The 14-minute long video for “Thriller” includes narration from Vincent Price, and was created with a $500,000 budget – ten times more than any video at the time. Landis said, “that lawsuit went on for so many years, (but) we settled and they paid me finally, and so, actually there is something happening with ‘Thriller.’ ” Profits from the video were the subject of an ongoing lawsuit that was recently settled. The recasting of Thriller will be led by original director John Landis, whose work on “An American Werewolf in London” led to his initial hiring in 1983. he ultimately chose not to do it." Asked why, Ehrlich replied: "Michael was complex.Hailed as one of the greatest music videos of all time, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” will be re-released in 3D, according to the New York Daily News. "We had a meeting with him, he listened to it, and he did one of those, 'Boy this is really terrific'. "We had put together what I thought was a pretty exciting mash-up of his hits," Ehrlich recalled. "There would be a Michael call, there would be a Prince call, sometimes there would be meetings." In 2008, CBS went so far as to air commercials advertising Jackson's appearance at the awards show. " some annual calls," Ehrlich told the LA Times. This wasn't the first time the King of Pop had made such vows. These will be distributed to the Staples Center's audience and through Target shops in the US.īefore the star's death in June, Ehrlich said Jackson promised to perform at this year's Grammy gala. To fully appreciate the Earth Song footage, viewers will have to wear 3D glasses. The environment is being affected and trees are being cut down." "It introduces a little girl, a beautiful little girl who at one point in the film basically goes to sleep, and when she wakes up – she's in a forest and it's very pastoral – and when she wakes up, all of a sudden it's all changed and it's bad. " starts out with some beautiful images of the world and our environment, and Michael's child-like love for animals, birds and dolphins," Ehrlich said. Jackson himself does not appear in the clip.
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Although an excerpt of the footage appears in the posthumous Jackson documentary, This Is It, the Grammy broadcast on 31 January will mark the video's full debut. Jackson shot a new, 3D music video to accompany the song, but didn't get the chance to screen it before an audience. "The song was so important to him," Ehrlich said. It is an orchestral ballad, bombastic and eco-friendly, and Jackson planned to make it a highlight of his London residency. It's like a tip of the hat."Įarth Song originally appeared on Jackson's 1995 album HIStory. This felt to us like it was really a way of representing him. "You just don't ever necessarily want to see anybody but Michael doing Beat It or Billie Jean. "To try and imitate him, to try and represent him, it just didn't feel to me like it was something we should do," explained Grammy producer Ken Ehrlich. Jackson's own rendition of Earth Song will be broadcast alongside tributes by Celine Dion, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson and Usher. A 3D video segment from Michael Jackson's aborted O2 residency will air at this year's Grammy awards, as part of a celebration to the singer.