Living with Michael Jackson: A Tonight Special (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Julie Shaw

Writer:

Juan Luis Alvarez (Spanish version)

Release Date:

6 February 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

Martin Bashir conducts a rare interview with Michael Jackson and is given unprecedented access to the reclusive performer's private life. |

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Theme Park | Pop Star | Candid | Controversial

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Michael Jackson	...	Himself
Martin Bashir	...	Interviewer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Juan Luis Alvarez	...	Narrator (spanish version)
Gavin Arvizo	...	Himself
Janet Arvizo	...	Herself
Boris Becker	...	Himself
Prince Michael Jackson II	...	Himself
Prince Michael Jackson I	...	Himself
Paris Jackson	...	Herself

Runtime:

110 min | Finland:90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Neverland Ranch - 5225 Figueroa Mountain Road, Los Olivos, California, USA

Company:

Granada Television

Quotes:

Michael Jackson: This is the Ferris wheel.
Interviewer: Can we go on it?
Michael Jackson: Sure.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Soundtrack:

Human Nature

It's sad

Watching this documentary on the life of an entertainer I liked as a kid It's sad to see what Michael has done to himself. His bizzare behavior coupled with the way he denys how much plastic surgery he had, Makes it clear the man needs help from a phsyciatrist. It was sickening the way he treated his youngest son by dangling him over a window balcony in Germany, along with other admissions that here horrific. Some people have criticized Martin Bashir because he was try to make Jackson look bad. He didn't have to, Jackson did it himself. When Bashir asks him how many surgeries he had, Michael says no more than two which is a flat out lie. You can't tell me by looking at him twenty years ago to today that he's only had two! Also his extravagent spending in Las Vegas makes me wonder where he gets his money? (I'm not sure owning the rights to the Beatles songbook covers everything.) Michael Jackson is sadly not even a shadow of his former self. From the time he was the young lead singer of the Jackson Five, to the early 80's when he was at his most popular, to finally what he is today.