Michael Jackson "Making of Thriller" 1983 DVD.05
Michael Jackson's Thriller is an American 13-minute music video for the song of
the same name released on December 2,1983. It was directed byjohn Landis, who
also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Jackson. It was MTV's first world
premiere video. Voted as the most influential pop music video of all time.
Thriller proved to have a profound effect on popular culture, and was named
"a watershed moment for the [music] industry" for its unprecedented
merging of filmmaking and music.
Costarring with Jackson was former Playboy centerfold Ola Ray (Playboy’s
Playmate of the Month in June 1980). The video was choreographed by Michael
Peters (who had worked with the singer on his prior hit "Beat It'), and
Michael Jackson. The video also contains incidental music by film music
composer Elmer Bernstein, who had previously worked with Landis
on An American Werewolf in London. The video (like the song) contains a spoken
word performance by horror film veteran Vincent Price.
The legendary video of Michael Jackson's "Thriller", and the video as
it was filmed on a DVD. And also a rare interview with Michael and Quincy
Jones. From Michael Jackson we take a look behind the "Thrills" of
Thriller It was released on VHS & LD and this DVD appears to have been
transferred from LD.
Year of manufacture: 1983
