AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER SPIKE LEE IMMERSED IN MICHAEL JACKSON DOCUMENTARY
FILM FOCUSES ON THE KING OF POP’S GROUND-BREAKING BAD ALBUM,TOUR AND VIDEOS TO CELEBRATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEALBUM’S RELEASE
It was announced today that Academy Award nominated filmmakerSpike Lee, in conjunction with the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music, isin the final stages of post production of a Michael Jacksondocumentary focusing on Michael’s landmark BAD album andworldwide tour. The project marks the first ever in-depth, behind the scenesfilm project to chronicle a Michael Jackson album, and is being filmed amid the25th anniversary celebration of the iconic album,record-breaking world tour and groundbreaking short films that changed musichistory. The documentary features over 40 interviews conducted personally bySpike Lee with Michael’s confidants, choreographers, musicians and othercollaborators who collectively unveil the real story of this “coming of age”project through their vivid recollections of what it was like to work day inand day out and live this project with Michael. BAD’s lastinginfluence is captured through interviews with some of today’s top artists,including Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Cee Lo Green and Sheryl Crow, who was aback-up singer on the BAD tour.The MichaelJackson BAD documentary joins an incredible body of Spike Leedocumentaries including the Peabody and Emmy Award winning, When TheLevees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts and its follow up, If God Is WillingAnd Da Creek Don’t Rise, Kobe Doin’ Work, and the Oscar Nominated, 4Little Girls. Lee directed both short films for Michael Jackson’s“They Don’t Care About Us” in 1996.
Spike Leecomments, “I’m more than just a huge fan of MichaelJackson, and having the chance to actually know him and work withhim, I deeply care about his legacy. With this BAD projectI was able to uncover just what made this such a huge, important coming of agein his career and unearth compelling stories surrounding the making of thealbum, the long awaited follow-up to Thriller – the best-selling album ofall time - the short films and the tour that may have never seen the lightof day.”
Among theinterviewees are Oscar-winning film director Martin Scorcese, Joe Pytka andother filmmakers who worked with Michael to bring the stories in his songs tolife on the screen through short films that remain today some of the most vividand creative storytelling by a musical artist as well as one of his Michael’spersonal engineers, Matt Forger, who worked with Michael at the recordingstudio at Michael’s Hayvenhurst home where the songs first came to life,keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, who worked on the album and then the BAD Tour.Also shedding light on the BAD album, short films and tour areindividuals like former CBS Head Walter Yetnikoff, as well aschoreographers Jeffrey Daniel and Vincent Paterson.
John Branca andJohn McClain, co-executors of The Estate of Michael Jacksoncomment, “Spike Lee’s genius as a storyteller combined with hispassion and first-hand appreciation of Michael’s artistry makes him the logicalfilmmaker to tell the story of BAD. We are thrilled to be workingwith him on this unique project.”
The third andfinal album collaboration for Jackson and Quincy Jones, BAD launcheda pivotal coming of age for the King of Pop as a performer, composer andproducer. The album was #1 around the world, made history with five consecutive #1singles on the Billboard chart, produced ten chart-topping singles, nine groundbreaking short films and to date,the BAD album has generated over 45 Million units insales. BAD was nominated for six Grammys and won two; thealbum earned Michael the first-ever Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAAwards. Songs on the original album are: “Bad,”“The Way You Make Me Feel,” “Speed Demon,” “Liberian Girl,” “Just Good Friends”featuring Stevie Wonder, “Another Part of Me,” “Man in the Mirror,”“I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Dirty Diana,” “Smooth Criminal,” with “LeaveMe Alone” added to the CD version of the album once released.
Spike Lee’s filmsupports the 25th anniversary of BAD, which willalso be celebrated with the September 18th release of BAD25, a must-have deluxe package featuring three CDs, two collectiblebooklets, and features the first-ever authorized DVD release of a concert fromthe record breaking BAD tour, the concert at Wembley Stadiumon July 16, 1988 attended by Princess Diana, Prince Charles and a sold-outcrowd of 72,000 fans. A BAD 25 two CD standard edition featuringthe original album plus the CD of demos and new remixes will also be madeavailable as a standalone edition of the DVD and a picture disc of the originalalbum.
More details on this and otherexciting projects relating to BAD’s 25th anniversary will beannounced soon.
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