This Is It (2009)
Movie: This Is It (2009)
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- Director: Kenny Ortega
- Release Date: 28 October 2009 (USA)
- Run Time: USA:112 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Documentary , Music
- MPAA: Rated PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images.
Tagline: Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before
Trivia: Before Jackson’s death, the footage was originally intended for DVD. It soon was combined with footage from the arena on the day of his death to make the feature film.
he film opens with a short text introduction stating the purpose of the footage and its intent “For the fans…”. After short dialogues from various dancers, Kenny Ortega is heard talking through the original concert opening sequence involving a body suit made from screens which display fast clips and images with bright intensity from which Jackson emerges on stage. Immediately after this, Jackson begins “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” first solo, which pauses half-way through and a small snippet of Jackson singing his song “Speechless” acapella is shown. Jackson is then joined by dancers and completes the first number. A short clip showing rehearsals of the “toaster” mechanism is shown before rehearsal footage of “Jam” is played. This plays directly into the green screen adaption of soldiers dancers for “Bad” which are also used for “They Don’t Really Care About Us” which is shown next. From here, the film shows Michael directing Ortega and his band for his solo rehearsal performance of “Human Nature” which he performs acapella, then acoustic and finally with full band. Green screen rehearsals for the video vignette for “Smooth Criminal” come next, with dress rehearsals of the song following, including parts of the vignette intertwined with the dancing. Jackson is seen next directing his musical team for the cues in his song “The Way You Make Me Feel.” Jackson then performs a rehearsal with dancers which he alters and changes as he goes. A small animatic introducing the Jackson 5 is shown afterwards, and Michael then rehearses “I Want You Back”, “The Love You Save”, “I’ll Be There” and “Shake Your Body.”
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