This Is It Page #8

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
369 Views


Church.

The church

of rock and roll.

BEARDEN:

I'm a fan.

God bless you.

Get some water.

Water, water

ORTEGA:
I just wanna say as Michael's

creative partner in this venture,

this has been one of the most extraordinary

experiences of my creative life.

I am so proud and so thrilled

and so excited,

and I just wanna thank everybody

for their extraordinary work.

And I'm gonna just give this

to Michael now.

Everybody's doing a great job.

Let's continue

and believe and have faith.

Give me your all, your endurance,

your patience, and your understanding.

But it's an adventure,

it's a great adventure.

It's nothing to be nervous about.

They just want wonderful

experiences, they want escapism.

We wanna take them places

that they've never been before.

We wanna show them talent

like they've never seen before.

So give your all.

And I love you all.

And we're a family.

Just know that.

We're a family.

That's right.

Amen.

We're putting love back into the world to

remind the world that love is important.

Love is important. To love each other.

We're all one. That's the message.

And take care of the planet.

We have four years to get it right or else

it's irreversible, the damage we've done.

So we have an important

message to give.

Okay? It's important.

But I thank you for your cooperation

so far. Thank you. Big thank you.

Blessings! Blessings to all.

ORTEGA:

Michael Jackson!

[CHEERING]

Have a beautiful Sunday.

Be safe. Stay healthy.

Energy!

ORTEGA:

On three! On three, "Michael."

One, two, three!

ALL:

Michael!

["MAN IN THE MIRROR" PLAYING]

What I'd like to do right now is just run,

for a sound check, "Man in the Mirror."

Okay.

And then we'll talk about the ending.

MJ Air.

Your favorite part.

Right?

They'd love that.

You have to do it like MJ.

No, no, no.

PAYNE:

You know you love that part.

I love when you...

No, no.

That's how the stewardesses do it,

I love when they do that.

I love it.

When I was in third grade, the first song

I sang in school was "Man in the Mirror."

So it's kind of cool, like,

going from that to this,

singing it onstage with Michael.

So it's just an amazing experience

to be onstage with him.

He's such an amazing artist.

And no message

Could have been any clearer

If you wanna make the world

A better place

Take a look at yourself

And then make a change

I'm starting with

The man in the mirror

Whoo

I'm asking him

To change his ways

Whoo

And no message

Could have been any clearer

If you wanna make the world

A better place

Take a look at yourself

And then make that change

I'm starting with

The man in the mirror

Oh, yeah

I'm asking him

To change his ways

To change

No message

Could have been any clearer

If you wanna make the world

A better place

Take a look at yourself

And then make a change

You gotta get it right

While you got the time

Cos when you close your heart

You can't close your, your mind

That man

That man in the mirror, oh, yeah

That man, that man

That man, that man

Make a change

You know, you know, you know

If you wanna make the world

A better place

Take a look at yourself

And then make that change

Whoo!

Whoo! Whoo!

Na-na-na, na-na-na

Whoo! Whoo!

Na-na-na, na-na-na

Whoo! Whoo!

Gonna feel real good

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Na-na-na, na-na-na

Ooh

Oh, no, no, no

I'm gonna make a change

It's gonna feel real good

Change

Just lift yourself, you know

You gotta stop it

Yourself

Yeah!

Make that change

You gotta make that change

Today

Man in the mirror

You gotta move it, you know

You know

You gotta stand up

Stand up, stand up!

Make that change

Stand up and lift yourself now

Man in the mirror

You know it, you know it

You know it

Whoo!

Stand up and make that change

Change

You know

Man in the mirror

Yea-a-a-ah

Na-na, na-na

Yeah!

Na-na, na-na

Make that change

Man in the mirror

Na-na, na-na

Yeah

Na-na, na-na

Make that change

Man in the mirror

Na-na, na-na

Make that change

Make that change

Make that change

Make that change

WOMAN:

Ready? One, two, three, uh...

["THIS IS IT" PLAYING]

MICHAEL:

This is it

Here I stand

I'm the light of the world

I feel grand

Got this love I can feel

And I know, yes, for sure, it is real

And it feels as though I've seen

Your face a thousand times

And you said

You really know me yourself

And I know that you

Have got addicted with your eyes

But you say

You're gonna live it for yourself

Oh, I never heard

A single word about you

Falling in love wasn't my plan

My plan

I never thought

That I would be your lover

Come on, baby, just understand

This is it

I can say

I'm the light of the world

Run away

We can feel

This is real

Every time

I'm in love, yeah, I feel

And I feel as though I've known you

Since a thousand years

And you tell me

That you've seen my face before

And you said to me

You don't want me hanging round

Many times

Wanna do it, even before

Oh, yeah

I never heard

A single word about you

Falling in love wasn't my plan

My plan

I never thought

That I would be your lover

Come on, baby

Just understand

This is it

This is it

I can feel

I'm the light of the world

This is real

Feel my song

We can sing

And I tell you

I feel that way

And I feel as though I've known you

For a thousand years

And you said

You want some of this yourself

And you said you wanted to go

With me on a ride

And I know

That it's really cool myself

Oh, yeah

I never heard

A single word about you

Falling in love wasn't my plan

My plan

I never thought

That I would be your lover

Come on, please, dear, understand

Understand

I never heard

A single word about you

Falling in love wasn't my plan

My plan

I never thought

That I would be your lover

Come on, dear, please understand

Understand

Oh, yeah

I'd never heard

A single word about you

Falling in love wasn't my plan

My plan

I never thought

That I would be your lover

Come on, please, dear

["HEAL THE WORLD" PLAYING]

There's a place in your heart

And I know that it is love

And this place could be

Much brighter than tomorrow

And if you really try

You'll find there's no need to cry

In this place you'll feel

There's no hurt or sorrow

There are ways to get there

If you care enough for the living

Make a little space

Make a better place

Heal the world

Make it a better place

For you and for me

And the entire human race

There are people dying

If you care enough for the living

Make a better place

For you and for me

Heal the world

Heal the world

Make it a better place

All of it

For you and for me

And the entire human race

There are people dying

If you care enough for the living

Make a better place

For you and for me

You and for me

Heal the world we live in

You and for me

Save it for our children

You and for me

Heal the world we live in

You and for me

Save it for our children

You and for me

Heal the world we live in

You and for me

CHILD:
Save it for our children

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