespremiere.com.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation of
America and Make-A-Wish
International are dedicated to
granting the wishes of children
with life-threatening medical
conditions in order to enrich
the human experience with hope,
strength and joy.
Commenting on the
announcement, Cook said,
“Disney is dedicated to
making dreams come true and
we’re extremely proud to
be lending our support to the
Make-A-Wish Foundation with
this benefit World Premiere of
‘Pirates’ to make a
difference. The Studio is
extremely excited about the
upcoming release of
‘Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s
End’ and we’re
pulling out all the stops to
give it the send-off it
deserves with a magnificent
gala event at Disneyland.
Disney has been a longtime
supporter of this wonderful
organization and we’re
excited to be doing something
special to bring smiles to the
children and their families,
giving them magical moments to
share.”
Over the past 25 years,
Disney has continued to support
the Make-A-Wish cause,
contributing more than $10
million in cash and in-kind
donations on an annual basis.
With more than 6,000 wishes
granted each year including
visits to the Disney Parks,
Disney Cruises, meeting Disney
Characters and visiting TV and
movie sets, including
“Pirates of the
Caribbean” films,
Disney-themed wishes continue
to be the most popular
requests.
“Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s
End” picks up where the
record-breaking 2006 smash hit
left off, with our heroes Will
Turner (Orlando Bloom) and
Elizabeth Swann (Keira
Knightley) allied with Captain
Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a
desperate quest to free Captain
Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from
his mind-bending trap in Davy
Jones’ locker. With the
terrifying ghost ship, The
Flying Dutchman, and its
commander Davy Jones under the
control of the East India
Trading Company, there is havoc
on the Seven Seas. Navigating
through treachery, betrayal and
wild waters, the heroic trio
must forge their way to exotic
Singapore and confront the
cunning Pirate Sao Feng (Chow
Yun-Fat). Now headed beyond the
very ends of the earth, each
must ultimately choose a side
in a final titanic battle
– as not only their lives
and fortunes, but the entire
future of the freedom-loving
Pirate way hangs in the
balance. Produced by Jerry
Bruckheimer and directed by
Gore Verbinski from a
screenplay written by Ted
Elliott & Terry Rossio, our
beloved cast sets sail again on
a fresh new adventure in May
2007.
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