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Michael Jackson's This Is It is a 2009 (last year) American concert movie documenting Michael Jackson's rehearsals of the concert series of the same name (scheduled to start on Jul. 13, 2009 (last year), but cancelled because of his death on Jun. 25, 2009 (last year)), both on stage and behind the scenes. The movie shows Jackson mentoring his team for the 50 shows, as well as him creating, developing, and ultimately staging the high-tech performances. The film's director Ortega confirmed that when Jackson had filmed footage of himself rehearsing that he never had the intention of releasing it to the public, but after Jackson's death, it was agreed that the movie be made and released for Jackson's fans. The footage was filmed at The Forum and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Despite originally being set for an Oct. 30, 2009 (last year), release date, the film's release date was rescheduled for Oct. 28, 2009; due to a strong demand by Jackson's fans. The was given a wide worldwide release and a limited two-week theatrical run from Oct. 28, to Nov. 12, 2009 (last year). Tickets went on sale a month early on Sep. 27, 2009 (last year), to satisfy a high anticipated demand.

Since the confirmation of the film, AEG Live had faced criticism mostly consisting of theories that they'd only made the movie solely for them to be able to make a profit off Jackson. Multiple members of Jackson's family had confirmed that they didn't support the movie and some family members went as far as to try to stop the movie agreement in August. The movie has also been surrounded by multiple controversies, including a Jackson body double hoax; which Sony denied, and an outrage from Jackson fans; with some going as far as to start a protest against the film.

On Aug. 10, 2009 (last year), Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff approved a deal between Michael Jackson's estate, concert promoter AEG Live, and Sony Pictures. This allowed Sony Pictures to edit the hundreds of hours of rehearsal footage needed to create the motion picture. Sony subsequently paid $60 million for the movie rights. The trailer first premiered during the 2009 (last year) MTV Video Music Awards on Sep. 13, 2009 (last year), along with the simultaneous launching of the film's official website. To date, the movie has broken numerous box office records via tickets sales worldwide. The movie was released to positive reviews from both critics and Jackson fans, negative responses mainly consisted of people having felt that the movie was made just to profit off Jackson's death and that Jackson wouldn't have wanted the movie released because he was a "perfectionist".

Trailer

Content

The movie 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 (wallpaper) 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 movie 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." Jackson stops only to report problems with his earpiece. After this, Jackson sings with one of his back up singers on his duet song "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" in which he sings at full strength, directing his partner as he goes. The filming for the "Thriller" vignette is then shown with Jackson and Ortega watching with 3D glasses. Jackson is then seen rehearsing "Thriller" with the vignette intertwined like that in "Smooth Criminal."

During the dance sequence, puppets are suspended in the audience aisles while Jackson emerges from a robotic spider originally seen in the vignette. Jackson and Ortega rehearsing the cherry-picker is seen next, along with Jackson rehearsing "Beat It." Jackson creates the ending he wants for the song, a long drum build up in which he tears off his jacket and burns it. Footage of the show's aerialists rehearsing to the instrumental of "Who Is It" is shown next, followed by the Jackson and his band rehearsing "Black or White," in which he allows guitarist Orianthi Panagaris to take centre stage to finish with a high guitar rift. The video-sequence for "Earth Song" is shown next, featuring a small girl who wanders through an abundant forrest, falls asleep, and wakes up to find the forrest destroyed by man. Jackson then performs the song both onstage and using the cherry-picker, with his voice being heard at the end telling of the dangers of Global Warming and the lack of reversible time left. Afterwards, Michael is seen conversing with Ortega, his dancers and band about the shows, trivial dance moves and his hopes for the concert series. He then performs a quick version of his song "Billie Jean" featuring an extra dance sequence. Michael is then seen talking to all crew members and wishing everyone the best for the London performances. As a sound check, Jackson performs "Man In The Mirror" with strong backing vocals. The movie ends with Jackson with his arms extended on stage with the message: "Michael Jackson (25 walls) King of Pop Love Lives Forever"

Cast

• Lead vocalist and dancer: Michael Jackson (25 walls)
• Choreographer: Michael Jackson (25 walls)
• Music By: Michael Jackson (25 walls), Janet Jackson, Robert Kelly, Quincy Jones. Music Distributed By Sony.
• Keyboards: Michael Bearden, Morris Pleasure
• Lead guitar: Orianthi Panagaris
• Rhythm guitar: Thomas Organ
• Bass: Alfred Dunbar
• Percussion: Roger Bashiri Johnson
• Drums: Jonathan Moffett
• Background vocalists: Judith Hill, Dorian Holley, Darryl Phinnesse, Ken Stacey
• Background dancers: Daniel Yao, Nicholas Bass, Daniel Celebre, Mekia Cox, Christopher Grant, Misha Hamilton, Shannon Holtzapffel, Devin Jamieson, Charles Klapow, Ricardo Reid, Danielle Rueda Watts, Tyne Stecklein, Timor Steffens

Development

The film's director and choregrapher; Ortega stated that the rehearsal footage and concept of making a movie to document the preparation of the concerts had come about as "an accident". Ortega stated the movie was pieced together from "private footage" of Jackson and the concerts crew rehearsing and that before Jackson's death, was never intended to be released to the public, or even in general. "The recordings were made so we could use them, then the tapes were destined for Michael [Jackson]'s private library. They have a real unguarded honesty to them." Ortega stated that he had gotten the idea to use the rehearsal footage from Jackon's fans after his death: "At first I got so many messages from fans around the world asking to see the shows, asking to see the footage and eventually I realised the journey wasn't over and we had to do this," and Ortega also stated that the movie was made only for the Jackson fans: "[The film] is for the fans and the movie will show the development and intentions of the show, and the concert as it moved closer to London."

Production

Development

Michael Jackson (25 walls) in 1984 (26 years ago). According to the film's director Ortega, Jackson had wanted to record video footage of him rehearsing for himself - and had no intention of ever releasing it to the public.The film's director and choregrapher; Ortega stated that the rehearsal footage and concept of making a movie to document the preparation of the concerts had come about as "an accident". Ortega stated the movie was pieced together from "private footage" of Jackson and the concerts crew rehearsing and that before Jackson's death, was never intended to be released to the public, or even in general. "The recordings were made so we could use them, then the tapes were destined for Michael [Jackson]'s private library. They have a real unguarded honesty to them." Ortega stated that he had gotten the idea to use the rehearsal footage from Jackon's fans after his death: "At first I got so many messages from fans around the world asking to see the shows, asking to see the footage and eventually I realised the journey wasn't over and we had to do this," and Ortega also stated that the movie was made only for the Jackson fans: "[The film] is for the fans and the movie will show the development and intentions of the show, and the concert as it moved closer to London."

Deal with AEG Live

On Aug. 10, 2009 (last year), Mitchell Beckloff, who is a Superior Court Judge, officially approved the deal between Columbia Pictures (film distributor) and AEG Live (the concerts promoter) for Columbia to be able to purchase and distribute rehearsal footage of Jackson and the rehearsal crew for the film. The deal also included a merchandising agreement with Bravado International Group - the company is a division of Universal Music Group that is owned by Vivendi - so that they can distribute and and sell "Jackson-themed products". Columbia had reportedly paid 60 million (£35 million) for rights to the rehearsal footage in court documents that were filed. The papers filed had also reportedly stated that Jackson's estate will get 90% of the profits and that AEG will get the remaining 10% from the film's revenue. In the agreement, Columbia and AEG Live both agreed in the deal that the final version of the movie should be no longer than 150 minutes (2 hours and 30 minutes), and that the movie must attain a PG rating. The contract also stated that the movie is not allowed to show footage of Jackson that shows him in a negative way, stating that: "Footage that paints Jackson in a bad light will not be permitted and "Under the terms of the proposed contract, the movie will have to be screened for Jackson’s estate and cannot include any footage that puts the superstar in a bad light." AEG stated that they'd had given Columbia over "100 hours of footage of preparations and rehearsals for the shows" as part of the deal."" The court papers stated that in order for the movie to be released to the public the final version of the movie must be screened to representatives for Jackson's Estate no later than Oct. 2, 2009 (last year).

Reception

The movie currently holds an 80% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 123 reviews. Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, reported that reviews were "generally favorable", with an average rating of 67 based on 30 reviews.

Soundtrack

1. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"  
2. "Jam"  
3. "They Don't Care About Us"  
4. "Human Nature"  
5. "Smooth Criminal"  
6. "The Way You Make Me Feel"  
7. "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)"  
8. "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"  
9. "Thriller"  
10. "Beat It"  
11. "Black or White"  
12. "Earth Song"  
13. "Billie Jean"  
14. "Man in the Mirror"  
15. "This Is It" (Album Version)
16. "This Is It" (Orchestra Version)

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Moviegoers were all for forgetting about reality this weekend as the check-your-brain-at-the-door action film 2012 opened to huge numbers. Roland Emmerich's latest disaster epic won the weekend by a large margin, nabbing a total of $220 worldwide and scoring the 9th biggest global opening on record according to Variety. Top 10 Films for the Weekend Ending November 15 (Estimates) 1) 2012 - $65,000,000 2) Disney's A Christmas Carol - $22,300,000 3) The Men Who Stare at Goats - $6,200,000 4) Precious - $6,000,000 5) Michael Jackson's This Is It - $5,100,000 6) The Fourth Kind - $4,700,000 7) Couples Retreat - $4,250,000 8) Paranormal Activity - $4,200,000 9) Law Abiding Citizen - $3,900,000 10) The Box - $3,100,000 (Photo &copy Columbia Pictures) Follow Me on TwitterBox Office Report - 2012 Destroys the Competition originally appeared on About.com Hollywood Movies on Sunday, November 15th, 2009 at 15:33:26.Permalink | Comment | Email this

Michael Jackson's This Is It Moonwalks Past $200M E! Online (UK) - 129 days ago
Michael Jackson's This Is It has made HIStory at the box office. The behind-the-scenes oncert documentary chronicling what would undoubtedly have been one of the biggest comebacks in...

Jackson's `This Is It' tops $200 million worldwide (AP) Yahoo! News: Entertainment News - 129 days ago
AP - Sony Pictures says "Michael Jackson's This Is It" has passed the $200 million mark at the box office worldwide.

Carrie Underwood Rules Billboard Again With Play On MTV News - 130 days ago
'Glee' soundtrack debuts strongly at #4; Weezer's Raditude comes in at #7.By Gil Kaufman Carrie Underwood Photo: Ethan Miller/ Getty Images Carrie Underwood will score her second #1 debut in a row next week, when her third album, Play On, tops the Billboard 200 chart, thanks to sales of 318,000. While the strong debut was cause for celebration, sales were more than 200,000 below the first week bid for the former "American Idol" champ's smash 2007 Carnival Ride disc, which moved more than 527,000 in its first week. Regardless, the numbers were more than enough to beat out the #2 album, the soundtrack to "Michael Jackson's This Is It," which will slip from the top perch in its second week thanks to a nearly 50 percent dip to 196,000, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan. But the double disc of mostly previously released material from the late pop star has easily crossed the half-million mark in two weeks and is likely to have strong sales thanks to the extension of the theatrical run of the documentary. The top 10 will get some other fresh blood, including a #3 bow for tenor Andrea Bocelli's My Christmas (149,000) and a #4 debut for the soundtrack to the hit choir competition show "Glee," which moved more than 113,000 copies after dominating the iTunes singles download charts for weeks. Also dropping in are the latest in the hits series Now That's What I Call Music, Vol. 32 at #5 (102,000) and Weezer's Raditude, which lands at #7 (66,000). The rest of the top 10: Taylor Swift's Fearless (#6, 70,000), Michael Bublé's Crazy Love (#8, 59,000), Sting's If on a Winter's Night (#9, 59,000) and the "New Moon" soundtrack (#10, 52,000). Just outside the top tier, the Foo Fighters hit #11 with their first greatest-hits compilation (44,000), followed by metal stalwarts Slayer with the cheerily titled World Painted Blood (#12, 41,000). The news was not great for reunited rockers Creed, whose first album in eight years, Full Circle, drops 12 spots to #14 in week two, after sales plummeted 65 percent to 39,000. Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 has fallen out of the top 10 for the first time since its debut two months ago, dropping to #15 (38,000). Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas had a decent debut week for his first solo effort, Phrazes for the Young, which comes in at #35 (14,000), two spots ahead of the Live at Reading disc from '90s grunge icons Nirvana (#37, 14,000). After multiple delays, former R&B It Girl Amerie lands softly at #46 with In Love&War (13,000), which puts her just ahead of singer Ryan Leslie, whose Transition musters a #50 bow on sales of 12,000. The second album from Southern California beach-rap bum Shwayze, Let It Beat, drops in at #55 (11,000). A number of anticipated releases appear to be hitting the skids, including the second album from Black Sabbath-loving Aussies Wolfmother, Cosmic Egg (#62, down 46 spots and 64 percent to 10,000); once-dominant radio titans Train, whose Save Me San Francisco slides more than 50 spots in week two to #70 on sales of 9,000; and R&B crooner Brian McKnight, whose Evolution of a Man nosedives 60-plus spots to #84 in its second week (down 69 percent to 8,000). Look for debuts next week from Bon Jovi and Britney Spears' greatest-hits album, as well as discs by Flyleaf, a live CD/DVD from the Killers and the latest from Dashboard Confessional. Related Photos Carrie Underwood Performs On 'Good Morning America' Related Artists Carrie Underwood