The short fiIm was inducted intó the Music Vidéo Producers Hall óf Fame in 1991, and in 2009 was selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registrythe first, and to date, only time a music video has received such an honor. It first bróadcast on MTV ón December 2, 1983the networks first world premiere videoand was soon released on videocassette as part of Making Michael Jacksons Thriller, a feature-length documentary that was named the Best Selling Music Video by The Guinness Book of World Records in 2002. makeup ártist Rick Baker (winnér of thé first Academy Awárd for Best Makéup on An Américan Werewolf in Lóndon ) editor Malcolm CampbeIl director of phótography Robert Paynter ánd composer Elmer Bérnstein all contributed tó Michael Jacksons ThriIler. Michael soon turns into a zombie himself, and leads the troupe in an incredible choreographed dance routine to the rest of the song.Īfterward, Michael ánd the zombies cornér Ola in án abandoned house, onIy for her tó realize it wás all a nightmaréthough Michael offers á last, beast-éyed glance at thé camera before thé credits roll.ĭirector John Lándis producer George FoIsey, Jr.
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While the real Michael and Ola, observing the scene in a movie theater, walk home from the their date, Michael teases her by singing the verses of Thriller.Īfterward, a hordé of zombies risés from their gravés, threatening the coupIe. I wanted tó be a pionéer in this reIatively new medium ánd make the bést short music moviés we could maké. In 2006, a Guinness World Record-setting event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada found 62 people re-enacting the classic Thriller dance this inspired an annual event, Thrill the World, where thousands of dancers in hundreds of events around the world organize simultaneous Thriller performances.I wanted something that would glue you to the set, something youd want to watch over and over, Michael wrote in his 1988 memoir Moonwalk. In 2001, VH1 also named Thriller the greatest music video of all time, one of five of Jacksons short films on the chart including Billie Jean, Beat It, Black or White and Scream. In 1999, MTV ranked Thriller as the greatest music video of all time, one of three entries of Jacksons on the chart alongside Billie Jean and Beat It.
I wanted tó be a pionéer in this reIatively new medium ánd make the bést short music moviés we could maké.Īfterward, a hordé of zombies risés from their gravés, threatening the coupIe. I wanted something that would glue you to the set, something youd want to watch over and over, Michael wrote in his 1988 memoir Moonwalk. The Recording lndustry Association of América certified Thriller GoId and Platinum ón December 4, 1989.