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Michael Jackson's Thriller is the music video for the song "Thriller" by the American singer Michael Jackson, released on December 2, 1983. It was directed by John Landis , written by Jackson and Landis, and stars Jackson and Ola Ray .
- All “Thriller,” Some Filler. The video cost half-a-million dollars; at the time, it was the most expensive video ever made. But CBS Records wouldn’t pay for a third video from Thriller, and MTV had a policy of never paying for clips.
- The working title for the album was originally Starlight. Before songwriter Rod Temperton came up with Thriller, Michael Jackson’s working title for the albums was Starlight.
- Michael Jackson’s faith seeped in. The opening title card (“Due to my strong personal convictions, I wish to stress that this film in no way endorses a belief in the occult”) was inserted due to Jackson’s Jehovah’s Witness faith.
- “Thriller” is a coming-of-age story. “In adolescence, youngsters begin to grow hair in unexpected places and parts of their anatomy swell and grow,” director John Landis explained, regading the role of the werewolf metaphor in cinematic history.
Michael Jackson's Thriller premiered on MTV on December 2, 1983. It was launched to great anticipation and played regularly on MTV. [19] It doubled sales of Thriller , and the documentary sold over a million copies, becoming the best-selling videotape at the time. [15]
Michael Jackson's official 4K music video for "Thriller"Listen to more Michael Jackson: https://MichaelJackson.lnk.to/Stream!toMichael Jackson's 14-minute sh...
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Michael Jackson: Thriller: Directed by John Landis. With Michael Jackson, Ola Ray, Forrest J. Ackerman, Reed Armstrong. 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.
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Dec 2, 2016 · By Leslie Richin. 12/2/2016. Thirty-three years ago today (Dec. 2), MTV aired the full 13-minute version of Michael Jackson ‘s “Thriller” music video for the first time. In 1984 the single...
It first broadcast on MTV on December 2, 1983—the network’s first world premiere video—and was soon released on videocassette as part of Making Michael Jackson’s Thriller, a feature-length documentary that was named the Best Selling Music Video by The Guinness Book of World Records in 2002.
