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®
$3 Million Raised by
The Walt Disney Company to
Benefit the Make-A-Wish
Foundation ®
April 26,
2007 --- Tickets
for the May 19 World
Premiere of “Pirates
of the Caribbean: At
World’s End” to
benefit the Make-A-Wish
Foundation® of America
and Make-A-Wish
International® have
sold out in just 14 days,
it was announced today by
the Walt Disney
Studios.
The $3 million goal –
in celebration of the third
Pirates adventure –
was set forth just two
weeks ago. Disney started
things with a donation of
more than $1 million.
Ticket buyers from
countries such as
Australia, Japan, Germany,
Belgium, Canada and Mexico,
and 35 U.S. states
including Hawaii raced to
log on to www.piratespremiere.com
and purchased tickets to
the event at $1,500 apiece.
Ticket buyers making the
trip to Anaheim next month
for the event include a
family from Chicago, where
the father is having his
kids volunteer at a
children’s hospital
so they can fully
appreciate their tickets. A
doctor from Canada is
sending her mother as a
thank you for working
multiple jobs to put her
through medical school. A
soldier currently serving
in Iraq is sending his
parents from Oregon to let
them know he loves and
misses them.
Commenting on the
announcement, Dick Cook,
Chairman, The Walt Disney
Studios, said,
”Disney is dedicated
to making dreams come true,
and now we’re joined
by “Pirates”
fans from all over the
world who are making a
difference through their
generous support and
participation in this
event. The Studio is
extremely excited about
“Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s
End,” and we are
looking forward to a
spectacular premiere to
give the movie the send-
off it deserves, while also
touching the lives of so
many children and their
families.”
The Walt Disney Company is
making wishes come true for
children all over the world
by donating 100 percent of
the ticket proceeds to the
Make-A-Wish Foundation and
underwriting the entire
cost of the event. Walt
Disney Pictures/Jerry
Bruckheimer Films’
“Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s
End” World Premiere
will take place on May 19
at Disneyland® Park in
Anaheim, California, with
all of the film’s
stars expected to
participate.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation
grants the wishes of
children with
life-threatening medical
conditions to enrich the
human experience with hope,
strength and joy. Over the
past 25 years, Disney has
continued to support the
Make-A-Wish Foundation,
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 from wish
kids.
&“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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