Michael Jackson’s This Is It Reviews and Video Trailer

michael-jacksons-this-is-it-reviews-and-video-trailer Michael Jackson’s This Is It reviews and video trailer below. The saving grace of Michael Jackson’s swan song This Is It, a grab-bag of rehearsal footage, on-camera interviews and backstage moments captured on the fly, is that its contents were never intended as a film, according to telegraph.

King of Pop Michael Jackson’s This Is It Reviews: According to Wikipedia Michael Jackson’s This Is It is a 2009 American concert film documenting Michael Jackson’s rehearsals of the concert series of the same name, both on stage and behind the scenes. Michael Jackson’s This Is It film shows MJ mentoring his team for the 50 shows, as well as him creating, developing and ultimately staging the high-tech performances. The footage was filmed at The Forum and the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Despite originally being set for an October 30, 2009 release date, the film’s release date was rescheduled for October 28, 2009, with a limited two-week run. Tickets went on sale a month early on September 27, 2009, to satisfy a high anticipated demand.

On August 10, 2009, 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 film rights. The trailer first premiered during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13, 2009, along with the simultaneous launching of the official movie website.

Michael Jackson’s This Is It film’s tour director Kenny Ortega released the following statement regarding the film: “The footage that was captured from the early stages of the production to our technical rehearsals at the STAPLES Center in L.A. will show Michael as he truly was, creatively involved with every aspect of the production, from the staging and choreography, to the music, lighting, production design and conception of the original short films and video backdrops. This Is It was Michael’s last theatrical work and although it was still a work in progress, I think the footage will show that the process was something that Michael deeply enjoyed.”

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Michael Jackson’s This Is It Background: On March 5, 2009 at the O2 Arena, Jackson announced that he was to perform 10 concert performances as part of a comeback. Jackson suggested possible post-show retirement: “I just wanted to say that these will be my final show performances in London. When I say this is it, it really means this is it.” On March 11, two days before pre-sale began, an extra 40 dates, totaling to 50 tour dates, were added to meet high demand—five of these dates were reserved in their entirety for the public sale. Jackson’s 50 dates would make the concerts the longest residency at the arena. In May, 2009, the tour was originally set to have begun on July 8, 2009, and finished on March 6, 2010. On May 20, 2009, it was announced that the first concert would be pushed back by five days to July 13, and three other July dates would be rescheduled for March, 2010. AEG Live stated that the delay was necessary because more time was needed to prepare, mainly for dress rehearsals. The revised schedule called for 27 shows between July 13, and September 29, 2009, followed by a three month break, and resuming in 2010, with 23 more shows between January 7, and March 6, 2010.

The This Is It concert tour would have been Jackson’s first major performances and series of concerts since the HIStory World Tour that began in 1996 and finished in 1997. In preparation for the concerts, Jackson had been collaborating with multiple well known and high profile figures, such as clothing designer Christian Audigier, who would have served as the tours costume’s designer; Kenny Ortega, who would have served as his choreographer;, Rushka Bergman, who would have served as his personal stylist and creative consultant, and body builder Lou Ferrigno, who would have served as his personal trainer. On June 29, 2009, only days after Jackson’s death, AEG Live, the concert’s promoter, offered ticket holders two choices – to either get refunded all the money spent of their ticket(s) or to keep the ticket(s) as a ’souvenir’ and ‘memento’ by receiving the printed ticket that Jackson had ’supposedly’ designed himself.

Death of Michael Jackson: The death of Michael Jackson occurred after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California on June 25, 2009. He was treated by paramedics at the scene, but was pronounced dead at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. His personal physician, Conrad Murray, stated that he had found Jackson in his room, not breathing but with a faint pulse, and administered CPR to no avail. While initial reports discussed the possible role of painkillers in Jackson’s death, attention later turned to the medications he reportedly took for insomnia, most notably the anesthetic propofol (Diprivan). On August 28, 2009, the Los Angeles County Coroner released an official statement saying that Jackson’s death was a homicide caused by the combination of drugs in his system. Before his death, Jackson reportedly had been administered propofol, lorazepam and midazolam. Law enforcement officials are conducting a manslaughter investigation of his personal physician, who has told investigators that he had been trying to wean Jackson off of propofol. Jackson’s memorial was held on July 7, 2009 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where he was rehearsing for the London concerts just two days before his death, and was broadcast live around the world, attracting a global audience of up to one billion people.

On August 18, 2009, a spokesperson for the Jackson family stated that Jackson’s burial was scheduled for to be held at 10:00 AM, on August 29, 2009 (his 51st birthday). However on August 20, 2009, Jackson’s father confirmed that the burial had been delayed by two days, to August 31, because the family needed more time to prepare. On August 21, 2009, it was reported that the burial had been delayed – for a second time – to September 3, 2009. Jacksons’s service and burial was held at Forest Lawn Cemetery of Glendale on September 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm; 10 weeks to the day after his death. The burial was attended mainly by family and close friends. Jackson’s burial site (the Holly Terrace section in the Great Mausoleum) is not accessible to the general public or to the media, except on a ‘limited basis.’ Jackson’s family had originally been considering burying Jackson at his Neverland Ranch – however, some family members objected to the site, having felt that the ranch had been “tainted by the sexual abuse allegations.” On September 2, 2009, Jackson’s estate agreed to pay for the cost of the his burial. The burial’s overall cost reportedly was “about $50,000″.

Source: Wikipedia and Telegraph

Michael Jackson’s This Is It Reviews and Video Trailer

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