This Is It Page #2

Synopsis: In the weeks before his death, Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009) was rehearsing a show, "This Is It," that was to open in July. This film begins with a few of the auditioning dancers speaking to the camera about why they're trying out and what Jackson means to them. Then we plunge into rehearsals at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The film is arranged by musical number with pre-recorded material and footage from Jackson's various rehearsals edited together to take us through what would have been the concert's set list.
Director(s): Kenny Ortega
Production: Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures
  7 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
67
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
PG
Year:
2009
111 min
$71,844,424
Website
328 Views


stop till you get enough Ow!

["SMOOTH CRIMINAL" PLAYING]

She's the one.

[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]

And the Michael Jackson principal

dancers for This Is It are:

["BAD" PLAYING]

MAN 1:

Guys, those go over here.

Hey, guys?

Those go over here, actually.

MAN 2:

Aww.

Truss moving.

["JAM" PLAYING]

Quite the eventful day

because we got to be toasted.

There's elevator speed

and toaster speed.

Part of this, guys,

is anticipating the stop.

Keep your shoulders square,

keep your center,

and just get, like, right down into

a nice, good squat position like that,

and you're gonna come up and...

You feel that initial...?

Yeah, I do.

Yeah, that's

the adrenaline, baby.

CHORUS:

Jam

Jam

Jam

Nation to nation, all the world

Must come together

Face the problems that we see

Then maybe somehow

We can work it out

I asked my neighbor for a favor

She said, later

What has come of all the people?

Have we lost love

Of what it's about?

I have to find my peace

Cos no one seems to let me be

False prophets cry of doom

What are the possibilities?

I told my brother

There'll be problem times

And tears for fears

We must live each day

Like it's the last

Go with it, go with it!

Jam

It ain't

It ain't too much stuff

Jam

It ain't too much for me to

Jam

It ain't

It ain't too much stuff

Jam

It ain't too much for me to

Jam

Uh-huh

It ain't too much stuff

Jam

It ain't too much for me to

Jam

Uh-huh

It ain't too much stuff

Jam

Don't you...

It ain't too much for me

[WHIP CRACKING]

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[WHIP CRACKS]

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

It ain't too hot for me to jam

Ooh!

Jam

It ain't

It ain't too much stuff

Jam

It ain't... Don't you...

It ain't too much for me

Jam

It ain't too much stuff

Jam

It ain't too much for me

Get on it

Get on it, give it, baby

Give it to me

Got to get it

You just want to give it

[PEOPLE APPLAUDING]

We're at Culver Studios,

shooting green screen.

We're gonna do "The Drill" into "Cadence"

into "They Don't Really Care About Us."

And it's gonna be really cool because

they're gonna multiply the guys.

So our existing 11 guys

are gonna become 1100 guys,

and it'll be really, really cool.

So we're kind of excited.

And Michael's coming today.

MAN 1:
There's the man.

MAN 2:
There's Michael.

MAN 1:

The man is here.

MAN 3:

Whoo! Ow! Ow!

So that we can give you this:

A million people.

Michael, do you like this,

first of all?

Yeah, that's a cool move, a cool move,

but it spreads out too much to the end.

JONES:
So we can just stop it

whenever you hit the space bar.

You can go to infinity.

Yeah. As though

there's no more than

Or maybe just your nine dancers?

Ten.

Great.

Bah ooh bah ooh bah

What is that?

Jah ooh aah uh aah

One more time.

Six, seven, eight...

ALL:

Who?

Who's bad?

Who?

Who?

Skin head, dead head

Everybody gone bad

Situation, aggravation

Everybody allegation

In the suit, on the news

Everybody dog food

Bang bang, shot dead

Everybody's gone mad

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

Tell me what has become

Of my rights

Am I invisible cos you ignore me?

The proclamation promised me

Free liberty, now

I'm tired of bein'

The victim of shame

They're throwing me

In a class with a bad name

I can't believe this is the land

From which I came

Skin head, dead head

Everybody gone bad

Situation, speculation

Everybody allegation

Beat me, bash me

You can never trash me

Hit me, kick me

You can never get me

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

Oh!

KING [ON RECORDING]:

In what will go down in history

as the greatest demonstration for

freedom in the history of our nation.

Every day, create your history

Some things in life

They just don't wanna see

But if Martin Luther was livin'

He wouldn't let this be

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about

All I wanna say is that

They don't really care about us

[HORN HONKING]

[HORN HONKING]

ORTEGA:
Hold for applause,

hold for applause.

Slow umbrella fade out.

Why? Why?

Yeah. Yeah.

Let's just go for it.

Why? Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is

Human nature

Why? Why?

Does he do me that way?

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

MAN:

Ooh!

Does he do me that way?

I like livin' this way

I like lovin' this way

[ORTEGA LAUGHS]

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Reaching out

[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[SINGS INDISTINCTLY]

[WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

At a stranger

The city winks a sleepless eye

Hear her voice

Shake my window

You sound great, MJ.

You sound great.

Sweet seducing sighs

Get me out

Bam, something right there.

Into the night-time

Four walls

Won't hold me tonight

If this town

Is just an apple

Let me take a bite

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

Does he do me that way?

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

Does he do me that way?

Reaching out

Into the night-time

Electric eyes are everywhere

See that girl

She knows I'm watching

She likes the way I stare

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

Does he do me that way?

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

Does he do me that way?

I like livin' this way

I like lovin' this way

Hey, why, oh, why?

Hey, why, oh, why?

Looking out

[MUSIC PAUSES]

Across the morning

The city's heart begins to beat

See that girl

She knows I'm watching

She likes the way I stare

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

Does he do me that way?

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

Does he do me that way?

If they say

Why? Why?

Tell 'em that is human nature

Why? Why?

Does she do me that way?

Why? Why? Why?

Hey

Does he do me that way?

If they say

Why? Why? Why? Why?

Ooh

Tell 'em

Hey

I like livin' this way

I like lovin' this way

Ooh

Why? Why?

Oh, why?

Oh, why? Oh, why?

Oh, why?

[BIG-BAND MUSIC PLAYING]

Put the blame on Mame, boys

Put the blame on Mame

Mame did a dance

Called the Hitchy-koo

That's the thing

That slew McGrew

Put the blame on Mame, boys

ORTEGA:

We're seconds away, Mike.

MAN 1:
Rolling.

MAN 2:
Rolling.

And Gilda singing.

Put the blame

On Mame

MAN:

Bravo!

What's he doing here?

And cut. Ha-ha-ha.

That was a good one.

Let's cut.

ORTEGA:
Okay, Bruce?

JONES:
Yes, sir?

ORTEGA:
Rehearsed, and Michael

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