Jose Villarreal, commissioner general for the USA Pavilion, poses with staff involved in "The Garden."

scene in "The Garden"

The much-anticipated USA Pavilion for the upcoming World Expo will feature a show entitled "The Garden" - the story of a 10-year-old girl who envisages turning a vacant city lot into an urban oasis, working with her neighbors to make that happen.

The movie -- a visual parable without dialogue -- will include plenty of computer-generated imagery and 4-D effects, like vibrating seats, mist and lightning, Greg Lombardo, director at BRC Imagination Arts, the Burbank, California, company designing and producing the USA pavilion program at the Expo, has revealed.

The girl's passion and resolution has inspired her neighbors to work together to turn a dilapidated city into a fascinating place with the spirits of optimism, innovation and cooperation, seen as core values shared by Chinese and US people.

The pavilion will feature live shows and multimedia in four performance spaces. The one-hour program begins with the "Spirit of America," a video of classic American landscapes. The second section will display videos showing US people greeting visitors in Mandarin. "The Garden" will be the centerpiece of the third part, while the last section will showcase how US people have made their communities healthier, more sustainable and culturally diversified.