This Is It Page #5

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
332 Views


I think in you I'll find

A love so true

Hey

When morning awakes me

Will you come and take me?

I'll wait for you

You know how I feel

This thing can't go wrong

I'm so proud to say I love you

I do

This thing can't go wrong

This feeling's so strong

Well

My life ain't worth living

If I can't be with you

I just can't stop loving you

Oh, oh, no

I just can't stop loving you

Said I can't stop

And if I stop

Then tell me, just what will I do?

I just can't stop loving you

We can change

All the world

Tomorrow

We can sing songs

Of yesterday

I can say

Hey, farewell to sorrow

This is my life and I

I want to see you for always

I just can't stop loving you

No, baby

I just can't stop loving you

Said I can't stop

And if I stop

Then tell me, just what will I do?

What will I do?

No, no

I just can't stop loving you

He-he-he

He-he-he

I just can't stop loving you

He-he-he

Know I do, girl

And if I stop

Then tell me, just what will I do?

Tell me

I just can't stop loving you

I just can't stop loving you

Hey

And if I stop

Then tell me, just what will I do?

Break down

Because

Because

I just can't stop

I just can't stop

I just can't stop, baby

I just can't stop, yeah

I can't stop, no, baby

I just can't stop, no

I just can't stop, no

I just can't stop

I can't stop, baby

I can't stop, no

I can't stop, no, baby

I can't stop, no

HILL:

Yeah

Oh, I just can't stop

Oh, I just can't stop loving

You

Now, don't make me sing out

when I shouldn't be singing out.

I'm warming... I'm trying to warm up

my voice for this moment.

Why do you do this to me?

I shouldn't be singing right now.

No. No, no.

BEARDEN:
You better sing!

I'm warming up to the moment.

BEARDEN:

But you just can't help it, MJ.

No, but, I shouldn't. I really shouldn't.

BEARDEN:
Yeah, but you felt it.

No, no.

BEARDEN:
But you can allow

yourself that one time.

I can't do that.

But you're fine to do it.

I gotta save my voice.

That ending was just like the

smelliest ending of all the versions.

Band, it's just this.

This is what it is.

Whoo. What day is it?

What time is it?

We're like, you know...

We're down to the wire.

We're like halfway through

our film shoot

...for all of our incredible...

...new film content for This Is It.

Today we are filming new

segments for "Thriller," 3-D.

["THRILLER" PLAYING]

Argh!

Do I still have on my 3-D glasses?

Yes, you do.

Oh, good.

I think I look great

in these glasses.

Do I look

as old as I feel?

ORTEGA:
Guys, please step

away if you're not in the shot.

Photographers, everybody.

Clear the set now for the crew.

WOMAN:
Rolling!

ORTEGA:
Here we go.

Action.

This guy should be

getting out soon.

PAYNE:

You guys, be aware of the camera.

Look up to it.

There's gonna be light on him,

Michael. There's no light on him now.

Give the information

to him.

ORTEGA:
Gravedigger, right

into the camera. Put your...

There it is. Right into it, right

in there. That's it, keep going.

Right there.

ORTEGA:
That's it.

Right into the camera. Reach your

hands out in front of you, guys.

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

That's it, beautiful!

Whoo!

ORTEGA:
Keep coming. Yeah, right

into the lens, in the center.

I'm in the center of the camera.

There you go.

Now, go out. Go out. Good. And cut.

It's brilliant. Thank you, everybody.

ORTEGA:
We call these the dead

brides and the dead grooms.

And there'll be a parade of them

moving through the aisles in "Thriller."

[THUNDER CRASHING]

[BATS SCREECHING]

[VINCENT PRICE CACKLING]

[SCREAMS]

VINCENT PRICE [IN VOICE-OVER]:

Darkness falls across the land

The midnight hour is close at hand

Creatures crawl in search of blood

To terrorize y'all's neighborhood

And whosoever shall be found

[HOWLING]

Without the soul for getting down

Must stand and face

The hounds of hell

And rot inside a corpse's shell

MICHAEL:

It's close to midnight

And something evil's

Lurking in the dark

Under the moonlight, you see a sight

That almost stops your heart

You try to scream

But terror

Takes the sound before you make it

You start to freeze

As horror

Looks you right between the eyes

You're paralyzed

Cos this is thriller

Thriller night

And no one's gonna save you

From the beast about to strike

You know it's thriller

Thriller night

You're fighting for your life

Inside a killer, thriller tonight

You hear the door slam

And realize there's nowhere

Left to run

You feel the cold hand

And wonder if you'll ever see the sun

You close your eyes

And hope that this is

Just imagination

Girl

But all the while

You hear a creature

Creeping up behind

You're out of time

Cos this is thriller

Thriller night

Girl, I can thrill you more

Than any ghost would ever dare try

Thriller

Whoo-hoo!

Thriller night

So let me hold you tight

And share a killer, thriller

Ow!

[SCREECHES]

VINCENT PRICE:

The demons squeal in sheer delight

It's you they spy, so plump, so right

For though the groove

Is hard to beat

Yet still you stand with frozen feet

You try to run, you try to scream

But no more sun you'll ever see

For evil reaches from the crypt

To crush you in its icy grip

Cos this is thriller

Thriller night

Cos I can thrill you more

Than any ghost would ever dare try

Thriller

Whoo-hoo!

Thriller night

So let me hold you tight

And share a killer, thriller

Ow! Ow!

[BAND PLAYING SOFT MUSIC]

[BAND PLAYING ROCK MUSIC]

[VINCENT PRICE CACKLING

OVER SPEAKERS]

ORTEGA:
Make sure that there's

somebody waiting for Michael there

with a flashlight

and everything. Great.

MAN 1:

Whoo!

MAN 2:

Yeah!

Now, you know,

could we do that times 10?

Absolutely!

[PEOPLE LAUGHING]

Okay, so next is the fire screen. We're

gonna show you some chase sequences.

[PEOPLE CHEERING]

Rock 'n' roll!

["WHO IS IT" PLAYING]

Today was all about testing the

chandelier and bed props for the show

with our aerialists

and pole-dancing experts.

It's all about

checking dimension

and widths and pipe

and how things work together.

COTTEN:

Building props with people on it

is a big responsibility

and a lot of fun

because we have to design things

around the human body.

This is the first time in the history

that we've worked with Michael,

for the past 25 years, that we

are including lighted elements

in his "Billie Jean" costume.

The cut of the stones,

the refraction of the light

as we're applying them, you almost need sunglasses,

just the reflection if you're trying to get them on.

We're bringing things

into his performance

where they haven't been developed at all.

And it's just being developed for Michael.

I'm working with scientists

in the Netherlands,

I'm working with people in California,

I'm working with Swarovski.

Always trying to push the boundaries, you

know, because that's what Michael's about.

ORTEGA:

Now, is this working this evening?

Without running the number, I would

just like it, if Michael would like to,

just to give him a little ride so that

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