Michael Jackson - Number Ones

Music
USA  /  English

This compilation of famous videos gives a viewer an understanding of what made Michael Jackson a phenomenon in the 1980s. The series features most of his well-known video renditions of the music and dance for which he became legendary. Viewers will see again “Thriller,” his horror special-effects homage with the mellifluous tones of Vincent Price as narrator. Also included here is “Billie Jean” with its checkerboard dance floor and “Beat It” with the dancing thugs in a warehouse. The video version of tunes also features “Rock with You” and “Don’t Stop Till You Get Enough,” as well as “Bad,” and “Black and White.” Notable personalities hobnob in the proceedings, and viewers will be able to pick out Marlon Brando, Macaulay Culkin, Tyra Banks, Lisa Marie Presley, and Peggy Lipton. Many celebrated directors contributed to Jackson’s video successes, such as John Landis with “Thriller,” and Martin Scorcese with “Bad.” Other videos in the collection are “Smooth Criminal,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and “Man in the Mirror.”