Ghosts (I) (1997)

The story tells of a small town that is very much bothered by a very strange and weird man living in a visually haunted house. One day the mayor decides to go with a couple of people from ... See full summary »

Director:

Stan Winston

Writers:

Stan Winston (screenplay), Mick Garris (screenplay),

Stars:

Michael Jackson, Pat Dade, Amy Smallman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Jackson	...	Maestro / Mayor / Mayor Ghoul / Super Ghoul / Skeleton
Pat Dade	...	Pat
Amy Smallman	...	Amy
Edwina Moore	...	Edwina
Mos Def	...	Dante (as Dante Beze)
Seth Smith	...	Seth
Kendall Cunningham	...	Kendall
Loren Randolph	...	Loren
Heather Ehlers	...	Heather
Michael Balderrama	...	Dancer
Troy Burgess	...	Dancer
Nicole Pantenburg	...	Dancer (as Nikki Pantenburg)
John Gregory	...	Dancer (as John 'Havic' Gregory)
Travis Payne	...	Dancer
Michael Gregory	...	Dancer

Storyline

The story tells of a small town that is very much bothered by a very strange and weird man living in a visually haunted house. One day the mayor decides to go with a couple of people from his town to the weird man who's living up the hill, and tell him to leave. When they reach the mayor starts convincing him to leave his town, but the people with the mayor started liking Michael Jackson, and he started singing to them and scaring the mayor. Until in the end the mayor gets too scared and runs away, and the people come to know that Michael isn't too bad after all.

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Plot Keywords:

haunted house | ghost | skeleton | music video | motion capture | 

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Taglines:

Are you scared yet?

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Genres:

Short | Horror | Music

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1997 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Michael Jackson's Ghosts

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Heliopolis, MJJ Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

38 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Holds the Guinness World Record as the longest music video.

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Quotes

Maestro: But did we have a good time here? Hello?

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Connections

Featured in Michael Jackson Memorial (2009)

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Soundtracks

"GHOST"
Written by Michael Jackson
Co-written by Teddy Riley
Performed by Michael Jackson
Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Prods., Inc.
Mijac Music (BMI), admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
Donril Music admin. by Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
Zomba Enterprises Inc. (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved
Used By Permission

User Reviews

Michael Jackson is still the king of video

Being a Michael Jackson fan since the early 1980's I've always remained interested in anything he does.

I think commercially his best days were behind him in the mid-90's, but this is still an excellent video and it far exceeds a lot of the crap that artists put out there today.

Most videos are the same thing over and over, the artists with the line dancers in bikinis behind them, YAWN!

Michael Jackson comes along and takes the music video to the next level, he puts a storyline into it and killer special effects.

When you get done, the only person the guy has failed to outdo is himself.

Like him or no, Michael Jackson is still the king of music video.