The reality is, it was a vanity video. Everything that happened on 'Thriller' happened because Michael wanted to turn into a monster. None of it was planned. I want to make that clear, because there was a course taught at the Harvard Business School on 'Thriller,' and it was complete bullshit. John Landis
Michael Jackson's Thriller is a music video staring Michael Jackson and directed by feature film director, John Landis. The 13-minute, story driven, film short premiered for the public on the MTV cable channel 3 December 1983. To help pay for the production, producer George Folsey Jr created the first making of documentary.... The music video was release together with The Making of Thriller on VHS and went on to sell 9.5 million copies. Mr Jackson wears a retro outer-space red leather jacket designed by noted costume designer, and wife of John Landis, Deborah Nadoolman Landis. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983/10/00 | Michael Jackson | Performer | Zombie dance sequense is filmed outside 3701 Union Pacific Ave near S Calzona St in East Los Angeles | ||||
| 1983/10/00 | Michael Jackson | Performer | Michael Jackson's Thriller video is shot in Los Angeles, produced for about $900,000 | ||||
| 1983/10/00 | Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis | Visitor | Outside 3701 Union Pacific Ave, a bad neighborhood in east Los Angeles, Jacqueline Onassis, editor of Jackson's Moonwalk autobiography, hangs out in Jackson's Winnebago during the filming of the Zombie dance sequense. | ||||
| 1983/11/14 | Michael Jackson's Thriller shown at a private premiere. | ||||||
| 1983/11/21 | Michael Jackson's Thriller's theatrical release. It was shown with Disney's Fantasia (1940) for one week in a Los Angeles movie theater. | ||||||
| 1983/12/02 | John Landis | Director | Michael Jackson's "Thriller" premieres on the MTV. | ||||
| 2011/06/00 | Milton Verrett pays for 1.8 million dollars for Jackson's red jacket from the 'Thriller' video, about twice as much as the video cost to make |
| Particulars for Michael Jackson's Thriller: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Type | Film | ||
| Narrative Arts | Live Action | ||
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Time | Near Midnight | end of one day and the beginning of the next | |
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