Moonwalker
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Moonwalker |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Jerry Kramer Jim Blashfield Colin Chilvers |
| script |
Michael Jackson David Newman |
| production | Ultimate Productions |
| music | Michael Jackson Bruce Broughton |
| camera |
Thomas E. Ackerman Robert E. Collins Frederick Elmes John Hora Crescenzo GP Notarile |
| cut |
David E. Blewitt Mitchell Sinoway Dale Beldin |
| occupation | |
| |
Moonwalker is an American musical film from 1988 with pop star Michael Jackson in the lead role.
action
The film begins with a film montage of concert excerpts from the title Man in the Mirror . The following is a look back at Michael Jackson's life: his career as a singer, from the Jackson Five to the Bad World Tour , which began in 1987. This is followed by a parody of the Bad video with Badder , in which all actors, including Michael Jackson, are played by children.
Only then does the film plot begin: Michael Jackson and three children accidentally overhear the unscrupulous Frank Lideo ("Mr. Big") ordering his henchmen to give the children of the world drugs so that they become dependent on him. When the hidden listeners are noticed, they are chased by Mr. Big and his people. Michael Jackson manages to escape the gangsters by turning himself into a car and driving away from them. After Michael and the three children have fled to the "Club 30s", Mr. Big and his men can track them down and kidnap one of the children (Katie). Michael, Sean and Zeke pursue the bandits to their hiding place, but are surrounded by them when they enter. A shootout by the armed criminals ensues as Michael transforms into a robot and eliminates the henchmen. Then Michael transforms himself into a spaceship and saves the children's lives because they were under fire from Mr. Big and Michael was able to destroy him with his laser beam.
The individual sections of the story are connected by music videos from Speed Demon , Leave Me Alone and Smooth Criminal . Finally, Michael Jackson can be seen in a performance of the Beatles song Come Together . During the end credits, a performance by the a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo will be shown with short making-of clips for the film, followed by a short version of the music video by Smooth Criminal .
Reviews
"Colorful and loud pop video fantasy mix."
“The film, which looks like a monumental video clip, builds up a completely synthetic world and stylizes its 'hero' as a charismatic leader and a modern savior figure. A tiring accumulation of embarrassments in their accumulation. "
“Inspired by trick technology, the whole thing is never a real film, more like a kaleidoscope of ideas and clips that somehow transcends the pure ego show in their own staging bordering on hubris and creates something amazing in a trashy way. Not a good film, but an exciting document. "
Production and Success
In addition to actor Joe Pesci , John Lennon's son Sean Lennon , Kellie Parker and Brandon Quintin Adams also star in the lead roles. Directed by Jerry Kramer and Colin Chilvers . In the German version of Moonwalker , voice actor and actor Matthias Hinze, who died in 2007, lent Michael Jackson his voice. In the second dubbed version, Jackson was spoken by Benedikt Weber . Brandon Quintin Adams played the young Michael Jackson in Badder . The son of Jackson's brother Jermaine Jackson , Jermaine Jackson Jr., also starred in the clip.
At the box office, Moonwalker was only a modest hit, despite Michael Jackson's enormous popularity. The film was also released on VHS and DVD / Blu-ray, although the DVD / Blu-ray version from 2005 includes a new German synchronization.
Awards
Moonwalker was nominated for the Saturn Award in the best special effects category, for which Oscar-winning visual effects specialist Hoyt Yeatman was responsible, who worked on films such as Abyss , Con Air and Mission to Mars .
Web links
- Moonwalker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 12 Blu-ray - FSK 12 DVD by Moonwalker at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Moonwalker . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2005 (PDF; test number: 60 905 V / DVD).
- ↑ http://www.cinema.de/kino/filmarchiv/film/moonwalker,1328330,ApplicationMovie.html
- ↑ Moonwalker. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.moviepilot.de/movies/moonwalker-2