During the closing credits, a reprise of the zombies dancing is shown. ", 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. Directed by Spike Jonze ("Her"), the "Buddy Holly" video places the band in Arnold's Drive-In from the show "Happy Days." "Music videos in the early 80s started as a little cottage industry in Britain, really," says Brian Grant, the British director who made the Private Dancer video for Tina Turner and Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody. The legendary video has been honored countless times. [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. The audience gave the film a standing ovation. In the 1980s, millions of consumers were purchasing their first VCRs. The storyline follows newly-qualified vet James as he leaves his home in Glasgow during 1937 to start working for head vet Siegfried in the fictional Yorkshire village of Darrowby. [10] Landis felt Jackson should become scary and creepy, but not ugly. At the end of the credits, they all dance back into their graves, with one of them gruesomely grimacing at the screen. Here are 55 of the most iconic music videos of all time. [37], The video game Plants vs. Zombies by PopCap Games contained a reference to the Thriller music video in its original releases from May 2009 (a month before Jackson's death) until it was removed in July 2010. MTV paid $250,000 and Showtime $300,000 for the rights to the documentary, Jackson would take care of upfront costs, and the video was able to go ahead, with the label coughing up $100,000. To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account. According to Vanity Fair, Beals passed on the female role in the "Thriller" video, and after a lengthy search, director John Landis cast Ola Ray as the poodle-skirt-wearing young woman in the video's fake horror film as well as Michael Jackson's date who witnesses his transformation into a monster. Michael Jackson had a huge 1983. 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. Between the visuals and the overall story, West's artful vision is memorable. as well as other partner offers and accept our, 300 people dressed as Bush in the red dress, the popular "Michael Jackson eating popcorn" GIF. In 2018, the short film was digitally remastered exclusively for IMAX 3D theaters, playing before. The "Work It" video is filled with some interesting CGI work, memorable dance moves, and some wild cameos that include Timbaland and Eve. T. (Pretty Young Thing)," all hit the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" going the extra mile, all the way to #1. The first collaboration between Alicia Silverstone and Aerosmith featured Silverstone as a girl who catches her boyfriend cheating. It was (as others have said) billed as a "The Tube" special. [38][39] The description of the Dancing Zombie in the game paraphrased the disclaimer at the end of Thriller. "Everyone experiences these physical transformations in their bodies and new, unfamiliar sexual thoughts in their minds. Thriller was the biggest recording artist in the world at the time working with probably the biggest director and it was an amalgamation of the two talents. 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. "I loved it," he says. [6] According to Peter Dendle, the zombie invasion sequence was inspired by Night of the Living Dead (1968). Thirty years ago this week on 21 November it was first shown to the public. [12][18] After each broadcast, MTV advertised when they would next play it, and recorded audience figures ten times the norm. The video has received over 700 million views on YouTube. 1. After production on the video wrapped, Jackson was told by leaders of his church (Jackson was a practicing member of the Jehovah's Witness faith) that they thought "Thriller" encouraged demon worship, and if it were released, he'd be excommunicated. [40][39], The Thriller dance is performed in major cities around the world; the largest zombie dance included 12,937 dancers, in Mexico City. The video features a ghost, tombstones rising from the ground, zombie gorillas, and pop culture references including ones to "Resident Evil" and "Braindead.". Eventually, she stands on the edge of an overpass preparing to jump when her ex shows up with a bunch of cops. | "It had some magic that made it shine. In December 2009, the Library of Congress selected the video for the National Film Registry. The "Bad Romance" video is artistic and creative yet political in nature. Jackson was all in, especially after Landis said he could probably get An American Werewolf in London makeup master Rick Baker involved. Directed by Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl, the video follows a man, whose face is never shown, as he rescues a baby, a dog, and grabs a photo from a burning building. She said: "You look at those early videos and they were shockingly bad. 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. Between Britney Spears' flight attendant uniform, diamond and nude body suit, and black cat suit, all of her outfits are memorable. The short film premiered on NBC's music video block Friday Night Videos. Also, the group performs in water and in liquefied forms in front of a waterfall. "As soon as the Americans got involved, things became monetised, turning music videos into a proper industry, which operated alongside MTV. Then it shifts to the musicians performing on stage. "We came to the conclusion that if Michael was going to dance, it would be a hell of a lot easier for his monster to have two legs instead of four." With James Purefoy, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sasha Behar, Dervla Kirwan. Perhaps that's Thriller's ultimate legacy, and it's also why Jonze has become a key influence on film-makers creating videos for YouTube. 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. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. [12] Nina Blackwood, a former MTV executive, said music videos improved after Thriller, with more storylines and more intricate choreography. "When I made videos, whether it was with the Beastie Boys or Bjrk, we weren't chasing anything," he says. Cannot remember the excate time but dout it was 1 am as we would of not been allowed to stay up. Following a worldwide audit during 200304 by the then copyright-holders Carlton, almost all the original UK PAL fisheye-titled 2" videotapes of Thriller were located and transferred onto modern digital tape by the British Film Institute, with subsequent restoration work by BBC Resources. 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). [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. The stories were often set in the London commuter belt. The film had a brief theatrical release in Los Angeles at the AVCO Theater - it played for three weeks along with Disney's. Every shot in the "Bye Bye Bye" video is memorable. As the song progresses, multiple Morissettes sing in the car and act as her passengers until the car runs out of gas and she has to walk. However, Ray sued Jackson on May 6, 2009, less than two months before his death on June 25. During the elaborate production of this music video. [7], Michael Jackson's album Thriller was released in November 1982 on Epic Records and spent months at the top of the Billboard 200. The "Ironic" video stars Morissette getting into her car at a gas station and then driving into a wintery landscape. The Thriller video sent album sales into orbit, with Jackson's label Epic reportedly shipping a million copies a week in its immediate aftermath. We didn't get a Channel 4 signal until late 84 so missed out entirely! The "Like a Prayer" video largely takes place in a church, but there is a subplot where Madonna witnesses a murder and sees a black man arrested for the crime he did not commit. 7 Fastlove George Michael. In 2018 it was further remastered by IMAX and preceded screenings of. The video tells a romantic story through a mix of live-action and pencil-sketch animation. [41] The lawsuit was settled in 2012 for an undisclosed amount. [8] At the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, Thriller won the awards for Viewers Choice, Best Overall Performance and Best Choreography, and was nominated for Best Concept Video, Best Male Video and Video of the Year. Jackson called his assistant, John Branca, and ordered him to destroy the negatives. [8], Thriller was filmed at the Palace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, the zombie sequence at the junction of Union Pacific Avenue and South Calzona Street in East Los Angeles, and the final house scene at 1345 Carroll Avenue in the Angeleno Heights neighborhood of Echo Park. And it ended up being the most iconic," she said. But the video ends with a shot of her in bed. Less than two years later, sister network VH1 would also name "Thriller" the top video ever made. The video even won a Grammy. The video does feature a couple of clips of her walking through Parc de Saint-Cloud in Paris, but the emotional close-ups are the most striking parts. The video was directed by John Landis, written by Landis and Jackson, and stars Jackson and Ola Ray. [11], Landis's wife Deborah Nadoolman, who had recently worked on the film Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), designed the costumes, including Jackson's red jacket. The zombie's costumes were purchased from The Salvation Army. He worked very hard. [8] The production team agreed to protect the negatives and locked them in Branca's office. The actress and the musician wound up getting along just fine more than fine, actually. In 2009, according to Broadway World, theater production company the Nederlander Organization announced that it had obtained the rights to Jackson's magnum opus and would be making a big musical based specifically on the "Thriller" video. Nearly 100,000 viewers voted in the VH1 all-time greatest 100 poll, which also saw Jackson at No. The proposed cost of the "Thriller" video: slightly less than $1 million. [8] Landis encouraged Jackson and Ray to improvise during their scenes,[10] and urged Jackson to act "sexy" and "show virility" for his female fans. I would never do anything like that again." At the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, "Thriller" surprisingly lost Video of the Year to the Cars' "You Might Think.". The video shows two stories: one in which a boy is killed in a drug deal after not listening to his mom to stop and another where a man contracts AIDS after having unprotected sex with a woman. She was the first woman to win video of the year at the MTV Video Music Awards for the work. See production, box office & company info, The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018), At the Movies: Christine/Silkwood/Sudden Impact/Thriller, Palace Theater, 630 S Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [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. As of 2020, more than 59 million people had watched the sea of orange-clad people amble and groove like zombie-monsters. [8], The horror-themed "Thriller" had not been planned for release as a single. Stars: Alexander Arnold, David Bamber, Claudie Blakley, Denise Gough Votes: 3,682 3. "Scream," written in response to media backlash Michael Jackson was facing, places the two siblings on a spacecraft. In 2011, one of the two jackets worn by Jackson in the video sold at auction for $1.8 million. Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. [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. One of the Zombie ladies from "Thriller" short film by Michael Jackson is Claire Sisk Reeves. 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. 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. This steamy drama, which is adapted from a book series by Diana Gabaldon of the same name, follows former World War II nurse Claire Randall as she unexpectedly travels back in time to . Contents 1 Background 2 Releases 2.1 Hosted by Elvira 2.2 Non-Elvira releases 3 References 4 External links Background [ edit] At the end, everyone gets out of their cars and walks before mysteriously vanishing. Most clips just show him and a few others doing his signature moves like the running man and hammer dance. At one point, she climbs up the building to a room where Paul McCoy and the rest of the band are playing music. Michael Jackson, at the time being a devout Jehovah's Witness, feared that the video would go against his fans' religious beliefs and feared backlash. And then, at midnight on 2 December, after weeks of trailers and hype, MTV showed it to the world. [8] Vestron Music Video offered to distribute Making Michael Jackson's Thriller on VHS and Betamax; this was a pioneering concept, as most video cassettes at the time were sold to rental stores rather than directly to viewers. "Even him bantering with the girl after they come out of the movie; you're seeing him at this incredible age and at this moment in his life. The second stars Bush in a red dress doing the same memorable dance moves and emotive faces, but instead of a room, she is in the middle of the woods. ", In fact, says Dave Ma another up-and-coming film-maker who's worked with Foals and Delphic directors now have no choice but to be as unconventional as Landis 30 years ago, because their work needs to rise above all the junk online: "The emergence of YouTube has given us a plethora of mindless throw-away 'content'. At first, she blamed Jackson, but apologized to him in 1997. [2] As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits. It ends with her holding a photo of them. 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Dinsdale Landen is the only actor who plays the same named role that of private investigator Matthew Earp in two episodes, "An Echo of Theresa" and "The Next Scream You Hear", although Reg Lye plays an unnamed 'Caretaker' in both "Spell of Evil" and "Good Salary - Prospects - Free Coffin" who could conceivably be the same character. [27] The Library described it as "the most famous music video of all time". Choreographer and singer Paula Abdul danced alongside a cartoon cat named MC Skat Cat in the video for "Opposites Attract." It's full of genius symbolism and won Lamar a Grammy for best video. MTV, which, to that point, had never paid for content, contributed $250,000, and Showtime paid $300,000. The rules have been rewritten, unleashing a new surge of creativity. In 2013, she settled with the Jackson estate for $75,000. According to Baker, he technically portrays a "werecat. "Romain Gavras he did M.I.A. The 15-year-old promo, directed by John Landis, is now regarded as a landmark release - the first to transform pop videos into mini-films. J-Lo brought in the new millennium with her video for "Waiting for Tonight." [8], In early August, after seeing his horror film An American Werewolf in London (1981), Jackson contacted the director John Landis. As the band and hundreds of other people are stuck in a traffic jam, the camera pans to various individuals sitting in their car with subtitles describing their thoughts. Early music videos were usually shot on video, not film, adding a cheap look to a cheap production a singer or a band might do little more than stand in an unadorned studio and lip-sync to their recording. Michael Jackson is amazing. It's trippy to watch and makes the video one of the most recognizable of all time. | The remastered 3D version first premiered at the 74th Venice Film Festival on September 4th, 2017 alongside the 'Making Of' documentary. It shows Michael turning into a zombie and dancing in the street with some spectacular choreography. Cyrus' provocative videos were a shock to people who had watched her on "Hannah Montana.". Walking down a city street at night, Jackson teases her by performing the verses of "Thriller". [6] Jackson's make-up casts "a ghostly pallor" over his skin and emphasizes the outline of his skull, an allusion to the mask from The Phantom of the Opera (1925). [8] It was backed by successful music videos for the singles "Billie Jean" and "Beat It", which are credited for raising creative standards for music videos and demonstrating their promotional power. Stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern. When I started directing videos myself a few years later, it was like a touchpoint. Real clips from the show are also used throughout the video to make it seem like the band is actually on the show. The promotional video for "Bohemian Rhapsody" starts off with the striking, yet simple shot of the four band members sitting in darkness and singing the a capella part of the song. The video starts in black-and-white as Whitney Houston finishes a show and heads backstage. Alternate Versions Jackson becomes a zombie himself and dances with the horde to the song. MC Hammer's video for "U Can't Touch This" is extremely simple. Injustice: Created by Anthony Horowitz. [8] According to Landis, Ola Ray, a former Playboy Playmate, was cast as she was "crazy for Michael" and had a "great smile". The record was a major hit that sold millions of copies and spawned numerous hit singles, which, in turn, led to more album sales. Thriller was an event even when it was being shot in October 1983. '"[20], The Thriller video sealed MTV's position as a major cultural force, helped disassemble racial barriers for black artists, revolutionized music video production, popularized making-of documentaries, and drove rentals and sales of VHS tapes. 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." The video features the four guys of OK Go doing a choreographed dance on treadmills all filmed in one shot. Original cast member Al Molinaro made a cameo. What's likely the most popular second-generation "Thriller" video came from an unlikely place: a prison in the Philippines. Tom Petty channeled "Alice in Wonderland" for the "Don't Come Around Here No More" music video. "It was the first time an artist had considered the pop video as a legitimate art form. Lesley Sharp stars as a detective who faces impossible choices in a murky world where loyalties are tested and lines are blurred. Landis said he would do the video if it could be a short film, and Jackson embraced the idea. Love it or hate it, labels are obsessed with it and it's here to stay. Between his Mad Hatter costume and the trippy adventures of Alice as she tries to escape Wonderland, the video is ful of memorable scenes. Filming began in South Africa on this new eight-part adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel in February 2020, and was halted in March by Covid-19 with an episode and a half in the can, before. Soundtracks. Jackson died about six months later, and his estate settled with Landis in 2012. The scene where he's the only man looking at the camera as men around him bob their heads is striking, but even more notable is the scene where his head is on fire as he's surrounded by men with their heads wrapped in burning rope. Thriller was an event even when it was being shot in October 1983. The trivia item below may give away important plot points. When the documentary was released on VHS, selling for $29.95, it attracted more than 100,000 advance orders in its own right. The mystery and thriller .

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