Jackson's character takes his date (Ola Ray) to a horror movie and then makes her life into one when he transforms into a monstrous creature and leads a horde of other scary creatures both ghoulish and undead. Contents 1 Background 2 Releases 2.1 Hosted by Elvira 2.2 Non-Elvira releases 3 References 4 External links Background [ edit] 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. And as later legal filings would indicate, that's about all the actress and model took home. Landis and Jackson worked out a story about a guy who takes a young woman on a date and transforms into a bloodthirsty horror movie monster before her very eyes. It's dark and striking and fits perfectly with the song. Landis said he would do the video if it could be a short film, and Jackson embraced the idea. "Due to my strong personal convictions," the disclaimer credited to Michael Jackson reads, "I wish to stress that this film in no way endorses a belief in the occult." He worked very hard. She ran around with her friends bothering patrons and employees, trying on a bunch of clothes, and making a giant mess. To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account. It is a complete and full-featured suite which provides cutting-edge editing tools, motion graphics, visual effects, animation, and more that can enhance your video projects. A musical number set to "Thriller" (the song) would comprise most of the video, but it would also have a scripted drawing device. "I loved it," he says. Jennifer Beals turned down an offer to play Jackson's girlfriend. However, after the new channel Showtime agreed to pay half the budget, MTV agreed to pay the rest, justifying the expenditure as financing for a motion picture and not a music video. However, Ray sued Jackson on May 6, 2009, less than two months before his death on June 25. It won a Grammy for best music video. [2] As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits. [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. at the Disco's first music video features a wedding where the bride's family is asleep and have their faces and eyelids painted. He opens the window and she almost falls. He warns her that he is "not like other guys", transforms into a werecat and attacks her. My DS1 does sound more like the OPs, and unlike some children, he is more likely to admit to feeling upset or I didn't have this thought intellectually at the time, but when I watch it now I realise that there's no reason for a lot of it; it's so free and loose. Genre Adventure, Action, Science Fiction. It's full of genius symbolism and won Lamar a Grammy for best video. It was Landis's producer George Folsey Jr who came up with the idea of the making-of video, which could be sold to networks as bespoke content. 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. The band's front man lifts a bus up off a girl at some point and saves a dog from a fire. Ray Tintori, who did MGMT's Kids is really good, too. The actress and the musician wound up getting along just fine more than fine, actually. 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. It won a Grammy as part of a long-form video project titled "Rhythm Nation 1814 Film.". "I recall everybody at college talking about it; about how it was like a mini-movie and how much it had cost. It's easy to overlook this fact, but M. Night . 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. At one point, the boy tries to cut his antlers off to be accepted, but she stops him. The massively successful "Thriller" video was a close collaboration between performer Michael Jackson and director John Landis, although it would seem that of the pair, only Jackson greatly benefited financially from the project. Joseph denied this. The singer and the filmmaker met, and Landis dismissed the notion of presenting "Thriller" as a typical, cheaply made music video. I would never do anything like that again." And yet, it was something of an afterthought: the seventh single from a 10-track album that didn't have the most auspicious of starts when it was released a full year before the Thriller video (long enough for Jackson's nose to look different in the film than it does on the LP cover). When the documentary was released on VHS, selling for $29.95, it attracted more than 100,000 advance orders in its own right. The music video for "Survivor" takes place "somewhere in the South Pacific," as stated in the beginning and begins with Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, and Beyonc shipwrecked on an island. "Romain Gavras he did M.I.A. [12], The video doubled boosted sales of the Thriller album,[8] which sold a million copies a week following the video debut[12] and became the bestselling album of all time. [5] The opening scene parodies 1950s B-movies, with Jackson and Ray dressed as 1950s teenagers. 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. She was the mother of the character Ken Reeves from the TV Show "The White Shadow". [2] As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits. The simple black-and-white video features Beyonc in a leotard flanked on either side by a dancer in a similar outfit. Encompassing just about . Filmed in one continuous shot, the band is also occasionally shown playing in the burning building. The Library of Congress described it as the most famous music video of all time, and it has been named the greatest video by various publications and readers' polls. The imagery in Lamar's "Humble" is evocative and breathtaking. Then the scenes begin to shift between Houston in brightly colored dresses and makeup in various different scenes. [8] The production team agreed to protect the negatives and locked them in Branca's office. "It was really groundbreaking to have such a long video, and it helped to shape the future of music videos, which previously had been more performance-based," she says. The video won for video of the year at the MTV VMAs. It's directed by John Strickland (Bodyguard, Line Of Duty) and follows the crew on the fictional Kinloch Bravo oil rig stationed off the Scottish coast on the dangerous waters of the North Sea.When the group of workers is due to return to the mainland, an eerie fog descends, and a mysterious force begins to take . The image of her white tank and black tie is a definitive one. Isn't it ironic? Love it or hate it, labels are obsessed with it and it's here to stay. [1] It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. It was shown on Channel 4 in November 1983 at something like 1 in the morning, as I remember sitting up waiting for it to come on and then being amazed and a little bit scared as I was only 13 at the time. 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. The scenes incorporated claymation, pixilation, and stop-motion animation to come to life. The stories were often set in the London commuter belt. And there's some weird bugs crawling at various points. Crazy Credits There's also a memorable scene of her covered in diamonds. Stars: Alexander Arnold, David Bamber, Claudie Blakley, Denise Gough Votes: 3,682 3. Here are 55 of the most iconic music . 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? Eventually, she stands on the edge of an overpass preparing to jump when her ex shows up with a bunch of cops. All Rights Reserved. Each girl shows off her personality as they move throughout the hotel, making a mess and causing general chaos. 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. The video also features a striking shot of Madonna dancing in front of burning crosses. [5][6] Original music, including the theme tune, was supplied by Clemens' regular collaborator Laurie Johnson.[7]. [12] Jackson's parents Joseph and Katherine Jackson also visited. In 2017, it was remastered from the original 35mm negative and converted into 3D under John Landis' supervision. The theatre in the movie is the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles, where, The short film was packaged on home video with, The score heard in this music video is actually unused music from composer. Less than two years later, sister network VH1 would also name "Thriller" the top video ever made. [11] Landis and Jackson conceived a short film shot on 35mm film with the production values of a feature film, with a budget of $900,000, much larger than any previous music video. YouTube/KendrickLamarVEVO. [42], number of copies sold were 900,000 at a price of $30, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, YouTube video of more than 1,500 prisoners performing the dance, Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, "Director: Funds for "Thriller" almost didn't appear", "Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the eternal Halloween bop and so much more", "John Landis says Michael Jackson was too 'grotesque' to film: Howell", "How Michael Jackson's Thriller changed music videos for ever", "Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' is the eternal Halloween bop and so much more", "Michael Jackson's Life & Legacy: Global Superstar (198286)", "It Happened This Week in L.A. 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The video tells a romantic story through a mix of live-action and pencil-sketch animation. She leaps and hang over the cars with a rope and flip her ex off is iconic. The signs on the theater are as follows: The main sign reads "Vincent Price's Thriller". The "Ironic" video stars Morissette getting into her car at a gas station and then driving into a wintery landscape. Jackson was all in, especially after Landis said he could probably get An American Werewolf in London makeup master Rick Baker involved. 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. [13], Jackson wanted to make a video in which he transformed into a four-legged beast, similarly to the transformation scene in An American Werewolf in London. afraid (he hasn't really got much of a "front" yet). DIGITAL SPY, PART OF THE HEARST UK ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK. [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. And people have been copying it ever since.". 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. ", 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'. 1. 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. Andr 3000 plays all eight characters featured in the band. "Thriller" remains a classic, as well as an unprecedented moment in music and film, and it wasn't easy to pull off. [8], According to Landis, when he called Yetnikoff to propose the film, he swore so loudly he had to remove the phone from his ear. [35] It was remastered in IMAX 3D for a limited engagement in 2018, preceding screenings of The House With a Clock in Its Walls in North America for its first week. Quotes They won the MTV VMA for video of year. They walk into the forest, and Jackson asks her to be his girlfriend; she accepts. There's a lot to process. It briefly regained the position in July, before being displaced by Synchronicity by the Police. 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. [38][39] The description of the Dancing Zombie in the game paraphrased the disclaimer at the end of Thriller. 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. The remastered 3D version first premiered at the 74th Venice Film Festival on September 4th, 2017 alongside the 'Making Of' documentary. ThrillerVideo ThrillerVideo was a horror home video series that began being released in February 1985 to 1987 by U.S.A. Home Video and International Video Entertainment (I.V.E.). The actress claimed that back in the 1980s, she was promised a portion of the "Thriller" profits (2.5 percent, according to Courthouse News), and yet, more than two decades later, she hadn't received any money since some initial payments. 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. It has that spirit to it that must have been contagious; it spoke to other kids. Director: Scott Cooper | Runtime: 128 minutes. Millions of people who somehow hadn't yet purchased Thriller were inspired to do so, and during the peak of the video's popularity, the album sold more than a million copies a week, according to Vanity Fair. | My Chemical Romance is on a float leading the parade of masked figures in what looks to be a wasteland. Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 is an impressive application which allows you to easily and quickly create high-quality content for film, broadcast, web, and more. Thriller sealed MTV's reputation as a new cultural force; dissolved racial barriers in the station's treatment of music (though MTV has always denied they existed); revolutionised music video production; spawned the "making of" genre of documentary ("The Making of Filler," as Landis said at the time); helped create a market for VHS rentals and sales, because fans were desperate to see it when they wanted, rather than at the will of TV stations; and, in 2009, became the first music video to be inducted into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry. Jackson called his assistant, John Branca, and ordered him to destroy the negatives. According to Vanity Fair, Vestron Video helped offset the high production cost of "Thriller" by paying for the VHS and Betamax distribution rights for the Making Michael Jackson's Thriller documentary and then gave it a $29.95 retail price tag. Jackson's sixth album, Thriller, was released in November 1982 and spent months at the top of the Billboard 200, backed by successful videos for the singles "Billie Jean" and "Beat It". 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. 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! But the video ends with a shot of her in bed. Thirty years ago this week on 21 November it was first shown to the public. [29], Jackson's red leather jacket became a fashion icon and has been widely emulated. In May 2009, Ray sued Jackson, along with his production company, for breach of contract. 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. "[8] Jackson's manager Frank DiLeo suggested making a music video for it, and recalled telling Jackson: "It's simpleall you've got to do is dance, sing, and make it scary. Miss Scarlet and The Duke, Season 1-2 | Watch Now. The first thing he said to me when he came out of school was 'Are zombies real, mum?'. [3], The series was created by Brian Clemens, who also scripted the majority of the episodes and story-lined every installment. [14] He initially imagined the werecat would resemble a black panther, but added a longer mane and larger ears. The suit alleged that Landis didn't receive his promised 50-percent cut of the profits and that Jackson and company acted with "fraudulent, malicious, and oppressive conduct" in withholding what The Hollywood Reporter said amounted to about $2.3 million. The premise of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video is fairly straightforward. The "Bad Romance" video is artistic and creative yet political in nature. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is considered one of the greatest songs of all time, and the video is a testament to the song as a teen rock anthem. [41] The lawsuit was settled in 2012 for an undisclosed amount. The video is as fun as the song itself. They pass a graveyard, where zombies rise from their graves and surround them in the street. 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. Between his Mad Hatter costume and the trippy adventures of Alice as she tries to escape Wonderland, the video is ful of memorable scenes. He really was childlike. Here's the inside story on the development, production, and impact of the video for Michael Jackson's spookiest hit. He was tortured, but he was happy-go-lucky for a lot of it. It continuously shifts through a series of triangles shifting between images of Meg and Jack White playing instruments. And so, that's what happened, although Jackson's character doesn't, per common knowledge, become a werewolf. As fun as Smash Mouth's song is, the video is even more wild. The 13-minute film that resulted changed the music video for ever, becoming less a promo clip than a cultural phenomenon. Blink-182 does parodies of the Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, NSYNC, and more as the camera flashes to different scenes. During the closing credits, a reprise of the zombies dancing is shown. I don't think we had video recorder then. There's a lot to unpack in Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" video. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Peter Gabriel's video for "Sledgehammer" was an impressive 16-hour feat. We didn't get a Channel 4 signal until late 84 so missed out entirely! When he raps about Photoshop, a woman is shown all made up and without makeup. He changes back into a human to sing the choruses. The cat's dance moves even mirror her's. Epic saw it as a novelty song;[9] Yetnikoff asked, "Who wants a single about monsters? Director Spike Jonze also on this list for "Buddy Holly" is behind this truly memorable video featuring Christopher Walken dancing around a Mariott in Los Angeles. As Psy's Gangnam Style proved, films shot relatively cheaply and quickly, and which don't require pluggers, or for the artist to necessarily have an existing profile, can have a global impact comparable to Thriller. 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. [10] "Come Out Come Out, Wherever You Are" takes place at a creaky country house hotel: a female guest begins asking about her missing travelling companion whom the owner claims was not with her upon arrival the previous evening and whom none of the other guests initially recall seeing. Strictly Come Dancing have reportedly lined up Loose Women star Sophie Morgan to be the show's first ever wheelchair-using contestant. It ends with the groom as the actual ringmaster. "I love the ideaof making Thriller a musical," said James L. Nederlander. 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. During the elaborate production of this music video. At the inaugural MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, "Thriller" surprisingly lost Video of the Year to the Cars' "You Might Think.". 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. "I absolutely didn't expect that.". [2] It was produced by John Sichel (the first three series), John Cooper (series 4) and Ian Fordyce (the final two series) for Associated Television (ATV) at its Elstree studios north of London. I'm sure VCRs had timers even then. The film had a brief theatrical release in Los Angeles at the AVCO Theater - it played for three weeks along with Disney's. 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. Why did you need to stay up late if you were 'tape'ing it? The proposed cost of the "Thriller" video: slightly less than $1 million. There's the car running out of gas and it's like a movie, then it just keeps going, as if they're saying: 'That'd be cool, let's do that.' The success transformed Jackson into a dominant force in global pop culture. 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. I was at boarding school at the time & we were allowed to stay up to watch it.

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