Making Michael Jackson's Thriller Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)



the palace theatre featured in music video.


released in tandem video hour-long documentary providing candid glimpses behind scenes of production. called making michael jackson s thriller, it, too, shown heavily on mtv time , top-selling home-video release of time @ 1 point, on 9 million copies sold. vhs included video clips songs can feel , beat , , motown 25 performance of billie jean audio clips jackson s songs off wall , workin day , night .


mtv paid $250,000 exclusive rights show documentary; showtime paid $300,000 pay-cable rights; , vestron music video reportedly put down additional $500,000 market cassette, in profit participation.


rick baker expected have few weeks special effects make zombies (which requires impressions taken of actors face base prosthetics on) find out dancers not cast until few days before shooting began. decided generic make dancers (using combination of precast prosthetics) while members of baker s crew in more elaborate make shots featured more closeups (like zombie coming out of manhole)








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