[10] Landis felt Jackson should become scary and creepy, but not ugly. The original UK title sequence featured still shots of locations in the story, devoid of people, shot through a fisheye lens, bordered in bright red and set to Johnson's eerie, discordant theme music. [25] In a poll of over one thousand users conducted by Myspace in 2010, it was voted the most influential music video. During the closing credits, a reprise of the zombies dancing is shown. Back in 1983, the video was preceded by a disclaimer from the singer, who said: "Due to my strong personal convictions, I wish to stress that this film in no way endorses a belief in the occult." Michael Jackson - Thriller (Official 4K Video) Michael Jackson 27.3M subscribers Subscribe 6.6M Share 887M views 13 years ago #Halloween #MichaelJackson #4kRemastered Michael Jackson's official. Six Girls Aloud videos later and Thriller is still part of Bellinger's life. The flipside of all these interviews, sessions and phone footage is that it takes the heat off music videos, making the traditional performance video completely redundant. Thriller extended the usual pop video format with a long build-up to the start of the music in which Jackson was slowly transformed into a werewolf, and later a zombie.The horror film star Vincent Price was hired to provide a suitably eerie commentary. 8 Say You . A particular trademark of the series' storytelling was to hook the viewer with a simple yet totally baffling situation, of the kind seen in films such as Les Diaboliques (1955). In December 2009, the Library of Congress selected the video for the National Film Registry. I just wanted to create something that would do justice to the song and I was excited about making, and I think Thriller was the same way.". TheOddOne - no, I know . [8], The horror-themed "Thriller" had not been planned for release as a single. The video features the four guys of OK Go doing a choreographed dance on treadmills all filmed in one shot. The video for "Seven Nation Army" is a kaleidoscopic, trippy series of shots. [23], Michael Jackson's Thriller was named the "greatest video" by MTV in 1999,[24] and by VH1[22] and Time in 2001. A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.A night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now. He took both "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" to #1, debuted his signature "Moonwalk"dance move to stunned and delighted fans, sold millions of copies of his album Thriller, and then starred in one of the most popular, famous, and well-produced music videos of all time. And there's some weird bugs crawling at various points. The video tells a romantic story through a mix of live-action and pencil-sketch animation. It's an unexpected video in the best way. Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. MI-5) If you want a long-running procedural about the inner workings of Britain's premiere counterterrorism unit, Spooks was created with you in mind. (based on the familiar songs of ABBA). She said: "You look at those early videos and they were shockingly bad. Ending with Alice as a cake that the Mad Hatter and friends consume and a small burp from Petty is just the cherry on top. 1 Thriller Michael Jackson 2 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 3 Take On Me A-ha 4 My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion 5 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 6 Vogue Madonnna 7 Fastlove George Michael 8 Say You'll Be There Spice Girls 9 Earth Song Michael Jackson 10 Sledgehammer Peter Gabriel, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. The signs on the theater are as follows: The main sign reads "Vincent Price's Thriller". In the 1980s, millions of consumers were purchasing their first VCRs. [8] Thriller is popular on YouTube, which hosts user-submitted videos of reenactments of the dance. After all, if they're going to pay a few hundreds bucks for a ticket, patrons can at least have some idea of what they're getting into beforehand when they line up to see Mean Girls (based on a hit movie) or Mamma Mia! As Katy Perry makes her way through the board game world, she rescues some girls from candy-related prisons and then defeats Snoop Dogg and his gummy bear army with whipped cream. The emotional video for "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" starts with Cline Dion's love leaving their mansion on a motorcycle in a rainstorm before dying in a fiery crash when lighting causes a tree to fall. It even stops briefly for a countdown. Her 10-year-old son recently learned the routines at a holiday kids' club in Turkey, reminding her of the huge impact it had on kids in the 1980s. At first, she blamed Jackson, but apologized to him in 1997. [8] Showtime aired the video six times in February. The "Ironic" video stars Morissette getting into her car at a gas station and then driving into a wintery landscape. [8] According to Landis, the response was "a surprise to everyone but Michael". Then the scenes begin to shift between Houston in brightly colored dresses and makeup in various different scenes. One of the lengthiest music videos made at the time, running for 14 minutes and 7 seconds. One major part of the early concept was rejected. [1] It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. [1] It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. It starts with a woman flipping through a comic book when the character reaches out to her and pulls her in. From the first moment doves fly through a door and a camera zooms in on Prince in a bathtub, viewers know that the video is not going to be simple. [10] MTV paid $250,000 for the exclusive rights to show the documentary; Showtime paid $300,000 for pay-cable rights. Filmeditor Marshall Harvey had previously been hired by John Landis to make the behind the scenes footage to his movies An American Werewolf in London and Blues Brothers. The zombie's costumes were purchased from The Salvation Army. It's like he's disconnected from everything and everyone, and that's exciting. [9][8] These title sequences were used in Britain when the series was repeated on regional ITV stations in the 1980s, and are also included as extras on the Complete Series box set. She ran around with her friends bothering patrons and employees, trying on a bunch of clothes, and making a giant mess. It's easy to overlook this fact, but M. Night . Every shot in the "Bye Bye Bye" video is memorable. There's a lot to process. NCTV chairman Thomas Radecki said: "It's not hard to imagine young viewers after seeing Thriller saying, 'Gee, if Michael Jackson can terrorize his girlfriend, why can't I do it too? After falling asleep and dreaming that a saint statue turned into the man, she wakes up, goes to the prison, and tells them that the man is innocent. [11] One episode, "Screamer", concerns a rape victim who murders her attacker, only to then see the man stalking her everywhere. As such, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" the narrative short horror musical video, not the song or album of the same name is ripe for mainstream theatrical adaptation. It's full of genius symbolism and won Lamar a Grammy for best video. He said he had blocked further distribution and promotion of the film where he had been able. [17], On November 14, 1983, Thriller was shown to a private audience at the Crest Theater in Los Angeles. The LP is only nine tracks long, andseven of those of those were commercially released singles: "The Girl is Mine," "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'," "Human Nature," and "P.Y. She has visions of her dead lover in the mansion and remembers moments when they were together. I recall it was late night purely because of the content. In 2017, Ray had to file a lawsuit again, when she alleged that she wasn't paid her share for a 3-D re-release of the "Thriller" video. Michael Jackson had a huge 1983. [10] It includes home video footage of a young Jackson dancing and footage of his performances from The Ed Sullivan Show and Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever. [32], In 2017, the video made its debut in a newly restored 3D version at the 74th annual Venice Film Festival, accompanied by the Making of Michael Jackson's Thriller documentary, also newly remastered. "The Thriller video became a worldwide megahit and an iconic pop culture phenomenon that has continued to generate profits for defendants Optimum Productions and Michael Jackson, who have wrongfully refused to pay or account for such profits to plaintiff," the suit read (via The Guardian). The video also features a striking shot of Madonna dancing in front of burning crosses. The video one video of the year at the VMAs. It really opened our eyes to music videos as a creative form of film-making, and a potential career." [9][14] Brian Clemens' own favourite episode, "A Coffin for the Bride" (US: Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill), featured a performance from a young Helen Mirren.[15]. There are shots of Missy covered in bees and tributes to the late Aaliyah and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes spray-painted on the hoods of cars it's truly filled with striking visuals. [27] The Library described it as "the most famous music video of all time". Narration: Darkness falls across the land / The midnight hour is close at hand / Creatures crawl in search of blood / To terrorize y'all's neighbourhood / And whosoever shall be found / Without the soul for getting down / Must stand and face the hounds of hell / And rot inside a corpse's shell. Actually, "Thriller" is more of a short film, a nearly 14-minute horror movie about a young man who's "not like other guys" who transforms into a werewolf-like monster, terrorizes his date, and dances like a zombie while looking cool in a red leather jacket. Cast: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones. The story is great, the scenes are marvelous, the music is fantastic and overall the clip is fun, eye-popping, spooky and is a real spectacle. Certainly the largest example of the phenomenon:In 2009, 13,957 people in Mexico performed the "Thriller" dance all at once, setting a Guinness World Record. It was shown as a 'Tube' exclusive at midnight (ish) on Channel four. Prior to its production in 1983, music videos weren't taken seriously or considered anything more than a way to cheaply promote a single or an album. The striking video is mostly black-and-white with some of the only color provided by red flowers on the float. afraid (he hasn't really got much of a "front" yet). Michael Jackson's Thriller is a 1983 music video for the song "Thriller" by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on December 2, 1983. The video even won a Grammy. The "Honey" video starts with Mariah Carey as a Bond-esque spy named Agent M who is being held hostage by an organization known as D.U.N.C.E. Today everybody is still doing the same thing in music video with dancing and film-based story-lines which he innovated. No wonder we readily accept the concept of a literal metamorphosis. It's simple, yet incredibly impressive. With James Purefoy, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sasha Behar, Dervla Kirwan. Landis' production partner George Folsey and Jackson's lawyer John Branca hatched a plan: raise money by pre-selling the rights to a behind-the-scenes documentary shot during "Thriller" production. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson had a hit with "Uptown Funk," and the vibrant, simple video was the perfect fit. The video was directed by John Landis, written by Landis and Jackson, and stars Jackson and Ola Ray. Fans worldwide re-enact its zombie dance and it remains popular on YouTube. [6] According to Peter Dendle, the zombie invasion sequence was inspired by Night of the Living Dead (1968). They won the MTV VMA for video of year. Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" has two iconic videos. The UK version features Bush in a white dress as she dances around a dark room white white mist. The video includes clips from "Purple Rain," too. Vaughan Arnell, who had videos on MTV in its earliest days, and has gone on to make 12 promos for Robbie Williams and three for One Direction, remembers Thriller with some trepidation. I was yet another taper of the original Channel 4 broadcast. The students progressively begin to head bang to the music as a riot erupts and the kids destroy the instruments. [8] Epic had little interest in making another video for Thriller, believing that the album had peaked,[10] and eventually agreed to contribute only $100,000. And it ended up being the most iconic," she said. Before any of the "Thriller" fun monster transformations, choreographed zombie dances, creepy yellow eyes the video begins with a brief bit of text on screen. Some of the biggest Broadway productions of recent years are musicals based on preexisting, well-known media. 6. [4] The series evolved from Clemens' previous work, in particular two films in a similar style: And Soon the Darkness (1970) and Blind Terror (aka See No Evil, 1971); the latter shares plot similarities with the Thriller episodes "The Eyes Have It" and "The Next Voice You See". This was the business model in home video for most of the early to mid-1980s: Studios and publishers charged about $90 for tapes and sold almost exclusively to rental stores, which would then charge customers a few bucks to rent it for a day or two. Thriller, released in 1983, was initially given a late-night premiere on Channel 4 - a formula repeated by Jackson five years later with his Bad video. In December 2009, the Library of Congress selected the video for the National Film Registry. By the time Thriller's sales cycle wound down in 1984, it was the best-selling LP of all time in the United States, with sales of 33 million. If youd like to join in, please sign in or register. Between his Mad Hatter costume and the trippy adventures of Alice as she tries to escape Wonderland, the video is ful of memorable scenes. And as later legal filings would indicate, that's about all the actress and model took home. The girls are together when the guy comes knocking and slam the door in his face. The metamorphosis of the polite "boy next door" into a werecat has been interpreted as a depiction of male sexuality, depicted as naturally bestial, predatory, and aggressive. She screams and wakes up, realizing it was a nightmare. [16] The director of photography was Robert Paynter, who had worked with Landis on Trading Places. The success transformed Jackson into a dominant force in global pop culture. [20] In 2009, Jackson sold the Thriller rights to the Nederlander Organization to stage a Broadway musical based on the video. ", Only later did Landis realize that Ray was a former Playboy Playmate, which threatened her involvement in the video because Jackson thought it might come across as improper for him to be sharing the screen with a nude model. [12] The documentary, Making Michael Jackson's Thriller, was directed by Jerry Kramer. What worries me a bit is the kids who have a bit of bravado, and don't admit they are afraid, and then have nightmares. "Thriller" remains a classic, as well as an unprecedented moment in music and film, and it wasn't easy to pull off. The pair conceived a short film with a budget much larger than previous music videos. It has that spirit to it that must have been contagious; it spoke to other kids. Jackson becomes a zombie himself and dances with the horde to the song. Joseph denied this. From his Pope outfit to the reenactment of Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" painting, Lamar doesn't shy away from religious visuals. The zoomed in shots of her face and tears are reminiscent of Sinead O'Conner's "Nothing Compares 2 U" video, which is on this list. "I love the ideaof making Thriller a musical," said James L. Nederlander. Marlon Brando, Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson and Jackie Kennedy Onassis all turned up on set, and Eddie Murphy, Prince and Diana. Jackson, for his part, hadn't seen Landis's films Animal House, The Blues Brothers or Trading Places; he wanted Landis because of An American Werewolf in London. I remember watching it in a pub called "Woosters" (aka as wasters) in Lady Lawson Street in Edinburgh. This idea was replaced with a two-legged monster, as this made it easier for him to dance. [15], Landis said directing Jackson was "like dealing with a gifted 10-year-old". In July 1983, after Thriller was displaced from the top of the chart, Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo suggested making a music video for "Thriller". When it was released on VHS in the UK, the short film was given the "15" certificate for its frightening scenes (the rating was later changed to "12" in 2018). In a 2009 interview with Billboard, Bey said she was surprised by the reaction. Cyrus' provocative videos were a shock to people who had watched her on "Hannah Montana.". There's shots of them on a boat in a "storm," there's memorable camouflage outfits, and a truly special dance break in front of a temple. Title track "Thriller" was the seventh and final Thriller single, released to stores and radio in January 1984, well over a year after the album debuted. 08/07/2009 18:21. The trailer for the new TV show, which launched at 3pm on March 1, introduces Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas' characters, Nadia Sinh and Mason Kane, across multiple high-octane action sequences. Landis told The Guardian that they initially planned to make Jackson turn into a four-legged creature. Encompassing just about . However, Epic wouldn't pay for it the label spent $250,000 on the video for "Billie Jean" but made Jackson pay the $150,000 budget for "Beat It" himself. The "Bad Romance" video is artistic and creative yet political in nature. The video for My Chemical Romance's jam featured a main character in a hospital bed who is eventually led by Death to the Black Parade. They made something that was so perfect for the early 80s. But what truly stands out about the video is Cher's iconic sheer body suit and leather jacket. It's hard to forget. The big turning point was Thriller.". [12][18] After each broadcast, MTV advertised when they would next play it, and recorded audience figures ten times the norm. Outlander. "Thriller" was a watershed moment in music video. They run naked on a beach, they wear ridiculous outfits, and they rock out in front of crowds of people. The Rig is a horror thriller series arriving on Amazon Prime Video in early 2023. In 1984, Making Michael Jackson's Thriller won the Grammy Award for Best Video Album, and in a 1999 end-of-the-century countdown, MTV named "Thriller" the #1 music video of all time. "When I made videos, whether it was with the Beastie Boys or Bjrk, we weren't chasing anything," he says. John Landis was in London in 1983 when Michael Jackson called to ask if he was interested in making a video for Thriller, the title track of the album he'd released a little under a year before. It may seem odd to have a cat playing her love interest as she sings about loving a guy despite their differences, yet that's the theme of the video. [8] After originally being screened late at night in the U.S. under the ABC Wide World of Entertainment billing from 1973, some episodes were retitled for U.S. syndication in 1978, and all had additional opening sequences shot with new titles and credits but without the original cast and, for this reason, often only featuring menacing figures seen from the neck down. I think that video by MJ is just big, but it isn't that fantastic. 1983 - Channel 4 premiere of Michael Jackson's Thriller video - YouTube 0:00 / 0:30 1983 - Channel 4 premiere of Michael Jackson's Thriller video Blocks Videos 11.2K subscribers 65 7.4K. 23 of 25 found this interesting | Share this On June 27, 2011, the red jacket Jackson wore in this video sold for 1.8 million dollars at Julien's Auctions of Beverly Hills. Before We Die. Some music videos are more memorable than others. Even now, Kirsty Wark can perform the Thriller dance on Newsnight as a Halloween joke, and everyone gets it. Recorded as a cover for the movie "Moulin Rouge," the four women appeared in the video. The pair are spies for an elite intelligence agency called Citadel - but eight years ago . For episodes that used a different title in the U.S., the U.S. title is shown in italics underneath the original British title.

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