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An ITN Archive production documenting the life and death of Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson was a unique artist with record sales of over 750 million albums and the first man to launch videos on MTV with Beat It. In this official documentary from the archives of ITN, we gain a unique insight into the man who was both recluse and brilliant global showman. With archive footage showing the highs and lows of his career, his relationships with Elizabeth Taylor, Princess Di, Lisa Marie Presley and a host of of memories, this programme is a celebration of a superstar who shaped modern music for a generation. This documentary of Michael Jackson s life features: The Jackson Five child star who charmed the world, constantly living under pressure from his demanding father. The Thriller Years when he could do no wrong. How he created a 60 million selling album that is still the biggest seller of all time. How Jacko Went Ex centric. How genius talent gave way to eccentricity that saw him befriending Bubbles his chimp, sleeping in an oxygen tent, changing his appearance and creating a Neverland hideaway. The Final Curtain - culminating in what is sure to be an emotional funeral with exclusive footage from ITN and Fox America of the funeral. How did it all end so abruptly just as he was set to stage the come back of all time in front of 750,000 UK fans? The whole extraordinary story brought together....essential viewing for all Jacko fans. Includes contributions from: Quincy Jones, Beyonce, La Toya Jackson, Janet Jackson, Paul Gambochini and rare interviews from the King of Pop himself.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Expected more from ITN,
By Thomas Joseph "Thomas" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Michael Jackson: History - The King of Pop 1958 - 2009 [DVD] (DVD)
I was expecting this to feature lots of rare newsclips of MJ performing- but as this is not official- there is NONE of Michaels actual music- what you are 'treated' to are really bad instrumentals of his music, which sound like they have been knocked up on a keyboard. The footage itself is VERY grainy- and when it's Michael on stage- the sound is muted (as they are not allowed to have his music played) and the dreadful keyboards kick in again- sometimes for up to 4 minutes at a time and all you see are grainy images of Michael. I never buy items like this, and only did because I thought as it was from the archives of ITN it would be good quality- I was very wrong.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Historic Footage,
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This review is from: Michael Jackson: History - The King of Pop 1958 - 2009 [DVD] (DVD)
Having bought this and seen a couple of poor reviews on Amazon I was beginning to think I'd bought a turkey, but I was delighted with the range of content when I sat down to watch it. As a Michael fan I have all the official products but there are rare archive interviews that I have never seen before and a fascinating two minutes of Michael visiting sick children in hospital that is really up close and personal. To criticise it for not having Michael's actual music in the programme is a banal criticism as it is not an official Sony release and doesn't even pretend to be an official release. It is what is says on the tin - a familiar and not so familiar collection of Michael Jackson archives from around the world, woven into a story of his life which concentrates on his career, fans, success, court cases, this is it comeback and sad death.
Out of the 70 minutes of the programme, I think that there is probably 20 minutes of clips and interviews from Australia, America, Germany, Belgium, Japan, etc that I have never seen before. And as a Jacko fan that is exactly what I want to see. For seven pounds that is a bargain. The Australian interview at the time of the bad tour is really touching and the sound a like tracks can be forgiven for this alone. Overall the tone of the DVD is very positive towards Michael and I'm pleased that it doesn't treat the fans as morons with many interviews of his UK fans for the this is it ticket sales. There are three extras on the disc not mentioned on the Amazon write up which are Memorial Day with interviews from the world's journalists as they prepare for the memorial concert, Michael at the House of Commons and Exeter football club; and finally an Australian fan called James Jackson who has his own version of Neverland. Gambaccini tells the facts of his career as they are: Michael was the greatest showman, singer and entertainer of our era, and long after the dirt has been trawled over by the media, he will be remembered for his talent and that alone. I can't see how anyone can construe this as negative, Gambaccini has made the right call in my opinion.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Unprofessional of ITN,
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This review is from: Michael Jackson: History - The King of Pop 1958 - 2009 [DVD] (DVD)
I bought this ITN DVD expecting a very professionally presented DVD with very good to high resolution news footage of Michael Jackson. That's not what you get when you watch this DVD. I have some of the news records I recorded myself of Michael Jackson from ITN in the 1980's to 2000's that are much better quality than whats shown on this DVD.
I also expected to watch news footage of Michael Jackson with no voice over giving "their" opinion on the life and career of Michael Jackson. I was very disappointed to hear Paul Gambaccini warped tabloid opinions spread all over this DVD like a bad rash, such as his view is that Michael Jackson's marriage to Lisa Marie Presley was a "marriage of convenience" which his opinion but not a fact. ITN News footage as the print on this DVD leads the buyer in to thinking it's a DVD that shows Michael's life in the media as caught by ITN as it was, with the view watching and being able to make up there own opinion. But this DVD uses Paul Gambaccini quite negative views (which are his hypotheses not actual fact) to influence the viewer. I have personally always thought ITN was anti Michael Jackson, and this DVD in my opinion confirms this. My advice is, if like me you have a lot of news footage of Michael Jackson don't buy this DVD. If you don't have any news footage of Michael, then just look on YouTube for footage. Because this DVD isn't show much Michael Jackson History, it's Paul Gambaccini's Views on Michael Jackson which isn't what most fans would be interested in.
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